As I step onto the train, not happiness or glee, but sorrow and fear fill me through and through. I walk over and sit on the gorgeous couch next to Ethan, my fellow boy tribute. My little brother comes and crawls up in my lap.

Maizy comes in she starts going on and on about the capital this and the capital that. I try to ignore her as the train starts up. Lucky for us our mentor Gruff comes in and shuts her up. He knows Maizy very well (since they have worked together for some time now) and he knows that if no one shuts her up, she will keep rambling about the capital forever. Maizy scurries away and comes back in no time at all with tea and some delightful looking pastries. We all gobble the pastries down in a few minutes. Everyone has a cup of tea, except my brother and I.

We go to my room. I open the door and look inside. It is empty except a little bed and nightstand in the right corner of the room. There is a dim lamp sitting on the nightstand, that gives off the only little bit of light that is in the room. I walk over to the bed and sit down, my brother does the same. We sit there in silence. We must have sat there sometime before I break the silence.

"Fin, I'm so sorry! I wish you didn't have to be here, I wish there was some way to change the hunger games or even better stop them again."

Fin curls up next to me as he quietly cries. A tear slithers down my check. I feel ashamed and quickly wipe it away. I must stay strong for Fin, I must stay strong for Fin, I must stay strong for Fin. I repeat this over and over in my head.

"Fin we're going to be okay, we'll be fine," I say trying to sound confident, even though I know that one, if not both of us will die.

"Willow?" He sniffs. "What's going to happen in the arena?"

I am taken aback by this question and ponder for a while, whether to tell the truth or not. "You'll find out soon enough."

We fall silent again. Who knows how long it is until Maizy comes in and tells us (more like yells at us) that we are late for dinner.

When we arrive in the dining room, everyone is already seated and has begun eating. Maizy shows me my seat next to Ethan because Maizy has given us assigned seating. Why? I don't know, I guess she's just a control freak or something. Sadly I don't get to sit by my brother. I look with wide eyes at the delicious looking food on the table. I quickly fill my plate with food. I don't care if everyone thinks I am being a pig because they (the capital) are pigs. They always eat the wonderful food and then yes we get better food than most the other districts, but still, it's not that great of food. And anyway, I can be a pig, because the meals I get here will be the last ones of my life. I shudder at this thought. Last meals of my life. I will never see Rose, my dad, my sister or Liam ever again. I look up and notice everyone staring at me. I put another forkful of food into my mouth and chew it slowly. Then to my relief, everyone goes back to eating and talking. Once I have finished I excuse myself and go to my room and lie down to think.

Worry fills my mind as I think of Fin and the Hunger Games and killing other people just to live and having to try to survive the capitals terrors. Then my mind turns to something very important. Allies. Well, I have the 5 from district 3 as allies right? I mean the people from one district are always allies, right? Well hopefully. What should I look for in other tributes to decide to ally with them? Well, speed, strength, and skill are good. So, look for the 3 S's in an ally and loyalty would be good too. Although I don't know how you can know if they will be loyal before the Hunger Games begin. After a while, I drift off to sleep.

The rest of the train ride is a blur and before I know it we are arriving in the Capital.