Mailey's POV #8
I pace back and forth across the dinning room. Marcus and Bear look at me strangely.
"Why are you so nervous." Marcus finally asks me after ten minutes.
"Because." I stop in front of Marcus and Bear who are sitting at the table. "I don't know what to do. All I do is throw knives." I throw my hands in the air and continue my pacing. "Throwing knives at targets isn't going to get me the highest points." Bear stands up and grabs my shoulders.
"Mailey!" I look him in his blue eyes. "Its not what you throw its how you throw it. You just got to show them that you have what they want." He gives me a smile then gives me a hug.
"Alright honies." Sundy walks in from her bedroom. "Lets get you guys down there shall we?" She beams her smile at us as she walks past us to the elevator and presses the button. Today she wears the same outfit she had on the day of the reaping. Strange. Usually Capitol citizens never wear the same clothes twice in a week. I walk onto the elevator with Bear and Sundy and she clicks the button and we are quickly brought down.
The door opens and me and Bear walk out but Sundy remains in the elevator. She waves to us with her smile then the door closes. I look around and see most of the seats filed. I look at Bear and he shrugs his shoulders. I walk to the front and sit behind the two district 1 tributes. They don't look or talk to me or Bear they keep to themselves and look forward. After a few minutes all the other tributes begin to file in. Me and Bear don't bother talking because it is too quiet in the room. Even district 1 has stopped talking. I look around me to see that every district is here except for district 4. Another couple minutes pass before Deanie and Brody show up. I look at them and their expressions are like everyone else in here. They find their seats and then the first name is called.
"Pierce Abnel." So thats the girl's name from district 1. We wait ten minutes and nothing happens so Bear whispers in my ear at the same moment the boys name rings out. I glare at him because I didn't catch the name. He gives me an apologetic look then looks at his hands. A few minutes goes by and then my name is called. "Mailey Parner." I stand and Bear grabs my wrist.
"Goodluck." He smiles at me then lets me go. I take three long steps to enter the training centre. The door closes behind me and I look up to see the gamemakers sitting comfortably on chairs high above the ground on their own viewing platform. A tall thin man with black hair stands up and greets me.
"Mailey Parner?" He leans his hands on the railing that prevents anyone from falling from that high distance. "District 2?" I nod my head but then decide to speak.
"Yes." My voice echos in the large room. I cringe at the loudness. I hear all the gamemakers chuckle.
"Its alright." He takes a seat. and continues. "You have our attention." I nod then walk over to the targets. I look down at the table and see an assortment of knives and grab one of each and put them in my belt. I then walk over to the the rack that holds a variety of sharp objects from spears, tridents, to even bigger knives. I look at the bigger knives but ignore them as soon as I see a sword. I grab the sword in my hand and smile. I walk over to the targets and fling the sword into every single one. I run at them with full force and break them in half. I then look around to see wood and splinters piled around me. There is one last target standing so grab a huge splinter and smash the target over the head with it. Wood flies everywhere but the target only has a dent. I then grab my knives and throw it at the target. All five knives are at point on the red dot. I turn around and look up at the gamemakers with a smile. They smile back at me.
"Great job Ms. Parner." He remains sitting. "You sure know how to make destruction." My smile fades and I drop my sword on the ground with a loud clang. I walk away towards the door with rage in my face. I wasn't that bad. I walk into an empty room that was about the size of the waiting room and punch the up button for the elevator. As soon as the door opens I stomp inside and punch the 2 button. I arrive in the apartment with Sundy and Marcus looking at me.
"What happened dear?" Sundy stands up from her seat and grabs my arm to sit down. "Did you do good?" I look at her and bark.
"I thought I did damn good." I toss my hands in no general direction. "The Head Gamemaker said I know how to be destructive." Marcus chuckles. "What?" I yell at him.
"Nothing." He shakes his head. "Being 'destructive' like that could get you a high rank so I don't see why you're complaining." I stand up and storm off into my bedroom. I slam the door and flop on my bed. Who are they to judge me? I'm going to be awesome in these games. I turn my head towards the window and feel my eyes getting heavy, and before I know it I'm asleep.
"Wake up!" I open my eyes to see Sundy shaking my shoulder. "You are getting your scores." I sit up slowly and pull my hair out of is ponytail. "Meet in the living room." I nod to her. I pull my self to the edge of the bed. I look on the other side of the bed and see an outfit. I peel off my sweaty clothes and put on the blue top and green pants. I walk down the hall and walk past the dinning room and sit on a couch beside Bear.
"Nice sleep?" Bear asks me as I sit down. I roll my eyes.
"Sure." I look up at the tv to see Cesar. As always before the scores go by Cesar explains that the highest is 12 and so on and so forth. The girl from 1's face shows up on the screen and scored 8 then the boy scored an 8 too. I nod my head. Cesar announces my name.
"Mailey Parner with a score of 9." I look up at Bear and smile.
"I guess they liked destruction." Bear jokes. I laugh. Cesar continues and announces Bear's name. We both turn our heads to Cesar.
"Bear Slatly with a score of 8." He looks over at me with a small frown. I give him a side hug.
"Thats still pretty good I say." I look up at the screen and see a young girl from 3 pop up she got 7. Then the boy who looks about 14 has a score of 7 as well. Then district 4 comes up. I see a picture of Deanie and Cesar again announces her.
"Deanie Sammer with a score of 10." I look up at the screen with less than shock. She probably used her trident to get that score. That score intimidates me. How can someone that looks that innocent get a score like that? Next her fellow tribute comes on and Cesar announces that he got a 9. Again this scares me that he is part of our alliance and he gets a high score like me I shake my head and concentrate on the screen. I don't recognize the names or the people from the other districts but they all seem young at least 12 or 13 and again that scares me that they don't have a chance, they are going to die. The only other tribute that I recognize is that Fyodor kid from district 11 and he got a score of 9. He's not really much of a threat though.
As soon as the tv goes black Bear wanders to his room silently. Sundy gathers my attention before I leave the living room.
"Remember tomorrow get up early because you are getting you outfits for the interview with Cesar Flickerman tomorrow." I open my mouth to speak but shut it instantly and walk to my bedroom. I don't need to ask her what happens after the interview because I already know.