District 12 Reapings
Rosemary Bay (12) District 12 Female
I hike up the mountain with a sword strapped to my back, looking for the vicious beast. I heard a ferocious roar and knew I had found them. I pulled the sword off my back and leaped forward at the terrible monster, knowing I could die. Its tail smashed into me and I went flying, landing in a pile of cotton candy. I was stuffing my face but I couldn't taste anything, so I walked to the store to get something else. But I wasn't able to move. I looked down and saw I was slowly being swallowed up by the ground. Quicksand! I grabbed a convenient vine and pulled myself out, swinging away to school. It was test day. But I slipped and now I was falling, so high up I was above the clouds. As I plummeted to my probable death, I thought about my life. I couldn't remember much of it. I looked around and realized that I was no longer falling. I was flying. I soared through the sky, whooping and hollering. This was amazing! My long black hair whipped in the wind as the breeze flowed over me. I was in heaven. I looked behind me to see how far I had flown and when I looked back, a building was in front of me. I smashed into the skyscraper, looking inside to see children running around. And dead bodies. I gasped and my teeth fell out of my mouth, leading to a scream as I howled in agony. There was no pain, but I was used to that, the agony was mental. I had no teeth. I didn't know what I would- oh. My teeth are back. When did that happen? Oh well. I was walking down the street, not sure where I was going. I turned into a dark alley. I saw something shining, so I walked closer. A bright flash burst out of nowhere and I stumbled back, only to fall into emptiness. I screamed as the nothingness turned to color and spun around me.
I hit the ground with a thud, my ears ringing. I blacked out and woke up on a mountain, a sword on my back. I knew what I had to do.
Anthra Bay (40) District 12
It had been almost five years since the accident. Rosemary ran off to play by the mines. The vehicle carrying rocks and coal hit a bump and hard rubble rained down on her. She had been in a coma ever since. I missed my baby girl and cried every day. Who knew what she was going through. We weren't the poorest family, but so much money went to medical bills. I wanted to see my daughters beautiful blue eyes again, always full of life and laughter. It got even worse on reaping day.
Argos Ferron (36) District 12 Peacekeeper
It was that time of the year. Reapings. We had to go down to the mines, and get Laicao. His parents died when he was just eight years old. He was all alone and nobody knew him, nobody came to get him. He ate all the food in the house and when he ran out, he left to find more. He never went back. For years he took whatever he could find, and he knew animals were food, so he ate them too. He never came out during the day, and he got strong night vision, letting him hunt better. The people wondered why animals went missing, and they blamed starving kids. They were right, but it was just one kid. When people started searching for him, he moved to the mines, where his parents died. Laicao had nowhere else to go. Sometimes he would come out to eat, and sometimes a miner would go missing. Laicao didn't kill them, but when he found them, and he was hungry, he did what came naturally to him. He needed to eat to stay alive. Search parties have gone in to find these people. They would hear singing and giggling, sometimes flesh tearing. And they wouldn't stick around. Laicao became a local legend, and parents used him to get their kids home on time. Not that they weren't scared. Laicao was happy to be left alone, but ever since he turned twelve, we have to go to the caves, find him, and drag him to the reapings. He was never reaped, so we put him back. This year, he was. He couldn't win, so we wouldn't have to deal with him. And if he does win? At least the mines will be safe.
Hey everyone, I know Laicao and Rosemary may be a bit confusing, so if you have any questions, PM me, leave a review, or message me on discord. I'm sorry that Laicao's is a bit shorter, I hope this is enough. I hope to have the next reapings out by Valentine's Day but I might not.