Are You Nobody Too?(Open)

Alliance Dowry

It was a dismal day, the sky was overcast and vaugley resembled melted dirty snow. The ground was soggy and one could easily loose their footing, all the more reason for Alliance to simply stay still. It wasn't truly cold, but Alliance, in her thin sport jacket was silently wishing she had worn something thicker.


Alliance didn't usually go into the training center. It went against everything that she believed in. Every now and then, however she could be caught there, either looking for her brother or reluctantly training when her parents forced her. Today was one of those rare days. Her parents had woken her up at the crack of dawn and shoved her through the door, telling her she needed to get some exercise. Alliance suspected that today it was just a ploy to get her out of the house for a while.

Exercise was something Alliance had never really got, even when she did it. She knew it was good for her health, but honestly there were doctors and if Alliance were ever to end up in the Hunger Games, her clumsiness would have her out of the running long before her cardio. None the less, Alliance was currently standing awkwardly in the training center, her wrists linked across her stomach. She was standing in the corner, sort of by the bow and arrow station. Alliance made no effort to move when the arrows whizzed past her, if someone actually did manage to miss badly enough to lodge one in her body, there would be some serious hell to pay.

Alliance allowed her mind to wander as she glanced around the training center. A random, tuneless hum picked up in her throat and she made no effort to stifle it. Nobody close enough to hear or care. She watched people walk back and forth across the center, her eyes focusing in and out on little aspects of their skill.

That girl would be really good at agility challenges. That guys a monster! How does a person even manage to move that fast without tripping up?

A particular boy caught Alliances eye, not too far away from her. He was using the boy and arrow, which he was not horribly skilled at, but there was something in the movement of his arm, the tension in his back that was so lovely and graceful that it seemed to still the world. She was so transfixed by his movements that she didn't notice (at first) as he paused, seemingly lost in thought and stared in her general direction. Still in a half dream like state, Alliance stumbled over towards the boy. Before she had fully come to her senses her feet had succeeded in carrying her to the boys side. He turned to see her and Alliance felt her cheeks darken slightly.

"Sorry, I just...." She began, startled again by the effect even just turning his body had on her mind. It seemed to go all fuzzy and yet sharpen at once. She gave her head a light shake to clear it and looked back at the boy's face. "I'm Alliance."