One of those days... (Glimmer and Wanderer)

[glimmeroflight]

Soft As Velvet, Cold As Snow



Velvet slammed the door behind her. She hated it when her parents were busy. Because busy meant no money, and no money meant no shopping, and no shopping meant no new earrings. She saw the perfect pair at a shop the other day, made of pure Amethyst, and it was perfectly purple.

She needed it.

But her parents were busy. Couldn't find her some money to buy it. How dumb. Velvet sighed and continued walking, to the store to gaze at their beauty but she stopped, should she just wait for her parents to be less busy? Oh, it didn't matter. It could be forever before they finished work. She went and sat on a bench, pouting. Whatever.

[wanderer]

Ruby & Sapphire Carruthers

^{You got a piece of me and honestly
My life would suck without you}

<sup>"You have to be kidding me." Ruby said to her older sister by six minutes.

The girls were walking, arm in arm, out of their parents shop, the door closed behind them and a bell tinkled softly. The morning sun was high in the sky, covered only now and then by the white clouds that floated by. School wasn't starting for another week, and once again the girls found themselves with nothing to do.

They would usually help their parents in the store, setting up lavish displays of diamonds, emeralds, pearls and other precious stones. But today they had been told to get out, to go and find someone their own age to play with.

As if the girls had thought in unison.

Sapphire and Ruby had spent every moment of their lives together, never leaving each others side. If they had a friend (which was usually very rare) it always had to be someone of their social class and they had to both like them. The other children at school were intimidated by the girls, and eventually began to avoid them as much as possible.

This didn't affect Ruby or Sapphire. They liked to be alone, to only have each other for company. They shared everything with each other- their looks, family, personality. It was like one soul had been split in half, and given to them each- being without each other was impossible to even imagine.

"I know Ruby, looks like yet another day with nothing to do." Sapphire replied, ensuring she used her perfected Capitol accent. She couldn't stand the common accent of her District.</sup>

[glimmeroflight]

Soft As Velvet, Cold As Snow


Velvet sat on her bench, still pouting, while she heard a quiet voice speaking. She jerked up, shocked. She didn't expect anyone to be here, not while she was pouting, that would be too. . . too. . . expected? She thought, wondering if she chose the right word, after deciding she did, she set her attention back on the voice, she could now see a girl, well two girls that looked exactly alike standing arm in arm. Or was it one? Did she have a mirror on the one side and was showing actions to make it look like two people that looked identical?

Velvet jerked again, stunned on how much she cared.

Velvet listened to one, or her, speak. "I know Ruby, looks like yet another day with nothing to do."

Velvet's jaw dropped. She sounded exactly like a capitol member. Was she from the capitol? Or they. . .

Velvet slowly stood up from the bench, "Hello!" she said as charmingly and friendly as she could, if this person was from the capitol, she could get lucky. Maybe they wanted to throw a twist at the tributes, and have a person secretly stealing valuable things, or killing tributes. Maybe, though unlikely.

Velvet sighed inside her head. Hey, even if they weren't looking for someone, or even if they weren't from the capitol, she might have something to do today, to pass the time.

[wanderer]

Ruby & Sapphire Carruthers

^{You got a piece of me and honestly
My life would suck without you}

<sup>The girls stopped and narrowed their eyes. A strange girl was sitting on a bench near where they were having their conversation. She didn't look a threat, just another common place girl from District One, nothing special.

"Is she talking to us?" Ruby whispered to her sister, confusion across her face. Sapphire hesitated before carefully replying.

"I assume so, are are the only people in this square. If she wasn't, she would be talking to herself. We should save her embarrassment either way by replying." Sapphire made herself sound slightly intelligent, but at the same time sacrificed her accent for the time being. It was hard to concentrate on two things at once.

They walked over to the bench, still arm in arm. Their movements were smooth and identical, to match their faces. Ruby was the first to speak out of the pair.

"Hello, I'm assuming you are talking to us? I'm Ruby, and this is my sister, Sapphire. And you are?" She said politely, showing some manners was the best way to impress new people.</sup>