Annabelle Royce,18,District 1 female
I pop my lips once i finish applying my lip gloss to my beautiful lips and I blow a seductive kiss to my stunning reflection that's looking back at me from my mirror. Goodness I'm so beautiful! My skin is a healthy well moisturized and taken care of pale. My stunning green eyes that always sparkle with sexiness. My blonde hair split into two long pigtails. My nice tight knee length black dress complimented me well showing off my amazing curvaceous figure. I'm always beautiful but I always go the extra mile on reaping day. I'm volunteering today afterall and when I come back as victor, I'm going to become a model. I do a sexy pose in the mirror and go downstairs to see my overweight and dumb father sitting at the table with a breakfast sandwich and a coffee mug next to him. He looks up at me and smile.
"Good morning Annabelle! You look amazing!" my father happily greets me, but my face immediately turns into a scowl.
"Excuse me!? I think you meant to say good morning victor of the 81st hunger games!" I bark as a look of fear quickly spread over his face.
"Oh I'm so sorry! I meant good morning v-" but I quickly put my hand in his face shutting him up as I sat across from him.
"You can shut up now! Should've got it right the first time! Gosh you're just beyond useless!" I hiss at him and he only holds his head down In shame.
It's just me and my fat slob of a father in this house that I can't wait to move out of once I return as victor. My mom died giving birth to me apparently. She gave her life to give birth to a goddess, so for that reason alone, I respect her. My father is a wealthy fat man. He owns most of the jewelry shops in this district, hence why I have three gold bracelets on each wrist, along with a golden diamond necklace, a ruby ring on my left index finger and a sapphire ring on my right one. I have plenty of other jewelry In my room too. I always demand my slob of a father to bring jewelry back home to me! A goddess like me deserves it and more!
"Good morning victor of the 81st hunger games!" Manuela our housemaid happily greets me as she sits a plate of breakfast down infront of me.
Atleast she got it right, she obviously took note of my father's fuck up. Manuela is our new housemaid and probably like the 50th overall. I lost count a while ago, but I usually demand my father to fire the housemaid after they screw something up. The last housemaid filled my glass of apple juice all the way to the top and some of it fell on the table. I immediately ordered my father to fire her afterwards, what the hell was her problem?
I look at my plate in horror and I immediately shoot Manuela a glare.
"What is this shit!?" I bark at her as her eyes widen.
"Oh uhmm, it's the breakfast you requested, Egg omelet with avocado" she shakes in fear.
"I eat egg whites only! Why the fuck is there yolk in here!? Your first day of work here and you're already fucking something up!?" I bark.
"I'm so sorry-" she starts to apologize, but I immediately throw the plate on the floor and it shatters.
"Clean it up! Now! And go make me an egg white omelet immediately afterwards!" I spit at her.
"Y-yes!" she quickly stammers as she gets right to work and I growl at my father.
"Can you do anything right? Anything? Can you like find us a half decent maid for once!?" I yell at him.
"I'm so sorry Annabelle, its only her first day of work-" he begins.
"SHUT UP!" I yell immediately shutting him up.
There's knocking on the door afterwards, and that can only be one person. I keep my circle small, real small. There's not a lot of people in this district who have the privilege of being next to a goddess such as myself. There's not a lot of people here who even deserve to breathe the same air as me!
My father know what to do. He gets his fatass up and wobbles to the door and let my bestfriend Marissa in.
"Hey my sexy victor!" Marissa throw her arms around me and I notice her butt poking out of her tight gold dress and I smack it as hard as I can and she only laughs aloud.
"you're so lucky I'm not gay, I'd be all over that!" I stated and she only continues laughing.
Marissa has been my bestfriend for five years now. She also comes from a wealthy family and is almost as beautiful as me. She sits down next to me and that's when the maid comes out with the correct breakfast this time and politely sits it down infront of me.
"Here is the lovely breakfast you requested!" she smiles but I glare my father and he know what this look means.
"Fire her!" I order.
"But Annabelle-" he tries to protest.
"FIRE THE DUMB BITCH!" I yell at the top of my lungs and he has no choice but to terminate her as she leaves the house in tears.
"ughh, I'm not even hungry any more! Here you want this?" I ask Marissa as I push the plate next to her.
"ofcourse!" she smiles as she quickly chomps it down.
I throw the empty plate on the floor afterwards and it shatters in pieces. Since we no longer have a maid, my father is just going to have to clean it up himself.
I shoot him another glare as he only looks at the broken plate shards in shame and me and Marissa hold hands as we leave the house together.
Everyone in this district know who I am. They all greet me as I walk by them with my bestie Marissa but I pay them no mind. One guy gets a little too close as he greets me and I promptly plant a giant glob of spit in his face and he gasps aloud as I strut past him with Marissa laughing. I make a quick stop at the beauty supply store as I remember that this "sexual pomegranate" lip gloss released today. I quickly grab it and put it on the counter as the clerk smiles and greets me, but I only tap on the counter impatiently. I'm rolling in money, i am money! but I'm not paying for this, why should a goddess like me have to pay for anything? She eventually gets the message though.
"Have a great day!" the clerk smiles, I grab the lipgloss and strut out of the store making sure to snatch another lipgloss for Marissa on my way out.
Marissa quickly licks some of the lip gloss and gags.
"ewww this taste nothing like pomegranate!" she spat.
She's right, it taste more like grape.
"Maybe this is how a sexual pomegranate tastes but I'm not impressed." I throw my stick on the ground and we reach the square where our escort Valentina who is dressed as an elf is beginning her introductions as our eleven living victors are seated across from each other. Our most recent victor is Nigel Blaydes who won the 77th hunger games after tossing the district four girl in a pit of lava. He was actually a decent looking guy back then but he looks like a morphine addict now, so sad. Once all the extra stuff is out of the way, Valentina finally begine drawing a name out of the female's bowl.
"Lily Dove!" Valentina calls but I immediately start racing towards the stage.
"I volunteer as tribute!" I shout, reaching the stage shortly after.
"A volunteer! A very beautiful one too! What's your name dear?" Valentina asks holding the mic infront of me, but I quickly snatch it out of her hand.
"The name is Annabelle Royce, the victor of the 81st hunger games!" I shout with confidence as I drop the mic and Valentina groans as she has to bend down and pick it up.
"Wonderful! Now lets start with the males!" She draws a name from their bowl.
"Ryan Cohen!" Valentina shouts and I hear a female in the crowd shriek aloud. What is she so emotional for? I mean someone is definitely going to volunteer for him.
"I volunteer!"I hear a young shout and I see a short boy with silver hair and eyes, dressed in all white zoom out from the fourteen year old section and arrive on the stage. If the rest of my competition looks this weak, I'm going to have a very easy time in the arena.
"Wonderful another volunteer! What's your name?" Valentina smiles.
"Teddy Trismegistus, and sorry to break it to you Annabelle, but I'm actually going to be the victor of the 81st hunger games!" he cockily states and I shoot him a death glare. This kid just sealed his fate.
"Wonderful wonderful! here is our two lovely volunteers representing district 1, please shake hands!" Valentina chirps.
He sticks his hand out and does a confident smile, but I only roll my eyes and begin walking towards the justice building. He doesn't deserve to shake the hand of a goddess, but soon enough I'm going to shoot an arrow right between his eyes. This little runt has no clue what's coming for him...No fucking clue.
Teddy Trismegistus,14, District 1 male
"Ha!" I yell as I throw my lance clean through a practice dummy. It's late at night and the reapings are tomorrow, so most of the careers are here getting in their last minute training since the facility won't be open tomorrow. I look at all of the dummies I destroyed over the course of the day, it's pretty impressive. Most of the dummies are ripped to shreds as I shredded them with my lance. others had a clean hole punctured through them as I threw my lance through them and I cockily spin the lance in my hand as I marvel my work.
I've been in this facility since early in the morning training, that's really all I know how to do. Don't underestimate me just cause I'm fourteen. Pretty sure I'd kick anyone's behind in this facility. No one in this district works and train as hard as I do. I pretty much live in this facility as I've spent countless hours here honing my craft and staying sharp. I don't let a day go by without working out, yeah ofcourse my body is a little sore but that's nothing for someone as strong and great as me! No one here takes me seriously. I'm just considered "weak" since I'm much smaller and younger than all of them. It honestly angers me, knowing that they all view me as is nothing but a pushover, I'll prove them wrong though. I'll prove to them that I'm so much better than them!
I always do my best not to show my anger and I don't talk to anyone here. I'm just the quiet career training in his own section of the facility. Becoming bored with shredding dummies all day, I decide to walk around the facility to see what everyone else is doing. A group of careers laugh at me as I pass by them. I angrilly ball my fists, but don't respond to them. They aren't worth the energy. I see a career throwing lances at dummies and she's honestly pretty awful at it, so I confidently grin as I prepare to showcase my skills. While she's busy embarrassing herself by missing practically every target, I pick up a lance from the rack and effortlessly toss it as it pierces the dummy straight through it's chest. She jumps and spins around to look at me but I only cockily smile as I walk past her and see what else is going on in this facility. I see a handful of careers struggling to run through the obstacle course and I only laugh to myself. They're actually struggling with this? I literally cleared this entire course with my eyes closed and I'm going to put all these losers to shame right now. I effortlessly run through the course in less than three minutes, and the careers that kept failing seem pretty salty about it but I do another cocky smile as they shoot me angry looks. One even called me a "cocky prick". I paid them no mind, they're slowly realizing that I'm better than them all.
Next up is the hand to hand combat section. I see two careers punching a punching bag and I join them as I begin delivering a flurry of punches and kicks into the bag putting all of their rabbit punches and weak kicks to shame. They only gawk at me as I give them yet another cocky smile and next I see a group of five careers ready to begin a race and I quickly jolt over to them before the race begins. They shoot me odd glances but other than that, don't really say much. The race starts and I begin blitzing on all of them. I smile as I think I'm comfortably in the lead, but one of the careers, a girl suddenly passes me when the finish line comes into sight and my eyes widen. No! I can't lose! I absolutely can't! I do my best to pick up my speed, but she's still slightly ahead of me. I refuse to lose and even if I have to get a little dirty, I won't allow myself to lose. I push the female career who's ahead of me and shrieks before falling on the floor and I reach the finish line placing first. I did it! I let out a cheer of joy but I see the small group of careers I just beat in the race angrilly approaching me.
"Hey you little punk! You think we didn't see you push Fabiola onto the floor!? You're that much of a sore loser?" One of them barks.
"Don't know what you're talking about, must be the salt talking!" I cockily say but that just angers them even more.
"You know, I've been seeing you walking around here, strutting it like you're just the hot stuff. you're just a little stupid fucking punk that can't own up to his loss or to the fact that he's the weakest one here!" one of the other careers bark and I'm quickly losing my anger but doing my best to control it.
"Like just what are you trying to prove anyways you little jerk, go back to your corner and stab some dummies!" Fabiola scolds me as she dusts off her knees.
"Yeah get lost punk!" the biggest career pushes me onto the floor and I go flying several feet back as I land on my stomach and they laugh at me. This is it, I'm not holding back anymore. I jump to my feet almost instantly and proceed to punch to biggest career in the nose and he lets out a pained yelp falling to the floor and clutches his nose. His buddy immediately rushes at me and tries to punch me in the face but I deflect his punch with my left hand and punch him in the jaw with my right hand and he stumbles back. The third career tries to grab me by my neck but I grab his arm and flip him onto the floor as he groans in pain. I begin to do a cocky smile but I feel a kick land on the side of my leg and I realize Fabiola snuck up behind me and my leg immediately give way as I fall onto the floor and they begin stomping on me and cursing repeatedly until it's broken up by the staff members. The staff promptly kicks me out of the facility after and I hold back my tears as I clutch my aching body walking back home through the dark. This isn't the first time I got beat up at the academy and probably won't be the last. yeah I know I only got myself to blame for this. My ego did get the better of me at times, but I'm going to be stronger than everyone there… and I swear on that.
I see a family pass by me. A mother,a father and their daughter who looks to be about six. Probably coming back from a trip or something. My biological parents left me on the doorstep of the most influential people in the district, the Trismegistus family. They're well known socialites and work directly for the captiol. They often take multiple trips down there to host galas and balls and I know I'm just pieces of the many conversations they have with the captiol citizens. This only gives me more fuel to train harder though, I want to be someone…I want to be strong. I think of my biological parents. I obviously have no recollection of them but I just wonder why they gave me away? Did they think I'd be weak? That I would never amount to anything? If that's how they felt, I want to prove them wrong. I train vigorously daily because I want to eventually volunteer for the games, become the victor and maybe then would my biological parents finally notice me and will want to see me again.
I decide to pay my bestfriend Ryan Cohen a visit. Ryan is like a brother to me. He's 17, just had a child with his girlfriend and worked full time to provide for the both of them. He never had any interest in being a career but he helps out with training me often and he always listens to my problems and whatever else I have to say. I really couldn't ask for a better friend. I quickly wipe my eyes and stand tall although I was only 5'8. I can't show him I'm in pain though. I knock on his door and it swings open almost immediately.
"Brother!" Ryan greets me as he immediately hugs me tightly and I wince in pain as he squeezes my aching body.
"Hey Ryan, sorry I didn't come earlier." I apologize.
"Hey man don't sweat it, I know you're training hard in hopes of volunteering someday, just do what you have to do, I'll always be here to support you!" Ryan smiles.
"Thanks Ryan, you really are awesome" I smile back.
"Sure thing man, come in, Sarah and Muffy just fell asleep, wanna crash on the couch tonight?" Ryan asks as he goes to his fridge and gives me a cold bottle of fruit punch which I chug down in seconds.
"That'll be great, sure could use a shower though" I admit and Ryan laughs.
"Yeah you do kinda smell, there's a clean towel in the bathroom, some of your clothes are still here too so go ahead and knock yourself out, I'll be upstairs if you need me bro!" he smiles as he heads upstairs to check on his girlfriend and daughter. My adoptive parents took good care of me. My father is the mayor of this district while my mother runs the fashion and make up industry here.
Ryan works real hard to provide for his family and I usually always give him money even if he usually declines it. He has a lot of pride…he's a lot like me actuallly. I usually crash at his place and his girlfriend and adorable daughter are always very welcoming. They're my only friends, so I enjoy their company. I throw myself on his couch after I clean myself up and pass out almost immediately. My eyes shoot open as I hear Muffy fussing as her parents get her dressed and I immediately leap off the couch and threw on an all white outfit that I left in his closet. White slacks, a white button up shirt and shoes.
We all woke up late apparently, so we don't even have time to eat breakfast. I promise after the reapings that I'd buy a big breakfast for all of us though. We literallty have to run to the square, and we make it just in time as our escort Valentina draw a female's name but someone quickly volunteeres and it's none other than Annabelle Royce. Yeah who doesn't know her? Her father owns most of the jewelry shops in the district and she's notorious for being a spoilt and over dramatic brat. I will admit that she's pretty hot though. After cockily proclaiming that she'd be the victor this year. Valentina drew the males name.
"Ryan Cohen!" Valentina piped, what? Ryan?
Sarah immediately shrieks aloud and cries, but she doesn't have anything to worry about! I would've prefered to wait another year or two, but I'm more than ready to go out and win! This is my moment to shine!
"I volunteer!" I quickly shout as I rush to the stage. The escort is ofcourse delighted and I crush Annabelle's bubble by declaring that I'll be victor this year. She only shoots me a glare after as she's clearly super salty about it. She wouldn't even shake my hand after, but I don't care. Ryan,Sarah and Muffy, I'll see all of you again soon enough, when I return as Victor!
Hey everyone so here is our tributes for district 1! Annabelle Royce and Teddy Trismegistus. Let me know how you feel about them. I expect all of my reaping chapters to be around this length, i do want to take my time and flesh out every character. The slots are slowly filling, but i still need plenty more submissions. As soon as i get another full district I'll begin a new chapter. This story will be completed even if i have to throw in some of my own characters to fill in the rest of the slots but that's only in the absolute worst case scenario. I'm confident, well hopeful that atleast most of the slots will be filled. Be sure to leave a review, till next time!