~Olivia "Via" Kailz~

Training isn't very new to me, but I wouldn't have trained ever if it wasn't for the Hunger Games. My parents sent me to learn karate at a young age. I have a black belt, but I wouldn't say I'm the best. This year I was reaped at the age of eighteen and now as of today I am nineteen. Why couldn't the reaping have been later? I wouldn't have been able to be reaped and taken away from my kids, Rosaline and Johnathon. They're only two years old. I gave birth at the age of sixteen, and many people think I'm a slut but when you usually get pregnant in the Districts it's with someone you love. People think I get around a lot but no, I'm engaged! He is the love of my life, my best friend since the age of four, Vincent Alamia.

"Olivia!" Kieran yells, breaking my train of thought. "Time for training!" Kieran rushes over to me and grabs my arm. He drags me to the elevator and we head down to the training centre. We stop at another floor and District Four steps on. The boy goes to one side of the elevator while looking at the girl on the other side out of the corner of his eye. They don't pay any attention to the two of us standing in the back of the elevator, but it's not like they would, they're careers! They wouldn't think twice about killing us.

The doors open and we walk out of the elevator and into a massive room eight times the size of my school's gym, and that says a lot. Our gym was massive. I look at Kieran who seems to be looking at the other tributes contently.

"There are nine people in this room right now who can kill us easily." He says when he finally turns no me. I widen my eyes at him when the boy from two smirks at him and chuckles while telling this to the girl from his district who rolls her eyes at him.

"Kieran, which nine people are you talking about?" I ask him. He sighs and cocks his head toward the siblings from District Zero.

"They are from four, I wouldn't put it by them to see that they are trained. Then there is District One, the girl Talise has been staring at you since you entered the room, plus her sister died in the games last year and her partner looks the career part. Then you have District Two who has that massive guy and the sister of last year's Terri Dane. District Four could possibly kill us, the boy looks a little weaker then his partner and she has her eyes only on herself, they seem to be up to something. Then finally we go to District Nine. Look at the boy tribute and tell me what you think when you see his eye level black hair and dark green eyes."

I look to my left to see the boy Kieran was talking about he looks vaguely familiar. His lips are thin, and he is pretty slender, but the way he looks at the other tribute reminds me of someone. When his eyes flash at me I can't help but take in a deep breath.

"Is that who I think it is?" I ask Kieran.

"Who do you think it is Olivia?" He asks me with a creepy smile on his face.

"But he died last year, it can't be him. He had a sibling? That boy, Kieran, is the boy from Nine's brother?" I say.

"Vorths brother, Zanther. You got it right. We have to watch out for him." Kieran says as Districts Three and Ten walk in arriving last as a man with short brown hair and orange eyes walks out in front of us.

"Hello tributes, I'm your head gamemaker, Robbie LeBlanc and I am pleased to welcome you to the training for the one hundred and first Hunger Games." The Career tributes and the four Capitol tributes give him a round of applause as the rest of us glare at him, except Zanther who shows no expression on his face. "You have until five o'clock tonight to train, its eight AM right now so that gives you four hours until lunch, an hour for lunch and four hours after lunch. Does everyone understand?" he asks. The boy from nine raises his hand. Robbie nods at him.

"What weapons do you have here?" Zanther asks.

"Well we have swords, spears, axes, knives, bow and arro-" Robbie says before Zanther cuts him off.

"So, nothing interesting." District Nine says.

"If you want a weapon you can't see here ask a training instructor and we'll try to find you what you're looking for in the armory. Alright, get training!" Robbie quickly runs to the stands before flicking a switch on the wall. I wonder what that's for?

"Kieran?" I say as he walks towards the knives station.

"What?" He says in a cold voice.

"We're allies right?" I say to which the corners of his mouth rise in a small smile.

"Of course, and if one of the District Three kids come up to you strike up a conversation. They are potential allies." He says before he runs off to the knives station where the boy from Four and the boy from Ten are.

I make my to the hand to hand fighting area and ask for a sparring partner. A young man around the age of twenty one walks out to me.

"You know what you're doing right?" He asks me. I shrug.

"I guess we'll see." I say right before I lunge at him, making him flinch since he wasn't expecting me to come at him so fast. I crash in to his chest as he picks up his own momentum. I swing my right fist at his head. He grabs my arm then quickly grabs the other, I jump off the ground and thrust my feet at his chest as he holds my arms. The man falls backwards gasping for breath as I jump on his chest and pin him to the ground. He taps out then I let go of him.

"Good job" He says as he walks to the edge of the room to get a drink of water. I turn away from the station and walk towards the edible plants station where the boy from Three is, maybe I can get him to join us. I walk to the table and stand next to him while he is trying to figure out whether the plant in front of him is edible or not. I lean over to him and look at the plant.

"Um, hello?" He says, sounding confused. I look up at his face and smile.

"Hi, I'm Olivia from District Six." I say as I stick out my right hand, he takes it gratefully and smiles.

"So you're the girl my mentors told me to look for, Districts Three and Six have had a strong connection since the last rebellion so they see fit that our Districts would work well together." He says. I smile and lean over to look at his plant.

"That plant's poisonous." I tell him matter-of-factly.

"How do you know?" He asks.

"Well you can see a little bit of goo in the middle of the stem here and there are barbs on the leaves so if you ate it and ended up not dying from the poison, you would choke on it."

"Ohh."

"But if you're going to be in an alliance with me you don't need to know this." I say with a smile. Wylie sticks his hand out to me.

"Allies?" He asks.

"Allies." I say as I take his hand.

"We just need to get Kimmit and your partner then." He says as he gazes around the training centre.

~Kieran Hanson~

I take one of the long jagged daggers in my hand and throw it at the dummy thirty feet away.

Thud

It sinks into its neck. Finally a good hit. The boy from Four is throwing knife after knife into the targets while the boy from Ten is sparring with one of the instructors. I smile when I see the girl from Three practicing her sword skills with an instructor and I can tell she is pretty good at it. I set down my knives and go towards her.

"Pretty impressive." I comment as she disarms the instructor, she looks shocked to see me.

"What do you want?" She asks.

"I was just admiring your skill." I say adding a slight bit of fake hurt into my voice. She smiles as she taps her katana against her shoes.

"Thanks, you're not bad with those knives yourself. But what can your partner do?" She asks. I'm shocked when I hear this. Has her district been scoping us out too?

I hesitate a little before speaking. "Olivia? She's great with medicine and science, she is a good strategist as well. Oh! And she has a black belt in karate."

"Aren't you afraid that this information you are telling me won't get your partner killed in the future?"

"That is only if you don't agree to the alliance, then we would have to battle it out at the cornucopia."

"Oh, and making enemies isn't a good idea either, District Six."

"What about your partner, he seems to be getting on with Olivia pretty well." I say as I peer across the room to see Olivia and the boy from Three laughing at the plant table.

"Huh Wylie? He's just with me so I don't have to be alone and go insane, I doubt he'd be able to fight."

I shrug and walk closer to her. "Alright District Three, what will it take to get you in an alliance with me and Olivia?"

The girl chuckles and walks around behind me, dragging her sword at her feet. I can see a few of the tributes are staring at us, the boys from One and Two at the other side of the sword station, as well as the twelve year old Capitol citizen and the girl from One.

"It'll take more then just words, I need actions that prove you will help me get further in the games." She says.

"I'm okay with knives, so one long distance fighter. We have Olivia, a great strategist and if she has a dagger her karate would be even better. Then you, you are great at close range fighting and if you are fighting someone I have your back. Then whatever your partner does, we will work!" I need this girl in my alliance so bad.

"You make a point, but if I get into a fight and you aren't there to back me up and I die, it's on your hands."

"So do we have a deal?" I ask her.

"Deal." She says as she takes my hand and shakes it.