Ok guys I just got the male for District 1! I am going to do 3 reapings per chapter. If I get your character wrong then just PM me with changes that you would like me to add. Thanks again.
Miracle Holman D1
Six…seven…eight, I struggle to get that last one up. I'm trying to get in some training before the reaping, before I volunteer. I sit up off of the bench and look around while I stretch my back out. My dad is over in the corner with some sixteen years old I don't know, he looks… well, wimpy. I can't wait for 8:30 to come around. My dad looks over to me, and yells something that I can't hear.
"What," I yell back, across the thirty or so kids grunting and straining to get pick up some weights.
"Get back to work, you're not on break." He screams at me his face slowly turning red.
I realize that I shouldn't disobey him when he's this stressed out. I quickly lie back down and jump up directly to my feet. Some of the other kids are staring at me like I'm incredible, which I am. I jog the short distance to the door that leads to the archery area.
I know this is where I should be today, with the other kids who think they will volunteer before me. I see a girl shooting an arrow from about 50 yards away. I watch as it zings through the air and hits the target right where its heart would have been. If I had to choose who I would be sent into the arena with, it wouldn't be her. I think to myself that she could give me a run for my money.
Just as I pick up a long bow and start to string it the bell goes off in the training center. As one, everybody looks at the door, then at their neighbor, and finally takes off for the door. Everybody but me I sprint as hard as I can for the door, determined to get to the square first. I look to my left and see the boy my dad was helping earlier catching up to me, I let him get right beside me then turn on him. With one quick flip of my wrist I snap the boy's neck. Nobody will beat me to volunteer this year. I'm
feeling great.
Holina (Holly) Badica D1
This is sooo boring, we're just standing there waiting for the escort to drip her hand into that glass bowl and pull out the name of the lucky girl that gets to go to the games. Even though I'm from District 1 I don't plan on volunteering this year. I'll probably wait until I'm 17 at least. Our mayor finished his speech about the dark days a couple of minutes ago, so now we're just waiting on the TV crew to tell our escort to start.
Finally I see the little light turn from red to green on their cameras. Thank you so much finally I get out of here. She bounces over to the girl's bowl and dips her claw like hand into the bowl. She calls out a name, I'm not really listening, but then I see something that rocks my world. Mist, my twin sister, is slowly making her way to the stage. I don't know what's making me but I stand up and yell to the world that I volunteer. Mist looks into my eyes, and I into hers, her eyes look murderous, but I think I'm going to get used to that look. I'm now in the games.
She starts walking back to our section and I'm walking toward her. I think she's just going to let me pass without talking but then she does something that rocks my world again. She slaps me. That little, urgh, I can't think straight. I shove her away and for a moment I see tears in her eyes. She comes at me again but instead of hitting me she hugs me tightly to her. I slowly take her off of me, or it could have been the peacekeepers, I don't know.
After the peacekeepers have subdued the audience enough so that the escort can continue, she reaches into the boys bowl. She calls out a name, a name everybody in the district knows its Miracle Holman. Not surprisingly nobody volunteers. Who would, Miracle would snap your neck in an instant if you took this away from him. He makes his way to the stage. The escort says,
"District 1 here are your tributes!"
There is an almighty cheer from the crowd. I put on my best smile while the peacekeepers usher us off of the stage.
District 2 reapings
Rizal Wong D2
Ugh, I despise mornings. I silently make my way across the desolate wasteland, it seems like it takes forever. Then I get out of bed. I cross the room, open the door, and am bombarded by noise. My brothers Reze, Rafe, Rudy, Robby, and Raeef are all in the hallway. I sigh, stretch and go to the bathroom. Looking in our mirror, I see a handsome boy who's incredibly athletic. I sigh one more time and brush my teeth. I think that I'd like to get in some training today, because school was cancelled. And then it hits me, today's the reaping. My eyes widen and I run into my room to put on my best suit. It's black with gold around the cuffs and neckline. I almost leave, before I remember my necklace. Raeef helped the local silversmith make it for me a couple of years back. I make it downstairs and have a quick conversation with my parents,
"Mom, Dad, I think I'm going to volunteer today," I say crossing my fingers,
"You know Rizal, I love you, and I know you have your heart set on this but…" Mom replies but I cut her off.
"Look mom," I say "I've been training for this my entire life and I will win this year."
I storm out of the house and slowly make my way to the square, with one thought in my mind. This will be my year!
Cia Lampearl D2
I'm sitting in the square, yes sitting. I came here last night and got the chair that the mayor was supposed to sit in; I taped a sign that said 'reserved for Cia' on the back of it and nobody touched it, as I expected. I'm just ready to get into the arena and kill. Dad has taught me so many ways to kill a person that I'll make it out of the arena for sure.
Finally people start filling in around me, well not around me, since there is a five foot space between me and whoever's closest to me at all times. The mayor, a stocky little man, begins his speech about the dark days and the rebellion. After he quits, the escort dances over to the girl's ball. She reaches in and grabs the top piece of paper. She takes it out and reads the name on it. It sounds something like,
"Penny Oncetime."
"I volunteer," I yell as I shove some girl out of the way, it's probably Penny.
As I'm standing up on the stage, I see the escort drop her claw into the boys' ball. Before she could even get her hand out of the ball, a kid in the 16's section stands and volunteers. When the kid, whose name is Rizal (I found out later), makes it to the stage, the lights on the cameras turn red again and the peacekeepers take us offstage. I can tell that Rizal and I are thinking the same thing, "I'm in the Hunger Games."
District 3 reapings
Damien Snowe D3
Finally, I finally get a day off of training. Now don't get me wrong, I love training but I think I deserve a day off. I don't think that I'll volunteer for the games; to me my training is a sort of insurance policy in case I get chosen. Anyway I make my way out of bed and down the hall to the kitchen where my breakfast is waiting for me. I eat my fill, and make my descent down the porch steps, and walk to the square. But someone yells my name and I turn around,
"Hey Damien,"
"What, oh it's you Grace, what do you need?" I ask
"Um, well you see, okay, I'll admit it, I'm scared."
Grace is a 12 year old girl so this is her first reaping. Her dad works in the factory my father owns, so I'm usually stuck babysitting. I'm not complaining, Grace is really cool and is kind of like my little sister now.
Grace does something I'm not expecting, though I should have, she pulls me into a tight embrace. I look down and see the start of tears in her eyes. I give her a hug, hold her hand, and walk her to the twelve year old section. After I get her settled down, I make my own way to the seventeen's section.
Talli Fiari D3
I'm standing in my section when a big boy shoves me out of the way,
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't see you there."
"It's okay," I reply to him.
Just then the mayor starts his long speech about how the rebellion failed. As he's talking I feel a knot in my chest as his familiar speech comes to a close. I watch the escort; a tall man in all yellow, even his skin is bright yellow. He crosses over to the girl's ball and I start to get light headed, my hands start sweating and I start shaking.
"Mhm, Talli Fiari,"
Oh, thank you so much, It's not… It's me. No please no I don't want to go. Oh boy I'm so scared, I don't want to go but someone is pushing me in the back. My legs are shaking as I mount the steps to my death. There is absolutely no way that I can win. I'm going to die.
"Ok, and the boy tribute," The escort says, "Is, Damien Snowe."
I hear a girl in the twelve year old section gasp. I can tell even from here that it's the boy that ran into me when we were waiting.
"Well," I think to myself, "At least I'll die with a nice person."
What do you think about the first three reapings? Attention I need some more characters I need a male from 4, male from 5, male from 6, and male from 10. I need the 4, 5, and 6 tributes before I can get the next three reapings up. Review please, because I honestly don't know if it's good or bad. Thank you all for reading so far. Also since nobody has asked me to add their current points to this chapter there won't be any.
Arrowson
