The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth

by Theuglyduckling492

The 188 Hunger Games. Crystal Baker (District 1) has never met anyone her age, so going into the Hunger Games is even more of a shock than usual. Anyone from the same district can come home and she thinks she loves one of her district partners. What will happen in these Hunger Games? Does anyone ever leave the arena?

7. Bull's Eye

Let me just say that I don't recommend skipping chapters. Do whatever you want, you're the one reading, but it might get a bit confusing.

Training goes by really quickly after that. It's almost scary how fast time is going now. I'm going into the arena in three days.

Today we have private sessions with the game makers. I have the privilege of going second (boy, girl, neutral). Ares goes into the training room, leaving the rest of us careers to talk while we wait. "What are you guys doing?" Nick asks. "I might do a little archery, throw some spears," Allison begins. My name is called, so I get up and go to the training room.

All of the game makers are staring intently at me, ready to see what I can do. I'm relieved I get to go so soon, they'll probably get bored around tribute 15.

I walk over to the rack of are about fifteen different sizes, so I grab a bag and stuff them all in. I sling the bag over my shoulder and head to the rope course for climbing. I climb to the highest point and get out the smallest knife. I throw it at a target and hit the Bulls Eye. I move up in knife sizes until I hold the familiar butcher knife. I hold it and throw the sack down. I crawl along the course with my knife in hand. I find a dummy the size of a person. I hurl the knife toward it. It hits the dummy right between the eyes. I crawl down and the game makers tell me I can leave.

When I get to our floor, Mari, the stylists, Liam, and Ares are talking about Ares' session. When he finishes, I tell them about mine. Vincent comes in right after I finish talking and he tells us about his. Because we're District 1, we'll have to wait a while for the scores to be revealed, so we talk about what our allies must be doing.

After a few more hours, we eat dinner. The TV turns on in the other room, so we leave the table to see the scores. Florence Amalia comes on and talks a little about the training and the scores. Ares' face pops up with a flashing 8. Before we can say anything, my face pops up with a flashing 10. A 10! Vincent then pops up with a flashing 9. The rest of the careers and Fabio get somewhere between an 8 and a 10. The District 9 girl gets a 3. What's wrong with her?

We say our good nights and head to bed. I'm excited about my 10. I can win.

Don't forget to tell me what you think! -Theuglyduckling492