Reaping.
To us it doesn't mean much, maybe cutting wheat or crops, but to the people of the districts of elmore (Except Districts one and two) it meant staring death in the eyes, it meant your life was on the line, it gave the citizens of the once happy country a feeling of dread just thinking about they had to participate in years ago a deadly virus Known as the Joy Pathogen broke out and infected many innocent people, however the president of the neighbouring country, President Alpha,entered the situation and struck a deal with the survivors, in exchange for the cure, they would let President Alpha occupy their agreed instantly, but others was a two year war, but eventually the rebellion had no choice but to give an act of revenge, President Alpha forced the citizens of elmore, including the ones who joined first, to be segregated into the eight districts of elmore to occupy the postions needed to keep the country One was Technology, District Two was Mining Minerals, District Three was Meat Farming,
District four was Crop Farming, District Five was Weather Control,District Six was Lumber, District Seven was Fishing and District Eight was add to their punishment,
they all had to Participate in the Alpha Arena, a game of life and death, where one boy and one girl from each district was thrown into an arena that was desinged differently every year and forced to kill each other and the last two standing One and Two, the ones who joined first, became bitter about the fact they had to fight and trained almost all their lives to claim the lives of the people who dammned them to this barbaric game, the districts who years game was the 8th and the reaping was the next day and the people of Elmore had the haunting feeling of dread, one family of District Five, the Wattersons felt it more than anyone was their daughter Anais's first reaping and she was so full of anxiety her mother had to reassure her.
"Anais, you won't be picked this year, you know very well your name will only be entered once."Said Nicole, a humanoid female blue cat,in a calm reassuring voice.
"But Mom I'm eight, I shouldn't have to go through this."Anais sniffed.
"Anais calm down, everything is going to be fine."Nicole with that she left the room.
As Anais cried silently into her pillow her brothers Gumball, a sixteen year old Male blue cat, and Darwin, a fourteen year old male Goldfish with legs walked into the room.
"Hey sis." Gumball said softly
"Hey Gumball"Sobbed Anais.
"I know why you're sad and you shouldn't be, my name has been in that bowl eight years and Darwin's has been in for four but you don't see us in the Arena do you?".
"*sniff*No..." Sniffed Anais.
"Then you don't need to lets get to bed."Said Darwin softly.
The boy's words calmed Anais but the truth was that they were stayed up all night tossing and turning because whatever they did, tommorow would be the day of reckoning.