District 10
Jameson "Jay" Wright 16
1 day before the reaping's
The boiling hot sun radiates against my skin, I can feel the heat against my face as I struggle with my hands tied around this wooden pool. My feet, legs, arms and shoulders all ach like mad!
I turn my head to the right to see my best friend, well he's more than that to me but anyway my best friend Hunch is in the same position. He looks like he has taken the punishment way worse than me, his head has turned tomato red with sweat pouring from it.
"Hey Hunch!" I whisper to get his attention
His head tilts over to me.
"It seemed like that guy in the helmet was really mad at us" I say
"You mean that Peacekeeper?" He asks
"Whatever" I respond
"Yeah that Peacekeeper was really pissed at us" he agrees
"You know what I mean? He really needs to get over himself man" I reply
"Exactly, we didn't even graffiti on the wall that was definitely Chad and his gang"
"I hate chad" I groan
Hunch turns back to me.
"If he ever gives you bother again just tell me ok?" he reassures me
I give him a nod and a grateful smile.
"Anyway, are we gonna clean the graffiti off the wall? He said he would let us go if we do" I ask
"No way! We didn't do it, so why should we!" he answers defiantly
There is a long pause in the conversation as we both just stand here taking the boiling sun to the face.
"Hey Jay" Hunch whispers
"Whatsup bro" I reply
"You know that time when we eat food…like lunch and dinner or whatever" he says
"Yeah dinner time" I reply
"Yeah, what happens at that time because we're kind of stuck here"
"I don't think we're getting any…I think they're leaving us out here to starve and die of thirst" I answer
"That is so unfair" He moans
There is another short pause.
"So do you think we're gonna clean that graffiti up then?" I ask
He looks at me in defeat.
"It looks like we're gonna" he answers
Wrenna Chimes 12
My bedroom door is closed tight to silence the sound of my dad shouting in the background. I hear him smash something in anger and my mum scream in response. I ignore it and continue sketching in my book. Today I'm sketching what I saw in that forest that day, no one will believe me. Well, only Robin believes my stories but that's it! Everyone else thinks I'm lying!
I can hear my mum making her way up the stairs with her prosthetic leg, her real one got bitten off when she used to hunt mutts.
She knocks at my door.
"Wrenna honey"
I don't answer.
She enters my room anyway. I glance up at her from my sketch pad.
"Wrenna, your father has gone out on one of his hunting trips, do you want to come down for something to eat?"
I ignore her and continue sketching on my pad.
"What are you doing?" she asks
"I'm sketching what I saw in the forest" I reply
I turn my sketch book around to show her.
"There's the horrible boy who was trying to hurt those people"
I then point to my drawing of the six legged mutt.
"And there's the mutt that saved the people from him"
My mum just looks at me with those same disappointed eyes.
"Wrenna, how many times have we been over this? There are no six legged mutts like that in District 10 and there is no mean boy. You inhaled a hallucinogenic drug remember?" she answers
"I know it wasn't your fault honey"
"But it was real! I saw it!" I protest
"You mean as real as the fairies and magic?"
"I'll see you downstairs" she states
With that she leaves me in my room to mull over the conversation. They will see, one day.
It is coming and then they will see!
I here another knock at my door, I don't answer thinking that's it's my mum again but I am happy to see that it is my sister Robin, she gives me a warm smile.
"Hey Wrenna"
"Hey"
Everyone has always said she looks exactly like me, the same light blonde hair. She has the same tanned skin and freckles with blue eyes.
She sits on my bed.
"What you drawing today?
"I'm just drawing what I saw that day" I reply, showing my sketch pad to her.
She smiles at me again. I see Robin as more of a parent than any of my real parents, my dad is just pure evil and enjoys tormenting animals and people. My mum has her constant high and low moods. Me and Robin are the only sane ones in this family!
Jameson "Jay" Wright 16
I am stood outside the reaping square with my two older sisters, Luna and Laura and also Hunch, I mean Hunch isn't my sister obviously but I'm standing with him, with his wavy blonde hair and big grey eyes.
"Good luck today bro" He tells me
"Good luck to you too" I reply
I reach forward and hug Hunch, he returns the favour.
"Maybe at the end you two should kiss" Luna comments
I glare at her in embarrassment and surprise. I feel anxiety building up in my heart.
"Wait no no no…we're just friends…I mean best friends" I stutter
"Yeah…we're buddies" Hunch adds
He grabs my arms and starts wrestling with me to prove his point "Grrrh"
"Yeah sure" Luna adds unconvinced
"Look Jay if you're gay its ok…so many people are gay" Laura says
"Yeah it's not a big deal" Luna adds
Feeling intense embarrassment, I quickly scramble away into the crowd. They just don't understand that I don't like these kind of conversations in public. Especially not in front of Hunch! I might have a super outgoing exterior but it's not what I'm like on the inside, maybe I should just admit that I have a crush on him!
Suddenly a rock hits me on the back of the head!
"Oww!"
I clutch my head in pain, looking over to see who the obvious culprit is…Chad.
"Good luck today" He laughs
"I wouldn't want you to get reaped, personally I enjoy our time together"
I just roll my eyes and ignore him.
Wrenna Chimes 12
Robin walks with me to the reaping's, guiding me through the large crowds of people, this is a bit like my first day at school only a lot worse. I stop dead at the site of the reaping square, memories flash before my eyes. Robin notices the terror in me and pauses.
"It's ok Wrenna, there's no need to be afraid"
"Wait I remember this day!" I reply
"What are you talking about?"
"I've seen this day before!"
"Wrenna how could you have seen this day?"
My eyes divert to the ground in despair. I saw this that day I inhaled the hallucinogenic!
"I didn't think it would be this soon" I mutter
"Something bad is about to happen"
I can feel Robin starting to get frustrated with me but I'm telling her the truth. She knows I never lie.
"Wrenna it's just the stress" she tells me
"Now just follow me and we're gonna get you through your first reaping's ok?"
I nod in acceptance but only because I know there is no way of convincing Robin of what I know and no way of stopping fate.
Then when we got through to the reaping's the inevitable happened. The first to get reaped was this boy called Jay. He didn't look as sad as I expected him to, I guess he was brave maybe, I'm not sure.
Then of course it was me, I struggle to comprehend what this means for me. I can feel tears flooding down my face and I can hear Robin protesting in the background.
So here are the next two. Thanks to cartierscrown for Jay and TheRaichuinRavenclaw for Wrenna. Trying to get through these quickly now so we can get onto the good stuff. What do you guys think of these two? I know these were shorter POVs but they will get more screen time later on. Also can some explain please why the cover for this story isn't showing its really weird. See you on next chapter!
Theme songs
Wrenna: Colors of the Wind (Judy Kuhn, Pokakhontas
Jay: rise - katy perry