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We separate from my parents. Me and Thorn are sixteen. we still will have to go to this reaping for three more years. This is Finnick's second to last year here, he's seventeen, then this is Rue's last year, she's eighteen. We walk up to the booth and the capitol guard pricks my finger and dots my bloody finger down on the sheet of paper. I then wait for Thorn and we walk to the state. It's in the middle of District 12, which is still as dirty as it was as when my mom was a kid, at least that's what she tells us. It's still is surrounded by a beautiful forest, which is my favorite place.

Me and Thorn stand together next to the other sixteen year old girls. The boys stand on the other side. This is my fourth year of the reaping, so we stand closer to the back. The twelve years old stand in the front. In the middle of the stage is a cup full of names of boys and girls. They don't do anymore where it's one girl and one boy. It could be two girls and one boy, two boys and one girl, all girls, or all boys. Our capitol person for us now is Cara Carason. Also District 12's sixteen year old Quill Younger won last year, he's seventeen now, he's going to be the mentor.

Cara stands up on the stage wearing a neon green, yellow, and pink dress. It is short and made out of butterflies, like Effie Trinket, my mom's capitol person. Cara tries to be exactly like Effie, and she does a pretty good job. She smiles at all of us, but no one smiles back. Every parent is scared it will be their child, every sibling is scared it will be their brother or sister, and everyone's scared it will be them. Cara walks up to the bowl with our names in it. She clears her throat and readies herself to give the "Capitol 13 is amazing and generous" speech.

"Welcome everyone. Capitol 13 is amazing and generous, you guys are the people who don't side with them. To pay for your rebel sides, we make you participate in the Desire Games. Maybe this will make you see that it is good to make a deal with them, and change your minds. I'm going to pull three names. May the odds be ever in your favor."

Cara walks over to the bowl with hundreds of names in it. Her speech is to tell us that we didn't agree to obey Capitol 13 so they force us to do The Desire Games, and maybe after seeing our people die, we'll obey them. Cara sticks her hand in the bowl. Me and Thorn use my mom's maiden last name, Everdeen, instead of Mellark. She pulls out the first name and leans forward towards the mic.

"Melara Hairna."

she announces the first tribute, a girl. I look to see a thirteen year old girl look wide eyed at the stage. What!? She's only thirteen, she won't survive, you can't do that! Before I even think it through, I hear myself volunteer as tribute for this girl.