The Hunger Games Page #4

GUARD:

(whispering)

I hope you win.

Effie Trinket approaches. The Guard wuickly straightens up

and tries to cover the evidence that he’s been talking to

the tribute.

EFFIE:

Oh, did you need help showing

Katniss to her room?

GUARD:

No. I was just showing her the way.

Come with me, Tribute. Goodbye, Ms.

Trinket.

The Guard takes Katniss to her room. Effie watches them walk

away. Beat. The door to Katniss’ room slams, heard from the

distance. The Guard’s footsteps slowly fade away.

EFFIE:

Hm, Ms. Trinket. What a lovely

name... I think I may keep that for

future use.

She walks towards Katniss’ room.

CUT TO:

SUPPER:

INT. Katniss’ room, Train to Capitol- DAY.

Katniss is zoned out while examining the mockingjay pin.

Effie Trinket enters the room.

EFFIE:

Dear, it’s time for supper.

KATNISS:

(sigh)

What? Oh, Alright.

Katniss follows Effie out the door.

CUT TO:

Katniss and Effie walk into the dining room table where

Peeta is waiting.

INT. Dining Room, Train to the Capitol- DAY.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:
21.

EFFIE:

Where’s Haymitch?

PEETA:

Last time I saw him, he said he was

going to take a nap.

EFFIE:

Well, it has been an exhausting

day.

Katniss, Peeta, and Effie begin to eat. Effie notices their

EFFIE:

At least you two have decent

manners. The pair last year ate

everything with their hands like a

couple of savages. It upsetted my

digestion.

Katniss narrows her eyes at Effie. She begins to eat the

rest of her supper noisily chewing and with her hands. Effie

gives Katniss an offended look, trying to eat while acting

as if she had not noticed. Beat. Effie slams her hands down.

Haymitch enters awkwardly.

EFFIE:

Are you going to eat properly

anymore?

KATNISS:

Well, I was actually just leaving.

As Katniss stands up from her seat, she wipes her hands on

the tablecloth in front of Effie. They watch as she leaves.

All eyes go onto Peeta. Beat. He slowly rises and leaves.

Once the door closes behind them, beat. Haymitch giggles.

CUT TO:

HAYMITCH NEEDS BEHAVIOR TRAINING

Peeta and Katniss go into another room to watch the reapings

of other districts.

INT. TV Room, Train to Capitol- NIGHT.

Katniss and Peeta watch the program with straight,

hard-as-rock expressions, examining their competition as

closely as possible.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:
22.

The television shows FOXFACE being announced as a tribute

back in district 5 by a CAPITOL REAPING ANNOUNCER that has

been assigned to that district. Foxface has an expression

similar to Katniss’.

Peeta frowns.

Effie enters the room. She picks up the remote and turns the

T.V. off.

EFFIE:

(disgruntled)

Your mentor has a lot to learn

about presentation. And a lot about

televised behavior.

Peeta unexpectedly laughs, slightly surprising Effie and

Katniss.

PEETA:

He was drunk. He’s drunk every

year.

KATNISS:

More like every day.

Katniss and Peeta laugh in unison. As Effie begins to talk,

their laughter fades into silence.

EFFIE:

(Hissing)

Yes. How odd you two find it

amusing. You know your mentor is

your lifeline to the world in these

Games. The one who advises you,

lines up your sponsors, and

dictates the presentation of any

gifts. Haymitch can well be the

difference between your life and

your death!

Katniss and Peeta look at eachother with a frown. Haymitch

enters the room staggering and clutching a liquor bottle.

HAYMITCH:

(slurring)

I miss supper?

Haymitch vomits all over the carpet and falls in his own

mess.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:
23.

EFFIE:

So laugh away, and we’ll see who’s

laughing after you die!

Effie hops out of the room, dodging any spots with

Haymitch’s vomit on it.

Katniss and Peeta exchange a look.

KATNISS:

Oh, Haymitch. Why do you do this to

yourself?

HAYMITCH:

(muffled)

Do whu tu mah self?

Katniss and Peeta proceed to help Haymitch back up to his

feet. Haymitch falls down with a groan. Peeta throws him oer

his shoulder and hauls Haymitch into the bathtub and turn on

the shower. (ALT: Katniss grabs Haymitch from his legs,

Peeta grabs him from his arms and puts him in the bathtub.)

INT. Haymitch’s Bathroom, Haymitch’s room, Train to capitol-

DAY.

Haymitch sits there with a blank, lazy face. His clothes get

wet along with his hair, but he seems to pay no attention to

anything, much less that.

KATNISS:

Come on Haymitch, you don’t want

your clothes to get wet, do you?

Haymitch doesn’t respond. He smacks his lips together. Beat.

Peeta turns to Katniss.

PEETA:

It’s okay. I’ll take it from here.

KATNISS:

All right. I can send one of the

Capitol people to help you.

PEETA:

No, I don’t want them to.

Katniss nods and heads back to her room.

CUT TO:

24.

DANDELION SALAD:

INT. Katniss’ room

Katniss takes the cookies from the baker and throws them out

the window. She sees them fall into a patch of dandelions

and her eyes go wide with realization.

A flashback begins.

EXT. School Courtyard, 8 years ago- DAY.

Young Peeta (About 9 yrs old, same goes to Katniss.) watches

as Young Katniss picks a dandelion from the ground. She runs

over to where YOUNG PRIM (6 years old) was, on the other

side of the courtyard. She grabs her hand and a nearby

bucket and the two run off into the meadow, where they pick

many dandelions and other flowers. Peeta watches Katniss and

Prim have fun for a few moments. The school bell rings. Kids

begin to run to class. Katniss and Prim don’t. Peeta’s

friends, JOSHUA, ELLIOT, and RYAN run up to him. His friends

had to pester him to go.

JOSHUA:

C’mon, Peeta bread! Don’t wanna be

late.

ELLIOT:

Dude, hurry up!

Peeta gets pulled away.

CUT TO:

EXT. Park of Seam- DAY.

Katniss and Prim are eating a salad from a bucket made of

the dandelions, flowers, lemon juice, and whatever else they

found.

PRIM:

What else? What other food can we

find?

KATNISS:

All kinds of things. I just have to

remember them.

PRIM:

I feel a little... bad. You know,

for skipping class.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:
25.

KATNISS:

Yeah. We should go. After school do

you want to read the book I got?

PRIM:

"Plants?"

KATNISS:

Yeah! That one.

PRIM:

Okay, we should get going, Katniss.

Katniss nods in agreement. They leave.

CUT TO:

WE HAVE A PAIR OF FIGHTERS THIS YEAR

INT. Katniss’ room, Train to Capitol- DAY.

Present time, where Katniss is still looking out the train

window. She collapses on the bed, letting her hair tumble

out of her braid, sobbing.

FADE OUT:

INT. Katniss’ room, Train to Capitol- DAY.

EFFIE:

Up, up, up! It’s going to be a big,

big day!

Katniss sits up from her bed with a groan.

CUT TO:

INT. Dining room, Train to Capitol- DAY.

Katniss enters the dining car. Haymitch notices her at the

door way and waves her over.

HAYMITCH:

Come, sit down.

She hesitantly joins them. The moment Katniss settles down

in her chair, chefs and workers burst into the room with

tons of food, shocking the tributes. Effie claps, he face

enlightened with delight. Haymitch chuckles. The chefs and

workers serve tons of "fancy" dining food to everyone.

Haymitch is poured red wine in a wine cup and a small bottle

of either vodka or saki. Katniss and Peeta are given mugs of

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:
26.

hot chocolate. Many plates of food are set in the middle of

the table. Effie begins to eat in upper class manners while

Haymitch is more focused on the glass of red liquid he keeps

combining with a bottle filled with clear liquid. Katniss

stares at the cup of the liquid she has never seen beforehot

chocolate.

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