Chapter 1: The Reaping
I woke up extra early that morning; I went to fish with my dad to the Pearl River, my favorite one. Dad was already there waiting for me, with a net.
He handed me the net and we started fishing. I was great at fishing, living my whole life at district 4 finally became easy after struggling with that darn net my whole life.
Today was an important day, it was the reaping day. I wanted to get chosen, I thought I was ready; however this desire was growing smaller, facing the fact that I might not come alive, besides I was too young to out win older tributes.
So I decided not to volunteer, and keep the hope to not get chosen that year.
I got ready for the reaping to start; we walked to the main street of district 4. I hugged my little sister before leaving for the reaping, she is a little troublemaker, but I really liked to be with her.
The reaper of my district, Freddy Powellson, started the ceremony by telling us rules changed, no volunteers allowed this year, it made me uncomfortable to know if I got chosen nobody could save me.
He called Melissa Beckham as tribute, she was a girl from my school, 3 years older than me, she looked proud of her "future dead person" title as she walked upstage. Then the inevitable occurred, I hoped so badly not to get chosen that year, but when I heard Freddy say my first name, I knew it was me.
There was only a young child with the same name than mine. At first I couldn't believe it; I took a deep breath and walked to the stage. I tried to smile and look happy that this is what I wanted my whole life, to get chosen for the hunger games. Even if deep inside I knew it was not true
Chapter 1 :) I apologize for posting just the intro yesterday, this chapter was made by me :) And special thanks to Josephm611 for already following the story! Until next time!