The cheers hit Cherrycloud in a massive wave. Dazed, she stepped off the train and looked at the crowd behind a red rope. Once she had gotten off, she heard the train screech away, and another one pull up. As she stepped to the side she observed the tributes exiting the train. The first one off was a stallion. He was purple and had yellow spots running down his body. His hair was long a spikey. It was grey with purple streaks. He was grinning and waved to the crowd as he got off. The second was the mare. She was grey with white stripes along her back. Her hair was feathery and white, with the tips a lime green. When she got off, she wasn't as quite excites as the other tribute. Cherry dragged her gaze to another tribute, who Blaze was currently walking over to. Cherry almost giggled at how he was trying to stand up straight and not look nervous. She rolled her eyes and trotted up next to blaze to help out.

"Hi there," Cherry began, trying to sound polite but brave, as Crystal instructed, "My name's-"

"Cherrycloud, and your partner Blaze." She stated flatly, silently observing them both.

"So uh... What district are you from?" Cherry asked, trying to make conversation.

"Five."

Cherry made an awkward smile, and looked elsewhere. "Well, it was nice meeting you." She said.

The dark grey mare just nodded and turned away. Cherry turned and began trotting away, leaving Blaze to fend for himself. She sighed and kept trotting, only to accidentally bump into another pony.

"Whoops!" Said the mare, "Sorry sorry! That was my fault.." Cherry rubbed her head and looked at the white unicorn in front of her. "Oh, uh, hi! My name's Pageturner. And I'm sorry about that I wasn't paying attention to where I was going!"

Cherry smiled. "Its no biggie, I wasn't looking either." Pageturner smiled and walked around Cherry. She seemed nice, I could team with her... Cherry turned to keep walking but bumped into yet another pony.

"Hey!" He shouted. "Watch where you're going!" The pegasus loomed over Cherry. She was about to shrink back, before she remembered Crystals words.

"Why don't you watch where you're going?!" Cherry shouted back. The stallion snorted and stomped a hoof, before turning around to walk elsewhere. Cherry sighed and looked around. I guess its time to start making alliances. She kept looking until she found two mares chatting nearby. One of them was dark brown, with a fiery colored mane. The other was dark blue, with a blue and green mane. Cherry trotted over to them, hoping to leave a good impression.

"Can I help you?" Asked the brown one, raising an eyebrow. Cherry smiled, trying to look brave but nice at the same time.

"I was just seeing if we could talk or something."

The blue one looked at the other and shrugged. "Alright, fine. My name's Ember Blaze." Said the brown one, flaring out her wings.

"And I'm Moon Breeze." The unicorn stated.

"Cool," replied Cherry, "I'm Cherrycloud." Both the mares nodded. Moon looked at Ember, and the two seemed to have a silent conversation.

"So," Ember began, "wanna have an alliance." Cherry almost squealed and shouted, before she regained her cool atmosphere.

"Sure, I guess I could let you guys tag along." When she turned to walk away, Cherry thought she saw them both give a small smile.

"Cherry! Wait!" Cherry turned her head, then shrugged.

"I must be hearing things."

"Cherry! Wh... wait! Wait!" She turned around again and saw blaze running toward her. "Scary mare... *Gasp* Almost killed me... *pant* OH geez crap." Cherrycloud just looked at him with confusion while he caught his breath.

"Okay, please repeat that." Cherry stated bluntly.

"Oh, okay." Blaze said, standing up. "So I was walking around, and I bumped into a mare who suddenly became really angry at me! Sh-she said that she would kill me first in the games! She was whiteish bluish, with a purple bluish floaty mane thing." He panted. "Also Crystal wants us to stop talking to others and follow her back to the hotel because I'm making a fool of myself." Cherry rolled her eyes and followed Blaze out of the crowd. Once she was out she glanced back at the crowd of tributes and made a list of the ponies she'd want on her team so far.

Page Turner
Ember Blaze
Moon Breeze

She sighed. It wasn't a big list so far. But the games had only just begun. And there was still plenty of time to win.

Author's Note

Okay so I'm going to make a list of the tributes because it'll make my life a lot easier and maybe yours too.

1
M-Sapphire Swirl
S-Kabuto
2
M-Breezerunner
S-Coldblood
3
M-Pageturner
S-Steel Spanner
4
M-Ember Blaze
S-Tuna
5
M-Death Reap
S-SpiceSnap
6
M-Terra North
S-Night Fang
7
M-Moon Breeze
S-Terry
8
M-Cherrycloud
S-Blaze
9
M-Indigo Rain
S-Sketch Pad
10
M-Duck Rhinoceros
S-Chicken Elephant
11
M-Shooting Star
S-Ember
12
M-Draco Flare
S-Selena Soulflare

Alrighty, short chapter this time, but I hope you enjoy it! And don't worry if your OC didn't come up here, because they'll hopefully come up in one of the training chapters! Thankies!