District 3: The Reaping

The shuffling of feet could be heard as children aged 12-18 lined up for the tesserae and to enter in the Hunger games. Parents stood behind the ropes as they watched their children line up. Many first-timers stood clutching to their older siblings before entering.

A rather boring looking fella walked up onto the stage and introduced himself as Dexter Labo-ratory. He announced that they would be watching the history of the hunger games and shushed everyone.

'Ok, now that is done, we shall start with the reaping. Ladies first.' Dexter said monotonously. He walked over to the glass bowl and picked up the first paper he touched.

'Coral Cordic.'

All eyes scanned they sea of girls as a fifteen year-old girl walked into the aisle. Murmurs and whispered broke out.

'Hey! That's... Yeah... she was an experiment... you didn't know that!... doesn't believe... freak...'

This young girl had long, dark brown hair that was as wavy as the ocean. Her eyes were very, let's see, unique. You see, Coral was a victim of an experimental project that went wrong; the side effect was having bright, turquoise eyes and a photographic memory. Coral straightened her back and tried to drown out the looks of disgust, but instead brought all the worry to her face. Her lip trembled and her eyebrows knotted together. She started climbing up one of the stairs when someone in the crowd shouted.

'FREAK!'

Coral gasped and tripped, sending everyone into a fit of giggles. She blushed and got up quickly, brushing off any dirt or dust off her purple dress. She walked over to Dexter and faced the crowd but only stared at her feet.

'Ok, that's enough people. Now the men.' Dexter said and picked the name at the topmost of the bowl.

'Nexus Tyrone.'

Whoops from the crowd got louder as the seventeen year-old made his way on to the stage. He had a smirk as he blew a kiss to a rather fat, amused looking peacekeeper. The laughs got louder as the peacekeeper turned away. He smirked. Nexus had short brown hair with a single blue highlight. He had the most gorgeous green eyes out of most of district 3. Many thought he was actually from district 4.

'Welcome our two tributes for this year's Hunger games. Happy Hunger games. And may the odds be ever in your favour.' Dexter said, his eyes drooping as he ushered the two tributes into their waiting rooms.