A/N: I'm here! FINALLY! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I'm really REALLY sorry that I took so long to update! Thanks k8wuzhere for reminding me to get back to this story. You get 5 points! If I take longer than a week to update again, just send me a few pms telling me to get back on to it.
I have a few new things to tell you!
The questions at the end of each page can be answered at ANY TIME until the story is totally finished and we're out of the arena! If you're new to this story feel free to review (hint hint hint) but please DON'T submit new tributes! I have everyone I need!
Sponsors are always needed. Two plus people can sponsor the same tribute!
From now on, you can buy anything for the tribute(s) at any time and I shall keep a list of them. If the tribute you're sponsoring dies before you can send in the gift (review or pm me to say when you want it sent in), you can either give the gift to another living tribute of your choice or withdraw the gift altogether.
Each day in the Games each item goes up by ten points.
Down in the tribute list, if there is a * beside them they're a bloodbath. I need more bloodbaths! PM/review me to say you will let your tribute be a bloodbath! (Or I'll just choose myself...(Making them a bloodbath is still worth 15 points!))
GwenCooper92: Does that mean you want to sponsor Amelia Woodburn?
k8wuzhere and HeartRacingAlways: Never stop reviewing!
And everyone EXCEPT k8wuzhere didn't get the bonus question right... It wasn't 'May the odds be ever in your favour', it was 'The world will be watching.'But I gave you the points anyway. I'm good like that.
Lily Breensdaughter
I hid in the corner, curled around a dog-eared book. It was 'Al...e...I...Wo...land...B...Ew...Car'. Mother had given it to me on my 7th birthday. The ink on some parts had run, and the spine was bent. It was a dejected book, but I loved it.
Loud 'bongs' rolled out over the District. I mectiously wrapped the book in fabric and placed it in the drawer. My green dress looked like the sea, and my raven hair just added to the effect of a low storm cloud.
I waited on the step for my parents. They almost got me late, and I funneled in with the other late ones. I was pushed into the twelve-year-olds pen. I stood at the edge of the roped-off area, holding Mother's hand. The Capitol woman stepped onto the stage, and I sucked in a breath. All I had ever wanted, my entire life, was to look as good as the Capitol citizens. My one hope to look like them was to be reaped. This was my first year I was eligible. If I wasn't reaped, I might volunteer. Might.
"Hello everyone! Welcome to the Reaping! I am your escort, Hami Waters and I will be helping the two lucky tributes of District Eleven achieve greatness!" There is some polite clapping that quickly dies away. "Ladies first! And the lucky girl is..." I find myself holding my breath. "Lily Breensdaughter!" All of a sudden it feels as if the ground has dropped away underneath me. Strange, I thought. Then reality hits with an iron fist. It's me. I must kill. I must kill my friend from District Eleven. I feel as if I might throw up or cry. But somehow my traitor legs are moving forward. No, I think. Stop! But I am up on the stage. I must win. Then, and only then, can I dress and look as these people do.
"I am Lily," I managed to croak out.
Albert Follop
I yawned and rolled out of bed, scrambling into saggy hand-me-downs. The reaping started in two minutes, and I wasn't even there yet!
I was the last one to arrive. I saw Peacekeepers starting their rounds to bring in anyone not attending.
The Capitol woman stepped foward and began bubbling. "Hello everyone! Welcome to the Reaping! I am your escort, Hami Waters and I will be helping the two lucky tributes of District Eleven achieve greatness!" Yeah, right. She's here to help us die. She grinned a smile so wide it must have been fake. A hand wrapped in a white glove rose and fell. "Ladies first! And the lucky girl is Lily Breensdaughter!"
The young girl with black hair and green eyes stumbled to the stage. "I am Lily," she said. A murmur went through the crowd. She had come from the twelve-year old section. Poor girl, I thought.
"No volunteers?" Who in their right minds would volunteer? "Well, onto the boys! And the lucky young man is... Albert Follop!" I stumble and nearly fall. It can't be me! It can't! I manage to get to the stage.
"Please volunteer! I'm begging you!" No one gives a glance to me, the begging boy in fruit-stained overalls. Who in their right minds wouldn't volunteer? !
The escort gives me a sympathetic smile and continues the ceremony. "Shake hands! Ladies and gentlemen! I give you... the tributes of District Eleven!"
Sponsorship System!
Sponsoring a Tribute other than your own (please PM me who you're going to sponsor): 10 points
Reminding me to update: 5 points
Sending an idea that is thoroughly detailed and very unique and awesome that I can use for the story: 8 points
Any other idea: 2 points
Sending in a ACTUAL review: 5 points
Sending in a sponsorship request: 6 points
Personal messaging me about the story: 3 points
Answering a question about the games (end of each chapter): 5 points
Answering a BONUS QUESTION! (end of each chapter): 10 points
Every day your tribute stays alive: 10 points
Every kill your tribute makes: 15 points
Allowing your tribute to be in the bloodbath: 15 points
Things to get in the Games:
Food:
Bread from any district: 10 points
One Capitol dish: 16 points
A full Capitol meal: 40 points
Crackers and beef: 4 points
Fruit (dried or not): 6 points
If you have another food you'd like me to deliver to a tribute, pm me and I'll price it.
Water:
Water bottle: 8 points
Gallon of water: 12 points
Flask/canteen: 4 points.
Weapons:
Bow and arrow: 30 points
Spear: 24 points
Trident: 60 points
Mace: 20 points
Sword: 14 points
Knives (any type): 10 points per knife
If you have any other weapon, pm me and I'll price it.
Other:
Electric wire (one foot): 10 points
Electric wire (any length): 20 points
Healing balm: 30 points
Matches: 5 points
Sponsorship points so far (in order):
k8wuzhere: 165 points
HeartRacingAlways: 144 points
GwenCooper92: 89 points
Narnian Pirate: 52 points
PinkCutiix33: 23 points
NeXME: 10 points
Calyso1211: 5 points
Sponsors and list of tributes:
District One
Boy: Haydew Morrows
Girl: Wonder Gals *
District Two
Boy: Ton Jordan *
Girl: Crystal Jons
District Three
Boy: Ryne Hyress (k8wuzhere is sponsoring him/her)
Girl: Ani Prescotte (k8wuzhere is sponsoring him/her)
District Four
Boy: Asher Rost (HeartRacingAlways is sponsoring him/her)
Girl: Lark Martins
District Five
Boy: Toby Hamme
Girl: Lyle Arnode
District Six
Boy: Corran Weaver (k8wuzhere is sponsoring him/her)
Girl: Klee Tipon
District Seven
Boy: Jerelon Resedue *
Girl: Amelia Woodburn (GwenCooper92 is sponsoring his/her)
District Eight
Boy: Mark Seam *
Girl: Valentine Goldbrin
District Nine
Boy: Petar Harken
Girl: Eva Corrait
District Ten
Boy: Dyst Helop *
Girl: Kieran Bellmont (HeartRacingAlways is sponsoring him/her)
District Eleven
Boy: Albert Follop
Girl: Lily Breensdaughter *
District Twelve
Boy: Daniel Dark
Girl: Taryn Blight *
Questions!
