Welcome to you if you're reading this, my friend Sophiemac thegames4life and I are writing a Hunger Games fanfic hope you enjoy it.
I'm writing District 1's reaping and the rest of the odd number then when we finish the reapings I'm going to do Sophiemac's tributes POV so we are messing it up abit but enjoy!
Sophia Mclan POV
Reaping day, a day the whole of district 1 trains for this day, we are probably the most fed and looked after district out of them all so reaping day is a day of honour. I put on my blue satin dress and apply my makeup very minimum because I'm naturally beautiful.
DING DONG!
The front doorbell rings and I skip down the hall, smacking my younger brother Ryin on the head, "Bye, mum going out, see you after the Reaping," I yell over my shoulder as I skip out the door and I'm met by my friend Brooke.
"Hey, your early, why?" I ask accusingly.
"My little sister is sooo worried about the reaping but she needs to get a life there no biggy if your names not even entered so I figured I would get the hell out of there." She replies and we walk towards the town square.
Because district one if the Luxury district we have very beautiful streets, shops and factories. I used to admire the streets in district 4 but then when my dad got a promotion I started loving our streets, if you live in the wealthier sector the quality of life is AMAZING!
But you don't get out of the reaping even if you don't get Tesserae, we slowly walk down our main street towards the justice building.
Reaping day is the only day a year the cars stop driving on the streets, so we walk or in Brooke's cased skipped down the street towards the justice building.
I line up in the sign in line and gaze my eyes over the stage, the weird escort is already up on stage along with 5 of our previous victors.
"Next," I walk up to the desk and the Peacekeeper pricks my hand with a pin thingy, "Sophia Mclan?" he asks clearly bored, "Yes, that's my name." I walked in the roped off section and meet up with Brooke.
"Hey look up on stage, the escort looks like she is rehearsing a speech." I look up on stage and see that Brookes right, the escort is walking back and forth on the stage and her lips and moving like she's saying things under her breathe, she also looks like she is trying to achieve lift off with the huge arm movement she's doing.
I say goodbye to Brooke and walk the 17 year old section and she walks to the sixteen year old's.
"Welcome District 1 to the 49th annual Hunger Games, My name is Managerie Smith and I'm your escort for this year, so on to the Treaty of Treason." She says putting on a stupidly happy smile.
Our mayor steps up and the annual speech commences;
"49 years ago when the districts rebelled against the Capitol who had shown you love and compassion, the capitol decided for the safety of the nation and to make up for all the lost live Panem suffered, Every year one boy and one girl from each district shall be entered into the Hunger Games and compete against the other districts, win and you bring honour and riches to your family and pride to your district. And without further or do let the Reaping's commence!" he steps from the microphone and Smithy steps up again.
"Well wasn't that a moving speech thank you Mayor Mains, now who's the lucky girl that gets to represent District 1?" she asks as she swishes her hand in our reaping bowl.
"Hurry up already!" someone yells from behind me, I say good for them.
The escort unfazed by this pulls out a slip and reads out the name, "Brooke Ried!" oh no.
A girl bursts out crying in the stands and I know is Brooke's sister Alle.
"I volunteer as tribute!" the words are out of my mouth before I realise, but I wouldn't take it back for a second.
I walk out of my section and towards Brooke, "you wouldn't last too long in the arena I have more of a chance," is all I say before I am taken up onto the stage.
"What's your name honey?" the escort asks me. I hate the Capitol accent its too high and mouse like.
"My name is Sophia Mclan and I volunteered for my best friend Brooke." I say simply.
Jackson Hail POV
Wow, I never thought Brooke and Sophia were that close.
"Thank you Sophia, and what a lovely name that is by the way," you can tell Sophia would rather be somewhere else, "and now the boys tribute for District 1 is…"
I close my eyes and cross my fingers, "Jackson Hail!"
"Yes." I hear the boys next to me say under his breath, I can't walk and I feel tears burst from my eyes.
Sophia Mclan POV
What a wuss that Jackson boy isn't going to last long in the arena in fact I reckon he won't even make the career alliance.
I shake his sweaty palm, does that boy know of a thing called personal hygiene, I turn and walk into the justice building.
My first goodbye is my mum, dad and Ryin, and my dad was in tears.
"Sophia, my sweet innocent child, Sophia mio figlio è innocente perché il destino così crudele…" my mum starts and then goes off into Italian, Italy was one of the countries before Panem, my family is quite fluent in it.
"Janine clam down," my dad tries to calm her down she sobs in Italian under her breath.
"Hey but face, you are so not going to be able to last 5 minutes in that arena, you're a bloodbath for sure..." I punch him it the gut before her could continue and boy did it feel good!
"Peace keepers I want this person out of here." They come in and take my brother out, I go hug my mum and my dad and we sit like that until the Peacekeeper tells us times up.
My next visitor is Brooke.
"Sophia you stupid person why did you volunteer your family needs you I need you, I don't care if I die you mean to much to me, my family and everyone in the lower district area.
"Brooke calm down! It's going to be ok." I say but my words are wasted, she is in hysterics.
"I don't wwwant ttto lose you Soph, wwwwhy dddid yyyyou hhhave ttto volunteer." She is sobbing so hard I can't understand her.
"Ma'am, your friend here has to leave," the peacekeeper came in a told us that Brooke has to leave, he had to take her forcefully from the room.
My next visitor was Brooke's family.
"Oh thank you so much for taking Brookes place, I couldn't bear to lose another child, not after what happened to Jamie two years ago." She hugs me along with Alle.
"Alright Sophia time to go!" I was picked up and taken from the room to a car. The car takes us to the train that will take us to the Capitol.
I step on the train and the quality of the furniture was amazing and the food looked exquisite.
"Sophia this is your room," he points to a room, "And Jackson this is your room," the escort points to the room across the hall from mine.
I walk down the hall and into the dining cart and I'm shocked by the amount of food and the look of it, I think of the food I see as art not something I would eat.
I sit down at the dining table and pull a bit of meat off a bird of some sort and put it in my mouth, and my mouth explodes with flavour and texture. The meat is moist and flavoursome who ever cooked this is a high class chef.
I take more of the bird and then I take some soup and a small salad and start to eat.
I finish the salad and the meat from the bird but by the time I start the soup my stomach is feeling strange, I think it's because of how rich the food is and my stomach can't eat too much of it so I walk from the cart and settle myself down in front of the TV watching the Reapings.
So this is my chapter done, the next chapter will be done by my good friend Sophiemac thegames4life. I'll update with her chapter soon but I have to get it off.
That's all for now folks!
HAPPY HUNGER GAMES AND MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOUR!