Hello to the very few people that read my channel. I promised you guys a HG Fanfic so here ya go! I'm really sorry that this came one day late. I was having some technical issues in uploading.R&R!

I walk down the gloomy roads of District 3. Everything has been gloomy ever since the 75th Hunger Games. That was held in the same year that Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark died. All the rebels died. Now as punishment for what they did, every district has to send 8 tributes. Today is the day of the reaping. I hate the Hunger Games. Every year we're forced to watch it. Forced to watch our friends and family die. Being in District 3, the odds are never in our favor. I'm sixteen now.

I meet up with my only 3 friends; Angelo, Apollo, and Kai. My name is Ray. We're all orphans. Our parents died of hunger. The only good change is that now the capitol made a new rule; If all the tributes from one district survive, they are all crowned victors. Angelo is 14, Apollo is 15, and Kai is also 15. I'm the oldest, so all my life I've looked out for them.

We sit down on the damp floor of the alley we call "home". We're all silent. Then Kai breaks the silence.

"Today's the day," he says gloomily. I nod my head. I'm very worried. Not about my life though. I'm more worried about my friends. If any of them went into the games, they would be some of the first to die. I don't mean to offend them, but none of us have any training. I'm good at hand-to-hand combat though. I've showed all of them how to fight with only their hands. That way if they went in the games, they would know what to do if they were disarmed, or simply didn't have any weapon. Every day we've trained secretly. I don't mean to brag, but we are excellent fighters.

"Wanna train?" Apollo asks.

"All right," I respond.

We spar for a while, then hear the bells ring. That means it's time for the reaping.

We walk over to the reaping square, and hear the national anthem playing. Then we hear about the stuff we always hear. Dark Days, The Second Uprising. Then Damien Droalis reaches into the bowl that holds all the names, of everybody in District 3.

"Let's start with the boys!" he booms. Then he pulls out for cards.

"Angelo Kowski, Apollo Gerrardi, Kai Kacleberry, and Ray Silverwood.

So how'd ya like it?
P.S. I know this chapter was kinda short. The next chapters will be longer!

-savraj1234