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District 1 Reaping:

The day was hot and sunny. The district hadn't had rain in a few weeks, which was surprising. Everyone who as wealthy spent the day in a swimming pool, with cool water that they could wade right into. That's why a good percentage of the boys and girls standing in line to get their fingers pricked were pruned. The wrinkled fingers didn't make it any harder to draw blood, so no one cared.

One girl still had dripping hair. Delilah Jones, a seventeen year old rich girl. Her lemon dress gave her green eyes a glow. Her dark brown hair was pulled up into a bun at the top of her head, still dripping. The back of her dress was damp because of it. Her perfectly white teeth sparkled when she smiled, charming several of the boys from her neighborhood.

There was one boy who despised her though. Sixteen year old Nathan Greene, who was born to one of the poorest families in the district. He lived on the same block as Delilah. His house was one of the things that they were able to keep after Nathan's father was fired from being the mayor.

Nathan's father had been elected mayor ten years before Nathan was born. But, when Nathan was five, his father started taking money from the citizens of District 1. The district demanded that Mr. Greene be unappointed mayor, and unappointed he was. The Greenes lost almost everything. Since Nathan's dad made trouble, everybody thought that Nathan did too.

So, it wasn't just Delilah that Nathan disliked. It was practically everyone. The only person that Nathan knew he loved was his mother. And his Golden Retriever, Missy.

When Delilah's little twelve year old cousin got reaped, it was no surprise that the brunette volunteered. She was very sweet, despite being from a career district. She climbed to the stage where Molly French, District 1's strangely dressed escort stood.

Maybe I have a chance at winning, Delila thought. I only have to survive for two weeks...

Delila was still in her train of thought when Molly walked over to the boy's reaping bowl and picked a name. "Nathan Greene."

"Oh, great." Nathan muttered to himself before marching on stage. Molly smiled and told the two tributes to shake hands. They did as they were told. Delilah smiled and said in a quite voice, "Good luck." Nathan just bit his lip and nodded. They were escorted into the Justice Building, where they said bye to family and friends. Then the two got on a train at the station heading to the Capitol.