Heya! I hope you liked the first chapter!

~Bridgette-Daughter of Athena

I woke up the next morning and I almost wanted to stay there for the rest of the day. Thoughts swirled in my mind about possible things that might happen.

Katniss Hohl and Gale DeTienne!

Katniss Hohl and Cato Halter!

Primrose Jilek Hohl and Thresh Kohan!

But one pairing I dreaded the most. It made me uncomfortable.

Katniss Hohl and Peeta Ireland!

That boy scared me.

"Katniss! Get up!" My mother commanded and she placed a dress of hers on my bed.

"Ugh…" I threw the pillow over my head but I reluctantly got up and did as I was told.

I put the dress on and sat quietly as my mother braided my hair.

"You look beautiful…" she said and Prim nodded in agreement. Then my mother turned to Prim. "Now to make you look beautiful too!"

"While you do that…I'll be at Clove's…" My mom nodded and ran to grab Prim a dress.

I walked out the door and ran down the steps before walking to Clove's. Getting to the door, I just walk in.

District 12. You know everybody and there was no privacy. You can walk into conversations and people don't care and you can also walk into people's houses without knocking.

Clove's mom smiled at me as I walked in. "Where's Clove?" I asked.

"She's getting ready…" she replied. Her mother was feeding her four year old brother, Joseph. I smiled as he spit out his food.

"Don't like!" he shouted. His mom sighed.

"Learn too, it's what you are going to be eating for the rest of your life…" she muttered. Then Clove called.

"Mom! Can you help me?" She asked. Her mother stood up and walked towards the sound of Clove's voice. Then she turned around.

"Would you feed Joey for me?" that's what his nickname was.

"Sure…" I smiled and picked up the small spoon as Clove's mother disappeared into another room.

I scooped up the cold potatoes in the small spoon and started to feed Joseph. Thankfully, he didn't spit it out at me and I was laughing when he said "Ugly!" at Clove's entrance.

But he was dead wrong. DEAD WRONG!

Beautiful.

That was the first word that came to my mind. She wore a forest green dress, not too long, not too short. Her hair fell gracefully upon her shoulders and traveled down her back. She wore the tiniest bit of eyeliner, obviously her mom's, and she wore a pair of high heels, probably about an inch to two inches high.

High heels were hard to come by in District 12. The only person you saw with high heels was Madge and Effie during the games.

"How do I look?" she asked, hands on hips. I began to form multiple phrases in my head, all about how amazing and stunning she looked, but I couldn't figure out which to choose.

"Well, say something!" she glared as she tapped her foot with impatience. Then I found the perfect one.

"No words can describe how amazing you look…" She smiles and gives me a hug.

A bell rang. Damn. Time to go already.

"We should go…" Clove said. I nodded. I had put my name in over thirty times…no doubt I'd be picked.

We walked out of her house and we passed a huge group of children, all looking horrified. Those were the twelve year olds on their first time. My sister was in that group.

We soon got to Town Square and it was bustling with people. I could see many women hyperventilating as their children went to sign in.

"We'll be fine…" I kept mumbling to myself, though I wasn't sure I would be.

We walked into our age groups and I looked around who I was standing next to; Glimmer, Clove, Rue, and Katie, or also known as Foxface for her looks and red hair.

I breathed a sign of relief they were all my friends. I looked over to the boy's side. Gale, Thresh, Finnick, and Cato were all there, but I felt bad because Peeta was there too.

Then Effie tapped the microphone causing a loud high pitch noise to pierce out ears.

"Happy Hunger Games! And my the Odds be EVER in your favor…" she started off. "This year, we have a special treat! In celebration of the 100th anniversary, we are picking five boys and five girls from each district for tributes!" she began to clap. No one clapped with her.

"Um...Ahem…also, we will start off picking with the boys! So shall I begin?" no answer. "Okay! I will!"

She walked over to the boys' side and pulled out five slips of paper, all with names.

"First…Thresh Kohan." I could hear his mother wailing. They had lost his sister, Sarah three years earlier.

"Second…Finnick Dizon!" Both began to walk up together, while Annie began to wail.

"Cato Halter…" Madge gasped and the mayor looked away.

"Gale DeTienne." My heart stopped.

"And finally…Peeta Ireland." My god. This was shocking…

"Now for the ladies!" she squealed. I wanted to punch her in the face. She walked to the other side of the stage and pulled five out.

"Rue Jennings! Katie Fox! Clove Paoli! Katniss Hohl!" We all began to move up to stairs when Effie stopped.

"Ooh! Folks this will be interesting. Lastly, Primrose Jilek Hohl!" My heart stopped again. All were close to my heart, except for Peeta.

Effie turned to us. "Tributes, shake hands." We didn't. We each got a partner. I got Gale, Rue got Cato, Katie got Finnick, Clove got Thresh and Prim took Peeta. We didn't shake hands, but hugged each other. Prim and Peeta shook hands and were startled by our embraces. Then we all stood in a line. We held hand and raised them high.

"For District 12…" I whisper. And we disappear into City Hall.

So…what'd you think? Please Review! And I'm sorry Strider101. Still don't have my notebook!

Thanks for reading!

~Bridgette-Daughter of Athena