I wake up to my sister put pushing me out of my bed. "Finnick wake up," my sister Natalia says, "aren't we going to go down to the beach?" I get up and give her a glare, "yes, but next time loose the wakeup call." She laughs, "Ok."

I get dressed and grab a slice of bread off the table to take down to the beach to eat for breakfast. I live in District 4 and every year before the Reaping my sister and I go down to the beach and spend the day there. Natalia was my older sister, she's been the mother figure of our house since as long as I could remember. Our mom died three years after I was born, she got really sick and they couldn't do anything for her. My dad is still here, he manages a bait shop down in the Square.

I walk to the beach and see my sister digging through the sand. "What are you looking for?" I ask. She stops digging through the sand and lifts up her hand. "This," she shows me, "it's a hermit crab," she smiles. Natalia has been always been fond of wildlife.

I take out my piece of bread and tear it in half. "Would you like some bread, Natalia?" I ask. She nods her head yes and takes the other half. "Seaweed bread," she says halfway munching on the bread, "who made this?"

"Dad bought it from the market last night," I tell her. "Oh, well are you excited for the Reaping tomorrow?" She asks me.

"Never in a million years," I laugh. Since I was fourteen my name would be entered three times. Our family never took tesserae, Dad didn't want the chances of one of our name's being put in more times. We were all he had left.

"How many times is your name put in?" I ask my sister. "Just five times," she responds. She must have seen me start to pout because she puts her hand on my back and starts telling me that it will be okay. "We both are going to be fine, Finnick" she smiles, "just wait and see."

Maybe the tributes tomorrow will be volunteers. District 4 is considered a Career district, most Careers from District 4 go to the academy to train, but not a lot of people do. Last year our tributes were both volunteered Careers, the girl made it till day five and the boy made it to day seven. Cashmere, the girl from District 1 ended up being the Victor.

I sigh and stand up, "would you like to go fishing?" I ask my sister. She nods, "did you bring your trident?"

"I forgot it at home," I tell her, "let me go get it." I decide to take the longer route home just to see what the preparations are for Reaping Day. People are starting to set up in the Square, Peacekeepers are everywhere, and yet this is actually normal.

I notice one of my friends from school is at the tackle and bait shop. I decide to go talk to him for a little bit. "Hey Finnick, what are you doing?" He asks. "I've been down at the beach with Natalia all morning and I was going home to get my trident." He looks at me with a sad expression, "well I have sad news."

Sad news? He never has sad news, his family seems to have everything going good for them. "What is going on?" I ask. "Is there anything I can do to help?"

He shakes his head no, "my family signed up for a tessera." His family signed him up for a tessera! "Well, maybe the odds are in your favor and you won't get picked or maybe someone will volunteer," I tell him.

"I hope you are right," he says, "I should let you go so you can spend time with your sister." I say goodbye and turn to walk towards my house. I grab my trident from my room when I get home and go back to the beach. Natalia caught five fish already.

"Where did you get that net?" I ask. She points to a pile of seaweed a few feet from us, "it is quite simple to make, I'll show you." She starts weaving the seaweed together until she ends up with a net. "That's awesome, when did you learn how to do that?"

"School, dad, friends, a bunch of people taught me," she chuckles. We fish for a few more hours until the sun starts setting. "Shall we go home?" Natalia asks. I stand up and grab my trident and we walk home.

Our house isn't too big or too small, it is a pretty good size for our family. When we arrive at home Dad is sitting on the couch making fishing lures. "Look what we brought home Dad," Natalia says showing him the stringer filled with fish.

"Well isn't that something, are you going to cook them?" He asks Natalia. "Yes, Finnick caught most of them."

"Good job," he tells me. While Natalia makes dinner, I help Dad make fishing lures. "Did you hear about your friend?" He asks me.

"Yes, I talked to him today, I don't understand why he needed to be signed up for one anyway."

Dad sighs, "his mom lost her job and they haven't been able to pay for food."

Why hadn't I been told this sooner? I could have helped out! "Well maybe he won't get picked."

"Maybe," Dad says.

Natalia walks in and tells us that dinner is ready. She had the fish prepared on the table and set some of the seaweed bread on there too. I sit down and start to eat and Dad says his annual Reaping speech.

"No matter the outcome tomorrow I will still love both of you, if you are reaped or not I will still love you, and even if you win or die I still will love you and we will always be a family."

Natalia and I lean over and all three of us have a group hug. I still worry about Natalia and whether or not she will be picked.

We finish are meal and both of us decide to go to bed so we have enough energy in the morning. Natalia comes in my room and we have our annual Reaping talk too. "Tomorrow is a big day, but afterwards we will go down to the beach and hang out, what do you say?"

"Sounds like a plan," I smile. She leans down and kisses my forehead, "goodnight little brother."

When she leaves I look out my window, there is a perfect view of the Square from here. People are still setting up and Peacekeepers are still here. Maybe one day I can look out my window and not see people set up for such a terrible event.

Maybe one day.