Blaze led Cherrycloud through the crowd, to where Crystal was waiting. "Hi guys," She greeted them, "I hope you left a good impression on those, because in a few days, they wont be friendly." Blaze gulped and nodded, obviously thinking about the strange mare that threatened him. "C'mon, lets get to the hotel and see what you guys managed to do." Crystal turned around and brought then down a path lined with guards, each holding a particularly pointy spear. Cherrycloud gulped as she saw almost all of them staring at her, obviously remembering her failed escape attempt back in the districts.

They soon made their was to a large, fancy building, which Cherry assumed was the hotel. There were glass panes covering every inch of the building from the second floor up. They were brought into the lobby, where, surprise, guards were standing, watching their every move. As Crystal went to the desk to find out our rooms and such, Cherry observed the lobby. It seemed that only one other pair of tributes were here too. We must be early. She thought. With nothing else to do, Cherry walked up to the stallion. "Uhh, hi?" Cherry asked nervously. He turned his head and looked at her with bright green eyes. HIs coat was a light blue. His mane was purple and blue striped, with a strip of black in between the colors. He was a Pegasus, and had a badge on his wing that read I'm from district nine and I'm proud!

"Oh, hey. Names Sketch Pad." He spread out his wings for emphasis or something, making the embarrassing button more prominent. Cherry couldn't help but snicker a bit.

"Heh, I'm Cherrycloud." He narrowed his eyes and cocked his head in confusion.

"What's so funny?" He asked, lowering his wings a bit, and wiggling the button around more. Cherry laughed some more. "Hey! Come on! Tell me!" He flashed out his wings again, and the button fell. His head snapped down to the floor, where the pin now rested, and his face turned a brighter red than Cherry had ever seen anypony become. "Oh come on! I thought I took that off when I got on the train." He looked around to find his teammate. "Hey!" He shouted at her. Her ears flicked up and she turned to look at him. Cherry was surprised because she did it in less than half a second. "Do you know if somepony put this button back on me?" He asked.

The mares eyes shrunk to pinpricks as her mouth muttered inaudible words. Sketch Pad narrowed his eyes again.

"Mind speaking up?" The mare shrunk behind her mane and repeated what she said, this time Cherry was just able to hear it.

"Uhmm, I-I think th-that b-b-bubble p-put it b-back on as a-a prank..."

Sketch Pad nodded and went over to confront their mentor, Bubble Frosting. Cherry looked back at the mare, still amazed at how Sketch could understand what she had said. But, when she looked at the mare, her eyes somehow shrunk even more and she crouched on the floor. Finally giving up, Cherry turned and went back to blaze to chat some more.

Author's Note

Mm'kay, short chapter today. And two more OCs! Yay! (btw the shy one is Indigo Rain) The next one will be training! I promise! Then interviews and the battle starts! I cant wait! Also, whoever can guess what the arena will be gets to have their choice of OC make it to at least the final five! let the battle begin! Also, join this new group! It promotes good stories that don't get the popularity they deserve. Check it out!