The 5th Quarter Quell

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Leah smiled, waving and blowing kisses. She spotted a boy, maybe about her age. She shot him a flirtatious wink, sending him over the edge. She laughed, catching a bouquet of roses tossed her way. She inhaled their rosey smell, smiling at the young gir who had thrown it. She smiled brightly, waving at the spectators. Inside, Leah wanted to kill them lot of them. How they watches the games, betting on who would die first. What was wrong with them? Were they mad?

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Once she had reached the City Circle right behind the other 6 Districts in front of her, her lips and hands were sore, but she kept waving and smiling until President Snow stepped out onto the balcony. Just the sight of the president chilled her bones. And the fact that he was older than anyone else in the world scared her even more. As he moved into position, the President's gaze met hers. Petrifying her in her wake.

A few strands of hair caught in his face, sensing the fans would die if he had done this, he flipped his hair to the side dramatically. As he predicted, the crowd roared with excitement. Coming into the circle, he saw President Snow mount the balcony. Unusually he tilted his head down and looked behind Austin a little way. Curious by who the president was looking at, he turned his head and saw that the President of Panem has locked eyes with his ally. Rena. She stood there, frozen in his gaze. "Rena!" he called but it was lost in the cheers of people.

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(Okay... Do I wait for him? Or... Should I make another character? That might be a little boring, though.....
Sigh... I really do suck at writing....)

Lily looked at her sore hands once she was done. Her ears were ringing with the cheers of the people. She wanted to say this, so much, "SHUT UP!" but she knew it wouldn't be good. Pressing her lips together would help. A pretty scarlet rose was on her palms and a note. She flipped it open. "I bet you can win," it said. She looked around, wondering who threw it to her. A teenager was waving at her. She blew him a kiss and glanced forward.

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(No its fine if he's not there)

"Rena!" Austin yelled louder. From the distance between them, he saw her flinch and look directly at him. He nodded as he looked at the president again who was now glaring at him. But, seeing that he had to start talking, he did so.

Rena shuddered as the president's gaze lay in her mind, watching her every thought. She was relieved once they moved on, ending the parade. Thankfully her ally, Austin, called to her as she locked eyes with the president. Later in the training center she would thank him.

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Lily sighed as it halted to a stop. She heard Austin's cry to Rena, secretly being envious of Rena. She sort of like him, but it wasn't the time for thinking for love. It was The Hunger Games. Not love and families, but death and blood. She slightly shuddered and looked at the President.

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As much as she didn't want to listen to the president's speech about the games and of The Dark Days and why the Hunger Games was created, Rena forced herself to. Just from one moment between her and Snow, she already disliked him. Once he finished, she hopped out of the chariot and waited for Elster and Pris, her mentor, to escort her to wherever she needed to be next. In the crowd that had already started pouring out from the stands, she spotted them. Pris had won the last games, so she was quite new at the mentoring job but she was actually better than good. She walked over to Rena confidently, her curly dark brown hair bouncy as she walked. Elster was to her left, his pink facial tattoos kind of scared her in a way but other than that he was laid back for someone who lived in the Capitol.

Austin looked back to the president. Once the speech was over, he jumped out of the chariot and walked over to his mentor and stylist. "Where to now?" he asked them, eager to get somewhere else than in City Circle. He felt like a caged bird inside it. And once in the games, it would be worse because your trapped inside of an arena with no way out and you don't know who's hiding and where they are. And that you feel like you're being watched by a cat at every moment.

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Lily bounded out of the chariot, then to her mentor and her stylist. "What do I do now?" They shrugged and pointed across her room. She walked to her room, then picking out a book.

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Rena followed Elster and Pris to her room on the 7th floor, there she went to her room and sat on her bed and played with her necklace. Something inside it started to glow green. A moment later a bright emerald green light shot out of it and into her face. The weirdest part was that it started speaking to her. "Hello my tribute," it said. "H-hi." The light crossed her room over to the window. "Are you ready for it?" Rena walked over beside it, confused. "For what?" Ominously, she didn't know that balls of light laughed but it did. "The games silly! You need to be prepared." She smiled warmly. "Don't worry I will first thing tomorrow. But I was wondering...what are you?" Again, the light laughed. "Oh my darling, I am yet the Mockingjay." Astonished, Rena turned to look at it. "First Elster and know this? Wow..." The light came closer to her and spoke now in a hushed voice. "If you need any guidance in the arena, speak to me by simply turning the leaf on your pendant. But no one can know about me, understand?" Rena nodded her head in understanding. "Good, now i'll talk to you in a bit." She drifted across the room and back into the necklace that Rena left on the bed. She quickly raced over to the bedside and grabbed the necklace but gently. Slipping it over her neck, she tucked it under her gown and went to her bed. Curling up in the soft fabrics, she drifted to sleep.

Austin followed his mentor and stylist to the elevator, which brought them to the second floor. "I'm gonna go and get some sleep," Austin moaned as he stumbled to his room. Once in, he shut the door behind them and lay back against it for a while, resting his head. How can these people deal with all the commotion? Yes of course he was from District 2 and they always had machines blaring but this was different. It was overrated. All of the silly clothing. The ridiculous make up. And petrifying body changes like tails and skin dying. It was too much. Of course the girls in his district went overboard with fashion but they weren't even close to what the Capitol was capable of. Literally. When he was little and saw his first person from the Capitol, he would lie awake at night and refused to sleep, scared that they would come back to him in his dreams and terrorize him. Austin stood up straighter and walked over to his bed, shooing away the Avox that was waiting on him in his room. See what the Capitol does to people? They cut their tongues off if they were disobeyed. It was madness that had to stop.

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Lily browzed the book, but lost interest. She looked at her palms. It was red for no reason.

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(Hey sorry I haven't posted both of my computers crashed and do I'm on my iPod do i'll post once I get to a computer)