Disclaimer: Everything belongs to the wonderful Suzanne Collins.
I have been chosen to be in the 74th Hunger Games. Me. Rue Augustifolia. My mother and five younger siblings are counting on me to win. I have to. For them and for District 11. But I am the youngest in the games this year. Or maybe I'm not. Maybe there will be another 12-year-old and we could team up. I hold on to this hope through dinner as we finish up. Maybe I could beat the odds.
As we sit down in front of the T.V. my mind races in hope of another 12-year-old. But as I watch these huge teenagers go up I begin to dread more and more. What a foolish hope. I think. No one is as unlucky as me.
But then I see Distract 12. The bubbly Capitol escort says, "Ladies first!" And I think this is my last hope of survive. I hold my breath and hear her called a name.
"Primrose Everdeen!"
I close my eyes and hope with all of my being that this will be it. She will be my ally. And when I open them I see a 12-year-old girl walking up to the stage. Could shout with all my happiness! But then I hear a strangled cry.
"Prim!"
I see a girl running out of the crowd. She looks 15 or 16.
"Prim!" she says once again. And with a fierce determination she says, "I volunteer! I volunteer as a tribute!"
I'm shocked. I know that Distract 12 is poor much like us. I am confused in why someone for a poor distract like us would volunteer for the Hunger Games. We all know that it's unless you are from 1, 2, or 4 you will a 1% chance of winning. So why volunteer? Then I realize when she says her name into the microphone that Primrose is this girl's, Katniss', younger sister. And Primrose doesn't want Katniss to go. Though I knew no one would volunteer for me I couldn't help but feel a little resentment toward my distract and toward Primrose.
That night, as I lay down to go to sleep, I couldn't keep my mind from playing that scene in my head. The more I thought about it the more it scared me. What if that had been Harmel or Grace or any of my younger siblings? Would I have volunteer? I will go some night without any food so that they could eat but was I willing to die for one of them? And the answer is yes. I would be. But now I will probably never see them again and won't be to protect them like Katniss could protect her sister. And as the night drags on I come to the conclusion that I will have Katniss Everdeen as an ally. And she will help me survive.
Rue is my favorite character in the Hunger Games. She become very important all through the series even through she dies here. I couldn't help but wonder what went through her head when she saw Katniss volunteer of Prim. So I wrote this. I hope you liked it and please review!