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Plastering on a fake smile. I walk out of the train. I wave to the hundreds of strangers and blow them kisses.

I keep pacing. Suddenly, I feel the train lurch. No... No... NO! I AM NOT READY TO DIE!. With tears in my eyes, I turn to our mentor. He gestures to the door. Tears falling down my face, I head to the door.

I look out the window again. I suddenly taste salt Salt? Oh, i'm crying. I quickly dry my face off with my hands, hoping no one noticed. But now, it was just a waiting game. To the capitol we go.

I keep pacing, dreading the future. In about 15 minutes, we will be taken away to get a makeover. Oh god, why did it have to be me?

As I look out the window, I see that the hills have started to even out. There is less flowers. We are nearing the capitol. My breathing starts to speed up. I'm not ready. I am in no way ready for this. I stand up and start to pace, wringing my hands I am going to die.

I roll my eyes, then go grab a little pastry. As I munch on it, my gaze goes back to the window

I see him smile and shake his head. "What?" I smile and sit back down.

"Exactly. So." I grab another knife. "You gonna help?" I twirl this knife too. "Ok, Ok, I'll help." Inside, I'm ecstatic, outside, I put the knife down. "Good."

"Yeah." I agree. Taking a step closer to him. "If you can't help us." I grab the steak knife from the table. "You are as useful as a pig." I twirl the knife in my hands. "And I'm serious." I throw the knife at a painting on the wall of a person. It hits the painting right in the painted...

"Sure kid." He walks over to the food. "Here is some advice. Don't die." I look at him dumbfounded. "Don't die? Thats it?" I scoff. "You will help us if you want to keep your left hand."

I turn around, my heart racing from getting startled. "Why does that matter. I'm going to die anyway." I glare at him.

I wonder how my mother is doing... I hope shes ok. "Well, you two look awful." I jump and turn around to see our mentor, mentally surveying us.

What am I gonna do? He seems like such a nice guy. How could I kill him. Or even just kill anyone? I think. Animals are waaaaaaaaaaaaay different from people. They don't have the same reaction to when you kill them. But people. I shudder. This is going to be hard.

I look behind me and see that he is also looking out. I exhale a shakey breath and turn my attention to the window again. While spacing out, I don't notice that our mentor has come in for food.

"Ha ha, yup!" I stand up, going to look out the window, outside, there is lots of hills and valleys, with tons of flowers. I look out in awe.

"Nope" I start to fidget my hands. Come on Rose! I mentally berate myself Make a good first impression.

I sit down in one of the chairs. "So, do you know who our mentor is?" My leg starting bounce from nerves.

"oh." I stand up with his help. "Yes and thanks." We walk further into the lounge, "sorry about that, I am really clumsy"

"umph" I fall hard on the ground, seeing stars. I start to stand up, but get dizzy.

We are taken to the train station, where 100's of cameras are recording us. My hands shake, a few tears escape, but I keep a mostly straight face. We step into the train and Effie shows us around. She shows us our rooms, the bathrooms, the lounges and the dining car. Once we were done, we go...