Chapter 1: Prologue 22/10/12 Today was just a normal day. Hung out with my mates at school, flunked an algebra test, made cutting remarks to the posh nobs from the other side of town who think they're miles above us kids from the slums. I was happy at school, because the normality of it all kept me sane. However, as soon as I began my journey back home, I started to freak out. But those wasn't my normal type of freaking out. Normally, the same thoughts would be swirling round and round in my my head like a whirlpool "Is Alec" (my twin) "too hungry?", "Will I be able to hunt today?" or "Will the butcher be in a bad mood and refuse to buy my game?". No, this is a different type of worrying. And everyone else in the country between the ages of 12 and 18 will be thinking the exact same thoughts. Why? Tomorrow's reaping day.