Madge

I'm ready to finally get the mandatory meeting over with, in all the districts including mine, number 12, will have a meeting. District 12 is the last distract and also the poorest. The peacekeepers watch as we all slowly come in. Since I'm the mayors daughter I know that this is going to be a meeting for the 75th quarter quell. Each year president Snow says the card is suppose to get worse and worse. I don't know what the card is going to say, nobody does. Well that's how it is suppose to be, sometimes with the coincidences I think the president tweaks them a little but of course I will never speak that.

The anthem starts to play so we all stand. I am sitting with Katniss Everdeen, she is my best friend. Probably because I don't have a lot of friends I talk to people just not like a friend would. When I focus back on what the president says he is about to read the card. "Greetings to all the districts, I am happy to announce that the quarter quell is finally hear." The president pauses for a applaud, but he doesn't get one from our district, and I'm wiling to bet he only got on from the Capitol. "Well I guess I will open the box and read the card." he slowly opens the box and slowly take the card. "This quarter quell for all the even districts there will be a guy, and a adult girl. For the odds there will be a girl with a adult guy. Which means anybody above eighteen has one more chance to win the games." he says with a little grin."Goodbye and I will she you tomorrow for the reaping."

"I can't believe this, I cannot let my mom in the games. What would me and prim do without her?i don't know how they could do this?" Katniss blurts out as soon as the meeting is over. "it's the Capitol they always want us to remember the control us and we have no say in it" "well we will see about that!" She storms away with that last comment, I slowly walk back to my house. Then out of no where I bump into hard object and fall right on my butt. I look up and get totally embarrassed. I just ran into Gale Hawthorne of all people that's who I ran into, he's cute and everything but I would like it better if he was nicer. "I think you could use some glasses Undersee, I'm sure you can pay for those!" I'm too in shock to answer, he just stares me down and then walk away. He doesn't even help me up, I get up and go back to my house. The house keeper Mabel already left, so I go straight to my room. I change my clothes after I take a nice bath and go to bed. Tomorrow we don't have school since the reaping.

I wake up to the sound of Mabel arriving, I slowly get ready so I look presentable. I go downstairs and Mabel left me a note on top of a plate of food.

Dear Madge,

I went into town for some groceries, I will be back soon. I already made breakfast and it is under this note.

Love, Mabel

I start to eat my food, then I guess I need to go to town also. As soon as I'm out the door I know where I need to go first. I head to the bakery the Mallarks own the bakery, there youngest son Peeta is the same age as me so he's in my grade. "Good morning Mrs. Undersee how can I help you today?" "Good morning mr. Mallark I would a chocolate drizzled cream cheese cake, please" "Ok l hang just a moment do you want that on your father tip?" "Yes please." "Ok here you go darling." he says while handing me a white take home box ."Thank you" I still have a couple hours left so I decide to take a nap when I get home.

I wake up about an hour before the reaping starts I have to get ready fast and look presentable. I brush my hair and my teeth and head downstairs. I grab an apple and head out, I sign in and go sit with Katniss there is no time to talk be because Effie Trinket walks out on stage. "Hello district 12 members! Are you ready for the games?" no one applauds, or do anything except hope that there name or family name is not drawn. "Alrighty then first the ladie's and remember May the odds be ever in your favor! All right the lady is Holly Golden!" I remember that name, and that's when I she my mom double over and in that moment I know that I know this lady this lady is my moms sister. I look over to see her husband and two kids, they are all crying. Holly slowly joins Effie on stage. "Next are the boys. The lucky boy is nick Anderson." I don't really know this guys but I know he is a friend of gale. I'm sure gale is heartbroken. The meeting ends and we are surprised when they tell us no visits with the tributes. So I slowly walk home. I go right up to my moms room and I see her sitting there and do I sit with her and we cry together staying like that for the rest of the night.

Gale

"Nick Anderson." I freeze knowing that my best friend is going to have to fight for his life. I want to talk to him but I can't because the peacekeepers won't let us so I head home with my family. "Ma I'm heading to te woods" "Ok be careful" "ok see you later" I leave the house knowing that if I stayed I would of lost my temper for being upset. I head Into the woods and collect the game, I reset the snares and hope we can catch something. I'm surprised that Katniss isn't out here. Me and Katniss are bestfriends, and that's all. The romantic thing just won't feel the same with her. After what only feels like half an hour I head home to learn that it was actually like 4 hours. As soon as I got home I went to bed.