Return of the Tributes
Sorry for the wait. I was stuck in my room cleaning all weekend, since we're getting our floors redone. I stalled on Saturday, watching TV when I should have been writing or cleaning, so I did most the work on Sunday. Then I finish this chapter, after stalling watching Charlie the Unicorn and working on another fanfic. Then my mom told me to go to bed before I could edit it, so yeah. 52 reviews. Awesome! Thanks a lot! I am having a lot of trouble on one thing and you guys have probably noticed. I can't figure out how to portray Thresh. Please help! Tell me how you want him portrayed, he's one of my favorite characters and I really want to do him justice.
Answers to Reviews:
Anonymus: Thanks!
Toast-n-Butter: Okay Tips: Don't expect reviews, it'll only drive you insane. Become really good at summaries, it'll help you to get people to read your stories. And if you need any help feel free to pm me, I'd be happy to help.
m'gannfan31: Actually I didn't think about Rue when I first wrote this, I only thought about my favorite characters, Foxface, Thresh and the Careers. But I guess that was good because the others would probably run.
numbah435spiritsong: Exactly, I would love to kill Katniss but would end the story before it even really began.
Turtlezz4eva (for both reviews): Thanks! And there will be a sequel. Sorry I didn't update sooner.
Bookwormbunny12: K was up at 12 emailing me. And now she's sick, pretty smart huh? I used to try to wake up at 2 on Saturdays though, which wasn't smart. We need to have a sleepover. Maybe with K.
AThousandLifetimes: It's not because he isn't a Career it's because I can't figure out how to portray him. He's like impossible for me to write about him! Help!
miyame-chan: That would end the story and I plan on making it really long. And Thresh... Well, you'll see...
aawesomee: I plan on making it really long, since I have a lot to put into it. And there will be a sequel! So you'll have something to read for a long time.
Thanks you guys! I decided that I needed some OC's and also we needed some adult figures so... well you'll see. Without figure ado... Chapter 9!
Prologue
You may have thought they were dead. Well not anymore. The Capitol leaders of before the rebellion went underground, taking the bodies of the dead tributes with them. Using Capitol technology, they were able to bring the tributes back, only the smartest and strongest were brought back to help regain control of Panem. This isn't the end of the story…
Clove 9: The Capitol is now in Charge
We got back to the training center, we got what I expected. We got yelled at. The thing I didn't expect was that a Capitol person did it.
"Do you know what you did? Do you know you could've sacrificed the entire mission? You all are just some idiot kids that are good with pointy things!" The stout little man shouts at us.
"They're called weapons." Glimmer mutters, receiving glares from everyone.
"Arrogant little brats." The man mutters. "From now on, you will take orders from us." The man glares at us and leaves fuming.
Arrow turns to us, "He's right. You ruined the mission, Clove. You gave us away; we're supposed to be a secret. We have to be even more careful, now. Katniss probably won't tell anyone, in risk of sounding insane, but she'll be on high alert now." She sighs. "Get some rest."
I bet her goal was to make me guilty, but it didn't work. I was only annoyed that I was able to kill her. Peeta coming in to Katniss dead on the ground would probably give him a heart attack.
I start walking to my room but Cato stops me.
"That was really stupid." His grip is hard, same with his eyes.
I look around, everyone is gone except for me and Cato.
"I know." I say.
"It was rash, stupid, brave-"
"You called it brave." I point out, cutting him off.
"Yeah, not many people would be brave enough to do that." He mutters, probably cursing himself out in his head.
"Well thank you. I feel honored." I say in my most regal voice, then kiss him on the cheek.
He stands there stunned and I slip out off his now not very tight grip. When I get out of earshot, I laugh. Cato is way too easy to distract. Tomorrow I'll probably get yelled at more. Ugh, that'll be so much fun!
I wake up to Glimmer shaking me. She looks annoyed, like she had to wake up everyone.
"Get up, Clove. We have Capitol training today." She says, walking to the door before turning back, "Oh and if you don't mind, can you wake Cato up? Thanks." She walks out shutting the door.
Oh fun, I get to wake Cato. I quickly get dressed in training clothes and wake across the hall into Cato's room.
Carefully, I shake his shoulder, "Cato. Wake up."
He turns away from me, scooting farther across the bed.
"Cato." I growl. "Wake up now, or I swear I'll get my knives and chop you up into a million pieces."
"You'd never do that." He laughs, his eyes still closed.
"Oh really?" I pull a knife out of my sheath and press it lightly into his upper arm, producing a small drop of blood.
He reacts quickly, hitting the knife out of my hands and pinning me down.
"Don't make me hurt you." He growls.
I struggle under his weight. He notices and gets off me.
"Get dressed." I tell him walking away.
I walk to the dining room and sit down, eating some pancakes. Cato soon comes out and plops down next to me.
A Capitol person soon comes out. She seems actually kinda normal, except her hair, its practically white.
"Hello. I'm Vincentia. I will be your trainer." She smiles at us. "Come along."
We follow her to the training room, but it's different. Everything has been pushed to the sides except a rack of swords and a mat.
"Find a balanced sword." She tells us and we rush over each grabbing a sword and testing it.
I find a small sword that isn't too heavy and fits easily in my hands.
"Line up." Vincentia orders. We all comply. "You." She points at Glimmer.
Glimmer steps forward. "Just so you know, I suck at using a sword."
Vincentia disarms her, bending Glimmer's arm behind her back.
"You'll do." Vincentia nods, releasing her.
Glimmer spars with Vincentia for a few minutes before Glimmer is deemed fit with a sword. Then Arrow is called up; it seems she's actually decent with a sword because she disarms Vincentia in seconds. Cato is up next, then Marvel, they both do well with a sword of course. Then Thresh is called up; Thresh is actually okay too, but not as good as Cato. I'm called up next.
"You're the girl who attacked Katniss right?" Vincentia asks me.
"Um… Yeah."
"Good job." She smiles at me.
We then fight. I suck at this, but my sword is short enough to be deemed a dagger, so I didn't fail epically.
"Great Job." Vincentia smiles at us. "Get some lunch."
We walk out of the training room and reach our rooms.
Glimmer turns to us. "She seems nice. One of the better Capitol people."
We all nod. Vincentia is very nice and is a lot like some people in District 2, well not the crazed victors or Careers, but the people I would actually get along with.
We all change into non-sweat-soaked clothes and eat lunch. Then we have more training.
We have free training time, so I go straight for the throwing knives. Vincentia is at that station and she turns and smiles at me.
"You a knife expert?" She asks.
I nod. "They're deadly and kinda good for close-combat."
She smiles. "I specialize in knives. They were my favorite in training when I was a kid."
"You lived in a Career district?" I ask.
"Yeah, same district as you. My dad became a Peacekeeper and moved us to the Capitol." She says to me. Then gestures to the throwing knives. "Show me what you can do."
I walk forward picking up a stack of knives, throwing each with complete accuracy into the targets, a bulls-eye on each.
"Not bad." Vincentia nods at my obvious skill. "But you could do better."
My gaze hardens as she picks up a stack of knives, backing up and turning around. She throws the knives one by one not even turning around, hitting the bull's-eyes on all the targets.
I quickly pick up another stack of knives and back up farther than Vincentia did and turn around. The knives fly perfectly into the targets hitting all the bull's-eyes.
Vincentia smiles. "Great job, Clove." Then she walks away.
I stand awestruck at what I achieved. Then I realize what Vincentia was trying to do. She was trying to get me mad and competitive. I smile and continue testing my abilities. Maybe having the Capitol in charge isn't so bad.
So did you like it? I added in Vincentia, a original character, she looks like Luna Lovegood, kind of, like in the 5th movie. Please help me with Thresh, he's just so hard.
Thanks,
R&R
Dara