Mailey's POV #7
I woke up early from having a nightmare. I don't remember what it was about but its probably nothing to worry about. Dreams aren't real. They can't hurt me. Can they? I sit on the edge of my bed for a few minutes looking at the city lights. The glow of all the colours were giving me a headache. I shake my head and slip out of my white night gown. I walk into the bathroom and have a shower hoping that will clear my head enough to go through training today. I find clothes on my bed when I come back into the room. A black top and black pants. I don't sit back on the bed instead I walk out of the room and into the dinning room. I sit down at the table and rest my head on my fists.
The quiet leaves me alone with my thoughts. Great. I really don't want to be a career because I've seen how they played in past games. They play dirty and I don't think I could handle that on my conscious. Although if Bear is doing it then it can't be that bad of an idea. I mean he was the reasonable and smart one all the time. Or maybe this time he is afraid and just wants to survive. If he just wants to survive, then what will he do to me when it comes to desperate times. Would he kill me? My thoughts are cut short by a head peaking out from the doorway. Its the girl I saw the other day.
"Its alright." I wave her to have seat. "I don't mind company." She disappears into the kitchen. Whatever. I look down at my hands on the table. Today is the day that I pick to become a career. Although if I don't become a career I can always team up with that girl named Deanie. A coffee mug is placed in between my hands. I look up to see the girl standing at the door. I open my mouth to speak and am cut off by a voice.
"What are you doing up so early?" I turn my head to see Marcus in the hallway. "The training doesn't start for another two hours." I look back at my mug.
"I know." He takes a seat beside me. "Do you think you could give me some advice?" He rolls his eyes at me and laughs.
"I am called a mentor aren't I?" I laugh at him then look back at my mug.
"I don't want to be a career." I feel his eyes on me.
"Then don't." He is also handed a mug and he sips out of it. "You don't need other people to survive." I look at him.
"Were you a career?" He nods but he doesn't look at me. "But I regret it." I push my empty mug away from me. "I had to kill people that didn't need to be killed." I look away from him.
"Well thats the point of these games." I shrug my shoulders. "There are no rules. Do whatever you want."
His eyes bore into my skull. "Just because you survive the games doesn't mean you leave the games." He stands up from his chair. "I still think it wasn't worth it to loose my humanity for my own survival." His footsteps lead him into the hallway. As soon as I hear his door slam I begin to cry. He's right. What kind of human would I be if I survived because of other peoples death, but thats the games. It will be no different than if I wasn't a career. If I survived just with my own help then I still would have the same feelings. Unless I don't kill at all.
I sit in the chair until everyone comes out to eat. They all eat around me and don't ask me whats wrong. After about a half hour I look at Bear and he looks at me I give him a smile and stand up. "When are we heading down?" Sundy looks at me weirdly.
"I guess now if you'd like?" I nod my head and walk to the elevator with Bear. He presses the down button and the door opens almost immediately. Sundy walks in with us and presses the lowest button, the basement. We don't wait long but the door opens then Sundy walks into the dimly lighted room and wishes us luck then clicks off to the elevator.
The training center is full of bodies I look around and see the two tributes from district one. Everyone else is here except the tributes from district four. Brody and Deanie. Me and Bear walk over to the district one tributes and begin to talk. Bear begins to talk.
"Hey." He shakes both of their hands. "You haven't met her yet but this is Mailey." I wave to them. "Mailey this is-" He doesn't finish his sentence. His attention is elsewhere. I look where he is staring and see Brody and Deanie just outside the elevator. Their escort just walks into the elevator and leaves. Brody starts walking over with a big grin on his face. I look away and stare at Bear. Once Brody grabs Bear by the neck and lightly play fights with him. My attention goes straight to Deanie again. She looks at me quickly then walks off.
"That girl is crazy." I hear Brody tell the boy from one. "She is going to be a tough one to get, but we can get her while everyone is going for the cornucopia." I glare at Brody then again stare at Deanie. I think she should team up with us.
"Maybe I can convince her to be a career." I tell Brody and everyone else. Brody just looks at me as if I'm new to this. Which I am but so is he.
"She's not to be trusted." I look over at her talking to a tall dark haired boy at the fight platform. "She can snap at anytime." I see the boy trying to hit her with the spear but she easily blocks the hit with her trident. "See?" He says uses that as an example. I begin to walk over to her.
"Come on." I wave at them to come. "We can see how she fights and use it against her." Thats a lie, I just want to see how good of a partner she would be. They fall for it though and begin to follow. I see her use the trident to take his feet out from under him, smart. Once we reach the platform every other tribute decide to join in. We all watch quietly as she takes him down. She says something to him, puts the trident away then stares at us. The look on her face is disgust and she storms away from the platform and goes to the fire station. Bear grabs my shoulder.
"Nothing really to see." I nod my head and we all huddle in our little group again. I look over at her again and see that she is building a fire by herself.
"I'll be back." I whisper to Bear while the others are laughing with each other. I slowly walk towards her so that she doesn't hear me. I'm standing just a foot behind her when the fire lights. The fire is at least a foot tall.
"Wow." She turns her head. "My name is Mailey Parner." I extend my hand to her and she stands and takes it.
"Deanie Sammer." She's so tall I have to look way up at her. Her eyes are so light I find myself loving them. I begin to talk.
"So since you are from district 4 and your fellow tribute is in the career pack." I rub my ponytail. "Do you want to join?"
"No." She says it immediately after I said it and and she returns to her fire. I look down at her startled. Why doesn't she want to be a career? Why doesn't she want help?
"What?" I stand in front of her. "Thats it?" I look down at her.
"Yea." She looks at my fire. "Thats it." I look at her in rage for a moment then stomp away to Bear, Brody, and the other two which I still haven't learned their names. How could she be that stupid? She's going to die in these games without us. I stop in front of Brody and feel the anger in my face. Brody chuckles.
"See?" He points at my face. "Its not worth it she just makes people angry." I glare at him and Bear interjects.
"Its alright." He looks over at Deanie making a fire. "She's not worth it." I shake my head and walk through the group. I walk over to target station and grab a sword and a few knives and place the knives on the table beside me. I begin to throw the sword around my head and arch it over my head and into the target. The wooden target splits in half under the impact. Immediately after the halves fall on the ground I drop the sword and I grab the knives from the table and throw them at the targets. Every single target is hit in the center where the red dot it. The kill spot. I look over my shoulder out of breath at Deanie who is standing at the fire smiling. She thinks this is a joke? Well it isn't. She better hope I don't run into her during the games.