I'm glad you all love the previous chapter, thanks for all the wonderful reviews. I know you're all dying for Amethine to get into the arena, so I'm sorry for the long wait, I'm also sorry for not updating quickly. I'll try and speed it up because I already have the arena idea, Amethine's chariot outfit, and her interview dress all planned out! Please enjoy this chapter and tell me what you think (:
"Amethine, it's time to wake up! We will be arriving at the Capitol in an hour and you don't want to present yourself looking like that! Come on, get up!" exclaims Morraina.
I groan and cover my face with a pillow, although it doesn't seem to make her go away. "Get up! You need to get dressed and start eating!" she says. I hit her with the pillow causing her wig to tilt to the left.
"Some people just don't have manners. Amethine, get up now." She says more seriously as she straightens her wig. When I don't move she walks out of the room muttering 'Out of all my years of escorting, she is by far the rudest.' to herself. I sit up and rub my eyes. I take a glance at the clock. 10:02.
I take a shower and put on a maroon blouse along with a pair of skinny jeans I found in the closet. I wear my leather jacket over the blouse and wear the brown leather boots that was also in the closet, I tie my hair into a ponytail. When I'm done getting ready, I walk into the dining car. Beryl, Cashmere, and Morraina are the only ones sitting at the table.
I walk over to the serving table and fill my plate with mini apple turnovers, bacon, and scrambled eggs. I sit down next to Beryl and eat while an Avox pours me some orange juice. Beryl, Cashmere, and Morraina are deep in conversation about the victor from district 4- Finnick Odair.
"I love his hair!" Morraina says.
"How about that smile, it's so pearly white." I hear Cashmere say.
I don't bother joining their conversation and just continue eating my breakfast in silence. Gloss comes in and asks the Avox for hot cocoa and sits next to Morraina. He sees the three of them gathered together and turns to me with his eyebrows raised.
"Finnick Odair." I say and he nods.
The door slides open and Evan walks in. He says good morning to Gloss and asks the Avox to serve him breakfast, trying to avoid making eye contact with me. I ignore him and take a sip of my orange juice when Axin arrives with a glass of some type of alcohol in his hands, which is no surprise there.
"Good morning everyone." he says, surprisingly sober. Yesterday after he read the descriptions of the tributes I wrote he drank like there was no tomorrow, it amuses me that he doesn't look like he's suffering from a hangover.
"Hangover?" I ask. This earns a light laugh out of both Axin and Gloss. I look at them expectantly.
"You see, Axin here has been a drinker for a long time, so hangovers aren't a big problem to him anymore." Gloss explains. I look at Axin and he nods.
"I bet a lot of people envy you for that." I say.
"Yeah, maybe. You excited on seeing the Capitol?" he asks, changing the subject.
I shrug and say. "I guess. I can't wait to start training."
"What else are you good at besides handling weapons?" Axin asks.
"Hand to hand combat, and some gymnastics." I say. In my second year of training, my mother wanted me to try gymnastics, probably to take my mind off training. The first day of my enrollment was fun and by the second month, I already mastered most of the complicated moves. But I told my mother that I wanted to quit to continue with my training and she respectfully allowed me to do so.
"Good, how about survival skills?" Gloss asks.
"Snares, making fires, knot-tying, poison berries identification, and medicinal plants identification" I say.
"You're really prepared, huh?" Axin says while he downs the liquid in his glass.
"Yeah, why shouldn't I be? It's the hunger games." I say. This catches Evan's attention and when I look at him, he turns away quickly. I turn to Morraina, Cashmere, and Beryl who are still talking about the 'ever-so-dreamy' Finnick. I guess I'll just chat with Gloss and Axin until we arrive in the Capitol.
"Axin, how was your games like?" I ask.
"Crazy. The arena was creepy and the mutts were horrible." he says as he shudders.
"How was the arena like?" I ask, suddenly interested.
"One section was a maze, another one was like a beach, and the last one had a rocky terrain." he says.
"How about you Gloss?"
"The Gamemakers wanted to make the arena look like paradise so we forget we were even in the games, but as we moved around we found out that there were a lot of horrors behind the peaceful place. One time, my allies and I were spying on a tribute, we watched as she was petting a deer. The deer was friendly, then when she turned to continue on her hike, it rammed into her and mauled her death." he says.
"We're here." Axin says looking at the window. I turn and walk to it, the buildings are huge, some are domes and others towers. I gaze at the marvelous view when the windows go black. We're entering the train station where Capitol citizens will be waiting to see us.
"Evan, stand next to her." Beryl says, Evan does as told and peers out the window. The lights come back and a big crowd full of colors are almost blinding. I look at all the citizens with their funny-shaped wigs, different colored skin, and surgerically altered faces.
I cross my arms and smirk at all of them, causing them to get wild. Some try to touch the window, but Peacekeepers are there to restrain them from doing such a thing. Some people are jumping up and down and others are clapping. Evan waves kindly and the girls and women in the crowd blow kisses at him.
Morraina ushers both of us out of the train and the second we step onto the pavement, the screams from the crowd hurt my ears. People try to touch us, but Peacekeepers are on both sides, in front, and behind us. I continue to smirk and Evan continues waving.
We're guided into a really tall building. It's the training center where all the tributes are going to train and live in for the next six days or so. We walk through the lobby which is very elegant. We then get into an elevator and Morraina punches the button marked T probably for Training center.
The elevator is bigger compared to the one in the Justice Building back home. The door slides open and we walk out to see the training vicinity, I wander around the spacious room admiring all the weapons on the shelves and the dummies that resemble the human body. While my mentors have a conversation along with Evan, I find the spear throwing station and pick up a random spear. I get into position and throw, I look to see that it has landed on the bullseye like I planned.
"Before you decide to destroy the dummies before training even starts, let's go check out the living quarters you'll both be staying in." says Beryl. I follow them into another elevator, similar to the one we just got out of.
"Now, training starts tomorrow. You are to ride this elevator to get back to your floor. When training is over you just press the button with the number 1 on it. Why that number you might ask? Well it's because you're from district 1. Now let me just press the button here." Morraina says as she pushes the button.
The place I will be staying in is amazing. Three times better than the train. Real, beautiful plants stand tall in the exotic vases that hold them, comfortable plush chairs in the den, and lovely glasses on the dining table.
"I know, beautiful isn't it?" Morraina says.
"It is really nice." I say.
"Very classy." Evan says.
"Now let me show you your rooms." says Morraina. I look at my mentors who don't look too amused, probably due to years of mentoring, they've been here before and have seen the same thing, so it's no surprise to them. They all just sit in the den talking to each other, so Evan and I follow Morraina.
She leads us down a hall with purple doors and a table holding a vase full of flowers, at the end of the hall is a couch. She stops at the third door on the left side and turns to me.
"This is your room." She motions to the door. "Feel free to look inside." Across my room is Evan's, so I just walk into my room. I thought my room in the train was nice, but this one is much better. I'm speechless as I look around, probably because of Capitol fever, the feeling you get when you see all the wonders of the Capitol. I have to admit, I am a little envious of the Capitol, for all the nice things they have that we don't have in my district.
My bed is big and soft, with its silk blankets and bed sheet. The closet is the same like the one in the train, but bigger. The machine that delivers food from the sound of your voice is the same and the bathroom is the same, the only thing different is that there are more buttons in the shower.
I walk out of my room and sit in the den with my mentors and Morraina. Evan is probably still in his room, admiring everything.
"When Evan comes out of his room, Morraina will take you guys to the remake center. Remember what I told you on the train, do not scream or fight when they try to make you look presentable. You will be meeting your prep team and stylist so be nice, alright? I think Evan will do okay, but I'm kinda worried about you." Cashmere says which causes me to roll my eyes.
Evan walks over to us and sits down next to Gloss. Cashmere tells him what she just told me, and we make our way to the elevator. Morraina tells us to behave and be polite to our prep team. She stops in front of green double doors and tells us that we must enter without her, so we say goodbye. Evan and I step inside not speaking to each other. I'm anxious to see what these Capitol people are going to do with me.
How was that? I really wanted to show Beryl and Cashmere's girly-ish side when I wrote that whole Finnick thing, so was it good? Let me know! In the next chapter you will meet Amethine's prep team and stylist. The tribute parade will be in the next chapter as well, and you will find out what Amethine will be wearing! Please don't forget to leave a review. (: Thanks for reading :D