My dad is powerful. I don't know how but he just commands respect and fear from people. And normally they give him the respect and fear. I didn't know that I was very much similar till today, the first day of training. We go early and we are the first ones there, someone pins a number two on my back and I walk in. Were first in the gym at 9:30. As more and more tributes come in, the more confident I feel. The tributes all stood a good distance away from me like I was frightening them, just what most people do when they see my dad. While Atala talks about the stations, I look at the other tributes. Besides the Careers district seven's boy looks massive and very strong and I'll bet he's pretty good with and axe. District twelve also looks strong and massive, but the mentor of district twelve spends his time drunk rather than sending his tributes gifts. I look at district eleven. He's big, but not like a Career or district seven. I look at my soon to be allies, district one's boy is about seven feet tall and very muscled. The girl from his district is beautiful, but she looks like an airhead not a fighter. District four are both extremely tanned, the girl is about six feet and looks tough. The boy is not unnaturally muscled but he looks lean and strong and cruel. The moment Atala releases us I head for the sword fighting station where all the other Careers are headed as well. "Career alliance throughout the Games?" I say. "I'm in. My name's Eli and this is Ninian." the boy from district one says, indicating to the girl from his district. "Okay, I'm in as well. My name's Shangren and my district partner Lares." The boy from district four says. "You know the terms, we hunt them down, kill them and I kill all of you." I say in my most powerful voice. "Also I'm the leader of this group. You guys understand?" I'm surprised when they all agree with fear in the eyes expect for Shangren who just nods and stays calm. We split up from there, each going to different stations to show off our skills to everyone else. I go to the knife throwing station first getting ready to intimidate the rest of the field, just like Brutus said. I throw again and again, not missing on a single throw. From there I head to sword fighting, spear throwing and axe throwing, showing off my skills in each station. At lunch I sit with the other careers trying to figure out which one of them is smart and which one I'll fight at the end of the Games. So far Eli is loud, obnoxious, arrogant, strong and skilled with massive spears and swords. Ninian is like I guessed an airhead but I saw her at the archery section early and she never misses. This is the first time I've seen Anthony fight and I see that his skill is with an axe, but he's probably the least skilled out of the Careers here. Lares is skilled with a strange weapon, a sword she calls a scimitar. It look's different from the average sword, curved and thin near the bottom, thick near the tip. Personality wise, she seems mild and nice. Shame that she'll have to die. Shangren has kept quiet so far staying at the mace section, and despite that the fact that he's short and lean he's strong. Very strong. He wields the mace with crushing power and whenever he hits the dummy or target we can hear the loud smash that indicates he just hit a target wherever you are in the gym. At one we all head back to the gym, I hang back to see where everyone else goes. District seven goes straight to the axe section and starts throwing axes with such accuracy and force that even Shangren's face which is normally so emotionless shows surprise. In fact, Anthony's axe throwing looks bad compared to district seven's. I don't hesitate. "Hey, your really skilled with an axe, even more skilled than my district partner. We could really use skills like yours, want to join us?" I ask. The boy just stares at me for a second before nodding his head no. "We then" I hiss. "You've made a mistake." I say putting my face close to his so my dark hair covers both our faces, hissing out the words with as much contempt as I can muster. I know for a fact that most people would turn around and run with how intimidating I am, but he just goes back to throwing his axes.
The second day of training it's clear that all the other tributes are scared of me, expect for district seven's boy, district twelve's boy, district eleven's boy and Shangren. Seven, twelve and eleven have also formed an alliance, and while without a doubt it is nowhere near as strong as ours, there without a doubt the most powerful of the tributes besides us. Brutus told me that district twelve doesn't go to the coal mines till there eighteen but the boy uses a pickaxe with lot's of skill, Brutus says he probably got taken to the mines early because he's big and strong. District eleven is the weakest of their alliance, he's tall and slim but he's pretty skilled with his very strange weapon of choice. A scythe. I guess it makes sense though seeing as how he's from the agriculture district. But besides them I can control the others with my power of intimidation.