Squeeee! Got a whole chapter done in a day! :D

So proud of me! I was sick! So I got to sleep and do Fanfiction all day long! Wheeeeee! I really feel like a pile of crap right now. :( :( :(

Please enjoy chapter two.

Something Dos.

If you know any Spanish I could use a hand. :P

"Life isn't fair." I said to Cat.

"Life isn't fair." She replied, "but if you can make it fair for someone you should."

"That's what my mom used to tell me!" I gasped shocked. "How did you-"

"Amber." She said.

"What, Cat-"

"Amber."

I blinked, "What-"

"Amber!"

"What is-"

Someone was shaking my arm. I groaned.

"Amber!" it was Cat.

"Mm?" I kept my eyes shut.

"Amber! The reaping is today!" Cat grabbed my hand and pulled it. "C'mon! I want to braid your hair!"

My eyes flew open and I was out of bed in a second. I pulled out my mother's dress and pulled it on. I attacked my hair with a hair brush. My "bed" was made in seconds. Slipping on a worn in pair out flats I turned to Cat. "What time is it?"

She cocked her head, "8:00, why?"

"Kitty, the reaping isn't till 10:00!" I sighed, "You woke me up too early!"

Cat nodded, "I wanted the braid your hair."

I started to clean up the mess I had made in my hurry to get ready and spoke to Cat with a slight frown. "Why can't you braid Reily's hair. She is up at this time of day too."

Cat flopped on to my bed and screwed up her face, "Reily's hair is too short and she complains about me taking too long the whole entire time."

"Cat," I tacked up my picture of the pond that Lainie had given to me so long a go, "You have been waiting for today all year haven't you?"

She nodded. "I can do a super good French braid now!" her eyes looked hopefully up at me. I sighed and sat down with my back to her. She squealed with delight and began to weave my hair together.

I played with the sleeve of my dress. I wasn't really nervous, since this was only my first reaping, I only had a few slips in. Kaylee had a lot. I'm not really sure. I had butterflies in my stomach though. I was starting to dose off, on account of being woken so early. I rubbed my eyes.

"Done!" Cat announced cheerfully. She knew about Lainie's ribbon and got it to tie back my hair. She used the white piece of silk to pull my hair back. I waited calmly for her to pull the ribbon into place, it took her several tries.

When she was done she came around the front of me and smile. "You look way, way, way too pretty to only be a twelve year old!" she smiled and than gasped. "Come look in the hall mirror!"

"Kay." I stood up and stretched and followed Cat as she skipped out from behind my curtain and across the room. She eagerly waited at the top of the creaky old stairs. I tried to follow quietly but Cat stomped down the stairs, probably waking up the whole house. I sighed. Kaylee was certainly going to blame it on me. I brightened up. Kaylee would be excited just to get her last reaping over with.

I reached the bottom of the steps with a final creak and rounded the hall corner. I nearly crashed into Cat who waited at the mirror for me. She bounced on the balls of her feet as I looked into my reflection.

I saw my brown eyes stare back at me. They were serious. I hadn't looked in my reflection in a while. I looked older and sad. With my mother's dress I looked almost 14 years old. My hair looked amazing. It was tucked up out of my face. My choppy long brown hair looked great for once.

My mouth dropped open as I turned to Cat, "Your a professional hair- uh -braider."

She smiled, looking satisfied. She opened her mouth to tell me something. Then she stopped. Her smile vanished. She looked downs cast.

"What is it Cat?" I turned away from the mirror and crouched so I was face to face with her. "Spill."

Her words came out in a wild rush, "You-not-gonna-get-picked-for-the-hunger-games are-you?"

I understood, "No, I promise, it's a few slips in a thousand. I'll be okay." I was also reassuring myself. "Promise."

She smiled, "Good, I would miss you a whole bunch."

"Me too, Kitty."

I took her hand and we went downstairs for some breakfast.

The morning passed in a blur. Before I knew it we were waiting to get in. I was behind a girl. She had a black braid and tan skin. I started playing with my skirt, nervous. Ten minutes passed. Fifteen. Twenty. Finally I was at the front. I watched the girl with the black braid go. I think she was twelve too. I remembered her from school. Her name was Katniss, Katniss Everdeen.

A prick on my arm, and I was pushed into the section for twelve year olds. I ended up next to the Katniss girl. She greeted me with a nod. I nodded back. I looked around with one thought on my mind, who will be selected? My eyes landed on the stage. A woman with a bright blue wig was sitting talking to an other lady, the victor, Penny Grant. (Sorry I hate Haymich!) The mayor was up there to looking into the crowd. For his daughter probably. I looked for his daughter briefly but stopped when a voice echoed from the front of the stage.

"Welcome! To the reaping for the 70th Hunger Games!" the blue wig women said. The talking stopped right away. "May the odds be ever in your favor!"

The mayor came up and thanked the lady, Effie Trinket was her name. Then he droned on and on about how the Hunger Games started and other things, like the victor. Finally his speech comes to a close.

Effie dances to the front of the stage. She seems happy enough for someone about to send two kids to die. "Alright! Ladies first as always." she went over to the big glass bowl and dipped her hand inside. Everyone held their breath as she pulled out a paper. She opened her mouth and said, "Tatiana Smith."

My eyes widened. Tatiana was my old name. I started a new life with a new name. I am not Titiana Smith anymore. I am Amber Finch. The Peacekeepers come to get me. I fight back.