Tribute: Adelina Marie Smith
Chapter one
Hello, my name is Adelina Marie Smith. But I go by Adelina. I live in Panam, district 7. Today is the day of the reaping. I'm confident I won't be picked. I'm worried about my older brother he's 16 and has his name in 20 times! I'm 15 and my name is only in there about 7 times I've had to get tesserae 3 times. Joseph's name has gotten tesserae 15 times. We are doing well off considering how many kids are in my family.
There are 9 of us including parents, the oldests name is William he's 23. Then it's my 19 year old sister Jennifer, then it's my brother Joseph, then me. Next is my 11 year old sister Abigail. After her are the twins Jack and Elliot, they are 3 and adorable! So far all of us eligible to get tesserae have, I just pray that no one else in the family will have to. My father is a lumberjack like most fathers. William still helps us out but life is still hard. We are, after all, in one of the poorest districts. But at least we arnt in district 12. There has only been one winner from there. His name is Haymitch. Anyhow we have a few winners but not much.
This hunger games is the 65th. I'm 5'2 and have medium length brown hair. My eyes are an emerald green. I'm fairly pretty and do have many suitors. My "boyfriend" Spencer, is the one I plan on marrying. We kiss and everything but he hasn't called me his girlfriend that's why I say "boyfriend". He's my age. I'm praying his name doesn't get called.
I slip on my faded pink dress. It used to be Jennifer's. You guessed it, I don't get much new stuff. I'm skinnier then my younger siblings I give a lot of my portions to them but I do maintain womenly curves.
I just decided to do my normal hairstyle and pulled my hair half up. My mom would be disappoint but it's not like she can do anything about it she's to busy fussing over the younger ones. I slipped on a pair of Abigail's shoes, I have fairly small feet.
"Hey, mom we need to go or else we might be late." I said walking out of one of our 2 bedrooms.
"Uh okay, Rhichard, Joseph! Time to leave!" She yelled. My dad (Richard) walked in carrying Elliot and holding Jacks hand. I walked outside with Abigail and Joseph. My mother follows caution Jack then my father followed still carrying Elliot. We walked to the main square and I hugged my younger siblings then my parents. My father stopped me and looked at me.
" I love you kiddo, meet me at the corner store after this. Your name will not be called. Me and your mother love you!" He smiled then kissed my head. I nodded and got in line behind Joseph, for them to get my blood. After I checked in, I hugged Joseph and got with my age group. I stood beside my best friend Jenna. I grabbed her hand. The boys are separated from us girls. The man who announces the tributes names his name is Elazora. He looks ridiculous! He has bright orange hair and a ton of makeup. I mean of course he's from the silly capital! He spoke and explained the hunger games in his silly capital accent. We watched the mandatory video.
Now it was time for the drawing. I began to shake.
"Ladies first!" He yells with a big smile. He walked over to the giant bowl and pulled out a ticket. He walked back to the microphone. He read the name
"Adelina Smith, please come up." I felt like I couldn't breathe.