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Chapter 1 Tributes
Brady's POV
This is the time I regret leaving Kinkow the most, standing in the school gym, just waiting. Last week they announced that some games called the Hunger Games would start in the united states, it has been in other countries but nobody watched it here because it was so gruesome. Now they decided to pick two teenagers from each state to have one hundred contestants.
Then a woman dressed in the most colourful clothes I have ever seen walked on to the screen, not every teenager in Chicago would be there mostly we are all at our schools. She started talking but I wasn't listening, a video was played but I didn't watch.
"Ladies first." She reached in a grabbed a slip of paper. "Rose Williams." The screen changed to a high school where a 16 or 17 year old brown haired girl walked up to the stage. She reminded me of Mikayla.
"And now for the boys." I began to sweat, I'm so nervous, what if it's me? "Brady Parker."
The world seem to be completely still, I wasn't called forward, I wasn't on the screen, I wasn't walking forward.
The screen switched back to the woman. "Let's give a hand for our two Chicago tributes. And may the odds be ever in your favor." The screen went black.
The next day was the last day for me to stay in Chicago, there was a lot of packing and crying. My mind started to wander and think maybe this was for the best, there was not much for me in my life, I abandoned my friends, family and a whole island and left Boomer to clean up the mess I made. Boomer. I hope he doesn't know where I'm going. And there was Mikayla. I guess she won't have to worry about me and my cheesy pick-up lines, she'll be more happy if I'm gone forever, but a part of me hopes she'll miss me.
Now I'm standing in front of the train, waiting again.
"Be careful Brady." said my aunt Nancy. I could tell that she knows I'm not coming back, even uncle Bill is crying, no matter how hard he tries to hide it.
I sighed "Aunt Nancy, Uncle Bill, we all know I'm not coming back, so let's just not even bother trying to hide it." I hugged them both as hard as I could trying to be strong and not cry.
"Tributes board."
I pulled away, "I gotta go." Walking onto the train following the brown haired girl who was the other tribute. "Wow." The train was amazingly decorated with food and flowers. The girl turned to me.
"Hi I'm Rose, you must be Brady Parker."
"Yeah."
"Listen I know we have to try and kill each other, but can we at least help each other get through this." She smiled at me and I couldn't help but nod with warm look that followed.
"Welcome!" We turned to see the woman who announced the tributes. "I'm Effie Trinket from the Capital. Now enjoy everything on the train, it is only a few hours till the Capital, so have fun." With the she left.
"How can we enjoy any of this when we're going to die in two weeks?" Rose exclaimed.
"It will be alright, let's enjoy the time we have left alive on earth while we can."
She nodded and then smiled slyly "Fine, let's enjoy our time." and then walked to the table and began to eat.
Boomer's POV
It's been 1 year since Brady left, and I've finally started to get the hang of being a king, I'm glad he left in a way because I've gotten to grow up, it's almost like we both need to be away from each other to grow up.
Mikayla came in and said "King Boomer, you are needed in the royal bunker for a meeting with elders."
"What's it about?"
"I don't know but it sounded urgent."
"Alright, I'll be there in a minute."
"Is there something wrong my king? You've been a little down lately."
"Yeah, I'm fine."
She nodded but still looked uncertain."Ok, just hurry up." I sighed and followed her out of my room. I arrived in the royal bunker. Waiting there was Mason and the Elders, they all looked at me like they had bad news so I approached them slowly.
"What's wrong?"
Mason spoke up first "Boomer, we have bad news."
"Well I knew that, but is it?"
He sighed. "Boomer have you ever heard of the Hunger Games?"
Brady's POV
"Attention Tributes. We have arrived at the Capital. Please prepare to depart the train in 5 minutes." was announced.
We were enjoying a feast and told each other about ourselves. Standing and looking out the window, we saw the most amazing site. The Capital was a world filled with tall silver buildings and houses with a beautiful sparkling river running through it.
"It's beautiful."
I looked at her and replied "Yeah it is." She looked back at me and smiled warmly back at me, we are really starting to like each other. She got me way more than Mikayla ever did, while we were talking I completely forgot all about what we were getting into.
"What do think is going to happen?" I asked.
"I don't know, but from what I heard about you I think you're going to live through this, unlike me," she glanced and looked like she was going to cry, "nobody thinks I'm going to make it."
"I doubt I'm going live, I always screw up when it's the most important, but you are smart and athletic and amazing even though I've only known you for 2 hours, I feel like I've known you forever. You're going to win."
"Don't give me false hope."
"I'm not."
Suddenly the train came to a stop.
"Ready for this to begin?" I asked her.
"Never." She smiled, and took my hand as we walked out the train doors into the crowd.
Author's Note
I hope you like the first chapter, I'll try to update soon on both of my stories. Pleas review!