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Cato's POV
I was on the train to the Capitol with Clove, the girl with knives. She may be young but she was a killer. It would be hard for me to have to kill her but maybe someone else would. I decided to watch the reaping's of the other tributes from the districts, see what I had to deal with. There wouldn't be much competition but I still wanted to know. From District 1 was a boy named Marvel and a girl called Glimmer. Parents were wacky in 1 for calling their kids stupid names like that. From districts 3 to 10 were the same, weak, small kids ready to die. The boy from 4 was really tiny. From 11 there was a small twelve year old named Rue who reminded me of Prim, but the boy was massive. He would be hard to take out but I would definitely be able to. Nothing would be able to stop me from winning. At least I thought so until I saw the tributes from 12. The boy tribute was called Peeta and he looked scared for his life. But I couldn't believe who the girl tribute was. Prim had been reaped. It was her first year. How could she get reaped – well has does any twelve year old get reaped, with extreme bad luck – but what happened next had scared me. I saw Katniss, the love of my life volunteering to take Prim's place in the Hunger Games. I had the worst luck ever. I would be going into the Games with Katniss and would have to kill her if I wanted to win and I knew I wouldn't be able to. I also wouldn't let anyone else kill her, so what was I meant to do?
Katniss' POV
Prim had been reaped. Her worst nightmare had come true. Her name out of thousands had been picked. It was impossible. The odds should have been in her favour. I volunteered and took her place. I wouldn't let her die. Now here I was on the train to the Capitol where I would have to face Cato in the Hunger Games. I completely forgot about him entering the Games in the midst of saving Prim. One of us would have to die. The boy tribute was obviously gone for. His name was Peeta. How was I supposed to kill Cato, the boy I loved? I needed to come back alive for Prim. I promised I would try and if I die who will take care of her? Gale would do his best to provide for them but would it be enough? I needed to win this, but in order for that to happen Cato has to die. Cato knows what I'm like with a bow but I've never seen what Cato's like. But more importantly will he try to kill me? I can't kill Cato because I love him but will he have the guts to kill me? I knew Cato was a cold blooded killer but would he kill his best friend?
Cato's POV
'Cato dawling, you're all ready for the tribute parade. The outfit Claudia has for you will blow the Capitol. We show everyone the true power and strength of District 2. You'll be wearing a gladiator suit painted gold. We wanted real gold but we were afraid that the little girl wouldn't be able to hold the weight. She's so small.' Diane said
'Wonderful' I thought to myself. I just wanted to get this parade over with. More importantly I wanted to see Katniss. I needed to see her.
'Ok let's go put your suit on' Diane said
'Welcome everybody to the 74th annual Hunger Games Tribute Parade. Here we get to first see the chosen district tributes for this year. Let's begin. Here's comes District one: Luxury' It went on, Caesar and some other guy commenting on the districts. I was too taken in my loving attention from the crowd but I noticed it was fading. Caesar was taking about something and the crowd was chanting someone else's name. Katniss, Katniss, Katniss. Unable to turn around I look into the TV like mirrors that showed her. She was on fire. Literally. So was the boy tribute but I didn't care about him. He would die soon enough. Our chariot stops and we wait for Snow to begin his speech which is rather boring. Finally it's over and our chariot moves off again. I'm still in my thoughts when I hear Clove's voice.
'Can you believe District 12? They thought they upstage us. Petty fire on their backs. Look at them.' I look over to where she is pointing. There she was. Her team was praising her. The boy too. Obviously I've been staring to long because her mentor looks over at me and leads them away. We head up to our floor for dinner but I'm not hungry. I can't stop thinking about her.
'You guys were great, it doesn't matter about 12. They'll die like the filthy scum they are' Brutus said
'I dibs the girl Cato. You can have douche-boy. She'll regret the day she ever stood us up. I'll give the Capitol a good show' Clove said. I can't take it anymore
'Just shut up Clove. You're not killing anyone from 12 and they're not filthy scum' I yelled. They all looked at me with confusion on their faces. I got up and ran off towards the elevator. I pushed the 13thbutton. I didn't know where it went since 12 was the last apartment floor but I didn't care. I got out and found it out I was the on rooftop of the building. You could see far out into the Capitol. It was the perfect place to escape. Apparently someone else thought so too cause they were sitting on the edge of the building. I knew they wouldn't fall. There would have been a force field around the building to keep anyone from escaping. I came closer and found out, the person was Katniss. Her head snapped round to see me. Of course, her hearing was perfect. As soon as she saw me she got up and ran over to me.
'Cato'
'Katniss. Why are you here? You knew I was volunteering.' I said releasing her from my embrace.
'Cato, Prim was reaped. I couldn't let her die. I didn't remember that you were volunteering at that moment; all I was thinking was to save Prim.'
'What will we do now? Only one of us can win. You know that'
'I don't know Cato but I do know that I will try to get back to Prim. I should go. We need to be ready for training tomorrow' She left without saying another word but I pretty much got her message. She would kill me when it came down to it, if she can.