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Children of the Games – Hunger Games
In his Shadow - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
A Human Glance – Twilight
Disclaimer:(I'll only do these half the time, because I will sometimes rush.)
So, I don't own the hunger games or their characters. Suzanne Collins does, and I never will, 'cause if I did, it would have ended up different.
So here's the chapter. Reviews please! Oh, and thanks to mrslukecastellan and LyndseyRyder12 for reviewing!
beta'D by DeadButNotForgotten I may update faster too, 'cause I figured out a way to type them on my ipod where I usually do my drafts, instead of typing them on the computer. If you want to know how just ask. It will work on iphones and ipods. I think ipads let you publish since they are portable computers. Anyway, chapter.
Morning. Early morning. Hunting. To the woods. To see Gale. I walk out the door and bump into guess who... Yep, correct! Gale. He kisses me, and we walk out to the fence surrounding District 12. We go hunting, even though it's illegal and punishable by death. It's either death by starvation or death by a bullet to the head. A bullet to the head is quicker than starving for months. Okay, let's back track to when Gale and I started dating.
We had just been to the 74th Hunger Games reaping. One year ago, he had taken me out to the woods before we had the feast to the old house near the lake. He told me he loved me, and then I said it back and kissed him.
Now that its the 75th Hunger Games reaping day it's a Quarter Quell year, but the twist hasn't been said yet, so we went hunting. Reaping day is like a holiday. The streets would usually be full of coal miners (including gale and I) next year because, well, life in District Twelve is like this. From birth to twelve, you only have to worry about starving to death. Then when you hit twelve to eighteen, you also have to worry about being reaped and dying in the hunger games. We go to school, but what's the point in learning anything if we're all going to end up as coal miners? Unless we're from the merchant part of town. They just take up their parent's business. So, from eighteen to death, there's the risk of dying in the coal mines.
So Gale and I go into the woods to hunt. This year, there are three of us in our two families who are eligible. Prim (my sister) and Rory (Gale's brother), Vick, and Posy are still to young.
After our hunting trip, we get ready. I'm in my mother's blue dress and Prim is in a pink dress.
We walk down to the square, where we meet up with the Hawthorne's. Mother, Hazelle, Gale, Vick, and Posy are on the outskirts of the square. I head over to the 17 year old section, Prim heads over to the 13 year old section, and Rory heads over to the 13 year old section.
The mayor goes over the dark days speech, and I tune it out until Effie Trinket, our district escort, begins.
"For the Quarter Quell this year, there will be the most important boy in a girl's life going with her, and vise versa. Also, there can be eight winners, but these eight winners must be pairs. There are also no volunteers."
No wonder they didn't tell us. The Capitol is cruel.
"May the odds be ever in your favor." finishes Effie. How can she be so cheery?
"ladies first."
Everybody knows she wants to be put up to a better district probably a career, so that there are volunteers. Well, there are no volunteers this year. She pulled a name out of the reaping bowl and stepped up to the microphone to read it.
"Katniss Everdeen."
What? Did she just say my name? I felt like I was going to be sick, but I had to be strong. I moved so slowly, so Gale has time to catch up with me from the outskirts of the holding area for our possible tributes.
"What's your name?" Effie asks Gale.
"Gale Hawthorne."
"Now for our male tribute."
I zone out till I realize Gale has stiffened beside me. Then I see someone walking up to the stage. No, this can't be happening! The name Effie called was...
"Rory Hawthorne."
That means... I look over to the 13 year old section and see Prim slowly moving forward.
"Prim!" I mumble. Then I hear Rory say something barely audible. Then Gale says barely understandable.
"What's that?" She asks us, not quite understanding what we said. For that matter, Prim should be at the stage climbing the steps by now.
"What's your name?" asks Effie.
"Prim." I reply, but there is only us on the stage, so I say it with fear on my voice. She turns to me, and I see she's trying to hold back tears.
"Well, Prim. What's your full name?"
"Primrose Everdeen."
"Two Everdeens and two Hawthornes? This family must be close." God, I hate Effie. How can she be so cheery at such a sad event?
"District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen, Primrose Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne and Rory Hawthorne. Move out!"
Haymitch takes this opportunity to get up and stumble of the stage. He's drunk as usual, and won't be any help. We are taken to the justice building, then to the train to the Capitol to compete in the hunger games.
And we have to win.
Here's a bonus scene, just for the drama.
Extra Chapter: Katniss's Justice Building .
I'm in the justice building. In comes Madge, and she gives me a mockingjay pin and tells me to look on the back. There, the letters KG are engraved. She is giving us all a charm style thing that she had specially made a while ago for when Gale and I got engaged. God, she's planning ahead. I haven't even thought about that. She would also give Prim and Rory hearts as presents soon, but we're running out of time. In comes the baker's son, Peeta. Next, we sit in silence until he says something.
"I love you."
"What?"
"I said, I love you. Will you go out with me, if you win? If the others die, I'll comfort you. I know one of them has to come back, so you can, but if your cousins or your sister die-"
"I'm going into the hunger games, you know. Most come back dead."
"Yes, but-"
A peacekeeper comes in to take him away. Any longer and I would have slapped him.
Then Mother, Hazell, Vick and Posy came in.