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Vera had always been smart, too smart for 15 in most people's opinion, her parents shunned her, only feeding her and allowing her to live in their home. Her brother was a little better, he taught her more about electricity, power and energy than her books or teachers ever could. He teased her by calling her his 'little fox', though she had seen less and less of him this year, what with him turning 19, getting engaged and beginning work for the capitol. His fiancé, Marie hated her for her cleverness, foxlike beauty and cunning, her brother always would choose her side in arguments, appologising later by saying he wanted to stay in her good books as she was letting him out of most of the weding plans and he wanted it to stay that way.
So that was how Marie found Vera on the morning of the reaping for the 74th Hunger Games, nervous, brushing her red waves back and getting herself dressed in a simple, knee length green dress, and praying not to be picked for the Games, ever!
"Here let me finish off your hair," Marie offered reaching for the brush and a couple of bobby pins,
"Why, I thought you hated me?" Vera said, handing her the brush and pins,
"I did, until I realized something, we're going to be sisters in a few short weeks, and I think that we should be closer for then. Done. what do you think?"
"I love it! Simple yet it shows off my sharp features, thank-you, and I agree, we should be closer, but can we continue this bonding later, I have to get to the reaping, NOW!"
"OH MY GOD! Let's go!'
"And the female tribute for district 5 is, Vera Zorro!"
Vera froze, those where the words that she had been having nightmares about since her 12th birthday, the words she had hoped to never hear, the words every teen and their parents feared, and they were the words that would probably start her last few hours of her life in her home of district 5.
Somehow, through these distressed thoughts, she made her way onto the stage and watched as the other tribute of district 5 for that year was chosen, Bradley Anguis, a stocky boy who she knew was a bit dim, he won't last the first day, I'd bet, then again so mightn't I , Vera thought, they shook hands before being ushered in to their cities government/train station building, 'to wait for family and friends to come and wish them luck', more like say good-bye, Vera internally corrected. First through the doors to her were her parents, "Good luck, and make us, and the district, proud," Vera's always blunt father stated, almost emotionlessly, her mother just nodded before each giving her a stiff hug and leaving, second in where her brother, Todd, and Marie, "you have to come back to me, little fox, I need you!" Todd started totally distressed, before breaking down into tears, "yes, please, Vera, we only just became friends, and I really want you as my maid of honor at my wedding, you are to special to loose, use your brains and you should make it through." Marie continued whilst comforting the still sobbing Todd, just then the guards burst in and took them away, "Don't forget, your smarter than them, and come back to us!" were Marie's parting words for both of them.
