BEFORE WE START THIS IS THE SECOND CHAPTER TODAY: IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE DISTRICT ONE REAPINGS, PLEASE GO BACK AND READ THEM. THANKS.

District 7 Reapings-

POV Christina Pine

While most of the other families in the District were going to either prepare for a celebration that night or grieve together, their curtains shuttered and the house dark. Christina also had two options to prepare for, to get Reaped and enter the Games or to go back to living on the streets in the District. Seven tried their best to help, but it just wasn't enough, they weren't wealthy.

Christina's father was a doctor, working for the loggers in the forest who got scrapes and cuts and sometimes even broken bones. He died in a fire when she was 7. Her mother committed suicide. She went to the Seven orphanage and was kicked out at 13 because of 'reckless behavior'.

Christina maneuvered through the crowded streets of Seven, most of them in their nicest clothes, but the streets were cobbled and muddy, from the drenching rain the night before. It seemed to reflect the peoples' mood as well as they somberly walked towards the Reaping. She didn't really care for the Games, but there were worse ways to go, as evidenced by the starving bodies that were decaying in the streets.

She went and quickly got some money that she pick-pocketed from a merchant citizen and stuffed it in her pocket, the little bin she hid it in clanging as she ran from it. She hated Seven, if she could, she'd leave as soon as possible.

She heard footsteps following her and she grew apprehensive, her fists clenching by her sides. "Hey." She heard a casual voice, her best friend, Ash walking beside her now.

Ash gave her a hint of a smile. "Hi." Christina replied to him, walking with him towards the Reaping.

They both got their fingers pricked and they were separated, Christina going with the 18 year old girls and Ash going with the 16 year old guys. Their mentors were actually pretty young, the guy, Vance was 33 and won the 130th Hunger Games. The lady, Fiona was 42 and had won the 120th Hunger Games, each of them 10 years apart.

But what was weird was their escort, all escorts were expected to be weird, but theirs was…over the top. Her name was Tressa Ovadara.

Tressa had been the escort for District Ten for many years and she was considered one of the better escorts. She was upgraded to Seven and every year, without fault, wore something related to trees. It made her sick.

POV Cedar Pinetree

It was the day everyone in Seven hated, the Reaping. His best friend, Theresa met him at his house before the Reaping. "Hey Cedar." She said, linking their arms together at the elbows. He flashed her a bit of a smile.

"Tonight I was wondering if you'd like to come over and talk after the Reaping." Theresa asked softly, her brown eyes looking up at him.

"Sure. If we don't get picked." He shrugged, adding it in at the end. "I have loads of slips in there, 51 to be exact."

Theresa shrugged after he did. "I'm sure there's someone with more." She encouraged, her tone soft as they walked around. "Where's Ash?" She asked, looking around for his black haired brother.

"He's already there." Cedar told her.

"Then let's not walk around where we don't need to go." Theresa teased lightly, poking his muscled arm.

All of his fingernails were cracked and he had lots of scars on his arms and hands from getting slivers and things at the log yard. Theresa looked about the same, except with less. When they both arrived at the Reaping, Ash appeared, his green eyes sparkling. "There's the happy couple." He teased lightly, poking his brother's chest.

Cedar blushed a bit, heat rising to his cheeks as he quickly got his finger pricked and waited in line with the other 18 year olds. He watched as Tressa Ovadara took the stage, dressed in a flowy tree-like dress. Her hair was green, and quite repulsive. Cedar could hear quite a few chuckles from the crowd.

"Welcome!" Tressa crowed, her green smile widening. "I'm sure you're all very excited to see me today!" From anyone else, Cedar would've assumed that was sarcasm. But it was from Tressa, so it probably very much was not.

"Let's get right to it!" She said. "For the girls…" Tressa said, dramatically picking one out.

"Christina Pine!" Tressa flashed a large smile as a girl he barely knew walked up to the stage, her thin frame almost easily sinking into the background.

She basically lived on the streets, and he only saw her a few times in his life. "Now for the boys!" She took another slip out.

"Cedar Pinetree." She read aloud, looking around for him. Cedar looked straight at Ash through the crowd and he saw his mouth open, and Cedar violently shook his head as he walked up, confidently smiling out at the crowd. He choked back a gasp and realized that he hadn't taken a breath as the mayor gave the closing announcements, and they were all ushered into the Justice Building.

The first to arrive were Ash and Theresa. Theresa ran in, threw her arms around him and laid her head against his chest, crying into his shoulder. "Theresa…" Cedar said softly, putting an arm around her. "I'm going to be fine."

"There's people out there, girls who know twenty ways to cut your arm off, guys who have probably killed before. That's no place for you." Theresa whispered, as Ash went into Cedar's other shoulder, and Cedar just held them for a few minutes before the peacekeepers came to get them.

"Cedar!" As she was being lifted out, Theresa threw something at him, and he caught it with it a hand. It was a small cedar tree charm. He smiled a little bit, thinking that he had something to remember her by on this long and dangerous journey.

Hi guys! This is the second chapter today and hopefully we'll have a few up tomorrow as well! The reapings are only going to be around 1000 words apiece because they don't really differentiate from district to district. I have 13 tributes currently, and 3 that I know will be submitted very soon. So here's the next districts in line to be written!
1. District 2

2. District 8

3. District 6

That's all I know for now, bye! I encourage you to tell others about this as well, and thanks for the reviews everyone, I love them!