A/N Hi everyone! Here's District 2's male tribute! Yay!

Atlas "Red" Addison

District 2 Male

I roll out of my bed with a groan. I had been to this crazy party at my best friend Jace's house, and now I have a huge hangover. I get up off the floor, stagger to my closet, and pull out my reaping clothes: a dark suit and some dress shoes. I feel a twinge of sadness as I put on the suit, remembering the last time I wore it, but I quickly force the memory out of my head.

I groan again as pain pierces my skull, and then I remember that one of my friends, Jayde Williams, has a super cool (but super gross) hangover cure. I silently walk out of the house, being careful not to wake my parents, and head off to Jayde's house.

On the way, I run into Jace, who starts going on about the party last night, until I say "Dude, please be quiet. I have an awful hangover." Jace sighs "Okay, man. It was an epic party, though, right?" I nod "Yes. That's why I'm hungover." he laughs and says "Yeah, I'm hungover too. But I'm used to it." then we walk in silence to Jayde's house.

When we get there, I knock on the door, and Jayde opens it quickly, shushing me "Shhhhh!" she whispers "Don't wake up my parents!" Jace and I nod in understanding, and we all walk silently to the kitchen. Jayde closes the door "You need a hangover cure, don't you?" she says. I nod "Yup." she sighs and starts pulling a bunch of random stuff out the cupboards, and then she pours it all in to a pot with some water in it, and then she boils it for about five minutes. When it's done, she pours about half of it into a glass "Here, Red. Suppress your gag reflex and you should be fine." I raise one eyebrow at her, but she just rolls her eyes.

I down the whole glass in one gulp, even though it's absolutely disgusting. I slam the cup down on the counter "That's gross. Oh, that's disgusting." Jayde smirks "The moral of this story is," she fills up another cup and hands it to Jace "don't get drunk." Jace nearly chokes on the hangover cure "Oh, man, that stuff is poison!" Jayde sighs "No, it's the cure for the poison." after Jace has a glass of water, the three of us talk about school and stuff for a little bit, and then Jace says "So, we meeting up to watch the Hunger Games?" my stomach drops into my shoes "Actually, I'm not going to be here for the Hunger Games." Jayde cocks her head "What do you mean?" I take a deep breath "I'm going to be in the Hunger Games. I'm volunteering." both Jace's jaw drops and Jayde launches into a lecture about how I shouldn't be volunteering because I'm only sixteen, and I listen for a little bit, but then I say "The Academy picked me. I have to." Jayde falls silent and Jace says "Dude, I told you going to that place was a bad idea." I shake my head "Guys, I'll be fine. Besides, isn't all this stuff supposed to happen in the goodbye room?" Jayde punches me in the arm "Not funny. You can't do this." I sigh "I'm going to." they both fall silent, until Jayde says "Well, then, Mace and I will support you." she squeezes my hand. I feel my eyes well up, and I think I might cry, and then the moment is ruined by Jace "How come you keep getting my name wrong?" then Jayde and I crack up.

We talk about random stuff for another fifteen minutes, and then I look at the clock "Oh my gosh. It's almost time for the Reapings, we'd better go!" Jayde, Jace, and I all run out of Jayde's house, and, within a couple of minutes, we arrive at the town square.

After getting our fingers pricked, Jace and I go to stand in the sixteen-year-old boys' section.

A few seconds later, the escort, Aquamarine Lockheart, skips onto the stage. She's actually doesn't look that bad this year, with pixie-cut turquoise hair, glittery gold flowers tattooed on her cheeks, dark brown skin, and large, doe-like brown eyes. Her outfit isn't too bad either: a knee-length, short-sleeved, turquoise tutu dress with gold high heels.

I'm so busy looking at her that I completely miss the film about the Dark Days, and I only start paying attention to what's going on when Aquamarine calls out "Carmelita Talon!" and pretty girl with black hair and dark brown eyes comes out of the fourteen-year-old girls' section. I'm surprised. Normally, someone volunteers before the Reaped person even has a chance to move. Carmelita smiles and waves at the cameras, enjoying her moment in the spotlight. Aquamarine smiles at her, and then says "Any volunteers for Carmelita?" there is a moment of silence, and then someone says "I-I volunteer as tribute!" Aquamarine grins "Excellent, a volunteer!" Carmelita skips off the stage, and another girl gets on the stage. She has long, shiny black hair in a ponytail, blue eyes, and light skin, but the thing I notice most about her is the single streak of electric blue in her hair "What's your name?" Aquamarine asks. She swallows and then says "Topaz Boulder." she smiles and pats Topaz on the shoulder "Well, I appreciate that you followed protocol. Looks like we've got ourselves a polite girl this year, huh?" the crowd screams. Then Aquamarine says "Now for our handsome gentleman!" the crowd cheers as she bounces over to the boys' reaping ball. My palms begin to sweat, and I tell myself it's from anticipation, but really, it's from nervousness "Jason Bradford!" before whoever Jason Bradford is can even move, I yell "I volunteer as tribute!" I walk up to the stage, and Aquamarine grins at me "What's your name?" I take a deep breath and smile confidently "Atlas Addison." she smiles at me "What a lovely name!" then she turns back to the crowd "There you have it, District 2! Let's hope one of these two comes home with the crown!" the crowd cheers.

Then Aquamarine tells me and Topaz to shake hands, and we do. I notice that Topaz looks a little sick.

Then I'm escorted into the Justice Building, and I still feel mostly confident, but a little nervous.

Then I'm in the goodbye room, and the full weight of what I'm attempting crashes down on me.

And I realize something.

I don't know if I can do this.

A/N Whew! I'm really nervous about this chapter, because Atlas is an awesome tribute and it was obvious from the form that his creator worked really hard on him. So I hope I did him justice. Now for some questions!

What do you think of Atlas?

What do you think his relationship will be with Topaz?

How do you think our D2 Careers shape up against D1 and D4's Careers?

As always, I hope you liked this chapter, and please review!

P.S. Thanks to The Girl With The Knives for Atlas! He's awesome!