Yay! New fic! Let's celebrate! *Dances around like a madman* Okay. Let's start.
Chapter 1: Meet The Twins
In district four, the day that the quarter-quell card is read has come. But first, I think you should meet my friends, Lonnie and Leon.
"Leon! Leon!" Leon Shade Weiscoff is brought into reality by his twin sister, Lonnie Marie Weiscoff. Now, let me tell you: These two are opposites. They look alike, yes, with the same sea green eyes with flecks of blue, slightly tanned skin tone, and straight black hair, but these two are anything but the same personality wise.
Lonnie is usually quiet, intelligent, calculating. She relies on her brains and cleverness. She gets quite annoyed when people don't listen to her. (Especially Leon)
Leon is loud and outgoing, strong and overconfident. He shoves common sense aside to make way for strength. He gets annoyed by Lonnie's know-it-all attitude.
"Leon, get up. You're making a fool of yourself in front of Gia." Leon shoots up in bed, his hair disheveled and unruly. "Gia..." He mutters. "Hi..."
"Hi, Leon." A feminine voice answers. Gia was Leon's girlfriend (A cheerleader, of course :S) "Meet me outside, when you're ready. I have something..." She smiles. Leon gets up as soon as she leaves and grins. "Well, then. No time to-"
"She's playing you." Lonnie says simply, putting on her old-nearly-washed-to-rags jacket.
"What?"
Lonnie looks up, her eyes hard. "Leon, she's playing you. Once she has what she wants, she'll leave you."
"Ha! Yeah, okay. Anyway, any food? Leon's tank is on E!"
Lonnie rolls her eyes. "We have a few slices of bread in the cabinet. And stop talking in the third person. You're fifteen, not four." She leaves, muttering about ignorance and idiocy.
Leon shrugs. "Looks like little-miss-know-it-all forgot to take a chill pill." He takes out a slice of bread and wrinkles his nose. "Repetitive. I think I'll skip breakfast today." He throws the bread on the floor and changes into his second (And last) change of clothing. He slips into his too-small loafers and leaves.
... Later...
The whole Weiscoff family-Leon, Lonnie, their mom, and little ten year old sister Erica- Went into district four's square for the reading of the card. President Snow's image appeared on the big screen. Fishing boats where docked, as this program was mandatory viewing.
"Hello, Panem." The president opens with. "And good luck." He takes out the envelope marked "75".
"To remind the districts that no matter what your strength or citizen ship, the capitol rules, all citizens can be reaped. Young or old, (From twelve and up,) Victor or not, on the third quarter quell."
...Wailing breaks out among the citizens, cries of pain, grief, fear, and anger. Anguish is unanimous.
"Whoa. Talk about ruining the mood." Leon mutters. Their mother gulps, her face ashen. "Let's...let's go home..." Lonnie pushes her glasses higher up on her nose.
"Yeah..." She agrees.
...
The day before the reaping was the worst day ever. Lonnie came home frustrated and panicked. "They wouldn't buy it! They told me a girl who writes poetry cannot make a living!"
You see, Lonnie is a poet, often attempting to sell her work to the higher-ups. She sat down and out her head in her hands. "How will we pay for oil and milk now!?" The rant is cut off by Leon, who walks through the door. His head is down. "Leon, you're home! I was starting to-" Erica begins. Leon looks up. "Leon...what's wrong?"
Leon answers, "Nothing, Erica! Man of steel here!" He grins weakly.
But Lonnie knew better. Her twinstincts (Ha) were going off. Bad vibes.
"She was cheating." She guessed. She had always known!
Leon blinked. "What- NO! Stay out of my business you nerdy know-it-all freak!" He storms over to his bed and plunked down.
"Yep. Gia's a cheater." Lonnie concluded, grimacing. Erica scowled. "Ooh, that rat! I'll get her for hurting my Leo-lion!"
Little did they know the next day was only going to be worse.
...
Reaping day! *Hides*
Lonnie, Leon and their mother were dressed in their cleanest outfits. Erica was red eyed, muttering, "If they take any of you I'm gonna go berserk! Those low-down, slimy..."
This was the first time since she was eighteen that their mother was eligible to be reaped, and she was a mess. She had to get help by several adult friends as she went into the newly created area for adults. Lonnie and Leon stood shoulder to shoulder in the area for fifteens. Their escort for the district, Selena Bayer, gave a speech (good luck to all the citizens, May the odds be ever in your favor, bla, bla, bla)
And reached into the girls' ball. She opened the paper slowly, maybe so she didn't get a paper cut, maybe for dramatic effect.
"And our girl tribute is...Lonnie Weiscoff."
And so it began.
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