My dear readers-

I'm going on a vacation because my holiday lasts until the 26th, so I won't be able to write for about a week. I'll try to write a chapter per week, but I won't be able to update daily like I've been doing. As an apology, I wrote a one-shot and posted it. Just for you guys! It's about Wiress. And it's kind of wierd.

The next day, I wake up to Pippy pounding on the door, asking if I'm decent.

I groan, today training starts. "Go away! I'm not here!"

I hear him laugh stupidly, "Why, dear, I can hear you, you're talking, so someone must be in there." Then he opens the door and says that I have an hour to get ready. He points at my clothes and skips out of the room.

I've come to the only conclusion, everyone in the capitol has something wrong in their head.

I puch myself out of bed and look at the ugly outfit put before me. It kind of looks like something I'd wear to school. A light blue top and dark purple pants.

I glare at it and yank it on over my pajamas, not bothering to shower.

I'm just leaving my room when I bump into Cosink. She looks at my appearance in dismay, "You can't go in public looking like that! Come with me."

And I'm dragged, against my will, to my stupid room where I'm forced to take a shower and then actually wear the dumb clothes.

I really hate my life sometimes.

"Okay sweetie! You look much better now! Let's go, Pippy has to take you to training. It starts-Oops! We're late already." She giggles, like a silly child.

Pippy leads Tiger and I down the elevator into a room filled with weapons, and twenty-two other kids. Most of them are at least fourteen but there's one other twelve-year-old.

She might be a good ally. She's from District Five and she's small, like me. It'd be nice if I could get her to escape with me.

Make me feel less lonely.

I smile at her, it's the first time since I've arrived at the Capitol that I actually seen someone that I can like. Surprisingly, she smiles back.

We listen to someone named Lata explain a bunch of boring rules. When she's done, I head over to the knife station. The instructor tries to help me work on my aim.

I hear someone laughing. No, about fifteen people. I look up and see the gamemakers looking at me and laughing.

I didn't see them there. I glare at them and continue to try and learn.

More laughter.

I look up at the gamemakers and throw a knife in their general direction.

It misses. I hate knives. I grit my teeth and kick a sandbag hard enough that it opens. Then I go over to Tiger and give him a berry that's poisonous.

The instructor stops him from eating it just in time. Then she made me clean up the sand as a punishment. What am I, five?

I hate my life. Maybe I'll kill the girl from ten. She looks easy enough to kill. Ooh! What about the one from six. She looks so weak.

I can use her pack. Or, I could kill a career. With a knife. I look at where my knife I threw landed.

That's not the best idea.

I look up and see that everyone's staring at me, "What?" I snap, not wanting to be the center of attention.

I go back to the knife station and quietly work on it. I ignore the laughter. By the time lunch rolls around, I'm pretty sure that it's not just the gamemakers who are laughing at me.

Stupid other tributes.

I stomp into the lunch room and grab a plate of food. Once it's filled, I survey the room. Most tributes are eating alone, except the careers. I find the little girl from five and go to join her.

"Hi, can I sit here?" I ask politely. She might think I'm unsafe to be around since my little "meltdown" as I heard the edible plants instructor call it.

"Sure, " she says, and then smiles prettily.

I smile back, "My name's Pony."

"Elfay. So, I guess you didn't like the gammakers?" Ah, she must know me so well.

"Not one bit. I mean, they're designing the place where most of us are going to die. Do you want to be allies?" I asked. Please say yes Elfay.

And she does, "Okay, is anyone else going to be in our alliance?" When she says that, it sparks an idea.

"We need to try and get as many people as we can in it. I have a plan." I smile evilly at her and she looks kind of frightened. "Um, okay."

"Let's start recruiting after lunch." She nods, agreeing with my unknown (to her) plan.

I smile, the Hunger Games weren't going to last long this year.

Not with me in them

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Elfay and I decide to split up for recruiting. She goes after district 1-6 and I go for 7-12.

I start with the District Seven tributes. "Um, you guys?" They were together, must've already had an alliance, "Elfay, she's from District Five, and I formed an alliance and I've got a plan, but we need as many strong, wonderful tributes as possible, " I give them my innocent little girl smile, and they're putty in my hands.

I smile at how easy that was. I look at Elfay, she's working down, no wonder. The careers are scary.

It turns out that their names are Roy and Gati. Roy's the boy and Gati's the girl. They're really nice and both have younger siblings. They promised to help me recruit more tributes, so we move to District Eight.

Roy takes the boy tribute and Gati and I both take the girl. They agree, but are a little harder than Roy and Gati. The boy's name is Jilk, and the girl's is Dapo. Dapo's really pretty, she reminds me of my sister.

We spend the rest of the day trying to recruit tributes. Elfay got both from four, her district partner and six. Three was too scared and she was too scared of One and Two.

I sigh, knowing that I'll have to take desperate measures. I ask Plore for some paper and a pen, she gives it to me immediately. How did she win her games? I shrug and write out a little note to each tribute.

I sneak down to each floor and then up to Twelve. Once I've delivered them all, I just wait by telling Plore how wonderful she is and I love her so much.

I'll have so many sponsors.

At midnight, once everyone's asleep, I kidnap Tiger and make him go up to the roof with me. I see a bunch of figures there. Just standing around, not talking.

I clear my throat and everyone looks at me, "Hi everyone, I'm Pony. And I've got a plan. One where no one has to die. Just our enemies." I smile at everyone. "We're going to do something and I have to have everyone's promise that they won't say a word." Then Elfay and I go around to everyone, making them promise us.

Once that's finished, I continue speaking, "Okay, we're going to escape the arena. Anyone who doesn't want to, can leave, no hard feelings, but remember, you promised. So, anyone have questions?"

Gati says, "Yeah, how are we going to escape?"

I smile, "I'll tell those who stay."

I wait for everyone's answers and then some start leaving. The boy from Ten. Both from One. The boy from three, who leaves shaking. The boy from Twelve. Both from Nine. The boy from six, even though he agreed earlier. The girl from Two. Finally, Jilk leaves. That disapoints me, but he pats my shoulder as he leaves. I give him a half-hearted wave goodbye.

Fourteen in the aliance...not bad. So, we have the boy from two, the girl from three, both from four, both from five, the girl from six, both from seven, Dapo, the girl from ten, both from eleven, and the girl from twelve.

I smile warmly at everyone. Then, I begin speaking in a low, urgent voice, "They put trackers in our arms. We'll cut the trackers out. Once we deactivate them, the gamemakers will fire our cannons. The hovercraft will come to take us. We'll get as much stuff from the cornicopia as possible, and we'll have weapons. We'll kill everyone in it, and take over. We'll meet again tomorrow. Same place. Same time."

Then, with a curt nod, I walk away, dragging Tiger with me.

He is such an idiot sometimes.