Hey guys! I really liked how this chapter came out and I hope you enjoy it too! I've really been in the writing mood today as you can tell. I will have a couple more questions at the bottom. Make sure to answer the questions and review once again. Thank you to Khloe Grace for Tetra Acuna, and Lucas Lawrence for Triton Wake respectively.
Tetra's POV
"Hey, Triton! Get over here! Clara needs to talk to us!" I demand.
Triton's my cousin. He and I have been training to volunteer for these games ever since we were little kids. We're really close and felt like it would be awesome to compete for the honor of becoming victor in The Hunger Games, and thought we stood a much better chance as a team. Our two direct families kind of just decided together that someone from our family would become a victor and we seemed like the perfect pair to do it!
"What is it?" Inquires Triton.
"She says because this is the last time she will see us until after the games, she wants to talk the plan over with us one more time.
"Okay. Where is she?" He asks.
"In the office." I answer
We both head down the hallway without saying a word. I'm nervous and I know he is to because we are both typically very talkative people. Especially me. I am the life of the party. At night when I get to just lose the stress of training, that's when I'm really me. I never get too out of hand but I do let myself have a little bit of fun.
"Triton, Tetra, thanks for coming. I just wanted to walk trough the plan one more time, okay?" she inquires.
"That's fine." I say.
"Alright, remember that as far as sponsors go you guys have to be magnets. Make sure to play up the family team, and how you are going to bring glory to your family. Also Tetra, you are extremely beautiful and sexy, but we are not going to play the sexy card. That has been WAY overdone and I want you to be memorable. Both of you have great senses of humor. Make people laugh." Triton and I nod our heads in agreement. "And lastly, make sure you are in with the careers. You stay with them until it is absolutely necessary in order to survive to leave them, and then get out right away, okay? Is all of that clear?" She asks.
"Absolutely." I say.
"You don't have to worry about a thing. Tetra and I have got this." says Trident with a lot of confidence.
"I know you do." she says. "Come here." She says choking back tears. We all embrace in a group hug.
"I just want you guys to know that it has been a pleasure to teach you and watch you grow and you have both matured into a fine man and woman, and it has been an honor to teach the both of you." She says with great emotion spilling out.
"Thank you." I say.
"Goodbye Clara." says Triton with an emotion that is unusual for him. He leads me out the door before I can get emotional too. Theirs no reason to cry. One of us will be seeing her again real soon.
Triton's POV
I check in and head to the sixteen year old section. I scan the girls 16 year old crowd looking for Tetra. I finally spot her and we make eye contact for a second or two and I give her an assuring nod. We're doing the right thing. It was always meant to happen.
Our two families are very close. Both of our fathers may or may not be working on a secret capitol mission together, so they are together all the time. Tetra and I have been best friends basically ever since we were really little. We would go swimming at the beach together, laugh together, and train together. We trained so hard. We would rise up early in the morning and train until supper. It was a good way of life.
Our escort finally comes out with the usual wacky outfit. She shows the same video from every single year and I wish she would just get to the tributes so we could volunteer. Finally she does and I just keep on hoping that nothing goes wrong and Tetra can volunteer, and get on that stage.
"The female tribute representing district 4 is A-" She is cut off by several girls that scream I volunteer. I see Tetra is one of them she races the other girls to the stage and even shoves down a girl from our class. She makes it to the stage first and is grinning from ear to ear. She even blows a couple of kisses at the camera before she takes her spot.
"What is your name dearie?" she inquires.
"I'm Tetra Acuna and I'm ready to fight to the death in these games!" Declares Tetra with great enthusiasm which the crowd loves. She gets a good cheer for a minute or two as she grins and takes it all in. Now it's my turn.
Tetra's POV
I did it and I know I already have an early jump on the other tributes as far as sponsors go. Now it's Trident's turn. He has to be the volunteer. I don't know what I would do without him.
The escort pulls out a male slip and walks back to the microphone. I see several boys getting ready to run. I just know that Trident will make it though because he's really fast just like me.
"The male tribute is T-" The escort is once again cut off. About ten boys say I volunteer and start sprinting up to stage. Some of the younger hopeful volunteers just stop because they know who they're up against. An 18 year old boy that I have never seen before starts running up the steps but Triton catches up to him and knocks him off and sprints up to the escort.
That's my cousin.
He introduces himself and brings up that we are cousins which really gets the crowd going. We embrace and then put our hands together and raise our arms up. The crowd goes crazy.
I nudge him and say- "You scared me for a second. I thought I was going to have to fight on my own!" I say.
"No, I just wanted to get you nervous." He says with a grin.
I playfully shove him and then we are headed into the justice building. All that I can keep on thinking is- The other tributes have better be scared, because these cousins are on a mission.
I Hope that you guys enjoyed it! Here are the questions for this chapter-
Who do you like better? Tetra or Trident?
Who do you think stands a better chance of winning?
Do You think that their relationship will help them or hurt them in the games?
Will one of the tributes from the first 4 districts win?
