LAST DISTRICT WOOOOO!
District 12 Reaping
Serenity Williams (D12) 13 POV:
"Good Morning!" I said to the Beatrice the elderly woman who lives next door as I pass her on the street. I always say good morning to everyone and I don't see why more people don't do that. I mean it's just common courtesy. Whatever possesses people to be rude and so anti-cordial to each other is beyond me. My family is very structured and formal with each other. My mother has a clear role as a mother and my father works in the mine a clear father role. Then there is me and my brother. It's just the average family with one main problem. We live in District 12. So unlike and normal family we have to live paycheck to paycheck struggling to get a meal on the table.
Everyday I wish that my family could just be a normal family without having to struggle for everything. I want us to have a normal family. I mean I like watching over my younger brother Nick. It helps me feel like a normal teenager. Having responsibilities and having to watch my brother. I don't know I just really want to be normal.
I make my way to the most normal of normal things because everyone has to do it. The reaping ceremony. This is my second year and I'm a lot less nervous than last year but I feel weird about it because a lot of my friends are nervous so I don't think I'm acting very normal right now. The name is pulled from the bowl and it happens to be mine. Oh why me? I've been trying my entire life to be as normal as I possible could and now im the most non-normal person in the whole district. Now I'm special. I DON'T WANT TO BE SPECIAL. I JUST WANT TO BE NORMAL.
Cole Jackson (D12) 12 POV:
I'm a decent kid. I'm one of the smartest in my class, and I'm pretty strong. I really can say I'm extremely happy with my life which is something that most kids in district 12 can't say. I have 2 older sisters and a younger brother. Hes 3. Hes the one thing in my life that isn't so perfect. I mean I love him and all its just that when he was born my mother died during childbirth.
It's pretty common here in district 12 for that to happen. I mean we don't have a proper hospital and its really dirty here so they normally get infected and die during or shortly after childbirth. We've contacted the capitol and they said as punishment for the rebellion we wont be allowed to have another hospital built until the first quarter quell. So basically 70% of mothers that have a child in the first 25 years after the rebellion are going to die. Yeah I know it's messed up.
So we went to the reaping and all went to our separate areas. The girl was called up and she looked pissed. An odd reaction,normally they are crushed and crying or sometimes determined and strong, never angry. Then was the turn for the men. The paper was pulled out of the very bottom of the bowl. And then the name Cole Jackson was called. Wait whats this strange pain in my arm. I fell to the ground after my vision became blurred. I awoke in a small bed and I had the feeling that I was shaking. I look over to the side and escort was sitting in the chair next to me.
"Why are you here... and where am I?" I asked her.
"Your on the train to the capitol. You had a heart attack but since there are no hospitals in district 12 we had to get you straight on the train for treatment." She answered.
"But why is the train moving?" I asked even more confused than before I asked the first question.
"I told you we are going to the capitol. For the games. Don't you remember being selected as the tribute?"
"What!? I'm... the...tri-" I attempted to say the final sentence as I lost consciousness once again due to a mix of dedication and shock.
So guess what guys? WERE DONE WITH THE REAPINGS! Took long enough am I right? Thanks to David Noklevername for Cole and HazelFireSky for Serenity. So from here the schedule is gonna work like this. I'm gonna do a general train ride chapter with the first intermingling of the tributes and impressions from a few of the district. From there I might do one in the tribute's tower or maybe I won't I'm not sure. I'm gonna do 1 or 2 on training and a general one on the scores from training. Then the interviews in 1 or 2 chapters. Then one pre games chapter then the games will begin. That's gonna be somewhere around 5 to 8 chapters. Now during this time I wanna hear your opinions. There is a poll posted on my profile right now that asks which district you think has the best odds of winning this years hunger games. I may use the results to help me decide who will make it past the initial bloodbath so make sure you vote for your favorites based on your first impressions. Also remember I'm still taking in questions you wanna see in the interviews either review or send me a pm with the questions. Also remember reviews make me happy and let me know what you guys wanna see so keep em coming. Hopefully the first chapter will be up tomorrow (probably). Other than that the chapters wont be up 4 times a day like the past few days because I don't wanna rush like I did through the reapings. I think that's all I got for you guys.
Peace Out For Now, Conman418