Some quick background information. Most of the tributes are made by me. There are 7 tributes that are actually my friends who wanted to be in it. With my friends their first names are their names but their last names are different for privacy reasons obviously. I will do polls in the future but not right now. I am keeping the Reapings short because they are not very interesting lets be honest and i will get to the fun stuff as quick as i can.
District 1
Lucas Clark was an 18 year old from District 1. This was his last year to be reaped for the hunger games and he was going to make it count. His family was on the poorer side of District 1 which still wasn't that poor considering the other districts like 12. He knew one thing for sure. Winning these games would make him super famous and rich.
Lucas was walking towards the meeting spot he had planned with his girlfriend before the games began. As he neared the hill he had planned to meet on he saw her sitting on top of it and when she saw him she immediately got up and ran down to him and embraced him in a hug.
"Are you really going to do this?" Olivia said to him.
"Yes." Lucas said to her hugging her also. "I promise I will make it back alright." Lucas kissed Olivia on the forehead. "Come on. Let's get to town square. The reapings will start soon and I wanna be close to the stage."
Olivia nodded and the two of them went towards town square. As they got their blood tested they went their own ways and Lucas ended up at the front of the crowd that came slightly after him. Now all he had to do was wait for noon when the reaping would begin.
Luna Young was ready. She has been training ever since she was 6 and now was her chance. She was 17 and she was going to volunteer. She knew she was going to win without a doubt. She could already imagine all the ways she could kill the other tributes, nothing was going to stop her. She was in the hunger games training building. She had a spear and an axe. She threw the axe at one of the training dummies lodging it into its chest then she took the spear and threw it through the next of the same dummy. If that was a person they would surely be dead. The kid next to her looked at her.
"Geez… is that really necessary." The kid who looked around 9 said to her.
"Yes. If I'm going to win I need to make sure they are dead or else I would be dead." She walked over to the dummy and pulled the axe out of it and then the spear. "You wouldn't understand though. You still have quite a ways before you should volunteer and then you would understand."
"Well it's almost time for the reapings so we should get going" The little kid said to her as she threw the weapons into another dummy before she left the building and ran towards center square.
When Luna got to center square she saw a few people there already. She quickly got her blood tested and got as close to the stage as she could.
Luna waited for the reapings to start and as she was waiting she looked at the other people there. On the girls side she saw some other girls around her age. She had no clue if they were going to try and volunteer also but she didn't want to find out, she had to be first. On the boys side she saw a few of them also around her age there. Then more people began to flood in and soon the escort came onto the stage. He was a decently tall man with blue hair and he started the speech on the dark days and how they owed the capitol blah blah blah. Luna couldn't care less; she just wanted to be first to that stage.
"Our female tribu…" the escort started
"I volunteer as tribute!" Luna blurted before the escort could finish his sentence.
"I didn't finish but alright. What's your name?" The escort asked
"Luna Young"
"Give it up for Luna Young everybody!" The escort said. "Now for the…"
"I volunteer as tribute!" A boy around her age ran up to the stage. "My name is Lucas Clark"
"I didn't even get to finish. Whatever. Give it up for Luna Young and Lucas Clark. Tributes, shake hands and may the odds be ever in your favor" The two tributes shook hands.
District 2
David Ruiz and his sister Billie were in their living room playing some card games with each other.
"Hey Billie. I think I'm going to volunteer this year." David was 17 and he was ready for the hunger games. His sister Billie was going to wait another year or two before volunteering.
"You sure you want to do that? What if you die?" Billie asked David calmly.
"If I die then I die but I still want to do it." The two of them say in silence while playing the card game. It was nearing noon and Billie finally spoke up.
"Let's get going." Billie said as she stood up and went to the door and David followed slightly after. The two of them walked in silence to the town square and got blood identified.
"I will see you after the games, Billie." David said as he went to his side. He waited for the reapings to start and when the escort arrived she talked about the usual boring stuff they hear every year and then said.
"Let something change this year. We will be doing boys first." The escort pulled a paper out of the boys reaping ball. "Daniel Jones!"
"I volunteer as tribute!" David blurted out as fast as he could and went up on stage.
"What's your name?" The escort asked him.
"David. David Ruiz"
"Our male tribute for the 51st hunger games is David Ruiz! Now time for our female tribute." The escort put her hand in the girl's reaping balls and her eyes went wide. "Oh my. Billie Ruiz!"
David saw Billie look around panicked as nobody volunteered but instead smirked. They wanted the two of them to go in the arena together. Some peacemakers took Billie's arms and led her on stage.
"Are you two siblings?" The escort asked them.
"Y-yes." Billie stammered.
"Isn't that just unfortunate. You two may shake hands and may the odds be ever in your favor."
They shook hands and looked at each other in worry
District 3
Linkin Myers is one of the best inventors in the district. He was great at making things out of such little materials. That is what he is known for in the district. He would last pretty long in the hunger games if he was ever reaped which he hoped he wouldn't.
Linkin was walking through the district looking for anything useful he could use for some new inventions. He found some scrap wood, a bit of bolts and screws and a tiny bit of scrap metal. That will be enough. Linkin thought as he carried the materials back to the shed in his backyard. He started using the stuff on what he previously made a bit of and after a few hours it was done.
Linkin had made a functioning watch out of wood and scrap metal he found around town. All he had to do was set it to the current time so it would be useful, which didn't take him long. He went to his room and fell asleep.
"LINKIN GET UP!"
Linkin jerked awake and immediately got out of bed and checked the watch he made. Crap I need to get to the town square. It was 11:45 and he got dressed and bolted out of the door and ran as fast as he could towards town square. He arrived at 11:52 and quickly got blood identified and joined the crowd.
Maya Ross and her brother Thomas lived with her friend Ava after her parents were killed by peacemakers 2 years back for "Treacherous speech" which all they did was talk about that year's hunger games which made no sense to her, they probably just wanted someone to kill and would use any excuse to do so.
Maya took out tesserae for both her and her brother and Ava's family and at the age of 15 her name was in the system 36 times. She would much rather be sent in the games instead of anybody else but she hoped she wouldn't have to ever.
"Hey Maya. You ready for the reapings?" Ava asked.
"Y-yeah. I really don't want to get chosen though. I wouldn't survive 2 seconds out there." Maya responded.
"You won't be but if you do you will do great." Ava said, trying to comfort Maya.
"W-we should get going." Maya said to Ava and Ava nodded. Maya, Ava and Thomas all left to go to town square to get ready for the reapings. They got there and got in with the crowd.
She waited a few minutes then the escort came on stage.
The escort went through all the mandatory stuff they were supposed to do every year.
"Ladies first." The escort boomed as she put her hand in the reaping ball and pulled out a piece of paper. "Maya Ross!"
Ava looked at Maya as peacekeepers came and took hold of Maya and led her onstage.
"and for the male tribute. Linkin Myers!"
Everyone looked shoved that the genius boy from district 3 got reaped as he walked on stage looking equally as scared.
"You two may shake hands"
The two of them shook hands.
"May the odds be ever in your favor."
District 4
Koen Smith walked to the fence that surrounded district 4 carrying a trident. He looked around to make sure nobody was watching and slipped through a hole in the fence and he took off running. He made his way to a lake and he watched for fish. He watched carefully and spotted one. He aimed the trident and he waited and threw it impaling the fish. Koen waded over to the trident and grabbed it. He waded back and pulled the fish off the trident and put it on the grass next to the lake and went back to get some more fish.
After catching a few more fish he carried the fish back. He snuck back into the district and quickly ran home where he put the fish in an ice box to keep them fresh. It was reaping day and he wanted to get some stuff done before he went to town square. Koen cleaned a fish and cooked it.
"MIA! I MADE BREAKFAST." Koen called out and his 11 year old sister came running down the stairs. Koen chopped the fish in half and gave one half to his sister and ate the other half himself.
"Koen it's almost noon. We need to get to town square." Mia said to her older brother and she quickly scarfed up the rest of the fish and went out the door. Koen quickly went out the door and ran after his sister towards town square.
Marlee Griffin hated the idea of the hunger games and would never volunteer. What was the point? If you don't volunteer you don't die in the hunger games. The kids of district 1 and 2 and sometimes 4 almost always volunteered but she refused to do that. She wanted to stay with her dad and her sister. Marlee's mom died a few years earlier from a stroke and her dad and sister were all she had left. The 14 year old put on her best clothes and went outside and sat on a chair on the porch. She watched as a kid ran to the house across from theirs carrying a trident and 3 fish. It was Koen. Marlee knew Koen snuck out of the district because she had seen him do it multiple times but she couldn't care less she knew he was just taking care of his sister and she would do that too if she had to.
Marlee started humming the tune to her favorite song and closed her eyes breathing the fresh air.
She must have fallen asleep because she suddenly jolted awake in the chair to the announcement to get to town square for the reapings. Marlee quickly went in and grabbed her 11 year old sister and ran towards town square. Marlee and her sister barely got there before noon and quickly got in with all the other kids right before the escort got up to the stage and the presentation thing started about the past of Panem that everyone has seen a million times that you could remember it word by word. Once that finished the escort went up to the microphone.
"Welcome everyone of District 4 to the 51st annual hunger games reapings. As usual, Ladies first." The lady went up to the female reaping ball and pulled out a slip of paper. Marlee sat there watching as the escort opened the paper agonizingly slow before speaking. "Marlee Griffin!" The girls around Marlee looked at her as she stood there in fear. Four peacekeepers took hold of her and forced her on the stage. Marlee looked around and spotted her little sister who looked up at her in fear and her dad looked at her with worry.
"Now for the boys." The escort pulled out a piece of paper. "Koen Smith."
Marlee watched Koen, the kid who lived across from her, fall to the ground after hearing his name be called. The four peacekeepers that took Marlee up to the stage went over to Koen and lifted him up and dragged him up to the stage.
"You two shake hands now." The escort said to the two of them and they shook hands both trembling with fear.