(A/N): PLEASE FREAKING READ THIS: I've been getting a few comments from it.
Important! This story is one of those about modern HG characters of the Hunger Games. The idea is borrowed from the show Victorious but I'll change most of the stuff though. I hope you people like it
Disclaimer: I do not own the Hunger Games or the idea for the show Victorious.
Introduction:
Panem School for the Gifted is one of the most prestigious schools in the country. To get in, you need to audition, pass a test, and be interviewed by some of the most critical people in the country. Everyone in this school has an amazing talent or two and all of them are talented in a way or another.
"So... the answer to number three is... five?" Katniss asked. Katniss is a hunter with olive tanned skin, grey eyes, and long dark hair.
"Correct... Show your process." a girl of the same age said. Katniss showed an infuriating look at Alex, who shot back another pair of infuriated stares. Until Katniss gave in and showed it.
"So..we add this to the -" Katniss was interrupted by a shout which can only come from Prim, Katniss' sister.
"Katniss! I need help!" Prim shouted then turned her attention to Alex. "Can you give us some privacy?" She said to Alex.
"Alex, let's continue this tomorrow."
"Fine." When Alex left, Prim started explaining.
"I need help with the grand showcase." Said Prim. Prim goes to Panem School for the Gifted. She has a passion for singing and dancing and has starred in multiple small plays. She's only twelve and yet she can sing like an angel. She's still in middle school so she still has a lot to learn but she's already good. Katniss never wanted to audition for that school because she thinks she's not talented like Prim, or even a coordinated dancer. All Katniss can actually do is go out the district for a while to bring home at least half a dozen squirrels and rabbits for our family. Or so she thinks. But ever since the new change in government, nobody starves anymore so there's really no use to hunt for her.
The grand showcase is a performance that they put on every at their school wherein everyone is assigned to a group to perform in the five hour show. There are a lot of discovered talent in the grand showcase wherein producers, directors, and more of those kinds are invited to watch.
"What could you possibly need help with? You can just sing a song and wow everyone."
"I need help getting along with my partner. He's like eighteen years old. His name is Game or Hale I think... So can you please help me?" Prim asked with a worried look. Prim can charm anyone with a blink of an eye so it's shocking that she finds it hard to get along with a person, even if that person is older.
"Why would you need help with him? Is there something wrong with him?" Katniss responded.
"We just... don't get along very well. I don't even know why we were partnered. He just acts and plays instruments so I have no idea on what we can do...He's good but not so much though."
"Well, maybe you can do an act from a musical... or something." Katniss replied with uncertainty. She doesn't really know what they do, but she heard that it's really impressive though she doesn't know. For she's never watched one.
"We need to be really impre—" Prim was stopped by a door bell. "Come in!" Prim shouted.
A dark haired man who looks like he's eighteen walked in the room. He has gray eyes which makes him look like my brother oddly enough.
"Katniss! That's Hale" Prim exclaimed with an annoyed voice.
"It's Gale actually" he corrected. "So, why don't we start?" Gale continued.
"Fine" Prim said as she continued. "So I'm thinking of singing 'Always Be My Baby' by Mariah Carey, what do you think? Can you make it work?"
"I can make it work. I can probably learn the acoustic version and I can probably get Foxface and Clove to back you up." Gale said.
"Who're Foxface and Clove?" Katniss said. She had to admit. Those are pretty weird names. She guesses that it's just a nickname but considering that her name is Katniss and her sister's Primrose, she didn't continue.
"They're our groupmates." Prim said. "Foxface's real name is... well nobody really knows. She was just given that name. And Clove is really that girl's name. She's really talented. She can sing very well so I don't know why she didn't get her own spot."
"Well, since you have to practice I'll just go now. I still need to study for my math quiz" Katniss sighed. She hates math. It's her worst subject.
"No!" Prim protested. "You have to help me! Please!" Prim pleaded while showing her puppy blue eyes that nobody can refuse. Katniss had no choice but to give in.
"Okay" Katniss sighed. "But don't get mad at me if I slow your 'progress' down" Doing hand gestures during progress. Prim nodded and continued.
Practice was horrible. Every mistake Prim made made her want to do the song again. When they finally perfected the song, they started with the choreography.
"Okay so one... two... three and twirl" Gale said as he was helping Prim with her steps. Katniss got curious. She wasn't usually interested in these things, but it seems like she can't keep her eyes off of her sister who's consistently trying to twirl a lot of times without getting dizzy. This went on until the next day when Katniss met Foxface. When she saw Foxface, she wasn't shocked when they call her that. She has a lot of features that only a fox can really have. The sly grin which is probably a smile. The sleek red hair covering a lot of her body. It ain't really shocking that she's called that.
"Hi Prim. Hey Gale!" Foxface exclaimed.
"Hey, where's Clove? She supposed to be here?" Gale replied. A look of annoyance showed on his face.
"Umm... Well, I told her to come here. I texted her like five times and tried to call her-" Foxface was interrupted by someone with dark hair and high cheek bones carrying a red handbag walked into the living room where they were practicing in.
"Hey guys! Sorry I'm late." The girl said looking at her phone. She must be Clove. "And who can that girl at the back be? Is she in our group?" said Clove as she looked at Katniss.
"Uhh no she's my sister." Prim explained. "You see I really need help so I asked her and she said yes."
"Katniss" She held her hand. "Foxface" she said as she shook her hand. "Clove".
"Okay. So Prim really needs some people to back her up. So I was thinking the two of you can help us?" Gale asked Foxface and Clove as they nodded in approval.
They practiced for two weeks until the night of the grand showcase finally came. Prim was doing her make-up while Katniss braided her hair. This is the first time Katniss will see the show, but Prim has seen it once so she knows what she's doing. Katniss will have to stay there for five hours wherein she'll probably be bored until Prim's performance.
The theatre is huge. With over three-thousand seats, the stage is just as proportionally big. There are huge steps on the stage where the performers are supposed to sing, dance, act, juggle or do any kind of talent. There are about three boom microphones hanging from the ceiling and about five more in front of the stage. The red curtains opened as the opening act, featuring a blond girl with green eyes sing with another blond boy with blue eyes. There were three performances before Katniss and her family are called by a teacher. They were lead to the backstage where they asked the teacher what's wrong.
"What! What do you mean she can't perform?" Katniss' mom asked
"She is sick. She is checked by the nurse after she threw up. She has the flu" The teacher said. The teacher was wearing a black shirt with black pants. The only odd thing on him was the golden eyeliner which was applied lightly.
"Well, who's gonna fill her spot?" Katniss said.
"Not unless we can find anyone who knows her entire routine, no one. We're gonna have to end the show earlier." The teacher said until he was interrupted by Gale.
"Katniss! Katniss knows her entire routine plus the song! She can do it" Gale said.
"Yeah she can do it!" Foxface continued.
"She can sing just like Prim" Clove said. The first thing Katniss thought of was to decline. She doesn't want to. But it could be nice to perform. But she just shook her head.
"I honestly don't want to. So no" Katniss replied earning her daggers from Clove and stares from Foxface. "Com—" Clove was interrupted by a small voice.
"Katniss! Please perform. For me. Even if I can't, you can. Please you have to" It was Prim. Prim was asking Katniss to do this. How can she refuse? She has to perform. For Prim.
"Fine. But you owe me" Katniss replied with a smile earning her a hug from Prim.
"Someone get her into a dress! And put a mic on her." The teacher said. "Are you ready? Do you know what to do?" Katniss, who was still shocked of what just happened, just nodded.
"Are you ready?" The teacher asked. Katniss shook her head as a response.
"Everytime I gather the confidence to even step, I freeze." Katniss responded nervously.
"Okay, it's obvious that you're really scared of it. So here's a tip. Even if we aren't that well acquainted, I want you to know that you can trust me. So, when you're scared, just look at me. I'll be in the audience rooting for you. Just look at me, and pretend that you're singing to me. Plus, call me Cinna." Cinna said. Katniss couldn't help but just take his advice for her sister.
Katniss walked to the stage and began. She tensed up feeling everyone's eyes on her. Knowing one mistake would scar her as the girl who made the mistake. She looked to the people in the crowd finding that light gold eyeliner on the eyes of Cinna who gave her two-thumbs up. The song started.
"We were as one babe
For a moment in time
And it seemed everlasting
That you would always be mine"
Now Clove and Foxface starts backing her vocals up while dancing behind her.
"Now you want to be free
So I'm letting you fly
Cause I know in my heart babe
Our love will never die
No!"
Clove took Katniss by the hand and twirled her causing some 'flames' to erupt from the skirt of her dress.
"You'll always be a part of me
I'm a part of you indefinitely
Boy don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby"
"I know that you'll be back boy
When your days and your nights get a little bit colder oooohhh
I know that, you'll be right back, babe
Ooooh! baby believe me it's only a matter of time"
And at the exact moment that she belted that note, she heard a huge round of applause from the crowd and saw a rose fall on her feet.
"You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely"
And when she saw the rose, She felt a surge of confidence in her body. And sang more confidently, enjoying her time on stage with Foxface and Clove.
"Ooh don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my my baby..."
A huge roar of applause burst from the crowd as the curtains closed. She felt a feeling of happiness as she is showered by so many compliments that she can't distinguish who said it.
"Katniss, you were amazing"
"You were so good"
"Nice job, girl on fire"
"The crowd wanted an encore!"
The compliments went until she heard a tough male voice she has never heard of.
"Hello! Who are you?How come I've never seen you before?"
Katniss turned around and saw a man in his mid-40's with some grey hair and thick glasses. Katniss wondered for a few seconds until Cinna felt her curiosity.
"Katniss, this Mr. Mason, the principal of Panem School for the Gifted" said Cinna.
"Katniss Everdeen" she introduced herself feeling nervous.
"Do you go to this school?" Katniss shook her head. "Do you want to?"
This shocked Katniss immensely. Because of that one performance? Because of that, she could go here? She thought. It was not until she felt a tug on her dress when she came back to her senses.
"Katniss! This is great! We'll finally be in the same school! Accept it" said Prim with a huge smile in her face. A smile she's only seen a few times. Katniss couldn't help but smile
"Yes sure! But the kids here are like freaking talented! I –" She was interrupted by Clove.
"Yeah and so are you!" A gasp formed in the group surrounding her.
"Is that Clove? Clove, are you there?" Said Foxface, earning her a glare from Clove.
"Oh you know I love you" Foxface responded. Clove turned her attention to Katniss.
"But seriously, if even I'm impressed by you, then you're really good." Clove smiled at Katniss who looked as if she couldn't believe her ears. She never really thought of herself as a performer. She never really thought about it. Without even realizing it, she was nodding.
"So you'll go here?" asked Principal Mason.
"Of course!" Katniss beamed at the question and she knew that she made the right choice.
(A/N): So what do you guys think? Is it nice? I'll continue if you guys like it
More HG characters coming along. Please R&R
-Lee