A/N Hay so this is my Bade story. ENJOY!

Jade's POV

My cat softly purred in my ear as my eyes fluttered open. My hand felt the other side of the bed but I felt nothing. "Buttercup get off," I propped myself on my elbows to look over to my mom and sister. I groaned as I realize today was the reaping.

I slipped on a shirt, leggings, and boots. I grabbed my forage bag and grabbed the goat cheese and basil leaves on the table. When I walked outside I got a gloomy feeling, yet I can see why. The reaping is a ceremony held to see who will be in the Hunger Games. It's the 74th Hunger Games and this year my name will be entered twenty times in exchange for tesserae.

Each tesserae is worth a year's supply of grain and oil for one person. At age twelve my name was entered for times. Once just because I had to and the other three was for tesserae. I grabbed my bow arrows that -my dad taught me how to make before he blew to pieces in a mine explosion- and walked into the woods. After walking for about five minutes I found my best friend Robbie with fresh bread.

"Look at what I caught," he a loaf of bread with an arrow through it. "What did it cost you?"

"A squirrel, he must've been in a good mood, he even wished me good luck. Jade?"

"Yes?"

"Happy Hunger Games!" He said as he mimics Effie Trinket, a woman who reads the name aloud at the reaping. "As to you my dear friend."

"And may the odds-"he throws a berry at me and I catch it in my mouth "-be ever in your favor." I finish for him.

"We should go fishing since we will be celebrating tonight," usually after the reaping everyone celebrates but for two families they won't get the chance to. After we go fishing we head to the bakery and trade six fish for bread and two for salt. We also trade half of our greens in exchange for a few chunks of paraffin.

I returned home my mom and sister, Katie, was ready to go. I scrub all the dirt and sweat off of me and wash my hair. I walked out and to my surprise my mother laid out one of her dresses and matching shoes. I'm hesitant but I go along. I put on my mother's dress and let her do my hair. She puts it in a braid and pins it up. "You look beautiful," Katie says to me "You too little duck."

"Quack," I giggled and head to the kitchen. We eat a little but we save the strawberries for later. At one o'clock we head for the square.

A/N I know it's bad but I promise it'll get better. I wanted the Victorious cast to play certain characters so for example Katie is someone who is made up. I referred to the book a lot so the after the next chapter it will be all me and my memory from reading the book. (I might look back smh.) I know it'll be longer too. I know I don't sound formal so don't expect me to just expect some good ass shit to happen and things that NEVER happened in the book. I promise will be just as good (Shiiit I'm lying no one can write as good as Susan Collins. I'm lying again.) NEXT CHAPTER: The Reaping.