A/N (Retrak) Hey! Just to let you know I am going on vacation for two weeks, I always write better while I'm away! So be prepared for alot of chapters coming your way!

~Geofri Loid~

I swing my war hammer down on the head of the dummy on the floor in front of me, making it pop. I grimace as fake blood oozes from the broken 'skull'. It's only the morning and I can see people stressing. Later today we will all have our private sessions to determine our scores, I'm not expecting to get a high score but it would be nice to get an average one.

I swing my hammer at another dummy, it makes contact with it's arm causing it to snap. I then take out both it's legs in one sweeping motion, and sink the pointed tip from on top of the hammer into it's chest. More blood seeps out of the second artificial human.

I move from the war hammer, my weapon of choice, to the axes just in case they don't have my first pick in the arena. I grab a hatchet and take my place at a target.

"Geofri?" I turn to see Crissi staring at me.

"Hello Crissi, would you like to join me? I'm just practicing with the axes for a little bit, it might be good to brush up on different weapons." I say. She gives me a small smile before taking a hatchet and lining up next to me. With the hatchet in my right hand I bring it over my head, lean back a little and whip it forward with the full motion of my body. The added force of my body moving with the axe makes it that much harder, the sound of the impact sounds like a gun shot. I see that the axe sunk into the head of my target, I can't help but smile a little only to shove it away. If that was a human, they would be dead. I would have made a kill, this just makes me that much better of a tribute. I turn to see my young District partner throw her axe only to have it sink into the leg.

"I'm a good for nothing loser." I hear her mumble. I look at her from the corner of my eye and sigh. My District partner has a very small chance of winning; I will ally with her in these games and take her as far as I can. I just can't see her die.

"Crissi, watch how I do it." I tell her. I grab another axe and throw it. It sinks into the chest of the dummy. I look at her while she throws the axe, it hits the stomach this time, much better than her last throw. She turns towards me with a little smile on her face, she looks me in the eye and her smile starts to fade.

"Why are you helping me?" She asks.

"You're my District partner, we should help each other." I reply. She crosses her arms and sighs.

"But we will be fighting each other the day after tomorrow, and chances are one or both of us will die." She mutters. I drop the axe I was holding on the floor.

"What if someone had your back? What if we teamed up? We could get far Crissi!" I exclaim.
"I just don't want someone else's fate rested upon my hands. I don't want to be the one to get you killed." She whispers before turning and walking to the edible plants table.

"Crissi wait!" I yell before running after her.

~Crissi Branwin~

"Please Crissi, wait." I turn to Geofri and scowl a little. "You need to listen to me, we could get far if we worked together, we need to be a team, and we can both win! We can be the second pair to win in history, the second pair from District Twelve!"

"Why?" I ask "What's the point? I'm dead as it is!"

"Stop saying you're dead already Crissi!" He yells. I stop dead and stare at him. "You are not dead yet, we have to wait until the games start before we figure out if we die or not!" I stare at him for a few moments.

"Geofri, have you thought this through?" I say. "Because partnering up with me could be life or death for you." He backs of a little, looking as though someone punched him in the stomach. "Geofri, I didn't mean I would kill you it's just that I don't want to see you get killed." I grab a book from the table and scan through it while I wait for Geofri's answer.

"I have thought it through; I want you to be my ally." Geofri says sincerely.

"Then if we're allies would you kindly accompany me to where the maces are?" I ask. He smiles and nods.

Once we get to the mace station I pick up the slimmest and lightest one there. I swing it and make it connect with the dummy's neck. It makes a crunching sound as my targets head gets cranked to the right. I see Geofri has gotten the hang of the mace as he swings his into another dummy's leg, causing it to snap. I swing my mace once more into the skull of the dummy.

Crunch

The head looks like it imploded on impact.

BEEP

Everyone's heads turn to the sound of the buzzer that signals that the morning is over. Geofri and I make our way over to the lunch room where we will eat our final meal in the basement of the training centre. Then after that we will have to wait until our names are called for our private sessions.

"Geofri, I'm scared I might mess up." I say.

"Crissi, everyone will mess up at least once." He smiles. "Don't be afraid if you get a low score. you have as much of a chance as everyone else." But what he doesn't know is I'm terrified, and I already have resigned to my fate. I know once I'm in the arena, I will not leave.