This is my first fanfic, hope you like it!

"Summer Jayyne Galloway! Get up, NOW!" My little eight year old sister Poppi yelled, "You have to get up! The reaping is soon, and if you don't get up, the peacekeepers will-" "I know what the peacekeepers will do, Poppi. Why don't you go down and make breakfast, I'll be right down, ok?" I said, and she ran out of my room without saying a word. The reaping in District 10 is not a good day for anyone, but if you don't go, there will be hell to pay. This is my second reaping; I am 15, with Caramel brown hair, with forest green eyes. I'm curvy, but slim, like every girl in 10. Just because we supply the Capitol with meat doesn't mean we get any. We're lucky to even have food. I mean, we're more fortunate than 12, but we're still hungry. So, I get dressed in one of my Mom's old dresses that she gave to me before Dad left and she died from grief, and pulled my hair into its signature braid that I just let hang down my back. My hair is relatively short, so it doesn't swing everywhere when I run or jump, so it stays out of my way. Just like I like it.

So, taking Poppi, her and I go down to the Butcher's to get some meat, and I see his son, Titus Edenthaw. His Light brown hair and emerald green eyes and masculine build have all the girls of District 10 falling at his feet, but not me. I just have too much to think about, like making sure my sister is fed and clothed, and making sure that nobody knows we're on our own, so dating never crossed my mind. Plus, I have a past with him… So, I buy some meat, and quickly leave, and go to my best friend Raff Aldjoy's house, and get the Dark haired, dark eyed boy of 17, and we quickly head to the reaping. I instruct Poppi to go sit in the crowds, and wait for me to get her after it's over, and Raff and I are filed into separate groups, as I join the rest of the 13-year olds, and look over to see Raff, and give him an encouraging nod, and as I'm scanning the crowds, I glance at Titus, and I realize he's staring at me…..I glare at him and look away, then kick myself for what I just did. "That boy saved yours and Poppi's life, Summer No need to be rude to him!" I thought, and quickly looked back and gave him an apologetic and encouraging wave, then looked up to the Capitol escort, Giffi Silverleaf, as she was watching President Snow give the usual speech about how the Hunger Games came to be, and I zoned out until I heard her say, "Ladies First", as she walked over to the girls ball. As she reached in, grabbed a few pieces of paper, let them slip through her fingers, holding on to one. Then she called out the name.

"Summer Galloway!" Man, I feel bad for that poor girl…..WAIT! That's me! What?! I look around franticly, hoping, PRAYING that she called a different name, not mine, ANYONE'S but mine, but all I got were sympathetic looks, and relieved faces. I wanted to scream, cry, collapse, just die, but sadly, that last one will come soon enough. Instead, I calmly walk up to the front, climb the steps, and stand next to Giffi. "Now for the boys, she says, walking over to their ball. Again, doing the same as before, she pulls out a slip of paper, and yells,

"Raff Aldjoy!" NOOO, I want to shriek, cry, and run, as fast and as long as I can, but again, I just stand there, watching my best friend, and future murderer walk up to me. He just about climbs the first step, when we hear "I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!" Yelled through the crowd, and when I recognize the voice, my heart drops to my shoes. Titus Edenthaw. I would rather fight Raff. But Raff is too stunned to say anything, and I watch Titus walk up the stair to join me, and I am suddenly hit with a flashback…..

I am about 13, walking through a dark alleyway at night. My mother just died, and I am cold and alone, trying to find food so Poppi won't starve tonight. While I am going through a bin, I hear a mess of footsteps behind me. I slowly turn around, and see about five 18 year old guys walking towards me with baseball bats and knives. I try to run away, only to feel a hand grab my hair. I am yanked back to the ground, and just as one of the guys raise his bat over his head, ready to bring it down on my body, He gets knocked unconscious. All the other guys are agro'd now, and I turn to look at my savior, and I see him. His emerald eyes look into my forest ones, and he gets the next guy coming towards him. Soon all the guys are on the ground, either too hurt to fight back, or unconscious. He looks at all the guys lying on the ground, and just walks away. Not a word, not even a glance. And as I stumble away, I know he just saved my life, and I know I will forever be in his debt.

And that is why I am freaking out so badly right now. Let the 73rd Annual Hunger Games begin….

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