Together, we're stronger [Moss, Luke, Aurora]

Had someone told me a week ago that I would be standing here in the training center in the Capitol, I would have smacked them and called them insane but now that I'm here, the whole thing has finally sunk in. I am going into the hunger games and I am most likely going to die. Because I am from district eleven, the odds of me winning are slim to none but you never know, last year, the girl from 10, Saffron, won her games. It was a quarter quell that she won and the twist was that only 12-14 year olds were reaped. The girl and the boy from my district made it pretty far so maybe I have a chance. I doubt it though. I'm not really a fighter, I'm more of a runner. Thank ripred for pain killers, my escort introduced them to me when we got here and since then, I haven't had a single headache. I wonder what it is that's in this medicine that keeps the headaches away for so long, the remedies from home are only ever mediocre at best but these, these are truly amazing.

My eyes wander around the gym, looking at the competition, the twenty-three other people who stand in my way from going home. Do you really want to go home after taking the lives of twenty-three other kids? I ask myself, sighing. I don't honestly know if I would want to go home after going through this, preferably, I'd rather die. My eyes land on the weapons stations, I might as well at least try to learn about how to use some weapons before going into the arena, that way I'll at least kind of know what I'm doing. Touching the moss necklace hanging around my neck, I make my way over to the swords station and find a small sword that seems to fit right in my hands. The instructor shows me how to stand and swing it properly before I attempt to attack a dummy. I manage to do a bit of damage but not enough to kill. It's not good enough, I'd be dead before I had the chance to do anymore damage, especially if I was facing a career. They've been training their entire lives, I'll only get three days to train. I swing again and this time manage to lodge the sword into the dummies gut, not a fatal wound but definitely a painful wound. The trainer gives me an approving smile before I put the sword back on the rack and wander away, towards a survival skill.

I don't like fire, in fact, ever since my dad was killed in one, I've been terrified of it. Nonetheless, I know that fire could be my savior, especially in purifying water. I'll just have to suck it up and get over it, maybe I'll even learn how to not set everything around me on fire. The instructor teaches me how to safely build a small campfire and before I know it, I've got a small inferno beneath my hands. Gazing into the flickering flames, my initial reaction is fear but after a few moments, my heart rate slows and I take a deep breath, calming myself. Do not be afraid, do not be afraid, do not be afraid. I repeat the words over and over to myself before stamping out the flames and killing all remnants of the fire. What shall I do next? My eyes scan the gym, searching for my next training station when I notice two other tributes, the girl from ten and the boy from eight. I'm going to need allies in the arena, even though I really don't want to get too attached to them, they are the ones I will rely on but then, and this makes my stomach drop, I will have to either watch them die or have them watch me die. Pushing the thoughts to the back of my mind, I approach them, trying to appear confidant. "Hello" I say once I'm within earshot of both of them.

Word count 715
Tags Moss, Ani, Luke, Anatra, Aurora, Reasons
OOC let's make this alliance happen^^

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