The Hunger Games: Foxfaces Back story
Foxfaces pov
My Name Is Hollie Emerson. I am Fifteen years old and I live in District 5. I have two younger sisters, Charlotte, who is twelve and seven year old Fern, who my mother died giving birth to. My Father loves us and takes care of us, but he is still overwhelmed with grief from when my mother died. I don't think he likes to look at me, because I am so much like my mother. I have the same red hair , sapphire eyes, cleverness, and stealth. Hes not the only one who misses her terribly,I was eight when she died and Charlotte was five, even though she can barely remember her, she wishes she was still around. And poor Fern, sits by the window almost every night, closes her eyes, cries and apologizes. She won't accept that it wasn't her fault. Tomorrow is the reaping for The 74th annual Hunger Games, I dread that day for the whole year. This year especially because it will be Charlotte s first year. The hunger games is a brutal, televised fight to the death with children between the ages of twelve and eighteen,one boy and one girl, chosen every year from each of the twelve districts and only one comes out. We never watch the games, we don't have a TV anyway. Right now,at five in the morning, my father has already gone to work at one of District fives power plants. You'd think the capitol would make sure everyone in district five had very suitable living conditions and enough money, because without our district, everything would be dark,no lights. But no, my family just barely has enough money to get by and the roof on our house is about to fall in, And the capitol doesn't give a care. I am just sitting at my kitchen table thinking about things when Fern walks in from her bedroom and stands right in front of me. "Hollie." She mumbled. "Yeah." I reply. " I think It would be good if they let me be in the reaping and I got picked" She Breathed. " Why would you say something like that Fern?" I reproached. "Because," She continued. "When I won, daddy would have enough money to fix the roof." "Oh Fern, we can fix the roof soon without having to put anyone in the games ,okay." I assure, tucking her strawberry blond hair behind her ear. "Okay, we can go outside and find some wood to fix it as a surprise for daddy." Her big,bright brown eyes wide with excitement. "Sure, But after breakfast." I promise. Soon, Charlotte is up to. We eat some leftover fruit for breakfast and then head outside to look for wood. "How about this piece?" Fern questioned as she held up a massive piece of gnarly bark that fell of of a tree. "I found some old lumber over here, we can use it." Charlotte exclaimed. We spend another half and hour gathering wood and other things to repair the roof. "I'll go get the nails from inside the kitchen." I tell them. Soon, I return with a bucket of nails and the big rock we use as a hammer. Fern and Charlotte have already crawled up onto the roof and soon I am up with them.
"Okay ,this piece first!" I hear Fern say. Pretty soon all the holes and places that leak in the roof are blanketed with crooked lumber and old pieces of bark. Coincidentally, right when we finish, The sky starts to lightly drizzle rain. Being a little girl, Fern squealed and sprang off the roof as fast as she could. Charlotte and I followed her into the house and found even though our repair job doesn't look to glamorous, It stopped all the leaks and made the roof a little stronger. "Oh wow, Its later than I thought!",I announced as we got inside, "We'd better get something to eat for lunch."
"Hollie, We ran out of food." Charlotte observed. " Oh, well, we could go to the store and find something." I offer. "Hollie," Charlotte pulled me aside, "The money can is empty." I guess we're out of money and food, this is just fabulous. "Dad will be home soon," I distract, "Lets play a game while we wait." I distract. After we play a quick game of chase, My father finally walks through the door, looking a bit grimy and exhausted. "How are my girls?" He asks cheerfully. "Daddy!" Fern hastily ran over and clung to him. "Hi dad!" Charlotte and I both chirp. "What did you girls do to the roof?" My father questions. "We fixed it for you Daddy!" Fern exclaimed excitedly. "Well I couldn't have done it better myself." ,My father replied, "Oh, and I brought a fresh, gigantic loaf of bred home for us to eat!"
Then ,he pulled out the scrumptious loaf of bread and we all sat down to dinner together.
