"Tori Vega." The mans words were repeating in my head over and over again like a broken record. I began to shake as I was pushed to the front stage by the peace keepers. When I arrived at the stage another name was called out, 'Beck Oliver' he was the boy tribute this year from District 12. In a few weeks we will be fighting to the death.
Effie Trinket who is the District 12 escort told us to shake hands and announced us as District 12 tributes. Effie was like most of the people who lived at capital city. She had bright pink eye shadow and lipstick on and was wearing a bright pink cotton dress to match. I looked to beck and shook his hand. His skin was tanned and had dark brown eyes and brown hair. His face had no emotion but I knew inside he knew he had hardly no chance of surviving. Me, Beck and Effie then went into Districts 12 town hall were we had to say goodbye to my friends and family. I went into a small dark room to find my mum and dad. My mum was crying and immediately hugged me, however my dad was hiding his emotions and had the same facial expression as Beck. "Remember how strong you are Tori" Said my dad after a moment of silence. "Its not about fighting its about how smart you are". This just made me feel worse. As I was about to tell them something a peacekeeper came in and ordered them out. Then the tears flowed out. That could have been the last time that I ever see them.
After they had gone my friend Ian came in. He had long light brown hair and dark brown eyes. He was kind of chubby and was wearing a grey top. The moment he looked at me and noticed me crying he immediately hugged me. "You are a great person, All you need to do is make friends and allies" was what he whispered in my ear when we were hugging, and he made it sound easy which it was far from. When he was ordered out by the peace keepers thoughts filled my mind. I had no fighting skills and would probably be dead within a minute. Was the key to my success making allies? But how would I do it? If I came to anyone they would probably killed me before I spoke. All I knew was that I had to think of a plan and fast.