Disclaimer: I do not own the Hunger Games
District 10, Bud Kellan (14)
"Shut up already!" I shouted at myself.
"Shut it brat, they will hear you, now try to look around for it," the voice hissed in my head.
"Who will hear us? I'm the only one in the house no one is here!" I shouted at the voice in my head, the voice that has been there since I was 9 years old, bullying me, torturing and a bunch of other things, I know I'm crazy it's been obvious for a long time. Muttering to myself when I'm alone staying up at night thinking about the Hunger Games, the Hunger games, that's how I know I'm crazy. I dream about how exciting it would be, not knowing if you're going to live tomorrow or not. Not a dull life like here in district 10 but interesting, in the Hunger games there is interviews, chariot rides training, and a new landscape, It's amazing!
"They're here, I told you to be quiet but you never listen. Now we will never find it, No wonder you're parents left you, such a disappointment" The voice laughed evilly in my head.
"SHUT UP!" I shouted at the top of my lungs raging with anger. Then all of the sudden I fall to my knees my head throbbing with pain I squeeze my eyes shut my hands on my forehead trying to stop the pain, I feel air starting to leave my lungs I start wheezing for breath.
"He's in here!" I heard someone shout from my left but my head hurt so much I didn't care. I felt two arms pick me up and put me over his shoulder like a sack of potato.
"What we're you doing in the Victors Village!" The mysterious voice demanded. The person went down the stairs and opened the door, the misty cold air got me into my senses. The pain subsided and I look forward and see I'm looking at the back of a peacekeeper, "Don't make me say it again" The peacekeeper growled.
"The reason I was there is so simple, no one checks the Victors Village, A years worth of food, free shelter everything you would want" I muttered under my breath. Its like a Paradise for a kid who lived in the community house, Like me. The people at the community home we're rude and gave little food and you would have to share a room with 10 different kids that were slobs. "I was so foolish, why didn't I listen to the voice like the other times. Everything would have gone like planned" I whispered to myself.
"Are you talking to yourself kid!" The peacekeeper shouted at me, dropping me on the ground with a loud thump.
"No, It was a dare" I said lying to the peacekeeper.
"Then why were you shouting? I heard you shouting from outside" The peacekeeper said aggressively.
"I hit my toe" I stand up from the floor and wipe off the dirt on my pants.
"If you keep lying I will whip you, and when I say I will, I will" The peacekeeper threatened me. "What's your name?" he demanded.
"David Clark" I said the first name that popped into my head. "Good Bye" And with that I ran at full speed out of Victors village and to the fields. I heard the peacekeeper try to catch up to me but gave up after 3 minutes.
"You little prick why didn't you stay! He was going to whip you, that would've been exciting something new, you idiot!" The voice shouted in my head. I didn't say anything back to the voice. I know when I got the headache in the victors village it was because of the voice punishing me for talking back. That wasn't the first time it happened it happened to me a lot when I was 13, that was last year.
"What the?" I look around and see everything deserted, except for a 16 year old with dark hair running towards town square she seemed worried about something, like being late... "The reapings!" I shouted out loud. I look into the closest puddle and try to comb my curly brown hair with my hands as fast as possible. I wipe my dull brown eyes trying to get the red out of them, from when I got the headache. I then run towards the town square as fast as I can, passing the girl on the way. I almost crash into the stand where the peacekeepers was drawing blood.
"Name" he asked in a bored tone.
"Bud Kellen" I answered.
"Bud? That's an odd name" the peacekeeper said sniggering.
"You're parents were probably drunk when they named you, they couldn't care less about you especially your name" The voice said in my head. I ignored both of them and went to the 14 year old group. I was just on time because the escort came onto the stage, I think her name was Isis or something like that. Her hair was in two braids that did little hoops around her ears, her outfit had so many colors it made me dizzy.
"Hello district 10, I hope you had a great day!" She started blabbering about why the Hunger Games were invented and about District's 13 rebellion, So in short I zoned out to what she was saying.
"Hurry it up already" I murmured to myself.
"Ladies first!" She said gleefully. She wobbled to the girls bowl and hovered her hand over the slips of paper and took the one on top of them all. "May Kellen, can you please come up to the stage" she said like it was an honer to be chosen.
"I VOLUNTEER!" I heard someone shout from where the parents are. "I VOLUNTEER!" I heard some shout again, my eye finally caught the person who was trying to volunteer, She looked like she was in her 40s and was crying her eyes out. I look at the escort and see her shooting a glance of pity at the 40 year old, next to her is the girl I saw running late, standing confidently on the stage. Now that I got a good look at her I saw her dark hair was full of tangles and her brown eyes bloodshot, we almost looked like we were related.
"Gentleman's next!" The escort said loudly over the crying of the woman. "Jak Meek!" She said gleefully. "Jak, please come up to the stage" Everything was still and quiet no one moved nothing happened.
"Volunteer, now" The voice hissed in my head
"What do you mean volunteer" I said lowly so no one else can hear?
"VOLUNTEER NOW, WHEN HAVE I'VE EVER BEEN WRONG!" The voice shouted in my ear making me fall to my knees, making my head hurt past endurance.
"I'll do it! Just stop please" I said weeping on the floor a lot of people started to look at me.
"HURRY!" The voice shouted again.
"I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, instantly my head stopped throbbing and my knees no longer felt week.
"We have a volunteer today, How interesting" The escort said smiling from ear to ear.
"Walk, look confident" the voice told me.
"Whats your name?" The escort asked me when I made it up to the stage.
"Bud Kellen" I said confidently but in the inside I felt like there was worms in my stomach.
"Oh, You two are siblings! How interesting, I should have known you two do look alike" Isis said like she just discovered a big secret.
"We're not related" I heard May talk for the first time.
"You're not?" The escort sounding disappointed.
"Nope, Just strangers" I told her.
"Oh well, these are your tributes for 64th Hunger games! May the odds be ever in your favor" Isis said loudly to the crowd all of them departed at once to get to their houses. I felt a peacekeeper grab me from behind and lead to me to the Justice Building, once we got their he pushed me and locked the door. I sat down on the chair waiting, I knew no one was going to come visit me but to my surprise one person did, it was the 40 year old woman her eyes pure red tears streaming down her face.
All"I'm so sorry Bud, It's all my fault I should've never left, It was to much for me having two children from two different people!" She sobbed, she came towards me for a hug and took hold of me tight.
"I'm sorry but who are you?" I said gently pushing her away.
"It's me Bud! Your mother, The one who gave birth to you!" she said sobbing into my shoulder again. All of the sudden fury blurred my eyes and I pushed her with all might making her fall to the ground, she yelped with surprise.
"What do you mean my mother, she left me" I said, tears threatening to fall out.
"Bud I'm so sorry, let me explain" she said still crying. "I fell in love with a man and I had May-"
"She's my sister?"you're I interrupted
"I had May and was married for 2 years with her father, but then I fell in love with another man. After he found out I was pregnant with you he left me never to be seen again, My Husband left me when he saw the babies wasn't his. That left me with two child's with only enough to feed one, so I left you at the doorstep of the community home hoping they would take you in" She cried.
"And now you decide you visit me, when I'm about to die!" I shouted at her. "Guess what, now you're going to have no children left because we are going to die, unless you go off and have another child like the little slut you are!" I said anger taking me over.
"I'm so sorry Bud" She said again trying to hug me. I pushed her off roughly off me and turned around. "Please don't tell May that you're related, protect her please" she pleaded.
"Times up" I heard the peacekeeper say coming into the room.
"Yes, please leave" I told my so called 'mother'.
"I love you Bud" She said stepping out.
"Whatever!" I shouted at her, The door slammed closed leaving me by myself again.
"Well, that was interesting, what did I tell you" The voice said I could tell he was smiling.
"I guess you were right, this might be interesting"
