I woke up remebering yesterday, arriving in district two, holding Katniss in my arms, and every amazing moment that I had gotten to spend with Katniss. I yawned, stretching my tired muscles. I rolled over and reached for Katniss, but I was met by the cold sheets.

I rolled back over, and stared up at the white ceiling, thinking of my new life that started today. I wouldn't have to train anymore, and I didn't have to worry about Katniss, going into the Hunger Games, because she wasn't training anymore. I thought of how one day I would get to marry Katniss, I smiled at that thought. I remembered that I had to work at the training center and I hopped outof bed, and made a dash for the shower.

I took a quick shower, got dressed in my uniform ,and then ran downstairs. I was instantly hit with the sweet smell of pancakes, bacon, and eggs. On the dining room table laid a single plate with my food on it. I gobbled down the food realizing that If I didn't hurry up I was going to be late for my first day as a trainer.

When I arrived, the trainees and most of the staff were already there. I looked through the crowd, hoping to find a familiar face. across the room, I spotted Clove talking to Enobaria. I began walking through the crowd and soon made it to them.

" Hey Clove" I said while enveloping her in a hug.

" Man Cato, you were almost late for your first day on the job, what would Katniss think" she teased.

I chuckled, it was good to be back.

"This years trainees, are looking pretty good, I mean not as good as us of course, but District 2 could definetly have a back to back victory." She whispered in my ear.

We were suddenly being urged to the right side of the training room, to watch the trainees. As they lined up, I noticed that they all had dark gray goggles on. They make them wear them during assesments, so that one trainer couldn't throw the results by picking their favorite class that we were watching today would be the class that contained the trainees most likely to be picked by the comittee to volunteer.

The class began, and the trainees, ran five warmup laps, and then they got a fifteen minute stretch period. The first skill that they were working on was knives, Clove's favorite. Targets lined the training room. The trainees would have two minutes to hit as many targets as accurately as possible.

The head trainer Mark, began calling out trainees starting with number one. Now number one was a tall well built boy, but you could tell that a station that would require more strength would be his specialty. Mark continued down the line until we reached number 12. 12 was a well built girl, who looked like she would excel in knives, and I couldn't have been more right. She hit every bullseye on the course, I wasn't surprised that she was picked to be in this class.

The day continued on like this, since this was the second day of testing, we only saw the trainees work with weapons. They started with knives, then swords, then to spear throwing and etc. Surpringly only a select few excelled in most aspects of weapons and survival. Finally we had reached the last station which was hand to hand combat. Mark began calling out the pairs until its just trainees 1 and 12 left.

I was a little shocked to see these two paired together, she was a good six inches shorter than him, and he had for times as much muscle as she did. The trainees walked up to the mat and got into their starting postitions.

Mark blew the whistle, and the boy lunged at the girl. They went tumbling onto the floor, and the began rolling around on the floor, fighting for dominanace. Limbs were flying everywhere, each trainee was fighting to get on top and end the boy finally got a solid hit to the 12's stomach and rolled on top of drew his fist back and punched her in the face, ouch that would leave a mark. She began wiggling under him trying to get free, but before he could throw another punch, she got her hand free and punched him in the solar plexius temporarily stopping his attack. In a few short seconds, she had grabbed him into a choke hold, ending the match.

The other trainees began to cheer, and the girl let go of the boy and helped him up giving him a quick hug before walking back to her spot.

" Thank you trainees, for your dedication through out the years but only two of you can be picked, to volunteer for the Hunger Games." He finished eyeing the trainees.

Ah today was doomsday, as Clove and I had called it, this was the day that decided your future, and for some kids this was their last chance at a good future. I remeber this day almost like it was yesterday.

" And now the two trainees, who have been picked to volunteer for the next Hunger Games, are numbers 1 and 12, congratulations. As for the rest of you, great job, but you just did't cut it, but thank you for all of your hardwork, you are dismissed." He said

I was curious to see who the tributes were, I couldn't really tell who they because, their faces had been obscured from our view for most of the day.

" I would like announce our male tribute, Alex Jones." Mark said with a smile.

As he said this the boy removed his glasses revealing, a pair of friendly green eyes.

I felt a tap on my shoulder, and I turned around to find Brutus staring at me with a worried look in his eyes.

" Cat don't freak out but-" He didn't have time before Mark began introducing the female tribute.

" Ladies and gentlmen, may I announce ourfemale tribute, who is also graduating at the top of her class, the girl began to pull off her glasses, Katniss Everdeen." He yelled.

The entire training room erupted in cheers. I felt my blood run cold, Katniss in the games, it couldn't be possible. Brutus had promised me that she wasn't training anymore, how could this happen. I began to shake, out of frustration and anger, how could they do this to me, take a way the one thing that mattered most to me.

" Cato aren't you so proud, I knew that she could do it." Clove said happily.

" Wait you knew about this and you didn't tell me" I said through clenched teeth.

" Cato you didn't know, I thought that you did, I mean Brutus said that you did." she whispered.

I began shaking harder, and an angry screamed ripped through the training center, and I stormed out of the training center. I ran home, yelling obscenities the whole way there.

So there is the next chapter, I hope that you all enjoy it, and I would really love if at least five people rviewed, but I'm not saying I won't update, it would just make my day if atleast that many people reviewed.