District 4 Reaping 1
Catherine Odair -Panem, District 4-
"I know, Sebastian, we both know that we have to leave. But where should we go?"
My head was lying on a cushion of sand on the white beach where I had been raised on. Sebastian had prepared to give up anything in the world for me. His loved ones, his friends, and even his life, I was just not ready to go. Even though my parents didn't want me, there were other individuals I cared about. I cared about the rest of my family. Wait… I only had my parents and Sebastian. Some people thought that I should've been proud of my family. They thought I should've been proud of my family lineage and that witch of a woman. I'm not though. I'm proud of my one true brother, the one who was sitting right beside me. "We could live in district 2, grow up as careers there we could be okay. We could be happy."
"Why do we have to be careers?" That was a stupid question, of course we had to be careers or maybe we didn't. My parents were the only reason that I even went to that stupid academy. But, on the other hand it was the place where I met Sebastian. It was the place that he cared about me and me only. That place was the only happiness in my life. No it wasn't. My head was filled with so many sounds that I could barely hear Sebastian talking.
"We have to because it's safer. Nobody would notice two transfer careers would they?" He patted my back with a touch that had sent chills up my spine.
While my face was in the sand it was terribly bleak. I had always hated the dark, but I couldn't stand to look at him at the moment. There were so many voices in my head; I couldn't think some were saying to go with him while others were saying to punch him in the gut and run. My parents thought I was crazy because of this. The difference between me and them was they thought I was crazy. Well, I knew that it was true. Some voices had told me to kiss him and others had told me to slap his face until his head fell off. I usually would've listened to them and ran towards him. But Sebastian always made me sane. He made me witty and smart and funny. Those traits, though, were the only things slightly appealing about me. "Why can't we just stay in this place?" I ask though it's obvious what the answer will be.
"How can we? Your parents don't get you, they will be glad to let you go. Why do you ca-" I couldn't believe what he was saying. They would at least cry… wouldn't they?
"I care because this is my home! How can you claim to know me when you don't even know what I'm feeling?" At this I had sat up and forced myself to look at him for the first time. His blonde hair was fanciful and his green eyes looked pretty even when he was obviously a wreck. I had felt weird as I was staring at him adoringly. I thought that he would have run away calling me insane, but surprisingly… he didn't.
"Because, Cath I lo-…. I like you Cath." His cheeks looked as red as a ripe apple. I thought that he was the only one that I cared about. Though, that feeling was obviously one sided because he loves his family. He had five brothers and two sisters, a usual amount for a career district. My family was quaint and small in comparison. "Cath, I told my mother what I was going to do and she said," he started to cry, "that I should get out now before the district finds out and I shame my family. You don't get it do you, I need to get out just as bad as you do, Cath."
"When do we leave?"
"Now, we need to go now. We'll go by boat to district 6 and walk to the other side of there and then walk into our new home." I was somehow happy that we would spend more than a month traveling so I could always have him to talk to. "Let's go get to our boat. It's on the other side of the beach. " Me and Sebastian held hands and I had hoped that he would never let go. But when we got to the other side of the beach something happened, he did. A peacekeeper squadron surrounded me; they had known what I was going to do. I looked behind me and the shadow that was Sebastian was gone.
"Come here young lady, we're taking you home." The peacekeeper yelled at me in a clearly annoyed voice. I fought back hard and screamed until they had to pick me up off the ground. They didn't take me home, though. The peacekeepers took me to their station where my parents were already waiting for me. "Well, Sir, we found your daughter getting ready to hop on a boat to run to district six with Sebastian Chiffon.
The witch herself then started to talk. "Well, what should we do to her then? We've tried to keep her locked up and away from those who she might hurt but… we can't do anything else.
"Well Miss, have you ever wanted a child in the games?" The peacekeeper smiled at this. His sneer could not have made me more petrified.