The loud, gritting sound of the train’s wheels against the rusting steel echoed across the station. It was a hostile environment, with all 24 tributes sat inside the carriages anxiously awaiting to be let off.

Coriolanus Snow, a student of the Academy, had been chosen to be one of District 12’s mentors for the 10th Annual Hunger Games. This meant he was your mentor.

You had been reaped alongside someone you knew relatively well. Everyone had expected Lucy-Gray to be reaped due to her past with the mayor’s daughter but fate had different plans. Bad luck seemed to chase you everywhere you went.

Coriolanus stood a wearing his red uniform, holding a white rose. He glanced at the sweet-smelling flower with a nervous eye, before looking back at the now-stopped train. He watched you and your District partner walk down the large steps and onto the platform. He walked over to you with calmness and charm.

“Welcome to the Capitol.“ he greeted you, holding out the rose.