We explain to Peeta what we are all doing which doesn't take long. Ian goes off to pick his weapon out of the stack and we lead Peeta over to the mouth of the Cornucopia.
"Now, you will directly answer every question we have for you. Don't try to get around it, either. Glimmer will make sure that you don't try to run or do anything stupid and I won't be far behind. Got it?" I clear with him as we sit down, except for Glimmer who keeps her bow on her arm leaning up against the edge of the Cornucopia. He nods and I hope he gets to be more verbal.
"First, what's Fire girl's real name?" I ask.
"Katniss."
"Okay, then. Did Katniss ever make any alliances in training, have a friendship, meet someone that she got along with?"
"No; she stayed alone the entire time. She really isn't that much of a people person." Glimmer scoffs behind him. If she wasn't a people person, she wouldn't have such high bets from the Capitol. They are probably rising by the minute, too. I accept his answer now, but I'll come back to it if I find more.
"Now, let's get onto what we all know this entire conversation is leading up to. Your interview. Her response was…" I say, letting him finish the end. It's more intimidating this way.
"Well, she was angry because she thought I lied but I think she calmed down after thinking about her advantages for it." This is a good answer because I just got two new valuable pieces of information. First, he wasn't lying, not at all. Second, she's smart enough to reap the advantages from it. If she does it the right way, we could have a major issue.
"So, what's it like at home?" He seems a little startled from the change of topic, looking up at Glimmer, who just nods, and then back to me.
"Well, I work in a bakery. I've got an older brother, Samuel. School's okay. I don't have too many friends. I would say I'm more of an observer there," he answers back.
"Katniss goes to school with you?"
"When she can."
"Same classes?"
"Mostly."
"Smart?"
"Average, I guess."
"Popular?"
"Yeah, but she doesn't know it." I decide to close the school topic now after figuring that out. She has a lot of support from home which makes killing her even trickier.
"Okay, back to now. So, I'm not sure if you know this, but last night, while you were off finishing off that girl, we spotted signs of Katniss. We have a feeling we know exactly where she is and I'm sure we should be hearing a cannon any time now." I look up at Glimmer, who is slightly confused, but she won't act on it. He swallows deeply and gets a panicked look on his face.
"So, it's done?"
"Depends on how good we are. You watched the training scores, right?" He nods.
"Remember what I got?" He says my score easily back to me.
"I think you can answer that question yourself. Glimmer, you got anything?"
"Nope. I think it's about time for Cato and the others to be coming back. Got anything else you want to say, Peeta?" He shakes his head again. I've frightened that boy out of his mind. We stand up and walk around to the other side of the Cornucopia.
"Hey, didn't we have more apples than that?" Glimmer asks, pointing to a bag laying on top of one of the boxes.
"Cato probably took some in case they aren't coming back soon enough. It's fine," I answer. No one would steal from us. After a hour or so, during which I just talk with Glimmer, Cato, Marvel, and Ian emerge out of the woods.
"How'd you do?" I ask as they come back.
"Not too good. Ian figured out some berry we can eat. It seems like no one else has an alliance so far," Cato says, propping his canteen on the Cornucopia, but keeping hold on his spear. Ian opens up his backpack and dumps them out on top of a box.
"Eat it," Marvel says. These could be poison and we aren't going to let go that easily. Ian picks up a few and pops them in his mouth. We all wait anxiously to see what the red berries will do to him. Nothing, it seems for now. They could have a late effect though.
"Clove, you want to take a pack out tonight?" Cato asks, taking a drink from his canteen.
"Yeah. Marvel, Glimmer, Peeta, you're coming with me," I tell them. Everyone seems fine with that, so we start packing bags, picking out weapons, and sharpening knifes and arrowheads.
"Here, take this," I say, handing Peeta a dried beef strip and a net. I take a bite out of my beef strip and motion for him to do the same. After we have packed up, ready to go with a set of knives tucked safely inside my jacket, we head out into the forest.
So sorry for the long time between updates! I promise I will get back on updating more often, for all my stories. Thanks for reading and make sure you review!