Yay 5th chapter! Were finally getting in the games! And I hope you enjoy this, I can't be bothered to check for spelling mistakes, it 2:26 and I'm so tired, night

Before she knew what was happening, she was walking up the stage to see a man in a shining darkly shaded suit, and his hair was tied back in a ponytail, the front of his hair stood up slightly, obviously from hair spray. And his hair was dyed a purplish pinkish colour.

He had a huge grin on his face showing his whitened teeth.

His name was Caesar Flickerman. He was the host of the interviews, she had been told that he would help, and she needed it.

"My, my Valkyrie. You look absolutely stunning!" he says.

I smile and give him a nod, "not bad yourself"

He chuckled and then he paused, "so Valkyrie, tell me. What do you think about Panem?"

She pondered for a moment, "well it's all very classy but it's a shame you don't have hamburgers."

Laughter erupted in the audience, even Caesar was laughing.

"I think I agree with you!"

The laughing seemed to get louder at his last comment, and then it all went quiet, as they waited for them to continue. "So I have been told that you don't live like all of us, and the tributes, I've been told you live a simple life, tell me. What exactly do you do in this simple life of yours?"

I was about to say magic but then stopped myself, they didn't know about magic, so there was no way she could mention it.

"I'm a detective"

"Aren't you a little young to be a detective?"

"Well aren't you a little old to be a host?"

More people laughed and Caesar looked like he was about to explode with laughter, "I like you, I like you very much, you're a wonderful girl!" the audience cheered and Caesar waited patiently for the crowd to die down and then started talking again. "So Valkyrie, what about your family? I know you must have one!"

For some reason she felt a surge of sadness, she missed her parents like crazy, especially Alice!

"Yes I do, I have my parents and little sister"

"Your sister must have your good looks"

"Unfortunately she is nothing compared to my beauty," she was being sarcastic of course. Alice always got the attention. Not that she minded of course.

He chuckled, "I would love to talk to you more, but unfortunately our time is up"

The audience shouted in disagreement but Caesar held his hand in the air and the ruckus stopped.

"Don't worry everyone, because we still have one more interview!"

The audience applaud and Caesar kissed my hand, and I walk away, to the back of the stage with all the other tributes.

She stood next to Peeta and he gave me a small nod, and then Skulduggery walked on stage.

He shook Caesars hand and then they were talking, but she didn't listen, she wasn't looking at them, or the crown. In fact, she was looking at the Game Makers.

She felt rage boil up in her stomach, how could they do this sort of thing, they just sit in their fancy chairs and watch us die. It was their fault she was even there, why did they choose her? Couldn't they of chosen some mortal?

Laughter filled the air and she pried her gaze from the Game Makers and turned her attention towards Skulduggery and Caesar.

"Now Skulduggery, a little birdie told me that you and Valkyrie know each other, is this true?"

"You are quite right Caesar"

"Tell me, what type of relationship do you have?" she stiffened slightly and then relaxed.

"Well we've been best friends for 5 years, she was only 12 when I first met her. As she said before about being a detective, I gave her the job, and we've been working together ever since."

"She must mean a lot to you" he was silent for a moment, then spoke "yes, she does." I felt as if all the air had left my lungs, I almost forgot to breath. The audience stared with awe and cheered,

"Unfortunately that's all the time we have, we wish you luck in the games!"

They shook hands again and Skulduggery took his place beside me, and squeezed my hand gently, he seemed to be doing that a lot lately.

Not long after I was back in my room, scrubbing myself clean, I couldn't get the eyeliner off but that didn't really matter, she always had trouble taking off makeup.

Once she was done, she burrowed around in her closet and soon fount some shorts and an oversized t-shirt, she felt as if she was finally herself.

She curled up in bed and started thinking about home.

Alice would be asleep by now, her mum and dad would probably be watching some TV series downstairs.

More thought pondered her brain, and then the door opened. Skulduggery stepped inside and shut the door behind him and sat on the edge of the bed, she sat up and leaned on his shoulder.

"Are you alright?" he asked, it was the stupidest question he could have asked, and by the way he cringed he knew that too.

"I think you know" he nodded and she moved her head and laid it on his lap, he started stroking her hair gently and started to murmur lyrics from the song "Me and Mrs Jones."

She remembered Skulduggery singing it to her while she was being shunted into the other dimension ruled by Mevolent. There was no sound, just he and she, and his lovely voice.

"Valkyrie?" he croaked, I took a moment before answering, "yes?"

"Remember, no matter what happens, you will get out of here alive, I promise to be by your side. Until the end."

"Until the end."

Valkyrie woke up a short while after, having fallen asleep. She was under the covers of her bed and Skulduggery was in the corner of the room in a chair, even though he was human for the time being and he could sleep he still choose to sleep in a chair. Predictable.

She didn't want to move one inch, afraid that if she did someone would take her away from the warmth of the bed.

And then a thought dwelled on her. It was the day of the games.

She hadn't even thought about it, as if it was only a small memory in the back of her head, but now it became a reality, soon she would be in that goddamn arena and trying to survive the onslaught. She made a mental note to make sure she found Skulduggery first.

She soon went back to sleep but was interrupted only and hour later by a knocking on the door. "Its time to get ready Valkyrie"

Effie's voice didn't hold any cheer, she seemed depressed, normally in the mornings when Effie would collect me for breakfast she would be full of joy and cheerfulness.

But now she was lacking all of that, even though she tried to be joyful it didn't work, she could hear the sadness in her voice. The good thing was she actually cared about us.
She slowly sat up and saw Skulduggery from the corner of her eye, leaning forward slightly, with his elbows on his knees and eyes to the floor.

I slowly walked over to him and put my hand on his shoulder, he seemed startled then relaxed realising it was me.

"Lets get this show on the road" I said, he laughed at my pathetic attempt to lighten up the mood, but It worked anyway. He left for me to get dressed, I didn't really know what I was wearing, I just through on whatever looked good.

I soon came out and we were all eating breakfast, I noticed a gold pin on Katniss's shirt, I was beautiful, but she didn't comment about it.

While eating she soon just realised how early it really was, it seemed like the sun was only just rising.

We left and went aboard this large spacecraft, I was quite big, and futuristic.

After getting a tracking device implanted in my arm. Ouch.

And now I was in a small room with clothes folded neatly on a metallic table, I got changed and soon found myself in a swimsuit, not like the normal ones you see people wearing at pools.

They had sleeves and leggings, judging by the choice of clothing, there was defiantly going to be some swimming.

She sat down in a metallic chair and eyed the capsule that she would soon be going in.

Unfortunately there was no one there to keep her company; Cinna would be with Katniss, not that she minded, they knew each other longer.

She wished she could of talked to Skulduggery more, she missed him so much, and in a matter of minutes she would be getting in that capsule and would be lifted into the arena and survive the onslaught. She knew she was a target, which was really bad, but she just had to get through it, she had to see her family again, her friends.

And then a lowed voice boomed through the speakers.

"You may now enter the capsule."

She took a deep breath and got off the seat and walked to the capsule, it was big and silver. As she entered, thought exploded in her head, she ignored most, but she could still feel them there.

Would she die the minute she entered, would she find a weapon, and how long would she be in there for. Soon the capsules door slide close and she rested her hands on the surface, she couldn't go back now, this was it.

Slowly she started to rise and sunlight burned her eyes, felt the breeze play with her hair.

And soon she stood on the pedestal, looking around franticly for Skulduggery.