"And the female tribute for district 12 is Primrose Everdeen" calls Effie Trinket. I feel anger, adrenaline and fear fills my body as my breaths become shallow and short. "No" I whisper to myself as my body is flooded with emotion. Prim starts to walk towards the stage, "No I can't let this happen" I whisper. I start to run through the long rows of people, into the main isle, I continue to run as Prim steps onto stage, "I volunteer as tribute" I scream as my run slows into brisk walk. As I take my first step onto the stage I feel my face begin to blush. I continue to walk up the stairs and see Prim standing there with a look of eminence anger and disgust. "What?" I whisper to her. "You knew I wanted to be tribute, you know I hate this cruel world we live in today" she replies. "And you know that I've wanted to do this since I was a little girl" I continue. "And who might you be dear" says Effie. "Katniss Everdeen" I reply. "Oh, I bet your dear Primrose's sister" says Effie in a sombre tone. "Well in that case, welcome to the games, and may the odds be ever in your favour" she continues in a an almost seductive, but posh voice.
Once the reaping is over all of the residents of District 12 continue to walk home, on the way back to the seem in which we live, Prim won't talk to me at all. She is angry as she wanted to fight in the hunger games as she believes that it would be better to die than to live in the world we live in today. Our family was born into poverty, but through this we have a closer feeling of family and togetherness. Well we did, about 3 years ago my father died in a mine explosion leaving us with no money or source of income. But ever since I was a child he taught me to hunt with a bow and arrow which he handcrafted himself, and my boyfriend Gale taught me how to set traps to catch small animals. With both of these skills I was able to keep my family alive and well once my father was gone, but now I am leaving then to fend for themselves. But my boyfriend Gale will surely look after my family as we both agreed years ago that we would look after each others families in the event that either of us went into the games. We made this pact because we always put our names in the games more than once so that we can help to feed our families, each time we put our names in the games we get more food for our families. Gale will hunt while I'm in the games as he normally would but he will hunt more so he can provide for both of our families, but soon he won't able to hunt very often any more because soon he will be 18 an legally able to work in the mines. Coal is district 12's main export, so every man at the age of 18goes off to work in the mines to provide for his family.