We went to meet our stylist.
My dad never told me about him much, maybe because he doesn't like wearing fancy clothes.
"Do you know him?" I asked Melody.
"Who?"
"Our stylist, did Abby told you about him?"
"Oh, yes. His name is Draco, Abby said that he is very cheerful even though people die in his costumes." She answered.

We meet with Draco, just like Melody said he was surprisingly happy. He didn't like my arm but he was sure it will bring attention on the parade.
So on the parade we wore sliver shiny clothes and mine uncovered my arm.
"Hey, I have a question." I said to Melody as we were waiting for the parade to start.
"Yes?" She looked very good in her costume that it made me nervous.
"Why is your name Melody?" That was such a stupid question but I had to ask.
"My mum was a musician, just like my father and grandparents." She answered.
"And Abby?"
"She was too before the games, she changed after becoming an victor."
"My dad changed too. They all change." I added.
"Do you think we will change too?" She asked kinda worried.
"Probably but I think we can't stop it." I replied.
"Don't tell my aunt but I wish I didn't win the games so I don't have to go through winning." She said, I didn't expect such a depressive thought to come out of her mouth.
"I rather die in peace than live as a murderer."
Just when I wanted to say something we had to start the parade.

...

I was thinking about Melody, her whole family died in a fire. No wonder she wanted to die so she can with them.
In the evening I decided to talk with Shawn.
"Shawn," I walked into his room.
"Yeah?"
"Was it worth it?"
"What are you talking about?" He seemed confused.
"Winning the games, was it worth it?" I repeated my question.
"Sit here, kiddo." He smiled and pointed at the bed.
I sat next to him.
"I don't know how to answer your question. None of the people on the arena deserved to die." He said.
"Would still want to win if you knew how life after looks?"
"Where all the questions are coming from, kid?"
"My dad and Abby are saying that it's gonna be great but I feel like they're not telling me something." I replied.
"They want you stay alive, don't blame them for that."
"Me and Peter will not keep secrets from you." That sentence made me calmer.

...

I was looking at Melody differently since our talk on the parade. I felt glad that Shawn and Peter are going to share everything with me. The fake optimistic behaviour of my dad and Abby was annoying me.

The training wasn't going well.
I mean, the physical training was not great.
When I was climbing those climbing ropes. It was hard to keep on them, I did my best but I fell on the ground.
I could hear and feel how the careers were looking at me.
All four of them were looking at me like I was their next victim. Those were Jason and Amy from 1 and Daron and Arianna from 2.
"Get up." A girl with number 12 on her shoulder walked up to me.
She looked like a 13 year old, she had short brown hair and grey eyes.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Doesn't matter, punch the ground with your robotic arm." She said.
"What?"
"Just do it." She said and walked away.
I didn't have much choice so I punched the floor with my robotic arm. My punch made a big crack in the floor, I didn't know that I can do that but District 12 girl did.
The careers were clearly suprised by my strength and they looked more scared.
"Hey, what's your name?" I asked to the District 12 girl who was walking away.
"Evelyn." She replied.

...

I tried to focus on something else and I met with Peter after the training.
"Jasper, are you taking private training too?" He asked.
"No." I bet Abby is forcing Melody to do that.
"Peter, why did your family die?" I asked.
"I didn't do what Capitol told me."
"And what did they told you to do?"
"To pretend to love the Capitol."

...

At the last day of training I looked through the tributes that it was possible for me to make an allowance with.

Ofcourse I was considering joining Evelyn from 12. She was really good at  fighting with a sword as I could see on the training. She is just 13 but she is very strong. I heard that her older sister won last year's games.
I saw Jasmine from 7 who was practicing lighting up a fire, she was 14 years old but I heard that her grandmother won the 121th games by her amazing survival skills.
16 year old Pearl from 4 was practising spear fighting and 15 year old Todd from her District was carefully watching her. Both of them are swimming masters.
There was also Derek from 11 whose brother has been a master of camouflage skills.
And the careers.
I definitely won't form an alliance with them.
All of them have parents who have won the games and I don't want to mess with rich people with parents issues.