I am a terrible person. I haven't updated in ages, and I'm sorry about that. I have had a lot going on though (Bad excuse I know). I have also become obsessed with seeing how hard I can laugh while reading 'My Immortal' it's so bad its funny.

District Eight Reapings:

Jenny Hader POV:

I wake up on the floor, my nose pressed into the leg of my bedside table. I groan and carefully stand up, trying not to hit my head or wake my twin sister, Delilah. I turn my head to the left, to look at my sister; I'm blind in my left eye, from when my mom went insane and sliced me with the kitchen knife she was holding. That wasn't the only time, either. I could remember her before my dad died; she was nice, and pretty. But after my dad died she lost it. I look at the other side of the room where Lilly lay on the other bed. She was seven as sweet as could be and the spitting image of our mother, with her dark eyes and hair. I walk over to my closet, and pull on some dark jeans and a tee-shirt, then I lay out an outfit for Lilly. It was a cute little dress that she liked.

I quietly open on of the two windows in our bedroom, and jump out of it. It was reaping day, and I did not want to deal with my mother. I make my way to Victor's Village, and knock on Vena's door. Vena is my best friend, she won three years ago, and it shocked all of Panem, because she was twelve. Granted she wasn't tiny, she was five eight and strong from carrying pallets of cloth in the factories. She proved to be very good with sword, and seemed to have no problem killing, seeing as she was responsible for more than half the deaths in the arena. Although, people who knew her, like me or her family, could tell how upset she was about killing those children. Vena's boyfriend, Daniel, answered the door.

"Hey squirt," he said compared to Vena and him I was a squirt, they were both upwards of six foot. Daniel turns and screams in to the open front door "Vena, Jen's here!"

"Coming!" Vena yells racing down the stairs. She was 15 but only a few months older than me.

"Hey Jen,' she said smiling, She was still Vena despite the Games, I was glad if she had gone nuts like a victor did a couple years ago, I would have no one to discuss my problems with. There was Delilah, but she usually was there when my problem occurred, and didn't want to hear about it again.

"How's Alice?" Vena asks, Alice is one of our friends, this is her first reaping.

"I don't know haven't seen her yet,"

"Maybe we should go find her, remember how nervous we were at my first reaping, then again at yours."

"Worried with good reason," I mutter darkly

"True," Vera said with a nod

Alice's house is on the other side of town, she's not poor, but she's also not in the best part of town.

When we got there Alice's mom answered the door,

"Vena, Jen. Come in," Her mother said with a sad smile.

Alice was sitting on the end of her bed tears pouring down her cheeks.

"Alice," Vena said sitting down by her, putting her arm around her shoulder "It will be fine. You will not get reaped. You will be fine,"

"I remember your games, Vena. It was awful watching you I knew you, Worse than ever." She whispered.

"I know, it was awful, but it's over," Vena said firmly.

"But what if I get reaped? Or Jen?" Alice asked turning to face us for the first time; it looked like she had been crying for a while.

"You won't be reaped, you only have one entry," Vena reassured her.

"But what if Jen is reaped? I can't- Not again. I can't watch a friend fight again not there. Not always worried that today's the last time I see you," Alice said her tears picking up again.

"I know it's hard Alice, but be brave,"

"Easy for you to say you won the games,"

"And I was terrified the entire time. But I was brave, and didn't let my fear show," Vena said with a small slightly forced smile.

"Girls," Alice's mom said walking in "it's time, for the reapings."


Despite my reassurances to Alice I was now sitting on a train on my way to the capitol. Sitting next to me was my district partner, was Cole. He was tiny, and twelve, he was blonde with grey eyes, and basically it looked like District Eight was doomed, of course I could handle a weapon, so maybe not doomed… anyways we (Myself, Cole, Jenna, our mentor, and Vera, our escort) were watching the replays of the reapings. I was looking closely at my competition. Only a couple stood out to me:

The girl from One looked slightly upset; odd for someone from a career district.

The girl from Two looks confident, and deadly.

The Three tributes are siblings, I feel so very sorry for the two of them, I hope that it doesn't come down to those two.

Four's girl looks haunted, and her last name is familiar, Nightshade… Can't put my finger on it.

District Six's girl looks shockingly cocky.

District Seven, Holly, her sister won two years ago. That family has really horrible luck.

Our reapings. I look slightly shocked, but nothing horrible, I'm pretty proud of this. Cole's looks just as bad as the first time, his name is called and he freezes, he ends up being carried to the stage by Peacekeepers. The commentators have already written both of us off as Bloodbaths, I may not win, but I will not lose that early.


Sorry again for the late update. I hope you enjoyed. R&R please!