Chapter 5: Covers
The next day Ada had woke me up early since today we were going to train. I reached for my glasses and took a long shower before Siria knocked on the door
telling me to hurry up. I quickly got out then I but on the black and purple suit with the number 3 on the shoulder. I and Ada made our way to the training
center; this would be the first time we get to really see the other tributes. We entered the building to find that I and Ada were the last ones there because of
my shower. I was embarrassed as I walked in seeing the eyes of the careers pierce through me. I quickly tried to hide behind an older guy from 4, trying to
blend in but he moved over since he thought I was trying to get a better view. The head trainer, Araya had come down the stairs. "Good morning tributes." She
began in a quiet soothing voice. "Today is the first out of three days you will be training. Today you will be practicing the essential components such as the
gauntlets and the climbing frame. Be aware that most of you will want to go for the swords or axes when you will need the small things like trap making or fire
starting which might save your life. Starvation and Exposure can kill as easy as a knife. Good luck tributes"
After the small speech we had all lined up at the gauntlets in order of our district. I was sixth to go until the trainer for that area started hitting my legs which
made me stumble. I heard little bit of laughter as I regained my balance. After the gauntlets, we were to line up at the climbing frame. Again I had gone sixth
and I fell, again hearing laughter. We repetitively had done this for 5 hours until we mastered it, then we would move on to fire starting and trap making for a
couple hours. I had mastered the two previous skills and trap making but I couldn't get a hold of fire making. The trainer had said I was going to slow and my
hands were up to high, but it became a habit. After seven hours of training, the tributes had walked back to their suites. The careers had started to
communicate, as I was afraid would happen. I tried to catch up with the 9s but they were ahead by too much. As me and Ada rode up the elevator to the 3rd
floor we had met Siria and the stylist t the entrance of the floor. "Did it go well?" she asked. "I-It was alright" I had said looking at Ada waiting for her response
"Excellent!" she exclaimed though she had majorly messed up. We walked to our rooms and I had flopped on the bed wanting to take a nap. I dozed off and
next thing I knew I woke up and it was dark. I had looked at the clock and it was 3 in the morning. I had gone to the dining room to see that Fauna had left
some food for me. It was a blue drink that tasted like strawberries and lemons, with a stew made of tomato with banana shavings on top.
I had ate the food then slowly made my way to the sofa and I looked out the window to see the stars in the sky. For some reason a wave of sadness swept
over me as I remembered home. I felt tears coming on. So I went to the bathroom to wash my face. I then went back to bed to pull the covers over my face.