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Katniss

Katniss wasn't so stupid to let those two Districts seven tributes be their allies. Her original plan was to secretly kill Percy when he was on unawares in the arena. He was too good, and posed a threat to her chances of winning the games. Now he was asking for another two allies? Was that some sort of trap he had cooked up? Percy seemed rather close to those two tributes. But usually, once everyone is in the arena, they always forget all connection with their friends. Usually being in the arena would make them wake up and realise that everyone else was an enemy.

The district seven tributes looked strong and skilled at fighting, just like Percy. Maybe in the arena Percy might realise that they were not his friends anymore, and start taking them down. That would leave them all injured and, if she was lucky, dead. Then Katniss wouldn't have to do the dirty business of backstabbing them in the end. After all, what she really wanted to achieve was to get home and look after her sister and mother. They needed her. But as for Peeta, she didn't know what to do. She couldn't possible thank him for that one time when he saved her family back in District twelve by killing him.

Katniss went back to her level of the training centre. Haymitch was waiting there for her. Effie was there too.

"Good you are back early. You need to think about what you are going to do for the private session with the gamemakers tomorrow." Haymitch said.

"I'll just shoot some arrows." Katniss said.

"Shoot arrows then. But make it impressive. You need a good score to tell the others that you are not weak." Haymitch advised.

"Okay." Katniss agreed.

Twenty four tributes sat in the holding room, waiting for their turn to show their skills to the gamemakers. The room emptied out as one by one, they went out. Each person took about 15 minutes.

Katniss waited. She watched as Percy walked out of the room when he was called. He had a confident posture, like he was ready for anything. The doors closed as he left. Then the District seven tributes went. Then little Rue trotted out of the lift. And finally, after all the waiting, it was Peeta's turn.

"Good luck." She said.

Peeta nodded at her in thanks and replied, "You too, shoot straight." Then, he left.

The time crawled as she sat in the room all alone. Katniss tried to prepare herself. She needed to get a good score to show all the other tributes that she wasn't so easy to be taken down.

Then she heard the speakers. "Katniss Everdeen, District twelve." It announced, signalling that it was her turn.

She rose, tilting her chin upwards, and walked out into the training room. There were all sorts of weapons on a rack to her left. Weights sat around on the floor. There were coils of ropes lying neatly in a bundle. Then, she spotted a shelf of bows. She walked confidently to the archery station and picked up a bow. It was made of light metal. She pulled out an arrow from the quiver and took aim at a target across the room. Then, she released the string. Her first shot was accurate. It hit the bull's eye right in the centre.

Taking another arrow, she did a roll on the floor before coming up on one knee and shooting the arrow. Again, she struck the bull's eye with precision. Again and again she shot, with different stunts, before the gamemaker dismissed her.

Back in her living room of the training centre, Peeta, Haymitch and Effie were seated on the crouch, waiting for the results to be announced. Katniss joined them. She hoped she had impressed the gamemakers so that they gave her a good score.

Then, the anthem blared, and the results were announced one by one. It showed the picture of the tribute with the score at the side. The scores were upon fifteen.

The career tributes usually got scores higher than the other districts. So she wasn't surprised when they got scores of ten to twelve.

The girl tribute of District five had a score of nine. Katniss was surprised at this. That was quite a good score for a non-career district. She definitely had to watch out for this one.

Then Percy's face was projected, together with a score of fourteen. Everyone in the room was shocked. Never had there been a year where a tribute scored more than twelve. This broke the record. What did Percy do during the private session? Maybe he showed them some swordplay. But still… fourteen?

Then she was again caught by surprise by the District seven tributes. The two that Percy wanted as allies. They each got the same as Percy- fourteen. What? Three people who broke the record in a single games. She hoped those two would finish Percy off and get injured in the process. That would give her the best chance to win.

Katniss watched Rue's face on the screen with a score of eleven. Not bad, for a small girl like her.

Peeta got an eight, and then, it was her turn. Crossing her fingers, she hoped for the best. Then it came.

Twelve.

It was way better than she'd expected. Now she stood a better chance of winning, as long as she got rid of the District seven tributes and Percy.

Everyone congratulated her. They had a quick dinner before Katniss said she needed to rest.

Then, she went back to her room.

Fourteen? Yet Percy didn't want to join the career tributes. He was certainly up to something. And Katniss had the feeling that the 'something' wasn't good. But she would keep a look out on him, and made sure he didn't do anything out of the norm.

She spent so much time deep in thought until it was late at night. Only then did she try to sleep. Tomorrow was the interview. She needed to take the opportunity to gain sponsors. Sponsors would help you through the games. Haymitch had said that he would give them some tips tomorrow. The day after the interview was the start of the Hunger Games.

Slowly, she fell into an uneasy sleep.

Before she knew it, Effie's voice rang clear through the door.

"Wake up! You have got a big, big, big day ahead!" Effie shouted.

Katniss sat up and stretched. She walked half asleep to the bathroom to have a shower. The water woke up her senses, and she felt more awake.

Katniss threw on some clothes and made her way down to the dining room. Everyone was already there. She hurried to join them.

"Well, ready for the interview?" Effie asked.

"I don't know what to say." Katniss replied.

"That's okay. We'll have some practise later. Just answer the questions politely. They'll love you." Effie smiled.

So after breakfast, Haymitch and Effie had a session each on presentation and content lessons for the interview. Effie taught her on presentation, while Haymitch gave her lessons on the content of the interview, and what angle she should play. But in the end, none of the angles suited Katniss's slightly rebellious personality against the Capitol. Every sentence she said was venting anger at the Capitol for starting this Hunger Games. So Haymitch just gave up, and told her to talk properly, and save the frustration for later in the arena.

All the practising took the whole afternoon, and she didn't get any rest before Cinna wanted to see her and let her try on the new gown for the evening interview.

Cinna helped her into a dress. It was simple, but Cinna assured her it was stunning. He even told her that he had added in those fake flames into the dress, so that if she gave a twirl, the flames would ignite. He told her that when she was on stage later, he would signal her from the back to do a spin for the audience. Katniss agreed, and her prep team surrounded her, doing up her hair, painting her nails, and applying light makeup.

Then, she was escorted to a room where all the tributes waited for the interview to start. Peeta was handsome in the black coat, outlined with red. All the other tributes were there. Well, almost all. All except Percy. He must be late again, as usual.

The District one girl called Glimmer wore a semi translucent golden dress. Her hair was twisted into an elegant bun. It was clear what angle she was playing- Pretty, yet dangerous. Something the capitol citizens would like. The brutish boy from two wore clothes that emphasised his muscles. The girl from District five whom Katniss had nicknamed as Foxface didn't go for a very girly outfit. It made her look more cunning than ever. The girl from District seven didn't even wear a dress. She wore a long sleeved silver T-shirt and a black pants. A silver circlet rested on her head, making her look like some sort of Goth princess.

The boy from her district wore totally black. Black shirt, black long pants, black coat, black belt, and black shoes. Maybe he was trying to pass off as dark and dangerous. Well, he certainly looked like it, with the training score of fourteen.

Katniss looked away as the door opened. Percy walked in. A sea green coat that matched his eyes perfectly. He wore a white shirt, and a dark blue pants. All eyes from the room looked at his direction. Percy gave out an aura of power. Percy smiled when he saw the girl from seven. But she didn't return the smile. She gave a hostile glare back at him, and the friendly smile slipped off Percy's face, replaced by an intimidating look. The boy from seven didn't react when he saw Percy. Katniss tried to understand the exchange of looks. Perhaps they finally realised that there were no friends in the Hunger Games, and that only one person can make it out alive.

The voice of Caesar, the host of the interview was heard from the speakers. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tonight's interview with the tributes of the seventy fourth annual Hunger Games!"

Glimmer took the cue and stood in front of the door, hidden behind a screen.

"Please welcome our female tribute of District One! Glimmer!"

Aaaand thats it for now. You'll have to wait for the next chapter to find out what happens... Honestly, please leave a review...I wanna know how you think of my story so far. Thanks in advance :)