Here it is! District One boy. Apology for the late update, but I was preocuupied with my story on FictionPress (check me out at SkywriterSound). Enjoy!

District 1 Boy

I button my navy blue collared shirt as I stare at the mirror in my bedroom. I quickly glance at my freshly combed hair and then down to my torso. I'm not going to deny that I am definitely muscular. I'd spent the last five months in extensive training for the Games. Five months of combat training, running laps, and memorizing edible plants. I was proud of the six-pack I had obtained. It showed I was strong, that I was ready for the Games.

"Camas, Camas, come here!" calls my kid sister Kylie. She's ten and probably the most important thing in my life next to the Hunger Games. I walk into the living room where Kylie is sprawled out on the couch playing with her glitzy beading kit.

"Look what I made you, Camas." She says, holding up a string necklace with a fake jewel strung on the end.

"It's for you to wear to the reaping."

I smile; she is just so sweet, so helpless, and so innocent. I can't imagine her in the Games and am glad that she is only ten. Girls like her; they shouldn't compete in the Games. They're just too helpless. I wouldn't want them to get hurt.

I take the gift and slip it over my head. Then go out to the backyard for some last minute sword practice.

An hour later and it is time for the District 1 reaping. I go out alone, ahead of my family. This is it. My time to win.

I stand in a group with the other 17 year old boys in District 1. My buddies crowd around me once they arrive.

"Hey man" says Darren.

"Hey" I reply, "Ready for this?"

"Aw fersure I am. Remember, I get reaped, you say nothin. You get reaped, my lips are tight."

"Yea Dare, I know" I say. The rest of us (Darren, Trike, Parker, and me) all pat each other on the back. Just then, Pharin Jenks, our escort, appears on stage and the Capitol music blares. He introduces the 56th Annual Hunger Games, and then shows us the introductory video.

I pay little attention; I've seen the video ever since I can remember. I focus on my game strategy because, if I'm reaped, I want to be ready. After the video, Pharin proceeds with the reaping. He calls the girls first. Some scrawny twig named Lisla Parks. She is quickly replaced by a tougher girl named Kayte.

Now the boys turn.

Pharin opens up the card.

"Mantel Harrie."

For a second the anger boils inside me, then it is released in a tidal wave as I yell, "My name is Camas Speare and I volunteer."

Another second: this time of silence. Then, I'm rushed up to the stage. Once there, I state my name once more.

At that point, Darren whistles, followed by the clapping and cheering of District 1.

They know. They know I am ready. That I can win these Games for District 1 and for me.

Kayte and I shake hands. Then, I turn my back on the crowd to be escorted into the meeting rooms.

I will not fail. I will win these Games. The rest of the tributes don't stand a chance.

Please Review! Also, congratulation to TheGirlOnFire13 and lala1366 for correctly answering my trivia question! The answer was Ellie. They have been awarded 50 sponosr points.

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