The reapings for district one. I think I would like to do more than one district at a time so hopefully, I'll get the district two and three tributes soon. Thanks to Annabeth Pie and Foxfaceisthebest for submitting these tributes. Also, I probably won't be posting as much I would want to because of school and everything (I've already said so but I have midyear exams coming up.) Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Circe Tate District 1 Female
Easily spearing a dummy in the chest one last time, I said bye to my trainer and headed home. It was 12 o'clock and the reaping was at two. My Mum had told me to be back at 11:30, but I had wanted that last half an hour of training to be extra prepared. I walk to Victor's village and knock at my door. My mum, looking slightly worried, opens the door.
"I thought you weren't planning to come back!" She says to me.
"just wanted to be ready," I told her.
My mum undoes my tight, high ponytail and started brushing my hair. I wince as the knots get tangled in the brush. I take a shower and blow dry my hair. Electricity is a rare thing, event here in district 1 and we are lucky to have it all the time. Mum braids half of my hair around my head, and the other half curls down to almost my waist. She hands me a bright red dress and I put it on. I give my mum a quick twirl, she brushes my hair one last time and I go out the door. It's only a quarter past one, but as I am supposed to be volunteering, I can't be late. I go to me, friend, Diana's house and knock. she shouts at me from inside her house
"COME IN!"
I walk in to see her sitting on a stool, her mum finishing up a dutch braid. She is wearing a pale purple dress, similar to mine. Her white blonde braid finishes just below her shoulders and I look at it jealously. I wish my hair was that short but mum and dad make me grow it long so it would look good on camera and I would get more sponsors if I ever needed to. Diana looks at me and grins she gets up and we go to the justice building together. By the time we get there, the reaping square is almost full, and I bump into my mum and little sister, Annabelle.
"I thought you were staying home?" I ask her.
"Anna changed her mind," she tells me." have you seen your dad?"
"Nope, gotta go"
Diana and I get our blood samples, then walk into the 18-year-old area. Everyone looks calm and relaxed, unlike the other districts reaping that we watch. They know that someone is going to volunteer for them if they get reaped and that someone was me.
"your so lucky," my friend tells me " I've trained for all these years and the academy doesn't even pick me."
Her eyes glint with mischievousness "I would love to be in the hunger games!" she says, then continues to talk about what everything she would do in the arena.
Our Capitol Escort sashays onto the stage and begins talking about the Hunger Games and what an honour it is to be doing the reapings for our district, the one with the most victors ever. At that, there is a massive cheer from the former victors of our district, including my dad.
"as usual, ladies first!" she announces. I start paying attention as I'm supposed to volunteer. I start to feel bad about this and regret agreeing to volunteer. What if I lost? What if I didn't win?
"the girl chosen to represent district one at the 59th Hunger Games is... Surline Day!" she says
Immediately, I volunteer. Surline, my other best friend had never set foot in the academy and would die as easily as one of the district 11 tributes. She had a strong hate for violence and was totally against me going into the Hunger Games. I hear a gasp from Surline and a whoop from my dad. I made my way up to the stage. This was the moment I had been waiting for my entire life, but somehow, it didn't feel real enough.
My escort asked for my name.
"Circe Tate" I announce proudly, just like my dad had taught me to. A couple of boys start giggling, but I ignore them.
"and the male tribute for the 59th Hunger Games is... Ary-"
"I VOLUNTEER!" a loud, arrogant voice proclaims from the audience. A tall guy with wavy blonde hair and blue eyes walks confidently up onto the stage.
"My name is Nevada Chrystal" He announces, looking straight at the Camera. "And mark my words, I will win these games"
Nevada Crystal District 1 Male
I look around the academy one last time. The Bow and arrows, the spears, the daggers, everything. It wasn't like I wasn't coming back again, to become hopefully a trainer for the next batch of victors of district one. I walk out of the academy and back home, where I take a quick shower put some clean clothes on. It's quarter to two, I say a quick goodbye to my sisters and rush to the reaping square. There are heaps of people there. I just want this over and done with. The Capitol Lady Comes onto the stage and talks about the Hunger Games, Out past victors and the huge honour of winning. I pretend to pay attention to her. I want to look good on TV tonight. She gets on with announcing the female tribute for our district.
"Surline Day," She says. I look around, waiting for the volunteer. Usually, he or she is so eager the Capitol escort can't even get the full name out. I was planning to show everyone just how excited for the Games I was. I tall girl with tanned skin and long dark hair walked up to the stage.
She gets asked for her name.
"Circe Tate," she says into the microphone. I watch the bowl full of the boys' names carefully. As soon as I see a hand with long, sharp nails reach into the bowl, I start to walk forwards.
"I Volunteer!" I say loudly
I walk up onto the stage, relishing the moment. This moment that I had trained hard my entire life for.
"My name is Nevada Crystal" I announce to the world "And mark my words: I will win these games," I stand proudly.
I had just told everyone. I was going to win. I knew it, and even if I didn't, there was no way back anymore.
I walk into the justice building, accompanied by guards. I'm lead to a room where I'm supposed to be saying goodbye to my family. except I barely have a family. A few minutes later, the peacekeepers take me away, smirking. I'm lead to the train station where I'll be boarding the train to the Capitol.
Hoped you enjoyed that chapter. Thanks again to the people that submitted tributes, the list of taken tributes is on my profile if you want to submit one (please do). Also thanks to emperessakura655 for reviewing. I'll try to make the chapters longer next time. Please review or DM me and tell me what I didn't do good because, I have said, this is my first SYOT. Hope to be publishing the next chapter soon!
