Shit Hole

I was always the biggest trouble maker growing up. Some say I had it coming to me, and you know, I should have expected it as well. I mean, in the Districts, getting in trouble doesn't get you a smack on the back of the head. It gets you a trip to the Capitol and not the good ones (though there is hardly ever a good trip to the Capitol for District citizens).

Still, I always thought I knew how far was too far. There was that line drawn into the sand that I always told myself I would never cross. Well, babe, I did cross it. And that is the reason I'm in this shit hole. What shit hole, one may ask? Well, Caesar, this shit hole is the sewers of the Capitol or as my fellow Avoxes call it, The Capitol's shit.

Lovely, right. Just what I needed in life, to be thrown into the underground abyss with the other rejects. That's what we are: rejects. We aren't dangerous. The dangerous ones are killed. We are the people who are "rebellious" against the Capitol and as such must be taught a lesson. You'd think that by a lesson they would just beat us for a few days then throw us back into our miserable lives. I know I probably wouldn't have tried spitting at a Peacekeeper if that happened. Now, all I want to do is beat up Peacekeepers. (Stupid District 2. They always have to be in the Capitol's favor.)

Most people think that the Avox life is more of a surreal type of living that you hear about in whispers and think it is only fairy tales. But you don't really know it until you get there. We are all a really big community, split into different sections of the Capitol. We have our ways of communication with each other (thanks to Master Rhys) and we work together to survive. Whether this means sneaking some extra food for us or bribing the doctor for medicine.

Call me insane, but being an Avox isn't all that bad. I mean, it's better than kicking it in the slums of District 12. That much, I am sure.

A.N. Avast, you met your narrator. Tell me what you think of the he/she. I like unconventional point of views (as you might already know if you read any of my other stories), so tell me if I'm being ridiculous for trying this out.

*Finz*