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Chapter 5...

I can hear the Capitol crowds roaring from the stands I suddenly get butterflies in my stomach. Coda grabs my hand and tells me everything is going to be ok. I smile and look around I see the tributes. I see a boy in the corner. He has a strident in his hand. That is the unmistakable Leo Odair, he's one of my oldest friends. I catch his eye and I wave, he quickly looks the other way.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you." I look over my shoulder to see Haymitch and Effie waiting impatiently."Tributes aren't allowed to engage in any contact before the training sessions begin tomorrow morning" say Haymitch.
"Oh, Rue, you look just like your mum" Beams Effie

"Oh great!" I reply with an ounce of arrogance that Haymitch seems to pick up on.

"Shame" says Haymitch
"What's a shame?" I ask with the same level of arrogance as before.
"They've been..." He doesn't get chance to finish before Effie jabs him with her elbow.
"Look the other Tributes are getting into their chariots now off you go you two and good luck" chirps Effie.
We get taken to our Chariots by two avoxes. Various and some other girl my mother never mentioned. I smile at Darious; He smiles back and looks at the floor quickly in order to get away with the niceness he just expressed towards another tribute.
The first Chariot rolls into the stadium and the crowd roar louder.
"May I present Mr Flynn Bysoon and Miss Olive Patrickson, our District 1 Tributes." the crowd laugh chant and cheer as the next chariot comes in, District 2's Mason and Eleia. I particularly pay attention to the District 4 Tributes, Leo and another girl called Morgana. Leo has a trient on his head and he looks really ridiculous, however, morgana look ok. The rest go through and now it's mine and Coda's turn. My Heart thumps as the beaming lights hits my face I expect the crowd shouting and cheering for us too but I'm met with nothing but silence.
I takes me a few seconds to realise it but I see my brother and Emilie standing in the crowd. I see Jyames waving his arms and shouting "Quick Rue. its mum and dad" I don't know what makes me do what I do next but I jump out of the moving chariot and fall face first to the floor. I run up the steps into the crowd to look for Jyames and Emilie. I here Coda shouting after me I don't acknowledge him I'm Fixed on finding my brother. Then two people are dragged from the crowd and taken through a door that by the time I get there is locked. I slam the door with my fists "I'll find you Jyames, I'll find out what happened to mum and dad too." I shout and I, hear screeches from down the hall. Arms grab me and push me through a door leading into an elevator; they're Coda and Haymitch's arms. I'm thrown against the opposite wall in the elevator.
"What the hell do you think you're playing at Rue." shouts Coda in my face "that little trick you've just played, Yhea well, it's going to reflect badly on all of us." Coda continues to shout but I briefly look up to we're alone. Where did Haymitch go? I burst into tears and slide to the floor. At this point Coda can't even look at me... I think he's disgusted in me. This is the first time me and Coda have ever argued in such a deep way, well I've not really been shouting back. "Rue, are you even listening to me!" I look up only because I hear my name. I dare myself to say 'no Coda I'm not listening' so I do just as the elevator reaches our floor.
"No Coda I've not been listening to you." his face rages like I've never seen it before. I'm now, for the first time, scared to be with him. The elevator doors open and Coda pushes me out backward. My back hits a table and I fall through it letting glass shatter all over the floor.
"For god's sake, Rue!" screams Coda. I don't look at him I only wince when I pull bits of glass and wood from my arms and legs. Now I'm really scared. I call for help and two avoxes come running in. Coda leaves and goes to his room while the Avoxes take care of me. The girl sits me down on the couch on some paper towel so my blood doesn't ruin the perfect sky blue silk made in District . I hurt, I didn't know Coda had so much...oomph. Well I did but I never would have thought he'd use it on me. I really must have annoyed him.

I sit on the couch until the avoxes have gone. Once they've gone I walk quickly and quietly to my room. I shower and put on my pyjamas. I walk by Coda's room as I go back to The sky blue silk couch. I hear him kicking things. Smashing things. Then there's total silence. I, without knowing, break in to see the room trashed and coda sat beneath a window/ screen that looks just like the woodland area across the graveyard back home. He's crying. Do I go up to him and hug him or leave before I get more hurt. I decide to sit on the edge of his bed. I stake at him, watch the tears roll down his faultless face. I love Coda Hawthorne. I hate seeing him like this...
"Coda" I say softly.
"Get out. I don't want to talk to you." he shouts.
"Coda can we talk it's important." I shout back. He gets up and walks towards me. I get scared.
"Coda. Stop it your scaring me." I screech. He stops and looks at me funny. He backs away crying and shaking his head. He turns and runs to his room; again I'm left in silence. I sit on the sky blue silk couch and sulk. A single tear runs down my face. I don't wipe it away.
I'm awoken by the sound of Haymitch's voice. I keep drifting in and out of conciseness. "Rue, you have training. Rue Wake up!" This time, it's Effie and she's shouting at me, like really loudly.
"Come on she's obviously not getting up!" says Coda. At first I feel a few drops and then a massive gush of freezing cold water is teemed over my head. Now I'm up and not in a very good mood.
"Jesus, was that really necessary?" I shout. Really I don't see how that could possibly be necessary.
"Well I'm off to training. Rue it would be nice of you to join me. If that's not too much to ask of my district partner…" District partner, not even friend, who does he think he is. My mother and farther were district partners, Cato and Clove (they were the District 2 tributes from the 74th Hunger Games) not me and Coda. We are like, best friends, we've know each other all our lives. I'll let it pass.
"Right come on get ready and quick because I want to be one of the first tributes down there. We are going to ally with the careers." Says Coda to the point. Immediately, I disagree. I would never ever, ever ally with the careers. NEVER.
"Well you'll be allying with them on your own."
"fine. If you're not with me your against me." Well I wasn't expecting that! Now I'm an enemy.
"F…Fine." I stutter. "I'm against you. At least I won't have to watch you die." Judging by the look on Haymitch's face he's enjoying this little argument quite a lot.
"Don't worry; you won't have to watch me die; I'm not going to." Coda really does think he's going to win and I don't know why. It wasn't even 24 hours ago when he told me he was going to everything in his power to keep me alive and now he's telling me he's going to the exact opposite. I laugh sarcastically. "Yhea right."
"Come on Rue. Who actually wants you back in District 12? Jyames doesn't, your mother and farther won't and I was your only friend." Says Coda. Haymitch stands up and tells coda to go to training. Then he turns to me. "You hurry up and get ready. You're going to die too. We'll probably never see you's again." How am I meant to believe in myself when my best friend and my mentors don't? I pace into my room and get ready as quick as I can. I miss home so much and I'm now worried about my life, and that's not even mentioning what's going on back home, why did Jyames and Emilie gate crash the tributes parade? I'm at a complete loss with no one here for me.
Once I'm done getting ready I walk straight to the elevator, not even saying goodbye to Haymitch and Effie. The elevator gives me a good chance to think thing over. Like what actually happened last night, I've honestly never seen Coda so angry, NEVER. I was forced to dress in the same clothes as every other tribute. A black vest top and leggings with a thin blue stripe down the side. It's way too tight for my liking, but I guess the point is to make it like a second skin so you can move easer. I start to feel butterfly's in my stomach. I've never really socialised well. Meeting new people isn't a strong point of mine. Looking down at myself makes me go all body conscious. The careers will still be the best as their now trained to go straight into the army not the Hunger Games, that means they are still bread to kill and kill we to provide protection for Panem. All of the other districts have stayed the same except for District 7, they've been given the extra job of missionary and District 5 is now doing Luxury's as well. I think, as of now, I officially hate capitol music; it's so meaningless so… there for the sake of it. The song playing in the elevator is one called 'hold me down' it was sung by a load of drink and drug addicts a few years ago and the managed to get it to number one in the carts within a few hours. The idea of just having a drunken karaoke I a pub one night then the next day being at number one is too easy to call it a decent attempt at fame, no work was involved for them.