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Nighttimephoenix submitted this prompt, it's pretty interesting and let's get going!
Summary: Modern Day AU. At a prestigious school, Prim is terrified of the forthcoming 'Reaping.' Katniss is nowhere to be found, and unlikely hero comes to the rescue- Madge Undersee.
Ages have been changed up a bit:
Gale, 18
Madge, 13
Prim, 12
Katniss, 17
Rue, 17
Finnick, 23
Rory, 24
Gale Hawthorne, student president.
Each year, on the fourteenth of May, the student president of Capitol High, the most prestigious school in all of the world, draws a name from a large glass bowl. This person goes on to compete in a great pageant known as The Games.
If they don't win, they are kicked out of our school.
This year, it's my job to pick someone.
Our last Victor was Finnick Odair, my older brother Rory's best friend.
That was nine years ago.
There are 23 other schools who compete in the Games, and the most common winner is Clove Academy. Rumour has it that Clove West, the founder, was the brain behind the pageant, but this is yet to be proved.
May 13
Primrose Everdeen
It's late at night. I'm scared. What if I get Reaped?
The worst bit is, Katniss isn't here. I think she's gone shopping with Rue.
I toss and turn, unable to sleep, when the bell rings. Glad for an excuse to get out of bed, I rush downstairs and the door opens on the school diva, Madge Undersee.
Madge hands me a package for my mother and invites herself inside. She envelopes me in a hug.
I am too surprised to escape.
She asks me what's wrong and I tell her, because she won't tell- she's famed for not telling others' secrets. For all her bad qualities, Madge is trustworthy.
She hugs me again, then strikes my hair and tells me it'll be alright.
I'm about to thank her when the door clatters.
Madge jumps out of the open window and runs. I spin around to see Gale- Katniss' boyfriend and the school president- carrying Katniss, who is passed out, the smell of alcohol clinging to her desperately.
Gale tucks her in bed and leaves.
I snuggle down in the covers and get a relatively undisturbed sleep.
Rue Haynes
Katniss- my best friend- and I cheer through the Games for our 'tribute,' my crush Thresh.
He wins, giving Capitol another Victor.
And then he asks me out.
Thanks nighttimephoenix, and I hope you enjoyed!
Xoxo,
~KatnissEeveedeen
