Hi guys! I decided to write a fanfic about Austin and Ally in the view of the Hunger Games since it's like my favorite movie, and while writing this I thought of making some things different so I hope you like it. -Maxine

Chapter 1:

~Austin~

I wake up slowly, dreading this day more than ever since it was finally here.

The 74th Hunger Games.

Fortunately I just turned 19 last month and I'm no longer able to be in the games. Unfortunately my brother now is. I have two brothers. My older one Josh and my younger one Ryan. Today is Ryan's first reaping and he is completely scared out of his mind. Josh moved out of the bakery our family own last year after his last reaping. He is now engaged to the tailor's daughter. I looked around the small bedroom to see now sign of Ryan. He probably got another nightmare and creeped into our parents room.

I slowly crawl out of bed and walk down the stairs to the bakery to see if my dad was awake. I see him talking to a customer. A kid from Seam, the poorest part of District 12. I see him a lot with a girl trading squirrels with my father for bread. What was his name?

Gab...Gabe?...Gale!

Yeah, that's his name. The girl I really don't know. The only thing I do know about her is that her name starts with an A. I wait for my father to finish his trade so I could talk to him.

"Here today one squirrel for one bread." I hear my father say. He's a generous man and today he likes to put discounts on the bread and sweets so the Seam kids could also enjoy something good. Just like always everyone but two families will celebrate for one more year that their child is safe while the other families lock themselves into there house, crying for their child. "And good luck." Since Gale is the oldest in his family he takes out tessera for them. The option to receive tesserae is available in the districts to children between the ages of 12 to 18 (those eligible to take part in the Hunger Games). If their family is struggling for food, they can have their name added extra times to the reaping, once only per family member, in exchange for an equal number of tesserae. Once this is done, they can collect oil and grain rations once every month for a year. By my count, Gale should have his name in 42 times.

"Thank you sir." I hear Gale say with a bit of a smile before he leaves quietly.

"Good morning dad." I said walking up to him and giving him a warm hug. "How's Ryan?" I asked.

"Scared. He's still sleeping with his mother." How I wish mother could be more like father. She abuses us if she thinks we're not doing a good job around the house and bakery. She use to abuse Josh the most since he was the oldest but now since he's gone I get the beatings for myself and Ryan.

"He'll be fine right?" I asked uneasy.

"Of course. It's his first year, he only has one slip. The odds are ever in his favor." I nod, needed to hear that from father's reassuring mouth. "You should wake him up." He said before going to the cashier to go help another customer who just came in. I jog up the stairs and walk to my parents room to find my mother sleep soundly on her side while Ryan clutch on to father's pillow for dear life. I walked over to father's side and softly shook Ryan awake. I pulled him into a tight hug before putting him into my arms and taking him into our room.

"It was me." He whispered still clinging on to me. I knew that was what he was dreaming about. Every kid has that dream thinking their name would be called and they'll be put into their death.

"I know Ry but that's not going to happen. It's your first year, their not going to pick you." I said rubbing his back soothingly. "We need to get ready." I told him.

"I know." He said letting go.

An hour later the town bell rang indicating that it was time to go to time square for the reaping. We were all dressed, fed and ready to go. We met up with Josh and his fiancée Cassidy and walked slowly to the reaping. The whole time we walked Ryan held my hand firmly in his small one.

I hugged Ryan on more time before we parted ways. I stood with my parents in the back where other parents and older siblings who were no longer able to be reaped stood. I tried to find Ryan in the crowd with no valid. I sighed before I put my attention to the front where you could see Effie Trinket, the district escort looking ridiculous as ever. She tapped the microphone getting everyone's attention before started to speak.

"Welcome. Welcome, welcome. Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor!" She said in a cheery voice that makes me sick with her thick capitol accent. How could she be so happy about placing kids in an arena to fight to the death? "Now before we begin we have a very special film, brought to you all the way from the capitol." The film started playing and I barely paid attention to since I have seen it every year. When the film finished Effie spoke again. "I just love that." she stated. "Now the time has come to select one courageous young man and woman for the honor of representing District 12 in the 74th annual Hunger Games." This woman made me sick. How could this be an honor? "As usual ladies first." She slowly walked to a reaping ball with all the girl's name on them. Effie randomly got a slip and went to the microphone.

"Allison Dawson."

That name sounded familiar but then I realized who it was when I saw her face. She's the one I gave the bread too. Allison slowly walked up with no emotion on her face but if you looked closely you could see a bit of fear in her brown eyes. The same fear I saw when I threw her that bread.

Flashback

I was baking some bread with Ryan in the back of the bakery when we heard mother yelling at someone out side. Ryan and I slowly walked to the window to see mother yelling at some Seam girl. I recognized her because I've seen her with her father trading with my father. Her father died in a mining accident and she looked thin and pale, close to death even. "GET OUT OF HERE YOU SEAM BRAT! I DON'T NEED YOU LOOKING THROUGH OUR GARBAGE LIKE AN ANIMAL!" I heard her yell.

Allison walked away and mother went back inside muttering to herself but I could still see Allison through the window. She collapsed next to the apple tree a few feet away. She looked as though she was waiting for her death to come. I couldn't leave her like that so I quickly went to the oven and put two long breads closer to the flames and watched as they burnt slightly. Ryan moved away as he knew what was coming next as we heard mothers footsteps coming. "LOOK WHAT YOU DID YOU STUPID BOY." She screamed at me. "NO ONE DECENT WOULD BY BURN'T BREAD!" She then grabbed the wooden spoon next to us and hit me across the face with it. "GO FEED IT TO THE PIGS!" She pushed me out of the store and into to the rain.

I could see Allison watching me as I threw small chunks at the pigs but once mother turned her head I threw both long breads at Allison and walked in without saying a word. Ryan and I watched as she looked at the bread and at the bakery door before grabbing both breads, putting them in her jacket to keep from getting wet and running off, stumbling on her feet a few times. "That was really nice of you to do." Ryan said with a large smile. I shrugged and went back to work.

Flashback Over

The next day at school Allison and I made eye contact and I could tell she was thankful. She looked a bit more healthier too. As we broke contact I could see her from the corner of my eye looking down at something, picking it up before smiling.

"Ryan Moon." I was so caught up in my flashback I didn't even notice who they called until I saw Ryan going up the stage. My heart stopped as I saw him up there crying. The crowd muttered in disapproval. They always did that when a 12-year-old was called. Josh held on to Cassidy and I felt father put a hand on my shoulder. My little brother was going into the Hunger Games. How could this have happened? He had one slip. One! The odds were ever in his favor! "C'mon you two shake hands." Allison and Ryan both looked at each other before shaking hands and looking back into the crowd. "Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be ever in your favor." Ryan and Allison were led into the Justice Building by the Peacekeepers and me and my family walked up to what could be the last time we would ever see Ryan.

I hope you guys like it! Read and Review? -Maxine