~~Miles Wright~~
I wake up to the sound of my little sister crying on the other side of my bed, of course she will be crying, it's her first reaping.
"It's ok Win, you're not going to be reaped, you names only in there once, the odds are in your favour," I whisper to my little sister Winoa, she's a bit of a scaredy cat and I'm her only 'friend'.
"But what if I do get reaped nobody will volunteer for me," cries Winoa
"Don't worry Win, there are thousands of slips of paper and only one of them have your name on it, there's like a 0.1% chance of you getting reaped, I took all the tesserae out for us," I reply
"How many times do you have your name in there?" asks Winoa
"6 times," I answer, that's a lie though. I already have my name in there 4 times because of my age and I took out 6 tesserae which makes it 10 but I don't tell Winoa or she will get even more scared. To be honest I'm not that scared but this is The Hunger Games, anything can happen.
"C'mon Win let's get you ready for the reaping," I say "We don't want to be late or else Mom will get mad at us," Usually I'm the one who helps and leads Winoa, My mum is very strict and you honestly don't want to mess with her whereas my Dad is nicer but is a man of few words so not much help either.
I get Winoa dressed in a light blue dress and white flats, then I tire her hair up with a ribbon and then tell her to go and have breakfast. Then I get myself changed into a white shirt and slacks with a brown vest and oxford shoes. I look at myself in the mirror and stare at my freckles and curly strawberry blonde hair, I probably look like one of the more decent dressed people in the district, were not rich, or poor more of the middle but leaning more towards the poorer side, anyways I actually care about what I look like.
"Hurry up miles were going to get late," whines Winoa
"Coming," I call back
I walk into the kitchen and see my family sitting at the tiny dining table eating porridge
"Morning Son," grunts Dad
"Finally Miles I thought you were going to get late, we have to be at the reaping on time or you two will automatically get reaoed and we don't want that to happen now dear," lectures Mom
"Okay, sorry Mom," I apologise
~~Tiger Main~~
"Wake up darling, you're going to get late for the reaping," calls Mom
Oh right, it's the reaping, for me it's not that scary, I mean I do get nervous but some people ready do get scared, I'm glad I'm not like that. I rolls out of my tiny mattress I call a bed and grab my reaping outfit from my draw, its just a tiger print dress that stoops all the way down to my knees but to me its much more. I braid my hair as usual and look at myself in the mirror.
I love tigers, mostly because of my name, Mom and Dad said they named me after tigers because they are bold, courageous and independent, qualities they had hoped I would someday acquire in order to live a better life than they did.
I go to the kitchen and take a bowl of slop made from the grains and wheat from all the tesserae me and my older brother Wolf took out this year, I have my name in there 15 times, I hope it isn't enough to get me reaped.
I go and sit on the sofa infront of the kitchen and face the tiny tv, they are interviewing the hosts Ceaser Flickerman and Claudius Templesmith and head gamemaker Dominic Huxely.
"So Tiger, Wolf how ae you feeling about the reaping," asks Dad
"Well put together we have our names in there 55 times," says Wolf
"I want to say its not likely but Im not sure but best of luck to you too," says Mom sadly
"Come on lets go to the reaping, we don't want to be late," concludes Dad
At the reaping
"So whats your chance of getting reaped," I ask my friend Miracle
"10 times," she replies
"Oh unlucky, at least its not 15," I say
"15! I thought 13 was bad," she replies astonished
"Well you should see Wolf hes got it in 40 times, its his last reaping so he got as much tesserae as possible," I continue
"May the odds be ever in his favour!," pipes up Miracle imitating the annoying capitol accent.
When the reaping actually starts
"Welcome, welcome, welcome to The 56th Annual Hunger Games, May the odds be ever in your favour, Ladies first!" beams our annoying escort Pleur Clearfall
She hops in her big heels towards the reaping bowl, but from here all I can see is her ugly hot pink wig bopping up and down until it stops. I can feel the whole district holidng in the breath as she calls out the name.
"TIGER MAIN," exclaims Fleur. I can here everyone sigh in relif but I don't. That's me, I mean I'm going to the games. Petrified I slowly walk towards the stage not daring to look up and face my new future.
"And now for the boys…. MILES WRIGHT," pipes Fleur
I recognise him from school although I haven't really talked to him, well this will be awkward.
Justice Building
"TIGER!" cries Wolf running into my room in the justice building
"WOLF, I don't want to go," I cry
"Im sorry, I thought I could protect you by taking all of the tesserae," he says quietly
"Its ok, I guess its destiny," I reply sadly, I then turn to Mom and Dad
"I will miss you sweetie," says Mom patting my head
"Look Tiger, maybe you can come back, you may not have trained but you are quite fit, great at sports and pick up things really quick, if you try hard enough in training you can get some good survival skills and master a weapon or two," says Dad, although I know he is trying to be strong for us he might be right, maybe if I try I can come home
"TIMES UP GET OUT!" Yells the peacekeeper
"I LOVE YOU!"
"I LOVE YOU TOO!"
"GOOD LUCK TIGER!"
"THANKS!"
"BYE!
"BYE!"
And the doors bang shut, that's goodbye to my family forever, well actually for now.
"THREE MINUTES!"
"Miracle!," I cry
"Tiger, I will moss you so much," cries Miracle
"I will miss you to Miracle, I wont stop thinking about you till the end," I say
"Thank you so much Tiger, all these years you have been there for me and I don't know what ill do without you," sobs Miracle
"I don't know what I would do without you," I agree
"TIMES UP,"
"WHAT?Thats wasn't three minutes!" I exclaim furiously
"WELL THE TRAIN IS WAITNG!" snaps the peacekeeper dragging Miracle out
"BYE I LOVE YOU!"
Door bangs shut
I can hear Miracle reply but I will never know what she said.
~~Miles Wright~~
"THREE MINUTES," yells the furious peacekeeper, It seems like someone had a fight with him
"MILES- WAAAAA – DON'T GO PLEASE MILES WAAAAAAAA!" shrieks Winoa
"Don't worry Win, its ok," I say trying to calm her down
"BUT NOBODY EVER COMES BACK," cries Winoa
"Winoa, I know this is hard but you have to behave yourself," says Mom sternly. To be honest if anything I just feel bad leaving Winoa here, Im the only person who actually cares about her and she doesn't deserve this.
"Good Luck son," says Dad patting my shoulder. I knew not to expect much
"Good Luck Miels, I love you and you should know that," says Mom
"I love you do," I mumur. I don't really mean it after the way she treated Winoa but you have to love your Mother
"TIMES UP GET OUT!" Snaps the peacekeeper
"NOOOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAA," wails Winoa
"WINOA STOP MAKING A SCENE AND GET OUT," snaps Mom pulling Winoa out. Dad turns to me and says "Miles, Im sorry that I have abandoned you all of these years and let your Mom treat you so bad, I promise things will get better for Winoa even if it means a divorce,"
"Thanks Dad," I say with my eyes watering
"I love you," he says
"I love you too,"
I see him walk out and the door shut, I don't even know how to feel
"THREE MINUTES!"
"CASEY, BRIDGET!" I cry
"MILES," they reply hugging me
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