Hello there citizens of Panem! I'm just kidding, none of us actually WANT to live in Panem. Too much death. Unnecessary death (Cinna, Portia, Finnick, Prim, Madge, Mags, etc.) at that.

Anyway, this week has been hectic. I've been so exhausted from all the homework and such that I actually pass out at night, without typing. Plus, I had homecoming. I have school this Monday so I probably won't update other than this chap.

I changed my mind by the way, this one will actually be in Annie's POV. Because of certain reasons you'll realize in the next chapter (which WILL be in Katniss's POV) or at least I think you will. I think I may just keep the chapters in this order for one more set of chapters. I'll have the last of the reapings in Katniss's POV (I'll get it almost done in this one though) then have the aftermath and preparations in Johanna's POV, but I can't decide how much I'll do per chapter yet. I'll get there when I get there.

So, I'll quit babbling and let you read. :) Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Last time I checked I'm not related to Suzanne Collins, so I probably won't inherit the rights to this anytime soon.

Annie POV

I looked at the four kids on the stage. Two of them were related. The boy looked like he was going to die right there. The other male looked very confident, but his female partner looked like she was confused.

I turned and looked at the other victors. Haymitch had this weird look on his face. I nudged Finnick and he looked at Haymitch. He looked back at me and whispered, "Ritzy is Effie's niece. I'm sure Haymitch knows that."

I sighed and nodded before turning my attention back to the escort. She was so strange looking. Big pink eyes, lips and hair; white (literally the color) skin; all blue clothes; and gold tattoos on her neck and face that looked like vines. (I didn't catch her name because I had been talking to Katniss when she was introduced.)

She was digging her hand in for the third girl. "Let's see. Lierose Shay!" A girl walked up there and looked more shy than anything. "Volunteers?" The escort asked. "No? Well here's your third female! Let's get a gentleman now shall we?"

She dipped her hand into the bowl and pulled out a slip of paper. "Jalen Nixis!" An average looking boy walked up and sighed. "Any volunteers? No? Well alright. Here's your next set of tributes!"

I shook my head. Why she bothered to ask for volunteers I don't know. No one was going to volunteer. That was quite obvious.

"Let's start with a male this time." She dipped her hand in and pulled out some poor child's name. "James Withern!" He walked up and smirked at the crowd. A few girls swooned. He was like the Finnick of the Captiol.

"Volunteers? No? Alright. Ladies now!" She dipped her hand in and pulled out a slip that decided her fate. "Shimmer Haytop!"

A very pretty girl walked up on the stair and waved at the crowd. A bunch of guys looked like they were going to pass out. It was pretty sad, this girl was obviously very popular. She looked confident enough, but she had this sad, distant, doll like look on her face. It was like she had just got her heart ripped out and gotten good news all at once so she couldn't decide what to feel.

Finnick tightened his grip on my hand. I looked at him and he whispered softly. "You had that same look on your face when you were reaped."

I smiled at him reassuringly.

"Volunteers?" The escort waited a moment. "No? Well here are our next two tributes!"

I looked at the eight tributes on the stage. The little girl named Leaf was looking up at us like we were the only things keeping her alive. I smiled at her and she smiled back.

"Cassel Alexander!" The escort called out the next male. I hadn't even realized she was getting a name out. He reached the stage in a few seconds. "Volunteers? No? Well let's find our next lady!"

She reached her hand in and pulled out a slip. "Orchid Urris!" A girl walked up to the stage and looked around nervously. "Volunteers? Well. Here's our next two tributes!"

She reached her hand in to get the next male. "Derran Kalor!" He reached the stage. "Volunteers?" Someone actually made a cricket sound. I looked at The victors to see they were surprising laughter, just like me.

"No? Well let's get another lady!" She reached her hand into the bowl and pulled out a name. "Avalon Marron!"

She reached the stage and smirked in such a murderous way it was actually a little frightenting. "Any volunteers?"

"How about you stop asking if people are going to volunteer!" Avalon snarled. "It's quite obvious no one's going to."

The escort looked absolutely scared for her life.

Johanna, Finnick and Katniss all started laughing and soon everyone in the square was laughing with them. I shook my head and giggled.

"Well, um. Uh. Next male? Okay." The escort was actually scared. She reached in. "Mark Neroleus!"

He reached the stage and she just reached right in for another girl. "Lily Carousel!"

She reached the stage and went to stand by the others. I looked at the fourteen tributes on the stage and sighed. Would any of them come out? I couldn't be sure.

None of this was right. We had a war to end this, now we were the ones holding the Games. District 13 was angry, but still part of Panem, and we were killing children. Why? This wasn't right.

So thanks for reading! Our first fourteen tributes have been reaped. I need four girls and three girls! I won't be able to update much this week, I don't even know when I'll have time to actually edit this and put it up.

In the next chapter the reapings will be finished and then I'll have some Haymitch/Effie stuff in there. I'll actually have the chapter in half Katniss's POV and half Effie's. :)

Now a shout out.

Team Peeta: I know you said to kill James in the Bloodbath but I think I may switch it up and take the whole Lily/James love story and run with it! :) Sound good? It adds some more climaticness.

Thank you to all the people who submitted! I'm going to start the questions for sponsor points in the next chapter. :) Everyone who answers correctly will get points, the person who answers first will get the most though :D Now, please, do me a favor and don't cheat on these. You already get quite a few sponsor points just for submitting, it's not neccessary to cheat! Besides, the questions will be based on this story or just random fun questions I came up with.

Like, here's a bonus one. If you get it right you get points.

Who puts the glad in gladiator?

Don't cheat and use Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc. Just do your best, if you don't know it, you don't know it. No big deal. :)

Thanks for reading.

~Coley

P. S. Notice, I didn't get it up 'til Monday afternoon. Luckily, I have testing tomorrow and no one gave us homework! :)