CLOVE'S POV

I wake up to the sound of my phone. Someone just sent me a text... let me see who it is...
Oh, it's Cato, my boyfriend.

CATO: Hey clover
ME: It's Clove, not the stupid herb plant thingy...
C: How are things with your dad?
M: Not that good... He took me by my hair last night and threw me across the room... My back has a scar now because it scratched against the floor a little too hard
...Didn't look 2 good.
C: U sure u ok?
M: Yeah. C u l8r
C: Love ya
M: Who doesn't?
Love ya 2

Then I remember... it's the last day of school. I quickly put on a shirt and a pair of skinny jeans. I head downstairs for breakfast, and I receive another text message. I take out my phone. Weird, the text is from school...

PRICIPAL: Hello, fellow students. We, H. Dixon High School, will be having our own Hunger Games. Since everyone is so absorbed in it, we will be choosing these following people from 10th, 11th, and 12th grade.

Clove Anderson/ 10th

Katniss Everdeen/10th

Peeta Mellark/10th

Finnick Odair/11th

Rue Lawrence/11th

Annie Crestar/11th

Cato Diamond/12th

Gale Hawthorne/12th

Thresh Vince/12th

Madge Glithens/10th

Glimmer James/11th

Marvel Indigo/12th

We will be competing against another school. Only one school will win. Happy summer break!

I let the words sink in. That wasn't possible. Was it?
Being in charge of 23 people's deaths would be an awful lot of paperwork...
I eat some pancakes for breakfast and hear the doorbell. Was it Katniss or Cato? Didn't keep track. Sometimes Katniss would send me, Rue, Madge, Glimmer, and Annie to school in her convertible. But twice a week, we would walk to school with our boyfriends. Sounds awkward, but, seriously, we all only live houses away.
I peek through the window. It's Cato. I open the gate and walk out. He greets me with a light kiss and a 'hello'.
"Hey, Cato."
"Hey, babe. Did you receive the fuckin' message from the school this morning?"
"Yeah, I wanna kill Principal Higgins. I mean, we don't even get to choose who are the tributes. She knows we're all best friends and stuff. It's just for her and her damn entertainment, you know?" I put my head on his shoulder and he slips his hand into mine until we reach school.
"Love ya. See you at... Math, right?"I ask.
"Yup. Bye!"
"Bye!"

KATNISS'S POV

I receive a text from Peeta. I first think it is another frickin' message from the school, but it was Peeta. He says he can't make it to school today. Soon enough, as I'm walking to school, I see Finnick and Annie.
"Oh, hi you guys. Peeta cant come to school today. Mind if I join you?"I ask.
"Sure."says Annie, obviously depressed about the text message.
"You guys recieve the text too?"I ask with curiosity getting the better of me.
Finnick nods, and mouths the words, She's depressed from it! It's stupid, though...

We reach school after about five minutes and I head to my locker, right next to Glimmer and Clove's. Clove sighs next to me and rolls her eyes.
"Ugh. Another threatening note." she says, obviously annoyed. "Sara Ambleside wants me to dump Cato or she says she'll kill me. I mean, that's stupid, considering the fact that I'm going to die."
I laugh. She, Marvel, Cato, Glimmer, and I get notes like these all the time. I'm pretty sure Peeta and Gale have notes like these too.
I look at my timetable. Math, then Chemistry, then Science, lunch, and 3 blocks of Language Arts. I have homeroom at the end of the day, but seriously, it's half an hour of nothing but getting yelled at, especially me and Clove, because we were the daredevils of the school, not counting Cato, Gale, Peeta, and the other boys. As I head to Math with Glimmer, Thresh, and Gale, we hear a booming voice throughout the hallway.
"Principal Higgins would like to see her specific 12 tributes, please. I repeat, Principal Higgins would like to see the sophomore, junior, and senior tributes."
I meet up with Clove, Cato, Marvel, Glimmer, Rue, Thresh, Finnick, Annie, Gale, and Madge, by Principal Higgins's door. She asks us to sit down, and she starts explaining really boring stuff, so boring that Madge almost had to beat Gale to get him to stay awake. Ugh. Gonna be one long day.

CATO'S POV

Clove and I sit next to each other, hand in hand. Principal Higgins rolls her eyes.
"Oh, will you please stop that! I don't understand how teens can afford to do stuff like this!"She said, outraged. Gale and I laugh. Marvel only chuckles, afraid he'll get in trouble. Oh, Marvel...
"Well, at least its better than the Hunger Games!" Clove and Rue yell at the same time, both full of rage. Personally, we all hate her. Then, Thresh steps up and says, "Look, we have our friendship and our love life. If you're just gonna throw us in an arena for your fuckin' entertainment, just because we're in relationships and best friends, doesn't mean it's gonna turn out good for your stinkin entertainment. It's our lives to live, not yours. You've already lived your crippling old life!"
What Principal Higgins says next gives me a total shock, and all she does is grins. She wants us to have sex.
Sure, we're rebellious teens, we've had sex before, but this time she wants us to all have sex in different rooms. Tears start welling up in Rue and Clove's faces. We all can't believe it either, but we've got to stay strong for them. Clove takes out her phone and texts me.

Clove: She can't make us do this. I know we've had sex before, but this is different. She'll be watching us, that old bitch. She can''t see my scars.
Me: Then I won't let her see them. I'll take care of you, Clove. Nothing will happen.
C: Promise?
M: Promise. I swear. And if anything does happen, I'll be there for you.

She looks up at me and smiles. I smile back. The 12 daredevils of the school will stand up to principal Higgins, and we're not afraid to do it.