~Seathe Dane~
Vengeance is what I seek.
Vengeance is what I'll get.
District Four killed my brother, he died by the hands of a ten year old. I'll be better than Terri, I'll win. His death shook me, it made me want to be in the games more then ever before. I can't wait. I walk into the back room of my house to get in ten more minutes of practice before I have to get ready. I pull my dark brown hair into a long pony tail and grab my whip. I lash out on the dummy and it wraps around it's throat. I pull back as hard as I can.
Rip
The head comes tearing off the dummy. I smile, if this was a real person they would be dead. I then grab a dagger and throw it at the dummies chest.
Thunk
It goes right down to the hilt. I walk to my brother's punching bag and sigh, he used this the day before the last reaping. I growl as tears start to form in my eyes.
"Why did you have to be such an idiot and get yourself killed Terri." I say as I punch the bag as hard as I can.
"You could be here right now, we'd live in a victor's house!" I give the bag a round house kick.
"Seathe, we have to leave in five minutes." A voice at the door says. It startles me and I pull the knife out of my belt and throw it I that direction as hard as I can. I turn to see my fourteen year old sister dive out of the way. As she stands up she snarls and thumps down the hall.
"Tex! Wait!" I yell after her as I run down the hall. She turns and punches me in the face.
"You idiot! You could have killed me!" She screams into my face. I hold my face in my right hand. "I'm sorry Seathe I shouldn't have punched you. Let's go get some ice on your face." She says as she walks toward the kitchen.
"No!" I say as I catch her arm. She looks at me funny. "I want it to bruise; it'll make me look tougher." She smiles and let's go of my arm.
She giggles a little before saying. "At least you're thinking straight. Do you remember the following weeks after Terri died? You were a mad woman! you attacked dad, you got punished by the peacekeepers twice and we had to put you in that special home." I frown at her, I don't really remember. I remember dad calling Terri a weakling for dying so I took a knife and cut off his left ear. He called the peacekeepers on me and I was sentenced to five lashes. I then killed my neighbor's goat and got sentenced to another five lashes. My parents sent me into this home where I could be with people like me, they were crazy. I remember waking up weeks later not knowing where I was, begging to go home.
"Seathe, we put you there because you were insane. We just didn't want you to hurt yourself." Tex says to me.
"I know but, I was just so scared." I sigh.
"Well forget about it Seathe, we have to get to this reaping." Tex says as she pulls me out the door.
~Lake Michaels~
This year I'll be in the games, there is no way I won't be. Four years ago I was reaped and the a boy who was seventeen volunteered to replace me. He died in the final six that year, if I was there I wouldn't have died. I would have won. I've regretted not fighting him for the spot since.
I walk to the reaping with my little sister Sienna on my right.
"Lake, you will come home right?" She asks me. I smile and pat her back.
"I'll try my best, when I get home we will be rich!" I say to her and she smiles. "Sienna when I'm in the games just remember the boy you see on television isn't me. Okay?" She smiles and nods her head. "Okay now go find mom and dad, I'll see you in a while." She runs off to my parents as I make my way into the eighteen year old section.
I stand at the very front so I can jump in front of all the other boys who wish to get into the games this year. I ignore everything until I see the Escort picking a name out of the girls bowl.
"And your female tribute is..." She yells before a young girl runs up the stage steps screaming "I volunteer!"
The Escort smiles.
"Your name and age?" She asks.
"Seathe Dane, fifteen years old." The young girl says. I gasp, Seathe? She's out of that insane asylum? Since when? I haven't seen her at training since Terri died. This is weird. I was friends with Terri, I trained with him a couple times. It's weird to have Seathe in the games. When Terri was killed by that ten year old I was shocked, Terri could crush a one hundred and fifty pound man's back easily.
I feel someone push me hard then another on my right. Damn! I've missed my chance to volunteer. The rules here are the first on the stage goes into the games. I run and jump on top of the person in front of me and kick off his shoulders, flying over the next three people and landing on the stairs. I scramble up the steps, losing my left shoe in the process.
"I volunteer!" I gasp. "I'm Lake Micheals, eighteen years old." The escort smiles and tells us to shake hands. I reach over and grip Seathes hand.
"Good luck." I whisper to her.
"Thank you but I don't need luck." She says as she gives me a sarcastic smile.
~Seathe Dane~
I board the train smiling when I see the Mentors.
"Congratulations. You are both now in the Hunger Games, yay!" The female mentor says sarcastically. Lake grunts. "Are you going to be mentored together or separately?" She asks.
"Separately" We both say.
"Okay before we go off to watch the recaps I have to tell you something, two can win this year, but you don't have to be from the same district." Lake and I look at each other. He nods and I know what he's thinking.
"Never mind, we would like to be mentored together." I say to her.
"That settles it then." We make our way to watch the recaps but I only have one thing on my mind. Lake and I will be trained together, this means I'll know his weaknesses so when the time comes for me to kill him, I'll know what to do.