Peacekeepers ushered us into the rooms into the Justice Building. Mom and Ocean came in running in my room.330Please respect copyright.PENANAMqfp1102sJ
'' We've seen Bay and he is fine. He just doesn't want to kill you.'' Mother said quickly just before she burst into tears. I hugged her.330Please respect copyright.PENANAb8DVrW46bk
'' That dress was beautiful.'' I said to her.330Please respect copyright.PENANAqcgAFSIefw
'' I know.'' Ocean joined the hug.330Please respect copyright.PENANAfD81nOQOdf
'' I don't want you to go.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAZfJ5EDYFlA
'' Ocean it is for you not to go into the Games.'' I gave her a hug.330Please respect copyright.PENANAZKqbwjA39y
'' But I don't want you to go.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAj7Jy4FKtMo
'' I have to little chicken.'' I gave her a quick hug. '' I promise to win for you Ocean and Mother.''330Please respect copyright.PENANA6X9oOSNAQ3
'' But what about Bay?'' Mother asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANAXpK4fkBVbq
'' I'll get him out too.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAdJ3h732ma9
'' OK Rain.'' Peacekeepers came pounding in.330Please respect copyright.PENANAWDHIFrppc6
'' Time to go.'' They pulled Ocean and Mother away from me.330Please respect copyright.PENANAtV7wWAG9bX
'' No! NO!!'' Ocean shouted.330Please respect copyright.PENANAYVcuNz7Sb9
'' I promise Ocean!'' The door slammed shut on my face. Nobody else will see me now. Bay can't anyway as he is not all-330Please respect copyright.PENANAon8DXpOn1y
The door suddenly opened and I see Finnick is staring at me.330Please respect copyright.PENANAgv8javTjgA
'' I've just come to say that I'm sorry about your sister and brother.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAaNnSa2t37e
'' I-I-It's alright don't worry.''330Please respect copyright.PENANARa8RjjUyH4
'' OK.'' Finnick looked at his feet. '' Train's leaving now you may as well come now.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAjH4cydPtfX
'' O-OK.'' I said. He nodded and walked away. I followed him like a moth to a lamp. He is so irresistible. Bay comes out his door with Laurette. She is scowling at me.330Please respect copyright.PENANAfSDcnZ8pCi
The train comes and stops by my feet.330Please respect copyright.PENANAgNCaRThEoR
'' Welcome aboard Tributes!'' Valora said behind me in her high voice. 330Please respect copyright.PENANATvvtb8h3wO
I looked inside the train. I gasped.330Please respect copyright.PENANAseoo3C83QQ
The train looks like a Capitol citizen has put a bomb in the train and exploded out Capitol decorations. The seats were dark blue covered in velvet, the table smooth mahogany; the table is also covered with Capitol food. Cheese delicacies, cakes galore, fruits arranged into shapes, coffee, juice, tea, wine, beer all laid out onto the round table.330Please respect copyright.PENANAnk7umf7Nmv
'' Congratulations Bay and Rain onto becoming the Tributes of District 4 and possibly one of you a Victor!'' Valora smiled to enthusiastically. She giggled.330Please respect copyright.PENANApdxf3gkYcT
I stared at Bay who just sat on the velvet chair and never glanced at me again.330Please respect copyright.PENANA2nqucSCdRv
'' I'm going to find Finnick and Laurette. They're probably watching the television.'' Valora strutted off in her purple high heels.330Please respect copyright.PENANATRUH7AUSoW
Me and Bay stare at each other for a long time.330Please respect copyright.PENANAasAEKVMSFz
'' We're going to be okay, you know that don't you?'' He said.330Please respect copyright.PENANArLNyW92eMU
'' Bay, we are going into the Hunger Games. Together. There is only one Winner-''330Please respect copyright.PENANAGLEsMIc4IE
'' We'll find a loop in the hole Rainfall.''330Please respect copyright.PENANA25IHyaueKn
'' There is no loop in a holeBay. The Capitol won't have it-''330Please respect copyright.PENANAAyAqTQDdFP
'' Well one of our Mentors will persuade the Gamemaker. We're brother and sister Rain. They will let us be Vic-''330Please respect copyright.PENANAlNyQG50WcL
'' Bay they won't!'' I am shouting now. '' The Capitol is fool-proofed. They won't stand for it.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAPE4dXVGAZC
'' Whatever you say. I'll ask Laurette to persuade them-''330Please respect copyright.PENANACKNJEPHW5v
'' No she hates me. She would want me dead.''330Please respect copyright.PENANASvJpa6jBRo
Laurette, Laurette how can I start with Laurette. She turned on me when I was 5. Since that, she has been torturing from past family troubles. She even stuck my head down the toilet!330Please respect copyright.PENANAzIk8vwyHMa
'' Don't trust her.''330Please respect copyright.PENANASx5pC0Ajz9
'' Nah she likes me.'' He said.330Please respect copyright.PENANAifcNkcLrzj
'' Well I'm not.'' And I stopped talking to him. I turned away and stared at the TV. It was showing past games with Caesar Flickerman and Claudius Templesmith. At the moment it is showing last years games. Finnick's. A flip of my heart. A jolt in my stomach. I can see his flexible, graceful hands make a net out of twigs and leaves. Then he is catching fish with his trident. Now he is killing a Tribute with the Trident. He has so much determination. How can you kill someone? How can you cope with the guilt?330Please respect copyright.PENANADsIz8fcsmZ
Valora came into the room with Finnick striding and Laurette standing at the back sloping a little. While Finnick has great posture, she doesn't.330Please respect copyright.PENANAxjpTk2uicZ
'' Now, with Finnick's proposal, Laurette, you are going to Mentor Bay. Finnick you with Rain.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAAlUlnhyurE
'' Thank you Valora.'' He said in his dreamy voice.330Please respect copyright.PENANACSuKWonEC6
'' Sorry about the Games and your misfortune.'' I jolted out of my seat. '' And about that.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAhGvZaNmIIM
'' No, no. Don't worry about that.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAzRyjLiI6ZQ
'' Okay.'' He stared at the floor. I notice he has dimples. That's cute. '' So the Games.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAAuQsd0EMZG
'' What about them?''330Please respect copyright.PENANA78Z6pMizH5
'' What do you want to know about them?''330Please respect copyright.PENANAM3ejjfGAIf
'' Ummm.'' I'm not sure. '' How about the basics?''330Please respect copyright.PENANAqcyXpUCr8r
'' You saying that as a question?!'' He laughed. His teeth are incredibly white.330Please respect copyright.PENANAk6NBloEhHn
'' Maybe?''330Please respect copyright.PENANA5WcTPe3IwR
'' I like how you are answering my questions as a question. It's cute.'' I blushed.330Please respect copyright.PENANAo8aPzgBqSz
'' So yeah the basics. Like shelter, food, sponsors et cetera.''330Please respect copyright.PENANARNoDKSLWMB
'' Okay then...'' And he gave me a long explanation on shelter, food and sponsors.330Please respect copyright.PENANAbMA7TBLZQU
'' You know how to get sponsors?'' He asked me.330Please respect copyright.PENANAxsHBjW3KqZ
'' Popularity?''330Please respect copyright.PENANAuzruMAsBM6
'' Again with the question/answer thingy. But yes likability.'' He looked at me with his sea green eyes. '' Get people to like you.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAmLAKZqWAjs
'' How do I do that?''330Please respect copyright.PENANArNnHavrzFt
'' Like what you are doing to me. I like you.'' I blushed again.330Please respect copyright.PENANAhyBonaP4LB
'' Hey I never got chance to say thank you for giving me a handkerchief-''330Please respect copyright.PENANAmfXx5P0led
'' Don't mention it.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAaODcqOFadv
'' I think you probably do it to girls all the time anyway.'' I blurted out by accident. Whoops. He laughed heartily.330Please respect copyright.PENANAEQJylJBH9I
'' No I don't I only do it sometimes to get the crowd to like me.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAviJAi3bvJD
'' But you are likeable.'' I said. Rein it in Rain.330Please respect copyright.PENANAGqn0JtY3TR
'' Thanks.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAuljgDvdS05
'' And how do you get the crowd to like you?'' I ask flirty. 330Please respect copyright.PENANAeXdMLShroY
'' Secrets.'' He leaned in closer. '' What secrets do you hide Rain?'' I am hyperventilating with him close to me.330Please respect copyright.PENANAywYHYi2fee
'' I'm an open book. Everyone knows my secrets before I know them myself.''330Please respect copyright.PENANARZfzmqVt9s
'' You don't look like one.''330Please respect copyright.PENANA3uZh9ZcCPy
'' Well guess a secret then?''330Please respect copyright.PENANAtAu1rioVIl
'' I don't know. I can't read you.'' He gave a puzzled look on his face.330Please respect copyright.PENANAUihJnaVgtu
'' I-''330Please respect copyright.PENANAjS8E6ldnRu
'' It's time!'' Valora said.330Please respect copyright.PENANAwwGjKUhMqq
'' For what?'' Bay asks.330Please respect copyright.PENANAEIKeKbAhIw
'' The Capitol! We are here at the Capitol.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAZQparCFrnb
'' Oh. It's time to go. See you later Rain Wolfe.'' And with that he slipped away from my grasp. I stared after him with a sad structure on my face. Is he always like this?330Please respect copyright.PENANAAc3GOkmMFL
'' Come on Rain. You are going to miss the crowds!'' Bay called after me.330Please respect copyright.PENANAeVNG1Zlt1c
'' Okay.''330Please respect copyright.PENANAn1dd5U7X2W
I followed him out. Wrong thing to do. Dozens of Capitol Citizens swarm me like a pack of bees. Finnick's disappeared through it all along with Laurette.330Please respect copyright.PENANAyvXTENJ5G9
'' Come on, come on! This way children!'' Valora called out.330Please respect copyright.PENANAa42MtkxLzp
'' Coming!'' Bay called back. He grabbed my hand and we slinked our way out of the hustle.330Please respect copyright.PENANA9SRuHSLk9j
'' Now we go to the Remake Centre.'' She said.Great a bunch of strangers are going to see my body.330Please respect copyright.PENANANhyDH17ane
'' Then we go into the City Circle for the Opening Ceremony.'' She clapped her hands and squealed. Finnick gave me a smirk and dashed off to be with Valora.330Please respect copyright.PENANAEG5oeCqYL1
Wow; transformation time. I am so excited. NOT.330Please respect copyright.PENANAlaUdJPZrPO