Reapings For District 2

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Crin Sacova

I woke up and put on my pale blue button down shirt and my tan chinos. I was going to look especially nice for this reaping. I was going to be noticed this year. I looked in the mirror and fixed my shaggy blond hair before going downstairs for breakfast.

When I came downstairs my two sisters Kappa and Reganne had already eaten breakfast. Kappa was eighteen, so this was her last year. Reganne was fourteen, so she had four more years left. I was glad I didn't have to worry about my sisters getting reaped, someone always volunteered.

My parents had gone out doing whatever they usually did, they never really paid much attention to me. That was the reason I was volunteering this year, to make my parents notice me. I hadn't told my parents I was volunteering yet, it would come as a surprise to them at the reaping. Then, hopefully, when I get back they will pay more attention to my sisters and I. I am pretty confident that I will win, I was sixteen and had been training a long time for this so I was well prepared.

The only thing I wasn't sure of was who I was taking in to the arena. I couldn't take Reganne, she was too young, she didn't have enough experience. I couldn't take Kappa because there would be no one to look after Reganne. I couldn't take my best friend Jaboni or my cousin Roark because I just couldn't do that, only one person could come out of this alive and that was going to be me. I could always take one of my parents, that would make them notice me...

"Don't forget your ring." Kappa interrupted my thoughts. She didn't want me to volunteer, but she knew it was for the best. She always worried too much. I would win easily.

"I won't." I replied in a happier tone, trying, unsuccessfully, to keep the mood light. I reached for my garnet ring, it was passed down from my mother and it gave me good luck, so I was going to keep it with me in the arena.

"I'm going training now, see you at the reaping." I said. I set off to go training, meeting up with Jaboni and Roark along the way.

"So, who are you taking in to the arena with you?" Jaboni asked.

"Um, I don't really know yet" I answered, unsurely.

"I'll go in to the arena with you." Jaboni offered quietly.

"No way!" I almost shouted, but calmed myself quickly, "I might take one of my parents, you know, to make them notice me."

No one said anything to that.

We trained for a long time, and also discussed some strategys that I could use in the arena.

"Obviously you will be with the other careers, so just wait until the perfect moment and take them all by surprise and kill them." Roark managed to say while climbing quickly up a rope.

I punched the punch bag I was using harder. "No way am I going to be alliances with the careers, just because I am one doesn't mean that I have to be with the rest of them." I hated the careers, how they kill people and then joke about it.

We walked to the reaping and stood with the other sixteen year old boys. I smiled reassuringly at Reganne. She sort of smiled back.

Our escort, Debbie Hemingway walked on stage, overly bright and hopeful, as usual.

"Ladies first," She announced as she walked over to the bowl with the list of names in, "Kappa Sacova." She read out. I gasped before I remembered that someone would volunteer.

"I volunteer!" A girl said, I had seen her before, I think her name was something like Valerie. She was tall, really tall and skinny. She had pale skin and black shiny hair, about medium length. She had stunningly beautiful big green eyes and big eyelashes. That would probably impress the Capitol. She had pretty lips, but she's not very muscular, I think she's a very fast runner though.

"My name is Valarie Hall, I'm taking Mins in to the arena with me." I recognised her now, she was quite popular, really smart and really good in training. The girl, Mins, walked up to the stage.

"Now for the boys!" Debbie trilled.

"I volunteer." I burst out before Debbie had even got to the bowl. She laughed.

"Well what's your name?" Debbie sang.

"Crin Sacova and I will take my father in to the arena with me." I looked at my parents, they were stood together in shock, my father let go of her and walked calmly up to the stage. My father and I stood there in silence looking at each other, betraying no emotion at all.

Before we went my mother came to visit me. She looked at me, still in shock.

"Why would you do this?" She quavered.

"I had to, you never pay any attention to me or Kappa or Reganne." I saw understanding in her eyes before she walked out.

Kappa and Reganne came next, then Roark and Jaboni, each hugging me goodbye.

Only now did I think of Kappa and Reganne and what I had done would do to them. It was too late to change anything now.

Valarie Hall

"Vallley, wake up." Someone whispered softly. I knew it was my mother, she called me Valley, because she said my eyes were as green as the grass of a Valley, just like hers. She walked downstairs as I got out of bed.

I put on my necklace straight away making sure I don't forget it. I loved the necklace, it had a ring on it that my grandmother had given me on my first day of training. My grandmother died when I was twelve, two weeks before my first reaping. The thought of her brought tears to my eyes, we were very close.

I put on my reaping clothes, a girly blue dress with a white neck and white buttons and walked downstairs. My brother was sat at the table, already eating his breakfast as quickly as he could. He looked a lot like my father, they both have black hair and brown eyes, while my mother and I have black hair and green eyes. This was my brother's second reaping, so he was thirteen and he was training hard. He jumped up and almost ran out of the room, probably going to train. I grabbed my breakfast and sat down.

My father and my mother were looking at each other in silence. I hated that. They don't really love each other and hardly ever talk. That's part of the reason I wanted to be a career, just to get out of the house. Sometimes I would just run along the district just to help deal with the stress. It actually helped my training, I was a really fast runner. Other times I find shelter in my books and my study. Books help me to forget about everything, mainly the cool silences and looks between my parents.

I left to go training with my best friend Mins before I had even finished my breakfast. I couldn't take the silence any more, I knew my parents loved me, I just wish they loved each other too.

"Bye." I said stiffly before walking out of the house. There was no reply.

I was throwing knives at targets when Mins came.

"Val, if you volunteer, pick me to go with you." She said confidently. She really wanted to fight and win this year.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Yep, this is what I have been training for."

"Ok."I wasn't planning on volunteering but if I did, I would take Mins anyway.

I continued throwing knives. I had a very good aim, mainly because I had good eye sight. I was really smart, top of my class. There is no doubt that I would win, if I volunteered. I was sure of that. Even if, by some miracle, someone out ran me I would outsmart them.

I walked over to some other girls who were lifting weights and joined in. They weren't my friends but I was popular, so we hung out together. I was a little shy with my friends, but they didn't mind.

I was thinking about volunteering now. I always try to do what's best and it would be good for my family, and when I win it would be nice to have lots of money, and maybe my parents could start being together more, like other parents. Or maybe that was just asking too much.

"Volunteer this year," One of the girls suggested, "I've seen you throw knives and you're really smart, you stand a really good chance against the other districts. Plus you're pretty, so you'll get loads of sponsors."

"Thanks." I smiled. I couldn't think of anything else to say. I was used to compliments about my skills, I was brilliant, but I really don't think I'm that pretty.

I trained a little too long and Mins and I ended up running too the reapings.

We arrived as Debbie Hemingway walked on stage wearing a very bright costume and acting way too happy.

"Ladies first," She announced as she walked over to the bowl with the list of names in, "Kappa Sacova." She read out. I knew that girl, she was eighteen and didn't train much. She wouldn't stand a very good chance. There was only one year left for me, I don't think it would make so much difference if I volunteered now instead of then, besides, there's good part of the district that want's me to do it, they know I'm one of the best of my year.

"I volunteer!" I called out, "my name is Valarie Hall, I'm taking Mins in to the arena with me." Mins bounced happily up to the stage and Kappa shot me a thankful look.

"Now for the boys!" Debbie trilled.

"I volunteer." A kid burst out before Debbie had even got to the bowl. She laughed. He had shaggy blond hair and murky blue eyes. He was about six foot tall and he looked pretty strong.

"Well what's your name?" Debbie sang.

"Crin Sacova and I will take my father in to the arena with me." He looked at his parents, they were stood together in shock. When his father walked to the stage they looked at each other coldly.

I couldn't believe he had chosen his father at first, but as they looked at each other, I decided not to judge him, there was probably something more to it.

My parents came in to say goodbye separately. They didn't mind that I had volunteered, they knew I would win. My brother came in and wished me luck and a few of my friends came in and went over what I should do in the arena.

I hoped I wouldn't have to kill Mins, I doubt I would anyway, I had many friends, but only one best friend.

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