Hi guys, this is my first fanfic, so please review, I really need to know your opinion btw, sorry for making it sound a little boring in the begining, the action will come around chapter 4.. sorry about that but I'm really bursting with new ideas right now and they include rather boring subjects
Chapter 2
As we reached the fence, I could see what Nathan's been talking about all this time, it seemed like a completely different world, and we weren't even out of the district yet.
"Nathan, this is beautiful!" I tell him.
"Just wait until I show you the meadow. We'll have to head back sooner today since the place is crawling with peacekeepers, there's always so many of them on reaping day, but don't worry; we can come another time as well.
He was right, today was the day of the reaping, the day I've been fearing for months already, and having nightmares about having been the tribute. This happened every year, to just about everyone I know. Being reaped for the hunger games, in District 12, has become the equivalent to having been sentenced to an imminent death sentence. In district 12, just about everyone was poor, and even us, the better off, was poorer than the poorest in other districts. This didn't matter quite so much, since money was almost nothing in the games, unless you were a sponsor, what mattered was your physical state. The only people that truly were in shape were those working in the mines, meaning that their names aren't being reaped anymore. We would always joke on the matter of the games but it truly was something serious which ended up with 23 deaths every year, many families torn apart. The games were the worst thing imaginable for us, mostly since the capitol has been keeping away anything that could be worse than that.
We kept walking for about 20 minutes through a thick forest that seemed to be of different shades of colors everywhere. If you looked to the left, there were small blue flowers, the trunks of the trees were covered in moss, and were a dark brown, whereas the leaves were screaming with a bright green color. The right side was slightly different; there were some flowers, although not as much as on the left, the trunks were a slightly lighter shades of brown and the leaves a dark green.
"Here it is the meadow! I've actually named the meadow after you, I didn't tell you until now because I wanted you to see why I did so. That is because this meadow, no matter what season, is beautiful and incredible, during the summer it screams with colors everywhere and wherever you look a bird or a rabbit comes out and enjoys the lovely weather. During autumn a carpet of leaves is laid down, as the forest is taking a break from the beautiful summer, and even as exhausted as it is, it's still blushing with every shade of brown imaginable, creating amazing patterns. During the winter, as the sun shines down on the beautiful clear snow, it reflects every single possible description of beauty, and spring is where it all begins again, when the flowers are back, and the trees are just getting their green shades back. It also is the season when I met you, and everything began "He said all this with a look in his eyes, that I've never seen anywhere else, not even when my father looked at my mother. Nowhere, it was just something magical. Not just the trees, the flowers, the animals, the light, but everything together it was incredible. Everything here was so beautiful; I don't see how it could ever be connected to me. But I guess Nathan sees the beauty in everything. I don't say anything for a couple of minutes, I just stare into his eyes as if preparing myself from the moment when I will not be able to see them anymore, as if, if I say something they would disappear and I'd never see them again, except for in my memory. Absolutely nothing could ruin this day, it was the most amazing birthday anyone could ever have.
"Liz? Are you still on this planet?" He asked me
"I'm sorry, it's just….Everything's just perfect" And I've never said anything that was more true than this, everything was in its place and nothing could ruin it or make it more perfect than it already was.
"I think we should head back, it's getting a little late, and I think Rosalind is going to need you by her side a lot, after all, it's her first year" Damn… I forgot again, but really how could I remember something so cruel in such a perfect moment. But he was right, we had to head back, it may be my birthday, but Rosalind needs me and I'll be there for her just like my adoptive parents were there for me.