a widows game

Part 11

Y/n's pov:

This very old looking man stand up out of his throne, a bit extra if you ask me but alright, and starts speaking: "Welcome. Welcome. Tributes, we welcome you. We salute your courage and your sacrifice." He holds these dramatic pauses which, in my opinion, make him sound old but then again he looks old. But the crowd seems to love it. "And we wish you-" 'Ugh again with the dramatic pause' "Happy Hunger Games. And may the odds be ever in your favor." The horses start to ride back inside. Once we're back inside Cinna and Effie come running to us. "That was amazing." "Yeah we're all anybody's going to be talking about." Effie says jumping  into the conversation. "So brave." Haymitch adds. 'I still don't know if he works for Dreykov or not but he doesn't seem very fond of me. "Let's go upstairs." I just nod and follow them upstairs. "So, each of the districts get their own floor. And because you're from 12, you get the penthouse." I look around the penthouse and see so much luxury. 'This is so beautiful' Effie gives us a took and we are just in awe of all the expensive things here. I can tell from looking at Peeta that he also never saw anything the expensive. "Why don't you go clean yourselves up for diner?" Effie asks. And with that Peeta and i are of to our rooms to shower and get in some pyjamas. 

Time skip to the next day

We were all brought to a training room. "In two weeks, 23 of you will be dead. One of you will be alive. Who that is depends on how well you pay attention over the next four days, particularly to what I'm about to say. First, no fighting with the other tributes. You'll have plenty of time for that in the arena. There are four compulsory exercises. The rest will be individual training. My advise is don't ignore the survival skills. Everybody wants to grab a sword, but most will die from natural causes. 10% from infection, 20% from dehydration. Exposure can kill as easily as a knife." As soon as this lady finishes her speech we all go in a different direction to train. I'm just standing around looking at the other tributes. Some skilled, others not so much. Then there breaks out a fight between two boys and one seems to be angry about a missing knife. I look up and see a young girl hanging on the ceiling with the knife.

The next day's training session starts with Peeta embarrassing himself in from of what might be the best of the tributes. They are looking at him like he is the easiest target in the world. I know the look because i give it to almost all of my targets. The almost is there because i haven't to anyone here. To make me look like an easy target. "Throw that ball over there." I tell Peeta. "But Haymitch says that we are not supposed to show our skills yet." "I don't care what Haymitch say. Right now those guys are looking at you like you're raw meat." He throws the ball and they walk away impressed. A little while later i find Peeta painting his hand like a tree. "How did you do that?" "I used to decorate the cakes at the bakery. See?" He holds his hand against the tree and you can't even see his hand. "I think you have a shadow." I turn around when i hear those words. I see the little girl who took that boys knife yesterday hiding behind a wall.

At diner Haymitch is talking about what will happen tomorrow. "Tomorrow, they'll bring you in one by one and evaluate you. This is important, because higher ratings will mean sponsors. This is the time to show them everything. There'll be a bow. Make sure you use it." 'Okay now i am just confused. How does he know about my bow skills? And is he now trying to help me?' You see i am very skilled with all weapons but i prefer a gun or a bow. Those are my favorite, but how the hell does he know that. I didn't show any skills during training. "Peeta you make sure you show your strength. They'll start with district 1, so the two of you will go last. I don't know how else to put this. Make sure they remember you.

Hey people! This chapter has 750 words. I'm going to try to upload another part today to make up for being inactive. So i hope you lovely people enjoy this chapter<3