Chapter 3 is here! I got no more reviews on the last chapter, so I wonder if you guys are honestly enjoying it. I did get a follow but that was it. I would really really appreciate it if you gave me criticism or compliments or both. Thanks for reading my story, it means a lot!
"We need to get you two dressed for the Capitol, follow me!" Anelise directs.
Aquamarine and I hurry after Anelise, and when we get to the end of the hall we are handed off to our stylists.
"Meet you in a few, be good now!" Anelise calls as she walks down the hall to get ready herself.
The Capitol wants their competitors to look good before they die, so they hire a set of district stylists to ensure that we do. I hope we get decent stylists this year, because sometimes the hired specialists don't have the best taste for fashion.
As I am pulled into my room, I catch Aquamarine give me a hope-this-works-out look and I smile.
"Finnick isn't it? I'm Marina. My team and I will be your stylists this year, we're going to get you sponsors left and right, especially with your looks!" The head stylist exclaimed.
"To my left is Greenia and to my right is Demetri, they will be helping make you look the best you can!" Marina said as fast as a hummingbird's wings flap.
I only nod, taking in their features and matching what she said with their appearances. Marina wears a tight-fitting blue wig and a wide smile. Her clothes resemble that of a stylist, unique, and fashionable. She dons a beautiful, long, flowing blue dress that ripples like the water. If she made it, then maybe Aquamarine and I will have really good stylists this year.
Greenia, her blonde hair cascading over her shoulders in playful curls, wears heavy makeup. A dark blue dress, fading into light blue as it goes down, hangs on her shoulders, the sleeves hanging to her waist.
Demetri, the only male in the group, has a sea green vest on, paired with metallic silver pants, and looks very professional. I feel good about my stylists this year, and am comfortable with whatever they put me in.
"Here, put this on." Greenia says, handing me a short-sleeved shirt that was made like Marina's dress, to look like rippling waves. The bottoms were a pair of shorts that, in sunlight, glistened like fish scales.
"I will, these are great!" I compliment her and go into the closet to change.
I pull off my old clothes and start to put on the new ones when I hear a soft clink.
Bending down, I pick up the trident necklace Mags gave me and turn it over in my palms, feeling the edges of the hand-crafted gift. Lifting the chain around my neck, I fasten the clamp and show my stylists.
"You look stunning, now for the finishing touches..." Marina trails as Demetri, Greenia, and she come at me with hair and makeup products. They tease my hair into a wild position then cover it with gel, smoothing it into a satisfying style. Demetri outlines my eyes with black eyeliner and eye shadow, then adds a little bit of blush on my cheeks.
"Perfect!" They all agree, and stare at my necklace. "Is that your token or did someone give it to you?" Marina asked.
"Oh Mags gave it to me, so I guess it is a token." I reply. "That's so sweet of her; she's always been that way, even before her games…" Demetri muttered. "Yes, Mags should have never been in the games, but she did come out of them alive at least!" Greenia exclaimed always optimistic.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door to my room, I pulled open the door and stared. Aquamarine stood in front of me, in a gorgeous light blue dress which sparkled the same way my shorts do.
"Wow, you look amazing Aqua!" I say, using some of my natural talents with the ladies.
"Thanks, you too, ready to go?" She asks with a small blush.
I look back at Greenia, Demetri, and Marina and they nod, "Have fun, we'll see you there!" they call. I close the door and walk next to Aquamarine. We make each other laugh and try our best to be hopeful.
Then she notices my necklace.
"Oh, did the stylists give you that or is it a token?"
"Mags gave it to me, our mentor." I reply.
"Well it's beautiful." I blush lightly as we meet Anelise near the train's doors.
"You two look amazing, you'll get sponsors easily, now smile and wave as soon as we step off the train!" Anelise instructs.
Slowly, the brakes churn the huge machine to a stop in front of the building the tributes stay in during training. A mob of people awaits and several other trains are already parked in front of ours. As soon as District 1 steps off their train the crowd goes wild, reaching towards our competitors in vain attempts.
Each District gets off their trains and heads to their living spaces, there is District 2, the usual brawn of the group then District 3 the brains.
Our turn.
I lead Aquamarine to the door of our train and we face the crowd waiting for us. This time we must be the beauty, because as soon as we show our faces the audience roars. We make our way to the gleaming silver building and push open the glass doors to the lobby.
Anelise pulls us into the spacious elevator before we even get a chance to take in the luxury of the ground floor. She pushes the button with a four on it in the elevator's controls. This is the way the Capitol divided us into floors, by our District numbers, with District 1 and 2 having the best out of the building. Our floor isn't too shabby either, due to the fact that most of our tributes are Careers.
"Your living space for the duration of training will be here!" Anelise says almost too excitedly.
"Wow so beautiful!" Aquamarine exclaims, probably trying to suck up to her sponsors.
"Yes, it really is admirable!" I say, catching on to her act.
Aquamarine winks at me and says, "We are going to our rooms Anelise."
Our stylists Marina, Greenia, and Demetri nod and tell Anelise the same thing.
I follow Aquamarine to her room and walk inside. She sits on the bed and pats the spot next to her. I sit and give her an inquiring glance. "Finnick, do you want to be allies? We don't have much of a chance by ourselves and I trust you." I nod immediately. I feel the same way about her, and I was going to ask her the same thing before training started.
Aquamarine squeals and hugs me tightly, "Thanks Finn, we can do this together, at least one of us can go home right?"
"Yeah I guess that's right, Aqua." I mutter, warmly hugging her back. I hadn't thought I would have to kill her, she is like my sister, hopefully we won't come to that.
"Well, training's tomorrow, guess we'll have to do our best to impress the Careers." She says.
"Yeah, I guess we'd better, if not, they might just kill us anyway!" I say, then we look at each other and laugh.
The sound of heels clicks in the hallway indicating the stylists' arrival. "I better go, it's illegal for me to be in here." I tell her.
"Okay, see you tomorrow Finn!" Aquamarine calls.
"You too, can't wait to show them what we got!" I reply and bound out of the room with another reason to win, for Aquamarine.