My heart pounded as they started the Reaping. First they call out the boy, then it's always the girl. It almost makes me cry to see them act so happy. My first memory of how cruel the capitol is was always being hungry…
The next was when you didn't know where people went, because if they were gone suddenly, you never saw them again.
"Thresh." They called startling me out of my thoughts. I didn't know him, but he was maybe 3 years older than me. I had seen him before, and he always looked so kind.
I feel sorrow like I do every year at this time, but this time it's different. This time my name's in the drawing.
(A.N.) Before anyone says anything, yes I do know that they choose the girl and then the boy in the books but I had a story idea and this worked better for it.