Disclaimer: I don't own the Hunger Games. this is my idea of Rues story

Chapter 1 The Reaping

I wake to my mothers voice telling me and my siblings to wake up and get ready. I wonder why but then i remember today is the the day of the reaping one boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts are sent to an arena & forced to fight to the death. Everyone in every district between the ages of 12 and 18 have at least one slip in the ball of names in their district.

Being 12 I only have one but there is always the chance that I will go to the capitol and then the arena to fight. One of the worst parts is its televised for everyone in Panem to see. I only have one slip and probably wont go but i am frighted today no matter how many slips i have.

If you miss the reaping you will be punished so I sit up despite my fear and walk into the kitchen. My mother is sitting at the table along with my father and five other siblings. When i sit down my youngest sister Holly says, "Morning Rue." I respond with an attempt to smile. She doesn't understand the process of the reaping or the following games called the hunger games. The sad thing is watching teens kill each other are really considered games for the capitol.

My other siblings just make the same attempt to smile as i did. Out of my siblings I'm oldest, next comes Violet one of my three sisters, then Ophrys one of my two brothers, then Jasmine one of the sisters, Periwinkle other brother, and last Holly. My mother really likes flowers and anything to do with them so we all have names with something about flowers. My mothers name is actually Lily so my father is the only one without a flower name. His name is Lucas.

After we eat we start to get ready. We don't have running water or currently enough time to boil any so i take a cold bath. then i get dressed in my only dress. It's green and the bottom has vertical folds from the waist down. My mother gives me a green headband that matches for my hair. I look at myself in the cracked mirror in the kitchen. The green looks nice with my dark skin, eyes, and hair.

My mother walks in with my siblings behind her all dressed nicely. Holly walks over to me, gives me a hug and says, "You look very pretty." This time i actually smile at her words and say "so do you." I then pick her up and carry her out the house.

I have always been a little more protective of her than the others. She is only six and she seems so small. But really we all do. Both my mother and father were small for their age when they we younger so, so are all of us but she still seems smaller.

I'm terrified as we walk to the square in the center of town. I don't show it though. When everyone is in the square our mayor starts rambling on with the normal speech he reads every year. When he's finished he says to us all "Happy Hunger Games." We are supposed to cheer so we do. They can punish you if you don't.

Then district 11's escort steps to the center stage and says, "Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be ever in your favor. Ladies first," she then steps to the girls ball sitting on the stage. She digs around and takes out a slip. All I'm thinking is Not me. Not me. Not me. She crosses to the center stange again and reads the name.

I'm so shocked at what i hear I'm not sure if i heard her right but everyone is staring at me and i know it was right. The slip says "Rue Oakburd." I'm going into the hunger games.

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