Hey guys! Welcome to the wonderful world of Johanna Mason! I won't rant, I'll just let you read her story. I hope you like it. :)
I never thought I was capable of having such a hellish life.
It all started when I was eleven at the reaping. The snotty escort was saying something about how great the games have been for the districts. "Ladies first!" She announced as she walked over to the bowl on the right. Along with all the other girls in my district, I held my breath, praying it wasn't anybody I knew. But it was.
It was Bambi Mason.
The morning of the reaping was a calming day, quite ironically. Everybody had the day off work and had a nice day. I took it as a time to try and be calm before the Capitol robs a boy and girl from each district to go of and fight. I was eleven then, so the next year would be my first year with my name in the bowl.
My family consists of Johanna (me), my mother, my father, my older sister Bambi, and my younger brother Birch. We aren't the richest family in district seven, but we defiantly are able to manage. I am a part of a lumberjack family. My mother, father, and sister all work in the woods. Birch, who is only 10 and I are too young to be cutting down the trees.
We used the day off work to have a family day. My grandparents came over with my cousins. My cousins live with grandma and grandpa because a couple years back, their parents were taken by the Capitol to become avoxes. I was never told what they did. Never really wanted to know. What crime could be so terrible that the punishment would be to cut your tongue out? I shudder just thinking about it.
That day was practically perfect. It's easy to smile when you're around people you love. Well, I guess it depends on the situation. Because I wasn't smiling as we walked to the town square for the reaping.
I especially wasn't smiling when my sister's name was called at the reaping. I was surrounded by people I loved, yet I was miserable. I gripped my brother's hand with one hand and bit my nails down to the stub with the other. It was silent as my sister trudged up the stage. I took heavy breaths and my heartbeat echoed in every wall of my head.
The realization that my sister would most likely die only came to me when I was in the justice building, awaiting our last words. I might never get to speak to Bambi again. Three minutes, I constantly told myself. That's all you get. Use it wisely.
I ran in and hugged her for what seemed like the whole three minutes that we got. Then Birch, then both my parents. Tears have flooded all of our eyes, except for Bambi's. She stayed strong. She was in the worst possible situation I could ever imagine, and we were all taking it worse than her even though she would be the one fighting for her life in a couple of weeks.
"Stay strong," I whispered to her. "It's the best quality you've got."
My parents whispered some words of encouragement and my brother, who was a man of few words, told her to do her best.
That's when the peacekeeper opened the door and told us that our time was done.
"Wait!" I called. "Take this." I quickly took off the necklace that I got for my tenth birthday. I've worn it every day. It was a heart shaped locket. Inside was a picture of all my family. "Don't forget the reason you want to come back."
The peacekeeper had to drag me out of the room.
"You can make it through this!" I had screamed. "You'll come back here where you belong!"
I didn't think it was very possible, but I cried even more that day when I got home. It wasn't the same without Bambi. I felt a hatred toward the Capitol. They stole her. They stole apart of my life that I would never get back. I could possibly never have an older sister again.
Hey guys! Hope you loved the first chapter! :D Sorry this chapter was so short. The rest will be longer. Actually, the next few chapters will be in Bambi's point of view and I will introduce a very well known character. I'll try to get the chapter up as soon as possible. Thanks for reading and don't forget to ask questions, comments, anything really. Down in the reviews.