I wake up feeling cold I try and stand up but i'm frozen with fear and can't move. "Rue!" my mother yells from the kitchen. I can't talk I just lay there. "Get up Rue" she adds. " Uh i'm coming!" I yell back. I stand up and walk slowly to the kitchen "Oh Rue its gonna be fine. I start crying and run into her arms. "Hey its gonna be finn" she says "I know this s sick mother its just sick!" I say I know i'm not gonna get picket but all of this pounding in my head my friend Martha had to go in, she didn't last 10 minutes. "Now go get dressed sweetie we have to leave in 5 minutes. "Okay" my voice sounds all cracked like I have something in my mouth. I go to my bedroom when I see my younger sister on my bed holding necklace. "Take this with you mother had this with her every year during the reaping" I take the necklace gently and look at it. "Its gonna be okay you know, i'm gonna be fine my name is only in the 1 time out of 5,000" She nods and darts out. I get in a plain blue dress, its my favorite one. I comb my curly hair and walk out to find my mother "Why don't you look beautiful" I give a weak smile and sit down in front of a plate with some toast on it.
10 MINUTES LATER
I stand with a bunch of other 13 and 12 year old girls we all just stand there motionless like giant sacks. Then a capital womon stands on the giant stage in front of everybody. "Welcome! to the 74th hunger games!" after countless minutes of her saying we should be "Greatful" yeah, of murder. then she gets to the names. " okay now lets pick our lucky winners" She goes in front of the girl bowl and puts her hand in then pulls out a thin piece of paper. She clears her throte and smiles. "Rue West!" She yells. My heart stops and I turn around and see my mother in tears but holding it in. "No!" my younger sister says but my mother pulls her next to her. 2 men in armor take my side and lead me up the stairs that lead to the stage. the capital women takes me hand and says "Wow aren't you a pretty girl you are" my hands are ice cold as well as the rest of me. Tears poor down my face, and well as my mother and sisters. "Now the boys" she gets a piece of paper and looks out into the crowed and says. "Thresh Smith!" I older boy walks up normally like he has nothing the live for. and takes his place next to the woman and she lifts our hands up. "Here they are" my mother looks like she's having a heart attack but before I can see anything else I get pulled in a room with a small chair with a brown couch. My mother runs in shoving the man in front of the door. "My little girl!" She says with tears bursting out of her eyes and running up and holding me in a tight grasp. " oh mother!" I scream. "I'm gonna die mother!" I'm screaming louder then I ever have before lt alone heard. "No no your gonna be okay your okay" she's holding the back of my hair soothing me down. after 45 minutes of goodbyes, there all saying i'm gonna win, but I know they don't mean it. know i'm gonna die. "Remember something worth fighting for" she says. my sisters give me "Advice" But they no nothing of murdering people, I can't kill anything or think of it. "Times up" a man says taking my family out of the room. "Goodbye mom" I says trying to stay strong "Goodbye sweetie" She can't she's crying harder then when my father died. Then i'm all alone, no one else to say goodbye to, just sitting there. Then Thresh walks with a black shirt and black pants. "I'm sorry" he says sitting down next to me with his hand on my knee. "Me to" I say. I feel like i'm known him forever like were best friends even though he's very much older then me, but I think now were the only people that we can trust.
"Now now into the train we have tons to be done!" the capital women says. "Whats your name?" I ask. "I'm Raina, I know its hard being so young but just think of it look special treatment its wonderful right?" I glare at her. "Wondeful? you think 24 murders in a big cage is wonderful? well your just sick!" I say running and sitting by Tresh. he gives me a fist bump and I smile, the very first time i've smiled in 5 weeks. "Well aren't you to just peachy!" She says and marches of to her bedroom. "Hey how are we gonna know how to fight?" I ask "Mentoring, I don know were she is though" Right then a women comes in with dark black hair and dark skinny pants with a white and green pokadot shirt with buttons up the front. "Why hi there, i'm Ceader, i'm your mentor" "she looks evil" I whisper toThresh. He chuckles and nods. "ha you guys are cute but this isn't funny, you do realize i'm trying to help you survive 23 other people out to kill you right?" I walk over to her and sit in front of her. "Yeah I realized now tell us what we need to be tolled" she raises and eyebrow then sits. "Okay listen up" she says " I won and it wasn't easy and I know you don't wanna kill anybody and you don't have to try and don't get noticed if they notice you then your out of nod and Tresh comes and sits next to me. "Fire, don't use it, smoke gets noticed stick together by yourself isn't good either. "Your pointing out what everyone knows. "Fine figure out for yourself" she stands up and walks of angrily to her room. "Don't worry the mentors have to help" I nod and smile a little and walk back to the couch.
A\N Hi This is my FIRST FANFICTION sorry if it sucks, and the grammar and stuff. READ my older sister beatricemelarkholmeseton (wiiter) PLEASE review or tell me what I should do -question- what is your hair color and eye color? and, if you have a good idea i'll make a character of you, so a idea and what you look like and how you act BYE (dftba) :)