District 1

Gigi Lush

The Secret Girl

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

When Gigi woke up she almost forgot where she was. Of course, she had spent the night before the reaping at her best friend, Milli Anderson's house.

Gigi had lost most of her friends when her brother, Thomas, died only on the second day of the games. He had disgraced the district. Now everyone in the district had left her. She was the popular kid, the one to know. And just like that, she had become nobody. Just because her brother let the emotions get to him. Gigi was taught not to feel any emotions. The only thing she had close to emotions was her boyfriend, Drake Silks.

Gigi and Drake had been together for 3 years, though nobody knew it. Gigi planned on telling everyone during her interview, just incase she didn't come back. But Gigi knew she was going to come back. She had been training for months. Speaking of training, she had to wake Milli up! Milli was actually only the second choice for a volunteer last year, which made her for a nice training partner. The first choice, Hannah Conn, was tricked by that little girl from 8. What was her name again? Gigi remembered it to be Sky Niagga or something like that. Hannah was really close with Gigi, so losing her was really tough. She was going to get revenge on District 8.

Gigi galloped down the stairs and let her bouncy, curly hair fly everywhere. That was always a fun thing to do for her, ever since she was little she just loved the sensation of jumping. She didn't know why! She skipped into Milli's room and shook her up. Milli let out a loud groan. "Gigi, it's 5:00 in the morning." She said groggily. "And, its reaping day! Our reaping starts at 7:30! If we want to train for a while, we have to get up now!" Nobody knew how Gigi was so peppy in the mornings. It was almost crazy. Most people in 1 have to get their "beauty sleep" but Gigi didn't.

"Alright." Said Milli. Milli was such a supportive friend. Gigi never told her, but she was really grateful for Milli. She was the best friend she had.

Milli's family was one of the only families in district 1 who had a car. It was a beautiful red convertible with velvet seats. Milli was only 15, but her parents taught her how to drive well. The Academy was only 2 miles away, but Gigi didn't want to waste any extra time.

This year was a quarter quell, which meant there was a special twist. This year, being the first quarter quell, the districts had to vote on which tribute to go into the hunger games. This really did not matter for the career districts, because there were still going to be volunteers. The chosen volunteer wasn't even Gigi, it was an 18 year old girl named Genevieve Kowalski. Gigi didn't care. She couldn't stand being ignored anymore.

When they finally pulled up to the Academy it was 7:15. Gigi and Milli changed into their fake training center shirts and pants. 'In a couple of days' Gigi thought 'I'll be wearing the real ones.' The Academy was designed to look like a real Hunger Games training center. Milli turned to the right and went and got a paper from a rack on the wall. The paper had a whole lesson plan on it to practice individually from.

Gigi loved weapons. It simply made her happy by walking into a room with a sword. Though she preferred a spear, she was still told to practice some with a sword since so many people were going for a spear at the cornucopia.

"Lesson 1:" Milli said, "Hand to hand…" Gigi sighed. She hated hand-to-hand combat. She was awful at it. And she knew she would never have to use it. She was definitely fast enough to get a spear at the cornucopia. She pretty much had a spear guaranteed for her. Even if she didn't get there fast enough, the other careers would get it for her. She knew the other volunteer was really good at running. Or that's at least what she heard.

They slowly got through all the lessons, chokeholds in which Milli almost passed out. Gigi sometimes didn't know her own strength! In about an hour they got to the best part, the Simulator. The Simulator was in a dark room, and when you pressed a button, people started running after you. Your goal was to kill them in anyway possible.

Gigi took her spear from the wall and walked in. The yellow figures came in fast. There was one that was extremely close to hitting her head, but she rolled out of the way just in time. When she had the chance, she took a step forward and struck her spear through where the heart would be. It shattered into a million pieces. Then she felt another one creeping up on her from behind. She spun around on her heels and jabbed it in the stomach.

That went on for about 15 minutes. Finally the red light flashed signaling Gigi was done. She was all sweaty and was breathing really hard. She would have to take a shower before the reaping. "39 kills, Gigi!?" Milli said, overexcited, "That's a new record!"

Gigi knew she was ready for the games. She didn't have to train anymore. She got into Milli's car and they drove home. When Gigi got to her house, she immediately jumped in the warm shower. She saw that her mom had laid out a beautiful red dress, roses to put in her plaited, blonde hair, and sparkly red flats. When she put it on, she felt like a princess. In a couple of weeks, she would have a crown to complete the look.

The reaping was just around the corner. She put on some sparkly lip-gloss and skipped over to her spot. She was next to her friends, Fern Wilson, Valery Goodwill, and Summer Lights. They all knew she was volunteering and were overjoyed.

"I can't believe we are going to be friends with a victor!" Summer exclaimed. "I'm not sure about this…" Valery began to say, but everyone quickly hushed her. They sat through the boring dark days video, but finally got to the reaping. Gigi couldn't wait to see the look on Genevieve's face when she volunteered in the place of her.

It was finally time for the reaping. The escort, Shimmer Sopcheles, had dyed her hair sparkly blue this year. Gigi always wanted to dye her hair. Maybe when she came home as victor she would dye the dips pink.

"As always, ladies first!" the bubbly escort said, "I would be picking from the bowl, but you guys already chose your tribute!" A girl that looked about 10 shuffled up and handed her an envelope. Shimmer sweetly smiled at the girl and turned back to the microphone. "Zoe Raptis!" Gigi recognized her name as the girl who destroyed the statue of the president. Genevieve opened her mouth, but just a second too late.

"I volunteer!" Gigi screamed. She sarcastically smiled at Genevieve, who mouth was still wide open, and walked up to the stage. "It appears we have a volunteer!" Shimmer said, "Not a surprise" she added in a whisper. Gigi skipped up to the microphone and said, "Hi! My name is Gigi Lush, and I'm you're next victor!

Gigi had always been thought badly of.

That ended today.

So there is District 1 female! In the future, district reapings will probably be together, but there was so much to write about! Remember, you may enter up to 4 times!