Chapter 2
The next morning, me and Annabeth woke up on Katniss' bedroom floor. I had to think for a moment to remember what had happened yesterday. Then I realised what day it was today.
"Today's the big day, good luck, Half-Bloods" Katniss came in, with the remains of her hunt with Gale that morning. A fire roasted squirrel, but it had no puncture wounds on its body.
"How did you kill it? There are no arrow wounds here" I said, looking very puzzled. Katniss just laughed and Annabeth said,
"She got it through the eye Seaweed Brain" Annabeth said, looking like it was obvious.
"Wow, you shoot well. I am rubbish at archery; seriously, you give me a target to shoot at and the arrow ends up miles away" I said, waving my arm to demonstrate. Katniss laughed again.
Later on in the day, me, Annabeth, Katniss, Gale and Prim all stood in the crowd waiting to see who would be this year's tributes for the 74th Hunger Games. There was a large, grey building in front of us, which, according to Katniss, was called the Justice Building. There is also a temporary stage set up in front of the building.
On the stage, there were two large glass bowls. Both of them hold loads of folded pieces of paper. One has my name in it and the other has Annabeth's.
A very…decorated woman trots onto the stage. She has a huge ball of curly pink hair perched on her head. I tap Annabeth on the shoulder – who just happened to be in front of me – and she turns round and mouths "What?"
I giggle silently and whisper back "that is a really bad wig". Annabeth just glares at me and whispers,
"Well duh, why are you stating the obvious?" I hold up my hands and whisper,
"Well sorry, I was just trying to lighten up the mood". Annabeth just turns around and ignores me.
The pink lady chirps cheerfully into the microphone, "hello District 12! I hope all of you are well!" Silence. I can tell that she is getting a lot of evil looks. Nobody lives well in District 12.
Her beaming false smile fades slightly and she continues. "Before we choose our two victors, I would like you all to see a very special film from the Capitol!" I turn my head to the big screen which is raised above the stage, and the film plays.
I didn't really pay attention. But it did help me understand a bit more about Panem. When the film finished, the screen went blank and I looked back over to the pink lady.
"Now is the time where we choose our brave young boy and courageous young girl to represent District 12 in this year's Hunger Games!" The crowd shift uneasily. This was the moment that everyone has been dreading.
"Ladies first!" The pink lady moves over to the bowl on the left hand side of the stage. She raises her hand slowly, still smiling, and dunks it in the bowl. Her hand shuffles around for a while, before pulling out a slip of paper.
She beams, opens the paper and reads out the name in her stupid, chirpy voice. "Annabeth Chase".