Hello everybody! This is my first chapter and I'm super nervous about it. I've decided to do district 3 reapings because I have both tributes. I also think it is important for you guys to know that I am American so I will be using American spelling. Thank you for reading I hope you like it! Disclaimer: I own nothing

POV Lari Terrashay

I turn back to look at my house and notice that my little sister, Tes, is still waving at me, smiling broadly. I fake a smile just for her. I don't think she understands where I'm going.

I turn towards the noise of thousands of children ages twelve to eighteen years old talking to one another. I walk to the eighteen year olds. I'm taller than most of them because my birthday is actually on the hunger games. It's also the same day that both of my parents died in an electrical accident a year ago. I've never really enjoyed my birthdays.

Suddenly everything becomes quiet as the mayor begins to read his speech about the history of Panem. As I stand there I begin to wonder if I signed up for too mush tesserae. I can't be chosen or I risk the chance of not coming home and Tes being sent to a community home. I try not to worry, but it's too late. I'm frightened.

Gwendolynn White POV

The Mayor finishes reading the speech and slowly backs away from the stage to allow a capital woman I don't know the name of through. She walks up closer to the large sphere filled with twirling pieces of paper. Twenty-four of those papers have my name on them. I begin to wonder if that's to many but my thought is interrupted when she states that she's going to start the reapings. I notice that my legs are shaking.

"Ladies first" she says and then puts her hand in the bowl. She grabs hold of a piece of paper then removes it so she can read it. "Gwendolynn White" she pronounces. I'm so scared, but I manage to hold myself together. I can't let the other tributes know how weak I am. I manage to make it through the crowd without making eye contact with anyone.

When I get to the stage I realize that my mom is crying. Well, actually she's my adoptive mom, but I love her as if she wasn't. I feel horrible that she's crying and I desperately want to cry with her, but I know I can't. I need to be strong.

The woman then decides that it's time for boys to be reaped she moves over to the other sphere, puts her hand in it, and calls out "Lari Terrashay."

Lari Terrashay POV

I am overwhelmed with panicked thoughts as my name is called. It doesn't show though. I have become used to hiding my feelings. Everyone is watching me with blank stares as I walk up to the stage. Once I'm standing beside Gwendolynn the mayor begins to read The Treaty of Treason. I'm not listening though. I'm thinking about how I'm going to kill twenty-three other children. I have to win.

Thanks for reading!