User blog comment:Catnipkatniss/The 76th Hunger Games/@comment-5003659-20120502195641

I walk into the training centre next to Lila, I feel sorry for her she’s only twelve she has little chance of winning this, but then again so do I, after a speech from Atala about the different stations ,I see the careers move straight to the vicious looking weapons which they handle with complete ease, I decide to miss anything to do with axes as I am completely proficient in any kind of axe (thanks to being from district 7), I instead go to camouflage, the teacher smiles warmly I get the impression that not many tributes ever visit, over the course of a few hours I paint myself into a grassy meadow, the trainer says I’m a natural, over the course of the day I visit knot tying, shelters, spears and then finally I try the gauntlet, the careers are watching me, “this’ll be easy” I mutter under my breath before running, I instinctively charge straight through the first 6 steps when a trainer swings at me with a paddle, I dive straight over the paddle and place my hands on the 2nd to last step then I use all my upper body strength to launch myself over the final swing from the trainer as I front flip in a graceful arc over the paddle and land softly, I glance at the careers, their jaws are dropped.