Heyyy, So heres the interviews, I hope they live up to your expectations, I didn't quite know how to write them :S This is ( I think) the longest chapter so far because I tried to get as many interviews in as possible, there are still only 4 POVS but they explain other interviews aswell, not all though, I missed a few out :) Anyway last chapter I got 6 reviews woop woop- that's the most I've recieved for 1 chapter, so keep up the reviewing please :')
Silver Fairbain (District 1)
"Welcome, to the 125th annual hunger games, you've seen the reapings; you've seen the training scores, now it's time to get to know the tributes. First up, it's the beautiful Silver from district 1!"Alva, the interviewer announced, I rose from my seat.
'Play it sexy' I reminded myself as I walked on stage, 'You received a 10, they already love you'. I strutted over to Alva and took my seat next to him.
"Hello Silver and might I say you look lovely today," he said pointing to my floor length pink dress with see through netting.
"Thank you Alva, I always try and look my best," I winked to the audience which made them go crazy. I tried not to laugh at this; I had to act like I got this reaction all the time.
"Now, we need to talk about your ten in training! That's an impressive score. Do you think you can win?"
"Of course I think I can win,"
"Who do you think your main threats are?"
"Threats?" I shrugged, "Probably Leonis, he's very strong, but I can beat him. I'm sure some lovely sponsors will help me, yes?"
The crowd went crazy once again, I was doing quite well. Alva laughed.
"I'm sure; you'll have sponsors lining up at your doorstep!" I smiled and flipped my hair over my shoulder. "Well that's all we have time for, give it up for Silver!"
I gave the audience one last wink and strutted off the stage and back to my seat. Wade was up next, he was playing the weak, innocent and sweet card. Of course he was he couldn't do anything else with that pathetic score of 3. He ran to his room after that, most probably crying.
"At the reaping, when your name was called out your Granddad fell to his knees, are you and your Grandad close?" Alva asked him. I saw Wade's face, he wasn't expecting that question. He held his breath and looked down at his hands, 'don't cry' I thought.
"Yeah…I'm all he has left, my parents died when I was young and my Gran's dead as well. If I die, he's got no one."
I can see some of the crowd crying with pity and I see some of the other tributes looking sorry for him too. I must admit, I didn't know about this.
Leonis played the funny guy really well by winking and smiling at the audience and making jokes in just the right places. When I said he was my main threat, I wasn't lying, he and Sean are both really strong and they know what they are doing. Tansy, the girl from 10, has become a threat too since her score of 11; I would really like to know how she managed to get that.
Next was the girl from Leonis' district. Straight away I decided that I didn't like her, she was beautiful. Call me jealous, if you will, but I doubted she would win. She managed a score of 6 and, with the average score of non- careers being 5, she hadn't done too badly. However I would hardly call her a threat.
It was my new ally Jet Charge's interview that surprised me. I had taken my mentors advice and joined an alliance with the district 3 tributes. Not just because of their intelligence, no, these tributes were strong.
"So do you think you can win?" Alva asked him, Jet smirked.
"Probably, but I'm not going to." This confused Alva, so Jet added on to the end, "If I can help it, I want Yvette to win."
"And why's that?"
"I love her."
I could feel the emotions in the room change; everyone suddenly felt pity for this boy, as did I. I could tell that this year might just be an emotional one, with Wade and Jet.
I watched as Jet made his way back to his seat, when he arrived Yvette gave him a kiss. I couldn't help but finding this cute. No matter, both of them would be dead in a couple of weeks, maybe even less.
Dirk River (District 5)
My mum had told me stories of the second rebellion many times over the years; my grandma had kept a notebook full of them. I remember one story; she told me when I was about seven years old. It was a story of true love and how in the end it was that love which had truly begun the rebellion.
The boy had declared his love at the interviews, saying that the girl he had a crush on had come to the arena with him. I bet that President Daiute is holding his breath after the district 3 boy's announcement of love.
The district 4 tributes were quite the opposite; Finley was playing the quiet and unimportant role, whereas Sean was being funny and very likeable.
Trinnith was being shy but very smart, something that really suited her. Alva went on about how great she did in training, getting a 9. Trinnith seamed shocked about her score.
Before I knew it, my name was called. I walked up to the stage knowing that this was make or break, Wade and I both had a particularly hard job. We had both received a score below the average of 5 meaning that we would probably have no sponsors unless we grabbed the audience's attention here and now. Wade had been successful, now it was my turn.
"Hello Dirk," Alva smiled as I sat down in the seat.
"Hi," I whispered.
"So Dirk, why don't we start with your family, would you like to tell us about them?"
"Well…I'm the middle child. I have two brothers; one is ten and the other twenty one. We are all very close, and that's it really, my mum and dad are amazing and I just want to see them again," I didn't want to go into too much detail; if I did I might be in danger of crying on stage.
The rest of the questions led on from there. Many times I had to collect myself, being one of the younger tributes, I felt like they understood my emotions more than the older tributes.
When my time was up I headed back to my seat.
"Next up, Floss Stone." The crowd went wild for her, of course they did; she was one of them. She looked like one too. Her stylist had dressed her in a very sticky out pink dress with rather odd pink high heels which wrapped around her legs and went up to her knees. She had massive fake eyelashes and blue make up. I hated the capitol, even her! I didn't care that she was a good person and sacrificed herself for a little girl. She had done what any normal person would have done; she did exactly what hundreds of others had done before her. I didn't understand why she was getting more noticed than the rest of us. Was it just because she was the first capitol tribute since the 76th hunger games?
By the end of her interview she had the whole audience in tears. She got a minute longer than the rest of us because they showed her a clip that was sent in by the little girl she saved.
She thanked her over and over again; she wished her luck and told her that she'd never forget her. It was really sweet, she was one lucky girl.
Floss had tears in her eyes when she made her way back to her seat.
Nat Damian (District 9)
Terra, the girl from district 7, seemed like a very mysterious girl. She had a great score of 8 and, there was just something about her long black hair and slanted green eyes that sent a shiver down my spine.
"I've been hearing people refer to me as 'the Cat.' I guess I am kind of like one."
The Cat, I defiantly saw the resemblance.
Octa from district 8 was very interesting too. She spoke of how she had been lucky her entire life. How the only thing that had ever been unlucky in her life was being reaped. She received many cheers from the audience.
Soon it was Laurel's turn, she was extremely nervous. I don't know why, she did great in training, as did I. We both received a 6 which is nowhere near the highest but for our ages it was seen as impressive.
Alva picked up on this as soon as Laurel sat down. Laurel looked lovely in a little light blue dress.
By the end of Laurels interview, she was much more relaxed and was even joining in with some of Alva's Jokes.
I was next.
I made my way on to the stage,
"Hello Nat, well, what can I say other than you and Laurel are so alike! Same age, same training score, what are the odds hey?"
I laughed, "Yeah, that's district 9 for you," the crowd roared with laughter.
"Tell us about your friends, I bet you have many!"
"Yeah, I have quite a few, mainly girls actually. Oh and can I just say hi to Florence, she's my best friend. Hi Florence," I waved in the general direction of the cameras.
This made Alva chuckle to himself.
For the rest of the interview I just tried to keep it real, make jokes when necessary and simply have a laugh.
Before I knew it, my time was up and I headed back to my seat.
Tansy Hepperly (District 10)
I took my seat next to Alva. All of the interviews had gone well and now it was my turn to make an impression.
"Tansy, now where do I begin other than 11! Congratulations on that!"
"Thank you." I answered. In all honesty I had no idea how I managed that 11, I didn't even think the game makers where paying attention so I just ran around a few times and threw some knives at the dummies.
"Tell me, you must be confident about the games now."
"I am, I've always been kind of confident; I have to be, don't I?"
Alva nodded in agreement, "I guess so."
I was doing fine, until he brought up my family.
"Erm, I have a little sister, she's 10 and my mum, she's 8 months pregnant." That's all I managed to say, I didn't like talking about my family.
I was saved by the bell! My time was up. I shook Alva's hand and made my way back to my seat. I missed Twig's interview. I was distracted by thoughts of my sister Marny. I had to go home, for my sister and my unborn brother's sake.
I watched Maxi's interview, the twelve year old from district 11 and realised, I'm not the only one who has to return home. She was too young to be here. Who in their right mind would have a twelve year old and an eighteen year old fighting against each other?
Before long the final tribute, the boy from 12 had made his way back to his seat.
That was it, tomorrow we would be dropped into the arena and only one would make it out alive. Everyone deserved it, no matter whether it was me with the highest training score or Wade with the lowest.
Ok, I'm confirming alliances now …
– Silver (District 1), Leonis (District 2), Sean and Finely (District 4), Yvette and Jet (District 3)
-Tansy and Twig (District 10), Gideon (District 7)
-Wade (District 1), Saffra (District 2) Floss and Griffin (District 6)
- Laurel and Nat (District 9)
-Adena and Jai (District 12)
Dirk, Trinnith, Terra, Octa, Cynara, Jace and Maxi are so far going alone, they might make alliances during the games but for now, nope.
And yeah I decided Saffra would go well with Griffin, Wade and Floss :')
Anyway Review! Please :') I hope I got the interviews right, :S And the characters, let me know what you think anyways please? Thank you, the next chapter is just the final night before the games, I thought it'd be nice to have one last chapter before the games begin :') Thanks again, review! x
