Hi everyone! So, reviews are deffinetly welcome! I could really use some :(. also, i dont own the Hunger Games, bla bla bla, who wouldve guessed THAT one?
I jump out of bed, grabbing my knife as I go, startled awake by the crash in the kitchen. I bound through the door to see my aunt, looking quite flustered, and dishes all over the floor.
"Dante! I'm sorry; I didn't mean to wake you." She says with a sheepish smile, ignoring the knife in my hand. "Nervous for Liam?" I ask, putting the knife down and helping her gather the dishes. Liam is my cousin, and yesterday was his thirteenth birthday, and today is the first reaping our district will have faced. District Zero was established after the Dark Days, the only district that wasn't required to compete in the Hunger Games. We were the center of research and development for all of the Capitols more dangerous weapons and the Mutts used in the Dark Days and now the games. "Yes. I know it's ridiculous, I mean he will have so few entries. But he's too young." She says. I nod in agreement. "Before the reaping me and the others are having a meeting. I'll see you both at the reaping." I say, remembering my plans. I go and quickly dress in jeans, a black t shirt, and my black and red leather jacket my father left behind.
"This is all our fault! Zero would just be getting ready to watch the Reaping's if it wasn't for us!" One of the girls in our group of six, three guys and three girls snaps angrily in our debate in one of the abandoned buildings in the vast city that is District Zero. "It doesn't matter. We didn't make the kills Snow ordered us to. That's that." Lizbeth responds. "Will you all shut up! We're supposed to be deciding who will volunteer!" I growl, shooting dirty looks around the room. We six are the last remaining operatives of Ghost program, the Capitols special weapons assassination group. We were raised to kill, to survive, and to protect Panem's capitol. So, if anyone in Zero had a chance of surviving the Games, it would be one of our group. "I think the boy tribute should be YOU Dante, since you're the reason we are being forced to compete in the games anyway." Collin, one of the others sneers. "I don't care. I wasn't about to murder an innocent family because they were visiting a target!" I snarl back, clenching my fists. "This isn't getting us anywhere! I intend to volunteer as the female tribute. And we all know Dante is going to volunteer for the male tribute, he's always been the best of us. So, can we all get going? City square is probably filling up and I hate showing up late for a party." Liz said, looking at me. I blush, feeling the heat flood to my ears from her compliment.
That afternoon we all congregated in the main square of district zero, watching the videos the other districts were forced to one reaping day.
"This is quite a memorable day! Today marks the first reaping of district zero in the Hunger Games! And, this is the day the rest of Panem learns that we exist. So, who will be chosen to represent us for the first time, in the seventy fourth Hunger Games?" The mayor says happily, forced by the panic in his eyes, then looks to some woman from the capitol that looks disturbing and grotesque. She has olive green skin, with yellow tattoos all over her face, and electric pink hair that hurts my eyes to look at.
"Ladies first!" She calls, but before her hand can even plunge into the ball with the slips of paper in it I hear Liz shout beside me, "I volunteer as tribute!" I turn my head subtly to look at her. She has pale white skin, just like myself and the others in our group, her raven black curls always looking like she had just spent the last two hours working on her hair. She was clad in tight jeans and a navy blue tank top.
"Marvelous! So eager to be the first to represent district zero!" the hideous woman says as Liz ascends the stairs of the platform. "Now the boys!" The woman adds, eagerly reaching into the glass ball and pulling out a slip of paper. I wait, wanting to know the name of the boy who would be competing if not for me. "Let's see. Liam Storm!" she calls.
"I volunteer as tribute!" I yell out, pushing my way up to the stage. I ascend the stage, jumping straight up to the platform, skipping the six steps Liz used. "Another volunteer! Amazing! What are your names?" the enormous lady asks. "Lizbeth Mclair." Liz says with a mischievous smile my way. "Dante Storm." I say, glancing out at the crowd, where I see my aunt comforting a sobbing Liam. "And is there any relation between you and Liam Storm?" The lady asks. What is she, as dumb as a mailbox? "Yes, he's my cousin." I say. The lady calls for a round of applause, but everyone ignores her. I see the other four from our group salute me and Liz, and then we are being taken into the justice building.
Thus ends the first chapter of District Zero. so Review, tell me what you think, and any ideas on how you would like to see the characters/story evolve. After all, the best entertainment is the one you can help influence! Tata for now!
Bman