HEYYYYY FACES! (I'M OFFICIALLY CALLING YOU PEOPLE FACES! THEN AGAIN, I CALL EVERYONE A FACE! WHATEVER!)

FINCHES POV

"Your hair will not catch on fire!" Lana said.

"How dod you know?" I asked.

"Because these are fake sparklers!" she said, with emphasis on the fake.

"Why doesn't Drew have to put them in his hair?" I asked.

"Because his hair is short, so the sparklers won't stay," explained Lana.

"Fine, light them up," I said, giving in.

Our costumes sparkled a lot, "Like electricity" as Lana said. They were silver. I had a long, flowing dress and and Drew wore something like a suit.

I looked over at District 12. The tributes, Katniss and Peeta had all black on. This was a step up from what 12 usually wore. Then, their stylist held something up. He touched Katniss and Peeta's suits and they lit on fire. I gasped, then realized that it was fake fire.

"Damn," said Lana, in awe. "Cinna really did it." I assumed that Cinna was one of 12's stylists. Lana walked over to him and started talking really fast and gesturing wildly. They were probably talking about Katniss and Peeta's costume. Peeta gave me a 'what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-her' look. I just shrugged.

Then Lana came back and quickly lit up the sparklers all over our costumes. "Be yourselves!" she said and smiled broadly.

The chariot began to move. We got into open air and I heard the cheers of the Capitol. I looked around. There were lights everywhere and the anthem of Panem was playing. I waved nervously, earning cheers from the people. I saw all their ridiculous fashion and I laughed like I did on the train. People kept cheering. I looked at Drew, he was looking around in awe.

Then I heard gasps and I turned around. I saw flames flickering far behind us. District 12. I smiled and the chariot stopped. After the cheers stopped, 'President' Snow stepped out onto his balcony. "Welcome to the 74th annual Hunger Games," he said. Snow gave a long speech that I didn't pay any attention to, then our chariots went back to the starting point.

"You both were amazing!" said Lana. She looked truly happy that I had just been myself. Maybe, some people in the Capitol weren't so bad.

xXx

I was in training for a few more days. Along with the stations, we did some hand to hand combat and agility all together. I was really good at agility but hand to hand combat was a different story. I was good at defense and dodging but I couldn't go on the offensive very well. The worst was when I fought Peeta. He was much bigger that I was and he knocked me out in a minute. When he fought me, he had a guilty look on his face. But, I had one advantage, I outsmarted a lot of people and won fights that way.

Even though Peeta knocked me out, we kind of became friends.

"That plant is edible," I told Peeta as he matched identified plants.

"I am really bad at this, aren't I?" he asked.

"Well you're kind of okay... not really," I said and he laughed.

"I'll just stick with weights and camouflage," he said.

"That might be best," I said and Peeta laughed again. I looked over my shoulder and saw the little girl from 11 looking at us and smiling. When she noticed me, she looked away and walked to the climbing net. I figured out that her name was Rue.

"How do you know so much about plants? I mean, District 5 is a giant power plant," said Peeta.

"I had a plant book," I said. Peeta nodded.

"I'm going to try throwing spears," he said.

"Good luck!" I called to him. I saw the girl from District 2 looking at me. She walked over and I gulped.

"You like him, don't you?" she asked, a wicked grin on her face. I knew what she was doing, trying to unnerve me and scare me.

"No," I said, looking at her, levelly. She smirked. "Sure," she said sarcastically and walked away. I rolled my eyes. Who did she think I was. I wasn't an idiot. This was just about the worst time to think about boys. I just needed to survive and get back to Eve.

THE CHAPTER IS KIND OF LONGER... SOOOOOO IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, YOU CAN TELL ME AND I WILL TRY TO ADD THEM! ALSO, I WANT TO SEE WHO CAN COME UP WITH THE ABSOLUTE WEIRDEST COUPLES USING CHARACTERS FROM THE HUNGER GAMES! REVIEWS PLEASE! STAY PIEFACEINGLY!