Sorry for the chapter being so short! Please read and review so I know if I should do another chapter! Any criticizing would be helpful also!
First things first though. These are the main characters according to the order of the Districts.
District 1- Rainer Cartman - 17 Ma;e
District 6- Austin Lake - 15 Female
District 7- Fawn Carmley - 16 Female
District 11- Walker Beau - 14 Male
Chaper 1
Rainer
I woke up at 5 A.M. the day before the reaping. Unlike the usual kids from Districts 1-4, I was not looking forward to it. The Games, in my opinion, were sick. The fact of people slaughtering each other makes my skin crawl.
Just the year before, my 18 year old sister, Leela, had been reaped and was killed in the bloodbath at the Cornucopia. Since then, my Mother has not spoken one word. We all thought she would get through the depression, but after about 6 months, we gave up hope.
My dad however, was furious. "I did not train her day and night for her to get killed without a fight! She is and was a disgrace to our family and you are not to speak of her ever again!" My father had yelled after the bloodbath was finally over. Since then, my dad has me training every second of the day. He doesn't know I despise the games and has made it clear that I am to volunteer at the reaping.
I have no choice but to oblige. The only thing keeping me alive anyway is my girlfriend Rosemary Wessley, and as long as she doesn't get reaped, I will have no mercy in that arena and come back to her. If she did get reaped however, I couldn't think of what life would be like without her if I won.
No, I thought. Don't think about that. I got up to attempt to busy myself from the terrible thoughts. I was wandering around the district when I just decided to go train. On the way there, I ran into my old buddy, Raymond, from school. We used to train everyday until his sister had also been killed in the games a few years before. Since then he's only wanted to train on his own. I talked with Ray awhile then headed off to the Training Building.
I got there and went to my best station, the knives. I always hit right on target no matter how big or small.
"Hey Rainer."
As soon as I hear the voice, a stab of painful memory seared through me.
"Hey Emily."
Emily had been Leela's best friend. She also went through a depression after she died but eventually came out of it. I have dinner with her family often when my dad is in a drunken rage, as he often is if he isn't training me. I honestly don't know how my mom can deal with him.
"So, are you gonna volunteer at the reaping tomorrow?"
"It's not like my dad is giving me much choice, is he?"
"I...sorry...I..you know, Rainer..I...I never really told you how sorry i was that Leela was killed. If I knew that was going to happen, I would have volunteered for her. There's not a day that goes by that i don't think I could have saved her, and her death was my fault." She said in a rush.
Her confession made me tear up but i quickly wiped them away on the back of my hand.
"Emily, it's nobody fault but the Capitol."I told her.
She gave me a hug and said good luck and left the Training Building. I watched as she walked away and wondered if what she said was true.
Once again, Sorry its short but please R&R!
