Hotshot: Ya know what I think I want anyone to make? a Mass Effect Hunger Games trailer, that would be so awesome. Anyways, Chapter one is done so I hope you all enjoy!


The Effect Games

Chapter 1

District 12, Planet Varenk

I slowly opened my light brown, almost orange eyes and looked at the wooden ceiling above me. I looked at my side and saw Liara laying there, asleep with my arm in hers. I slowly sat up, careful to not her wake her and managed to pry my arm away from her hold.

Liara was fourteen in human years and I found her wandering around when she was seven. It was clear that she was orphaned, like me, so I took her in. My parents had died when I was little, so I was always on my own, no friends except for a boy, Kaiden. He was like an older brother I never had.

I swung my legs over the edge of the bed and stood up, the wooden floor cool underneath my bare feet. I took the cover that had slipped off of Liara and laid it over her before tiptoeing to the closet that had my clothes. I put on my grey shirt, black jeans that were baggy and a black jacket that had white and red stripes going down the arms and down the sides with a "N7" on the left breast, it was my father's before he died, and I put on my black hunting boots. I quickly scribbled a note out on a piece of paper I had found just in case Liara woke up. I wrote down that I was going for a walk and I will be back later and then, I left.

"Going for a walk" is code for "going out to hunt" with me and Liara. We aren't allowed to go out of the fence that encased the district because its the only safe place on the planet. There were wild creatures throughout the forest that was just outside the west side of the district, like acid spitting, cat sized lizards and so on, but there is also food like the deer hear. They resemble Earth deer a lot with small differences, like having three antlers instead of two.

The fence was suppose to be coursing with electricity twenty-four hours a day, but the the power supply was broken, so it only gets electricity three hours a day when the predators were heavily active.

I managed to slip through a broken section of the fence and walked towards the tree line. I pushed son leaves away from a opening in a log and pulled out my throwing knives.

I do have a hunting partner that was brave enough to come with me on my third trip out when i was thirteen and it was Kaiden. He had the same views as me when it comes to certain things, like hunting. Like me, he thinks that its necessary since it feeds some of the people in district twelve, including the Peacekeepers who is just about as hungry as us.

I ran my hand through short, red hair and walked, listening for any signs of movement. I heard a twig snap off to my right and I slowly looked and saw a deer, grazing. I slowly grab one of my knives and positioned myself.

I threw the knife, hitting the deer in the right spot and it went down. I walked over and pulled the knife out and was about to start to work on it when I heard movement behind me.

"Nice throw." A familiar voice stated from behind me. I looked back and saw Kaiden standing there, dressed in his usual long sleeved shirt that was rolled up to the elbow, jeans and combat boots.

"Need a hand?" he asked as he walked up to me. I saw that he had a sack on him and nodded with a smile.

We managed to skinned it in a record time and Kaiden put the meat in the sack with ease. We walked to a hill that oversees the rest of the forest and the mountains and sat, Kaiden bringing out a freshly baked loaf of bread. He tore it in half and handed me one, I took it and began to eat.

"We could probably do it ya know." he stated after a minute of silence as we look out and watch the sun slowly rise. I looked over at him questionably.

"Run off and live in the woods." He clarified.

"They'd catch us."

"Maybe not."

"We wouldn't make it five miles."

He shrugs before going back to eating.

Leave the district? I will never do that, I have Liara to look after, to protect.

We went back into the district and I went to the Sim, a marketplace that we trade. Really, its a black market. Kaiden gave me a few slabs of meat to trade and I was walking around, looking. I started to pass a stall when something gold caught my eye. I stopped and picked up a golden colored pin. It was of a native bird called Mockingjay. It was in a circle, its wings were in mid-flap and had an arrow in its beak. Liara would love this. She always loved trying to observe the birds every chance she gets.

"Do you like the pin?" I heard an elderly voice ask. I looked over and saw a old woman behind the table where I had gotten the pin from.

"Its very beautiful, where did you get it?"

"My husband has had that for years before he died. He handed this to me and asks me to either keep it or to find someone who I think is worthy of it." She explained with a kind smile.

"I'm sorry to hear about your husband."

"It happened a few years ago dear,in an accident. I want you to have it. Free of charge."

"You sure? I have some slabs of meat I can trade."

"Dear, its fine, keep it." She insisted and in the end, so I did. I traded the slabs for a three blankets before heading home.

Liara was up, ready to greet me. She hugged me before telling me to wash off in the tub of hot water she readied for me.

I walked in, stripped myself and went in the tub, slowly washing off. My mind began to wonder about today.

Today was the day of the reaping, the day I have always feared.


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