Peacekeepers ushered us into the rooms into the Justice Building. Mom and Ocean came in running in my room.428Please respect copyright.PENANAHQ6q78ZcmC
'' 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.428Please respect copyright.PENANAr2ACaPk5Mf
'' That dress was beautiful.'' I said to her.428Please respect copyright.PENANA9V9ttkThUC
'' I know.'' Ocean joined the hug.428Please respect copyright.PENANAtfgrQqcmU0
'' I don't want you to go.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAD8FufKptlQ
'' Ocean it is for you not to go into the Games.'' I gave her a hug.428Please respect copyright.PENANAFCgGlJB9oh
'' But I don't want you to go.''428Please respect copyright.PENANADcYWqmumup
'' I have to little chicken.'' I gave her a quick hug. '' I promise to win for you Ocean and Mother.''428Please respect copyright.PENANARdv3LLyJf4
'' But what about Bay?'' Mother asked.428Please respect copyright.PENANAGDhECDi4TI
'' I'll get him out too.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAR7NBSVnzKR
'' OK Rain.'' Peacekeepers came pounding in.428Please respect copyright.PENANAuIRKGqw9X6
'' Time to go.'' They pulled Ocean and Mother away from me.428Please respect copyright.PENANAGoN5rfgfAO
'' No! NO!!'' Ocean shouted.428Please respect copyright.PENANARgTxfmzDpU
'' 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-428Please respect copyright.PENANAcgXokxHpa9
The door suddenly opened and I see Finnick is staring at me.428Please respect copyright.PENANA7j8W5zqhqR
'' I've just come to say that I'm sorry about your sister and brother.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAfVuAXIjEON
'' I-I-It's alright don't worry.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAGc3cs9MqVL
'' OK.'' Finnick looked at his feet. '' Train's leaving now you may as well come now.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAusidr2AQNP
'' 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.428Please respect copyright.PENANAP7zBaAy1Pd
The train comes and stops by my feet.428Please respect copyright.PENANAkffm9oiY1T
'' Welcome aboard Tributes!'' Valora said behind me in her high voice. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA3RobVLUCyX
I looked inside the train. I gasped.428Please respect copyright.PENANAmNet9oQ8hT
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.428Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZPGdz6VXj
'' Congratulations Bay and Rain onto becoming the Tributes of District 4 and possibly one of you a Victor!'' Valora smiled to enthusiastically. She giggled.428Please respect copyright.PENANAsBFqLw2JLw
I stared at Bay who just sat on the velvet chair and never glanced at me again.428Please respect copyright.PENANAdb8USkIQw7
'' I'm going to find Finnick and Laurette. They're probably watching the television.'' Valora strutted off in her purple high heels.428Please respect copyright.PENANAaeCyjRhaHd
Me and Bay stare at each other for a long time.428Please respect copyright.PENANA8wVAehTzaC
'' We're going to be okay, you know that don't you?'' He said.428Please respect copyright.PENANAeWbQVySgdu
'' Bay, we are going into the Hunger Games. Together. There is only one Winner-''428Please respect copyright.PENANAUSXUGp4OxX
'' We'll find a loop in the hole Rainfall.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAglCz64gyJn
'' There is no loop in a holeBay. The Capitol won't have it-''428Please respect copyright.PENANAGEEwkA01PS
'' Well one of our Mentors will persuade the Gamemaker. We're brother and sister Rain. They will let us be Vic-''428Please respect copyright.PENANAGicOKHnGbv
'' Bay they won't!'' I am shouting now. '' The Capitol is fool-proofed. They won't stand for it.''428Please respect copyright.PENANADlbpxit4bt
'' Whatever you say. I'll ask Laurette to persuade them-''428Please respect copyright.PENANACYB72dBuMv
'' No she hates me. She would want me dead.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAPdmaOAshw3
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!428Please respect copyright.PENANADrltANfuWC
'' Don't trust her.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAQpqXKFdaeK
'' Nah she likes me.'' He said.428Please respect copyright.PENANAIojfRrkQAW
'' 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?428Please respect copyright.PENANAmCSa0g9Nwg
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.428Please respect copyright.PENANABxcgCRNh8U
'' Now, with Finnick's proposal, Laurette, you are going to Mentor Bay. Finnick you with Rain.''428Please respect copyright.PENANA0zVFKVi347
'' Thank you Valora.'' He said in his dreamy voice.428Please respect copyright.PENANAQNZZdGrjJs
'' Sorry about the Games and your misfortune.'' I jolted out of my seat. '' And about that.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAFQmxsoXV6Q
'' No, no. Don't worry about that.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAscJkZADFRP
'' Okay.'' He stared at the floor. I notice he has dimples. That's cute. '' So the Games.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAoinM6bhgzg
'' What about them?''428Please respect copyright.PENANAqrE0MpcC6z
'' What do you want to know about them?''428Please respect copyright.PENANA2sgjHz6Wok
'' Ummm.'' I'm not sure. '' How about the basics?''428Please respect copyright.PENANAG2JKng5zwu
'' You saying that as a question?!'' He laughed. His teeth are incredibly white.428Please respect copyright.PENANAogWvxOq0xM
'' Maybe?''428Please respect copyright.PENANA4CrKxXxxkj
'' I like how you are answering my questions as a question. It's cute.'' I blushed.428Please respect copyright.PENANAEZxzwaCALK
'' So yeah the basics. Like shelter, food, sponsors et cetera.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAKPu6WinfIw
'' Okay then...'' And he gave me a long explanation on shelter, food and sponsors.428Please respect copyright.PENANAMatnRlE8vC
'' You know how to get sponsors?'' He asked me.428Please respect copyright.PENANAwdpdkBU1kU
'' Popularity?''428Please respect copyright.PENANA06sNPELhdv
'' Again with the question/answer thingy. But yes likability.'' He looked at me with his sea green eyes. '' Get people to like you.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAPBojXmTJfm
'' How do I do that?''428Please respect copyright.PENANA4GjnorRrVi
'' Like what you are doing to me. I like you.'' I blushed again.428Please respect copyright.PENANAF7h92Y7SBO
'' Hey I never got chance to say thank you for giving me a handkerchief-''428Please respect copyright.PENANAR41c9lTDaJ
'' Don't mention it.''428Please respect copyright.PENANA8AUWTViD2m
'' I think you probably do it to girls all the time anyway.'' I blurted out by accident. Whoops. He laughed heartily.428Please respect copyright.PENANA21EN4o5D7Z
'' No I don't I only do it sometimes to get the crowd to like me.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAIjtV50jaZv
'' But you are likeable.'' I said. Rein it in Rain.428Please respect copyright.PENANAbPJVFeUPqv
'' Thanks.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAqjVjw6i2ac
'' And how do you get the crowd to like you?'' I ask flirty. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAXGeI4xu99B
'' Secrets.'' He leaned in closer. '' What secrets do you hide Rain?'' I am hyperventilating with him close to me.428Please respect copyright.PENANAZIosv9GBLU
'' I'm an open book. Everyone knows my secrets before I know them myself.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAe8eiGaV6RO
'' You don't look like one.''428Please respect copyright.PENANA4dplpQsakN
'' Well guess a secret then?''428Please respect copyright.PENANAq4zyIgmVJp
'' I don't know. I can't read you.'' He gave a puzzled look on his face.428Please respect copyright.PENANAPKUMOAua7T
'' I-''428Please respect copyright.PENANAtjKWgWRQJj
'' It's time!'' Valora said.428Please respect copyright.PENANAuNKXMLit5s
'' For what?'' Bay asks.428Please respect copyright.PENANACny2BuQC4z
'' The Capitol! We are here at the Capitol.''428Please respect copyright.PENANATg3YuZqIWb
'' 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?428Please respect copyright.PENANArXhhjuTrCR
'' Come on Rain. You are going to miss the crowds!'' Bay called after me.428Please respect copyright.PENANACTUtlUDkZv
'' Okay.''428Please respect copyright.PENANAUrDmRHZGBK
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.428Please respect copyright.PENANAbEwAm5aH07
'' Come on, come on! This way children!'' Valora called out.428Please respect copyright.PENANA4hBqWwPemp
'' Coming!'' Bay called back. He grabbed my hand and we slinked our way out of the hustle.428Please respect copyright.PENANAZKCtxLktki
'' Now we go to the Remake Centre.'' She said.Great a bunch of strangers are going to see my body.428Please respect copyright.PENANApqTqVbdM0y
'' 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.428Please respect copyright.PENANAyzOBKlQO14
Wow; transformation time. I am so excited. NOT.428Please respect copyright.PENANAdTuypSg3av