I wake up in my bed, warm and comforting. As I am Madge Undersee, the mayor's daughter. Today is the reaping, the day where my name will be entered a frightening 17 times being that I put tesserae in .Still, it's a chance I might be fighting to death with 23 other kids. I slip out of my room to find my father, in the midst of the hall.

"Madge, hello sweetie." But that's just the thing. There is nothing "sweet" about the day of the reaping. The Capitol sends kids as a punishment for
the uprising that occured early on. I manage a smile, but looking at my father, I can tell he is scared half to death for me. My father and I, we have a special bond no one can understand but us and if I get picked, there's a good chance I might die out there in the arena. And if that were to happen, my father would be alone, although the mayor but still no family to side with in tough times that might occur. Don't get me wrong, being the family with the mayor, we have food to live on and everything, but not much considering the District we rule.

"You know, Dad...I probably won't even get picked." This was a stupid thing to say. Being that I got glares at school for only having entered 5 times, I used tesserae and got it entered 17 times. Now looking back, this was the last thing I would've done.