District 2's Reaping:

I wake up to see my little sister staring at me. "It's time to get ready for the reaping,"

I answer her by stretching and getting out of bed.

I help her into my old reaping dress, a light blue dress with slightly darker floral markings starting in the bottom left corner.

Then I slip into my blue skirt and pull on my blouse, as soon as I'm done Lucca walks into the room fumbling with one of our father's ties. "Need some help with that?" I say giggling softly. He comes over and I help him with his tie.

"Time to go!" Sophia shouts grabbing my hand and running out the door.

We made it to the square in less than 5 minutes we all go to our age groups and wait for the ceremony to begin.

I woke up at the crack of dawn and dressed into a white sweatshirt and camo jeans. I then proceeded to walk outside and to my family's private training grounds. I trained for the next couple of hours until it was time for the reapings. I went back into the house to grab some bread and ate on the way to the Reapings. I joined the group of 14 year olds and waited for the ceremony to start.

I watch as the mayor walks onto the stage and proccedes to tell us the stories of the districts and the great rebelion. He then represents the man who will be picking our names. The man reaches into the females bowl.

I cross my fingers and wish that its my name.

It isn't.

"Sophia Tanti."

"I volunteer!" I scream before the girl can even begin to process what just happened. I walk through the pathway made by my peers and up to the stage. I look over to my family to see their shocked and disappointed faces.

I look over to the girl who volunteered. Many thoughts run through my head, mostly about how insane this girl must be...

"Conan Becker." I snap my head in the direction of the stage. What?

In the hands of the announcer guy is a little slip of paper. I walk up to the stage and hear a group of guys shouting about how unfair this is.

"Any volunteers?" He asks. Nobody volunteers as they have too much ride... and they probably want to see me die.

Before I knew it I was being taken up through the marble elevator in the mayor's tower. When we got to the roof I saw the hovercraft that will be taking us to the capitol.

I had been waiting for about 5 minutes until my mother and father came in both of them screaming at me in French. The guard came in to tell them it was times up before letting in Sofia. She burst into the room, tears rolling down her face and crushed me into a bear hug. Then came Lucca, Alba and Antonia we just hugged until the time was up. then finally came my beloved Nicolo.

"I'm extremely pissed with you," He said into my shoulder.

"I know, its just something I have to do."

"Your time's almost up," I stated breaking the ice. He sighed and let go of our embrace.

"Stay safe," He replied and kissing me just before the guard escorted him out.

My only visitor was my mother, her only advice being to come home alive. Luckily my brother was my mentor and my best friend.

Sorry for not updating I get writer's block terribly, I've always had trouble writing. Thank you for being so patient I will hopefully have all the reapings done by 2011. :)