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Skylar Andronicus – District Six

I wake up to the sound of birds chirping and the feeling of the warm sun waves on my face. I sit up and stretch out my arms. It feels like a beautiful day. It sounds like a beautiful day. It smells like a beautiful day. I wonder if it looks like a beautiful day. I wouldn't know, because I've been blind since I was four.

"Titus," I call for my brother. "Titus! Where are you?"

Titus is my fifteen year old brother. We love each other very much and he usually is the one that helps me with all my everyday things. "Titus isn't here, he works on Tuesdays, remember? Thanks you just woke me up," mumbles my other brother Cooper.

Cooper is sixteen. He and I fight a lot, but he loves me, probably. I don't say it enough, but I love him, too. "Hanna says she'll come over today and help you out, since tomorrow's the reaping," Cooper continues.

Every Tuesday both Cooper and Titus have to work, usually leaving me alone to watch Sora and my usual drunk mother. But today is special because tomorrow is my first ever reaping. I'm a little nervous, because if I get picked, my blindness will not be my friend. But I have other talents, so maybe I won't die so quickly.

While Cooper was getting ready, Hanna knocked on the door. I felt my way to her quickly, a person can walk without seeing in their own house if they've been there for a while. I open the door, still in my pajamas. "Skye!" She shouts and hugs me.

Hanna is only seven, but she is my only friend. That's because she feels bad for me because of my blindness and neglecting parents. Over the next few hours, Hanna helps me get ready, do all my chores, and do all my daily activities.

At about five, Hanna has to leave and go with her family. Titus won't be home for another half an hour and Cooper won't be home for another few hours. I would make dinner, but I'm not allowed to use the stove without help. Instead I just work on sharpening my other skills with sewing. I hear my mom's "bedroom" door open. Actually, it's more of a large closet. I hear her stumbling out, and she says, "Katherine… Katherine… I need more of my- my special juice."

"No, no more special juice. Mom, my name's Skye. You're drunk," I say, using the same response as always.

"No no no. Special juice. Where's John?" she asks.

"Mom, no more special juice, you're drunk enough. And dad, he's really busy."

Truth is dad never comes around much anymore. I think he has met another woman. He never comes and helps us out any more. Ever since I went blind… I hope that's not why.

"Mom, just go to sleep," I say.

Lately she's been going through a morphing withdrawal. She's been acting more insane than usual.

"I'm home!" I hear Titus yell.

"Titus!" I yell back.

He comes over and pats my head. "Hey squirt," he says.

"Hi Titus," I say back.

"Are you nervous about tomorrow?" he asks.

"A little," I admit.

"That's okay; I don't think they'll pick you. You don't have any tessera, you'll be fine," he assured me.

I nod. I just hope.

-Reaping

For the reaping, Titus picks me out a pretty dress. I don't know what it looks like, but I'm sure it's perfect. Cooper even says it's pretty. People say I have light mud brown hair and stone gray eyes. I don't remember what I look like, but I remember what mom and Titus's eyes looked like. Mom has green eyes and Titus has dark, emerald ones. I wonder how different the eyes of a blind person look from those of a normal person.

We all leave earlier than most people usually do. We always have to leave early to everywhere because I'm a little slower. I hear very few people clattering around the square, so I know we're early. Cooper goes straight to the sixteen year old section. Titus helps me over to the twelve year old section, and then goes on to the fifteen year old section once he's sure I'm settled in. Sora goes with mom to wherever the audience goes. I wonder if dad is coming today. He probably won't though.

Slowly, the square fills up. I can tell by the amount of people talking and crying. As if they have something to cry about. Well, they do, but not as much as me. Also people keep bumping into me. They tell me to watch out, but I can't really do that.

I feel someone hugging me from behind. It's Hanna. "Good luck," she wishes.

"Thanks, hopefully I'll see you soon," I reply.

There are butterflies in my stomach. While the mayor gets up and starts talking, I try to remember what a butterfly looks like. It's an insect. It has magnificent wings, or so I've heard. "Now the tribute is… Skylar Andronicus!"
"Did someone say my name?" I ask the person beside me.

They say yes and mumble they're sorry. I was about to ask why when two arms came out of nowhere, lifting me and carrying me to the stage. At first I was bewildered by the whole thing. Then I started to realize that this means I was reaped into the Hunger Games. Not only that, but I cannot see.

-Goodbyes

They take me to the Justice Building, where I am to say my goodbyes. I'm going into the games. If it wasn't for the bloodbath, or the other tributes trying to kill me, I could use my other skills and senses to survive for a while. But that isn't really the case.

My family comes in. I can hear my mother fumbling and Sora asking what's going on. Cooper and Titus are silent as a stone though. They hug me. They don't say anything. They must think that I have no chance. There's a reason twelve year olds hardly win, and once in a blue moon when they do, they certainly aren't blind. I grab a hold of Sora and hug her too. "We love you," Cooper and Titus say simultaneously.

"I wuv you," says Sora.

"I love you guys too," I whimper. Then the peacekeepers come and shoo them away. My mother was too incoherent to say anything, but I'm assuming she loves me. I sit down on a couch and rub the velvet. It's soft and pleasant to the touch. I might as well enjoy my last month or so alive.

(A/N) Poor girl. This one was harder to write because I kept wanting to make a description of what things looked like, but I couldn't. If anyone wants to send me anymore characters, that would be helpful! In my bio there's a list of all of the characters I have. Also in my bio is one of my favorite authors, happyflowers2907. She is a super good writer, and her story I Promise is one of my favorites. I haven't read any others because they are all about Twilight and I haven't read that. I Promise is about Annie's Games and in her POV. Check it out!