AN: Yeah, so I know it's really short, it looked longer when I wrote it. I'll try to make the other chapters longer.
Today is my eighteenth birthday. Reaping day is soon, and it will be my last. I plan on volunteering.
My mother comes in with a shimmering green silk dress that brings out the color of my eyes. I think I look gorgeous in it. I don't put on any makeup, I don't need it. I'm amazingly beautiful, and it's all natural, not like those Capitol freaks. I pity them, really, I do. They have to have surgeries and slather makeup all over their faces to fit the crazy fashion ideals they make for themselves. Of course, not everyone can be born with perfect genes.
Since District one is so close to the Capitol, we get special things that I hear the other districts don't have. Electricity twenty four hours a day, food (because our district doesn't grow or raise anything), and a good chance at winning the hunger games. Not like in the other, how many districts are there again? Oh, yeah, twelve. Well, not like in the other nine districts. It really is a wonderful thing to live in district one, two, or four. The Capitol just adores us. (But I have to say, I don't adore it back.)
My birthday party is awesome as usual, all my friends showed up and we had a great time. I won't bother explaining all the details, what isn't there to get from awesome? I got lots of presents (mostly clothes) and we had this really good cake from the bakery. My best friend, Silk, gave me a beautiful ring with a green gemstone (I think it's called a dematoid garnet). It really is a special thing. When I go into the arena next month, I'm going to take it with me, as my token. I just need to make a few alterations…
I swing by the training center, and my trainer wishes me a happy birthday. I promise them I'll be back tomorrow for my training.
When I get home, I examine my ring. It has a thick band, and the gem is pretty big. I twist it a lot 'till the gem finally falls out of the bezel. The bezel isn't deep enough to hide anything in. I was planning on putting some poisonous dust in it. I hide the pieces of the ring under my bed. I'll figure out what to do with it tomorrow, after training.
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