Today was the day. What day you may ask? Today was the day that I was volunteering for the 74th hunger games. I was trained all my life. I could win, by myself but something changed that. And this is the story of what happened. I woke up about twenty to eight and I quickly had a shower and got dressed in a nice floral dress. The dress was grey with pale blue and pink flowers coming up from the bottom. I fixed up my hair and headed off to the town square where the annual reaping was held. When I arrived there I took it all in, looking left and right. You know I could always not volunteer, I had always dreaded this day but I know if I didn't volunteer, I'd be shadowed out. Everyone with my skill had to volunteer. I walked over to the table and stuck out my hand while they took some blood. I headed over to the group of girls waiting for our escort to draw the names. I looked over at the group of guys, I had no idea who was volunteering, no one would tell me. I'm not quite sure why, normally us, the careers, knew in advance who our district partner would be. She came on stage and gave some speech that I could care less about all I could think about is the horrible ways I could die in the next three weeks. She played the video and then went to draw the names. "ladies first" she said all cheerful. As she moved her hand over the little slips of paper my heart beat rose. "I'm not going to do it, I-I can't" I thought to myself. But then it happened she grabbed the slip and read the name "Clove Barlow" at that moment everything froze. This was really happening. My heart beat slowed down and I expected to pass out right there but luckily I made my way up to the stage. I must of been zoned out because the next this I knew my best friend Cato was standing next to me telling the lady his name. I shook his hand keeping my head down in fear that my face was pale of fear. We were escorted to the room in the town hall. "What! Why did you volunteer! What were you thinking! Only one of us can come home! Cato what did you do!" I yelled as i paced around the room. "Clove, calm down, I'm going to help you win" he said as he scratched his neck. "No Cato! I can't live without you!" I yelled as i slammed my hands down on a table. Cato was my best friend, we did everything together. I didn't know if he felt more for me, but I definitely knew I had strong feelings towards him.
AN:/ Okay so this is my first fan-fic, I know, it kind of sucks, but I'll try to make it more interesting I'll try to update once or twice a week but no promises, and the chapters probibly won't be much better than this.