Sorry I haven't updated for a while I've been busy but here are the District 10'reapings. i hope you enjoy them. Please tell me what you think of these tributes and tell me who your favourites are so far. Thanks for reading
District 10 reapings-
Ralph Idife-
'If your the mayors son, the chances of you being reaped are very slim, right?' I tell myself. Today's the Reaping day so of course I am very nervous. I get out of bed, I have a room to myself which is very uncommon for District 10. Most people are dirt poor. I make my way downstairs to have breakfast. I'm the spoilt one in the family. Normally you'd expect the youngest to be, not the oldest. When I was 6 my twin sister Yillon was killed by a herd of cattle, I've been the favourite ever since. I hate being the favourite. Especially for that reason.
My younger sister Malie glares at me as I walk in. We've hated eachother since the day she was born. I eat the big breakfast that has been laid out in front of me. We have more than enough to eat which is why I'm a bit fat. Being the mayors son definitely has its good side. After a while I push my plate aside, too nervous to eat any more. I walk upstairs again to get changed for the reaping.
A shirt and pants have been laid out on the bed for me. I pull them on and hear a knock on the door. Malie walks in. "Ralph, I'm really nervous" she says. Of course she's nervous it's her first reaping. "You'll be fine, your names only in once now go away I'm getting changed" she nods and walks out of the room with a hurt look on her face.
Sable Avricson-
"You can't really expect to get reaped, there's thousands of slips of paper" my older sister Peatra says. It's easy for her to say that, she's no longer in the reaping. We're at the table eating breakfast. It's the day of the reaping. My names in the reaping 17 times, so of course I'm nervous. Who wouldn't be? My mum walks in, stretching and yawning. She grabs a tesserae roll and starts to eat it. "I'm going for a walk" I announce to my family.
I walk down the dusty street. No one else is out, which is eerily strange. But it is the Reaping and most people stay inside. I pass a few paddocks where some cows are happily grazing. Sometimes I'd like to be a cow, but I suppose being one is like being in the Reaping everyday. Everyday they choose some cows to die.
I pass the abattoir. Today there are no screams coming from the yards. No killing. I stop at a house just past the abattoir. I knock on the door and my older sister Ferera opens it. She's 22 and lives with her newly wedded husband. When she rushes to hugs me, then invites me inside. Her house is very similar to most houses in the district. Small. Her husband Bert and her are eating breakfast. "Do you want something to eat?" Ferera asks. I shake my head knowing that food is expensive. Well then we've got something to tell you.
Ralph Idife-
"Come on, Ralph" my mum yells. I rush downstairs. Malie and my other two younger sisters Cassandra and Politine are all ready, but Cassandra and Politine don't need to worry about being reaped as they are only 10 and 7. Out th window I can see hundreds of people already crowding the square. Our house faces the square so we don't need to walk far. Malie and I wave to out parents and sisters before joining the line to get our fingers pricked.
I tap the boy in front of me on the shoulder "Hey Zavier" I say to my friend. The boy turns around in surprise then notices its me and laughs. "Hey Ralph" he says. Noticing its his turn to get his finger pricked he whispers to me "good luck" before stepping out of line. I hear a voice from behind me "does it hurt?" I turn to Malie. "Well, only a little bit but not much" I say. After getting my finger pricked I am taken to a group of other 14 year old boys. Our escort a man named Lucius walks to the stage. Today he doesn't seem to be in a very good mood and speaks slowly and dully into the microphone as he introduces the mayor my dad.
After reading the Treaty of Treason and saying a speech my dad walks off stage again and Lucius announces that its time for the Reaping. "Boys first, this time" he says. I cross my fingers hoping and praying that it isn't my name being picked. My name's only in there three times but there's still a chance that I'll get reaped. Then Lucius chooses a slip of paper and reads the name "Ralph Idife". No this can't be happening. "Mum, Dad please don't let them take me" I shout to my parents. I see their shocked faces as I am marched to the stage.
Sable Avricson-
I watch the crying fourteen-year old boy walk to the stage and immediately feel guilty that someone so young has been reaped, though I know it isn't my fault. I think back to this morning when my sister revealed that she was pregnant. If I get reaped I'll never get to meet my niece or nephew. Lucius announces that its time for the girl to be picked. I barely have time to worry before the name "Sable Avricson" is read out.
The next events happen in a blur. I am being marched to the stage like the boy. Then the reality sinks on me. I'm going to compete in the Hunger Games. I'm going to die. On the stage I shake hands with the trembling boy before we are taken into rooms in the Justice Building to say our goodbyes.
My parents and Peatra burst through the door to my room. "Sable!" Peatra shouts. "Why you?" She says to me as she hugs me. I feel tears sliding down my cheek. "I don't know" I say. There is another knock on the door as Ferera and Bert walk in. Ferera is sobbing harder than me. We just sit there for a while just trying to savour our final moments together. A peacekeeper in a white uniform walks in to take my family away. "No!" I manage to choke out before they are gone.
Ralph Idife-
Most things in my life have gone my way. I've had enough food to eat, nothing bad has ever happenned to me except my sister dying. And now I'm going to probably die as well. At least if there is an afterlife I will get to see my twin again. I sit in my room wondering if my family will ever come. There's a knock on the door and my family walk in. Cassandra bursts into tears when she sees me "Why do you have to go?".
I think everyone is asking that question today. Everyone across Panem. Why? Why do we have the Hunger Games? Why does the Capitol force us to compete in them? I notice Malie standing close to the door. No matter how much we dislike eachother sometimes I know I will miss her. I stand up and hug her. She smiles but doesn't say anything. "Ralph" Politine says. "What's going on?" I don't want to explain it to her so Dad takes her aside and explains whats happening. "Your leaving?" She asks. I nod.
Then the Peacekeepers come back and take my family away. Then I am taken away to a train that will take me to my death.