A/N: This is a new Hunger Games story because I finished Mockingjay, and btw I HATE Gale lol, I just had to say. Anyway this is about 170 years in the future; all the districts are back including 13.
Main Characters:
Cole, from 1
Sayde from 12
Zebra from 11
Fabian from 7
Grey and Ashlyn from 4
Six main characters…who will live?
Sayde
I was walking home from school with my friend, Fanessia. I lived near the school, in nicer house. Fanessia lived across District 12 in a place that apparently called the Seam about 170 years ago. There's a gate by her house that keeps out animals, I've heard of people going through the fence at the gate to hunt, which I don't really understand because we always have enough food. Not like in the old days that I learned about in school, the Hunger Games days. People just scrapped by then, most had to hunt in secret in the forest.
Now we have plenty of other ways to earn money and food. There's a bakery, shoe shop, and plenty of other shops that sell things from the other districts too.
I say good-bye to Fanessia as I left my house. It's the same as I left it when I left that morning. Of course it is, my dad is barely ever here. He's an ambassador to the Capitol. I know it's a very important job, but most of the time I'm alone, he's in the capitol mostly like he is now.
I trudge up the stairs to my room and open my door. On my bed is a light pink dress. I had laid it out before I went to school. Today the district was picking a boy and a girl to participate in a game show, we were told to wear something nice, so I went through my closet and found this dress. I hated it, like really hated it but it had been my mom's so I decided to wear it.
The Reaping is what some people are calling it because it reminds them of what happened in the old days of the Hunger Games. It's the same way as the reapings anyway. Since I'm 16 my name is in their 15 times, it's a big chance I will be chosen but not bigger than the 18 year olds chance.
The Reaping starts at five so I get the dress on and choose some shoes which happen to be white snow boots because I can't find anything else. I look at the clock and its almost five so I leave and walk to the town square.
When I get there all the teens are being rounded up and put together according to age and gender. I quickly find Fanessia and since we are both 16 we are in the same group.
This lady puts all the pieces of paper into a glass bowl and then fishes one out. It's the girl first.
"Sayde Salvatore" she reads clearly and I stare at her in disbelief. I'm going to be on a game show? I know nothing about game shows!
People in the crowd whisk me up onto the stage and I stand looking over the crowd as she picks another name.
"Atalo Seema" she reads as clearly as my name. I groan, not him! He's only 12 and a nescience! Atalo comes up to the stage.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the tributes of District 12!" the lady announces and I remember her name, Grace Handling. Then I think of the word tributes…that's what they called the people chosen for the hunger games too…weird.
Before we are loading up into the train that will take us to the Capitol where the games are to take place I glance around and smile at Fanessia, she is the only one I need to say bye too. She waves at me and I wave back before I turn around and walk with the others towards the train.
On the train I am given my own compartment and I sit on my bed. I sigh not knowing that my life is about to change for the worse…