The 77th Annual Hunger Games

Chapter Fifteen

The heavy doors swing open, the rusty hinges squealing from lack of oil. Every eye in the room is on me.

"Cassandra Blackwell?" the head Gamemaker asks,

"yes" i say with a small bow,

"show us why you volenteered" he returns to his seat. taking a sip of a steaming drink. my heart is beating a mile a minute. i walk over to the Archery station, there are all kinds of bows, metal, what looks like plastic, wood, there two more that i dont know.

i grab the wooden one, and grab 6 arrows one for each target and 2 extra. walk to the other end of the room and grab a rope, i swing forward, grabing the next rope. and the next, i see the sword fighting dummies across the room. i hold the rope between my feet and in the crook of my left arm. still swinging i grab and arrow and shoot the light above it sending sparks raining down, then quickly shooting an arrow through the curtian of sparks hitting the dummy in the middle of the chest. i jump down from the rope, landing on one knee in a crouching position, then quickly standing and moving on. i sprint to the knife throwing station and grab four knives, four dummies and four long peices of rope. i tie the ropes in a tight noose i put the bow, knives and arrows on the floor, then climb the ladder with the dummies hanging from the ropes. i climb to the top bar and reach for the celeing i grab the rafters and climb one by one until im over the targets, i hang the dummies high above the targets. i climb back over and down the ladder. that Gamemakers look confused. i used to do this with rabbits back home. im going to show them something they've never seen before. i pick up the bow and string an arrow, then i pick up a knife. i let the arrow balance on my arm, while holding the bow with my left hand. then i stand sidways to the dummy. i twist around hurling the knife as soon as i let go i pull back on the arrow, then letting it loose. it hits the dummy right in the middle of the chest pinning it to the middle of the target. i move to the next target. this time i take two arrows, and load them in the bow, i pick up a knife, and do the same as last time, i loose both arrows at the same time, one hitting the chest the other hitting in the middle of the head. pinning it to the target. i walk towards the trident throwing station and grab one, then take a spear. figure i would spice it up a bit. i walk back to the Archery station, unsure i made the right move. i stand staring up at the dummy, i hold the spear in the crook of my arm and hold the trident the way Emmit taught me, i throw the trident and as soon as i let go i throw the spear not bothering to aim. stupid mistake. i think to myself. i close my eyes, i listen to the spear peircing the dummy to the target. i open my eyes and see, just like the others, its peirced straight through the heart, to the middle of the target. i keep my face nutreal, but on the inside i let my excitement go wild. i walk over to the strength station, and sneak a look at the Gamemakers. they look astonished. i look at what they have for strength. not much. they have a large ball, which i guess you have to throw a fair distance. i take the middle one and i almost fall forward. ok. you can do this. i stand up straight. the weight pulling my shoulder out of its socket. i spin once, twice, three times and on the fourth i let go. it flies to the edge of the target, the game makers start laughing. i'll show them something to laugh at. Katniss told me there was a forcefeild infront of the Gamemakers like the one on the roof, she also told me that Peeta and her used to bounce stuff of the force feild and catch it. i take the small ball and jog through the target on the floor to where the gamemakers are. i throw it up towards the Gamemakers, it hits the forcefeild and falls towrds me one Gamemaker stands i volly the ball towards the target and it lands straight in the middle. i look up at the Gamemakers waiting for a reaction. the Head Gamemaker stands and says

"thank you, you are excused." he looks angry and impressed. why angry? was i not supposed to impress them? i bow and leave. i slam the door as i walk out. i stomp to the elevator. why were they angry? the elevator doors open and im greeted by Haymitch.