Authors Note: I am so so so so so so so so so sorry that this took so long. Too many things happened

1. I went on vacation

2. Spring break ended so I had to go bact to school

3. 4 essays were due

4. Play rehersals OVERLOAD

5. Not enough weekends

So yeah, Forgive me and enjoy the reaping :)

Disclaimer: I own Jai, but thats it in this chapter. THE DISTRICTS BELONG TO SUZANNE COLLINS, AND SO DOES THE HUNGER GAMES. SO STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE I OWN IT!!!

The day the whole of district 5 was dreading for months had finally arrived. The reaping. The fear and distress was practically plausible. And the clouds overhead set the perfect scenery for it to happen.

The entire district was gathered in front of the rather oversized justice building. A platform was set up, with the flag of Panem hung up behind it. The district 5 escort, Jai, was walking toward the reaping balls, his sparkly green leather pants shining even though there was no sun.

"Gentlemen first?" he announced in his high-pitches voice. There was some mumbling in the district which he took as a yes and plunged his hand in the reaping ball on the left.

"Casper Hobba, you are requested to walk up to the stage and take part in the hunger games. Any volunteers? No? Okay then, come up to the stage, Casper." Jai was always over dramatizing when it came to choosing tributes. Casper was a medium height, scrawny looking boy who was only 14. You could hear the whole district groan when they got a look of him. But Casper didn't complain, he probably wanted to bring respect and fame to the name of Hobba, or something like that.

"Now for those lovely ladies patiently waiting out there," Jai walked over to the reaping ball on the right, and drew out a name.

"Chiara Faye, you are requested to blah blah blah, take part in the hunger games.

"No!" a strangled sounding voice came, from the 16 section, "I refuse!"

Nobody was expecting that. A couple of peacekeepers ran out into the crowd, trying to find the girl that refused. Chiara was waiting in the crowd, trembling, when a cold hand grabbed her arm. She looked at the eyes of the peacekeeper and he grinned malevolently, "I told you, you'd pay." And with that, her memories of four years ago came flooding back.

She was laying on the ground, twisted and hurt, the rain not helping the pain whatsoever. The peacekeeper that had done that to her looked down at Chiara with a sneer, "Tell anyone," he said, "and you'll pay." He then ran, leaving her in the darkness.

At her friend, Nenny's house the next day she recounted the events of what had happened the previous night in hushed tones. Recounting the pain and the peacekeeper's eyes. she was terrified that he would come and get her again. After she told Nenny that, all of her friends kind of drifted away and Chiara was left alone. That was the night she learned about the real world, and what danger lay ahead.

Chiara screamed and other peacekeepers came and backed the original one up, grabbing her other arm and pushing her forwards, onto the platform. They kept holding o to her, because she kept trying to run away.

"Well," Jai said, looking annoyed, "I'm sorry about that little interruption, but I give you THE TRIBUTES OF DISTRICT 5!" Casper tried to shake Chiara's hand, but Chiara just glowered at him, at the peacekeepers, at Jai, basically at everything. After some smatterings of applause, the peacekeepers escorted Chiara and Casper into the justice building to prepare for their goodbyes.

Again, I apologise for the long wait. Thanks to the people who invented Chiara and Casper, and if you sisn't get it, when Chiara was 12 she was raped by a peacekeeper. Have a nice day

-ChloeWayland-