I am standing in a field covered in blood. The wind is blowing eerily and it is creeping me out. Why am I covered in blood? Then is see the career tributes looking at me in horror. "What?" I shout but don't get a reply.

The girl from 1 points to the floor and I look down. I am standing on four bodies. Oak's, Alex's, the boy from 3 and the boy from 11. There lifeless eyes are staring at me. Taunting me. I now know why they are looking at me in horror. I did this, I killed them.

I look at my hands and see that my nails are sharp and stained with blood. "Maple?" I look up and see Venia standing in front of me with tears In her eyes. I am filled with joy and then horror. I feel an instinct to kill. Not just anybody, but Venia.

I step forward, trying my best to pull away but it seems as though I have been taken over by something else. I grab Venia's tiny head in my hands and raise a claw. "Nooooooooo!" I shriek as I bring my hand down across Venia's throat.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

I wake to the sound of Merinetta's knuckles rapping on the wooden door. I groan as I sit up, "Wake up Maple, you are late" she shouts sounding distressed. Man that woman is so overdramatic.

I decide to show because I didn't yesterday when I got back and then I change into my uniform and leave my room. I head down into the training centre and see that everyone else is already training.

I see Oak is at the camouflage station and I see Alex there too. I walk over, ready to get better. Maybe Alex can help me out again. "Hi" I say to her.

"Hello" she greets me with a smile. I see Oak look at us and then he quickly looks away. I look at Alex's arm and see that she has made it look like it is made out of stone.

"Wow" I say as I look at the piece of art, "That is great."

"Thanks, I can teach you how to do it" she says.

"Really?" I ask.

"Sure, just follow my every step." So I do as I am told. My finished work is not as good as hers, but it is better than mine yesterday.

"You're a great teacher" I tell her. She smiles before washing her arm.

"Wanna come and try the gauntlet with me?" she asks. The gauntlet? I haven't tried that yet.

"Ok, but I may not be as good" I tell her.

"That's all good, same as me. But it will be fun" she tells me. I smile, a genuine smile and we walk over to it. It looks amazing. It starts with a tribute having to jump over platforms that are rising and falling. Then it goes onto a log swing in which you have to jump over or role under to get pass. That then leads onto the last part. It is a swimming part where you have to swim a 20 metre stretch. You have to do all of that in the fastest time.

I see the 17 year old boy from district 3 give it a try. He gets over the platforms but is knocked off by a log. Alex and I get in line and minutes later Alex is giving it a shot. She struggles on the platforms but clears the logs and the swimming parts with ease. Her time is 3:42.

Now it is my turn. The time starts and I set of. I jump on the first platform which was falling and then jump on the next just as it starts to rise. Next two platforms are easy, but on the last one, I fall forward and land on my stomach before the logs. I jump to my feet and jump over the first log that is swinging towards me. The next log with swinging from left to right so I do a quickly roll under it and then go into an instant jump to avoid getting knocked of the one after which was heading straight at me.

I get over the logs and dive straight into the water. I swim as fast as I could to the end and climb out. I am instantly dried by a fan that blows hot air all over me. I am out of breath and sigh when I look at the time. 4:02. Not bad for my first try.

"Nice one" Alex says as she walks over to me.

"Thanks" I reply, still finding it hard to breath. We are called for lunch and this time Alex and I sit together.

"Look at them" Alex spits as she looks at the careers who are laughing and joking. It seems that the 18 year old male from district 8 has joined them too. "It makes me feel sick that they enjoy killing" she says as she digs her fork into her pasta salad.

"Me too, but what can we do?" I ask.

"Hit them where it hurts" she replies. I look up into her eyes, "We can be allies and start an anti-career team" she says. I am shocked that she asked me to be allies and even more shocked that she wants to form an anti-careers team. I didn't want allies because I didn't want to get attached, but maybe if we get to the final 8 we can split.

"That would be cool" I tell her. Her eyes light up and she smiles at me, "But a rule. If we get to the final 8 then we split. I don't want to have to try and kill you" I tell her.

"Deal" she says and shakes my hand. "But, just the two of us won't be able to take down the careers. We need others" she says. I agree, but who will be willing to help us take out the careers?

After lunch Alex and I keep our eyes out for potential allies. The male from district 3 catches my attention. It turns out he is good with snares and traps which will come in handy. I walk over to Alex, "The boy from three can make snares and traps" I tell her.

"That would help us a lot. Also, the brute from 11 looks promising" she says. I search the place for the boy and see him on the gauntlet. He makes a time of 1:32.

"Wow, he sure does. Let's speak to them tomorrow" I say. She nods before the bell is rung for the end of training. I get in the elevator with Alex, Oak and the little girl from 3. All she has done in training was camouflage. She has no hope. I would ask her to join us, but she won't help us at all.

I say goodbye to Alex at her floor and then get off on floor 7 with Oak. Then it hits me, Oak can use and axe and he seems good with camouflage. He could help us. I stop him in the hall, "I need to talk" I tell him. He nods his head and I carry on, "I have formed an alliance with Alex from six and I want you to join us" I tell him. I see in his face that he is contemplating this.

"OK" he replies with a small smile.

"Good, I will explain it to Andre at dinner" I say before walking to my bedroom. I strip from my outfit and get into the shower. The hot water runs over my sore muscles. It feels great to just relax for a minute or so.

I step out and wrap a towel around myself. I pick out a blue shirt and grey sweat pants to ware and then I go out for dinner. I see Andre, Merinetta and Oak sitting there and I join them.

"I heard you have formed an alliance" Andre says. I shoot a glare at Oak but she shrugs his shoulders. "My pal from six told me. He says that you and his female tribute Alex are now allies."

"And Oak" I say. He raises and eye brow at this.

"Are you sure that's smart?" he asks.

"Yes. If I am going to die then I want to at least help somebody else out" I tell him. It is a lie in a way because even though I will help Oak, I am doing to this take out the careers early on in the games. He nods at this and that was the end of that conversation. After dinner I head to bed to rest up for tomorrow. I will need the rest for tomorrow. It is the last day of training and I can finally show them my skills with an axe. I will show everyone that I have a secret skill and none of those tributes will know what it is!

A/N: YAY! We are at the private session's next chapter. Then after that will be the interviews and then the launch. I can't wait to start writing about the games. Will the boys from 3 and 11 join Maple, Alex and Oak? And will Alex accept Oak into the alliance? To find out keep reading~

P.S. Can you please check out the story 'Every Gift Has a Price: the 150th Hunger Games' by 'Randomique' as they need some characters for the SYOT.