Acalistor Macalister,14, District 7 male
"Sweety! Dinner is ready!" I hear my mom call through my door as I finish drawing a picture of a knife wedged in the skull of one of my ex bestfriends and I do a devilish grin as i envison killing him. Tonight is going to be an amazing night!
"Be right there mom!" I call, putting the picture in my drawer and close it before meeting both my parents at the dinner table. My parents are great servants, heck the only reason why I was even brung to this pathetic world is so everyone can serve me! Everyone here belongs to me! They're my dogs!
"Hi mom and dad, dinner smells good!" I sit myself between them and look down at my bowl of vegetable soup, there's not enough vegetables in here though! What the fuck!? I'm so angry about this that my eyes begin to water and I burst out crying shortly afterwards.
"Sweety? What's wrong?" My mom immediately jumps out of her chair.
"Son! Are you ok?" My father also jumps out of his chair.
"There's not enough vegetables in here! Why? Why? How am I supposed to get big and strong if I don't eat enough vegetables!?" I cry aloud. This is inexcusable! Completely inexcusable! I don't deserve this! I don't deserve this at all!
"Oh Sweety! I'm so sorry! I'll go add some more vegetables to your soup right away!" My mom assures me, kisses me on the cheek and picks up my bowl before bringing it into the kitchen. My father hugs me tightly though as he comforts me.
"It's ok son, everything will be fine, your mom is taking care of it right now and I'll go and make sure she puts even more vegetables in there ok?" he gently wipes my tears and gives me a kiss on the head.
"Ok dad…" I sniff and he walks into the kitchen aswell. When things don't go my way, it really does upset me but my parents are such great servants because they always handle whatever issue I'm having.
Both my parents arrive in the living room shortly after and there's so much vegetables in my bowl now that I can't even see the broth!
"Yay!" I cheer aloud as my mom sits the bowl in front of me and I immediately dig in, it's so good and my parents only smile and hold hands as their master enjoys his dinner.
The soup is so good that I down the contents in only a few minutes and I look at my empty bowl as my eyes start swelling up once more and I burst out crying again.
"Sweety what's wrong!?" My mom tends to me again.
"Was the soup too hot? what's wrong son?" my father joins in.
"There wasn't enough soup in here! I want more! I want more! Give me more!" I cry aloud once again.
"Oh Sweety! I'll get you some more soup right away!" My mom assures me and she grabs my bowl and runs into the kitchen again as my father comforts me.
"This is your fault, this is your fault dad! You should've made sure she put enough soup in the bowl!" I cry aloud.
"I'm so sorry son, you're right, it is my fault! I'll make sure she puts even more soup in your bowl this time." My father assures me and dashes into the kitchen again. My parents arrive moments later with an even larger bowl of soup and they smile and hug each other as they see me happily eating my soup.
"Alright son, it's time for me and your mom to head to work! Make sure you don't go outside ok?" My dad kisses me on top of the head.
"Sure mom and dad! I'll be right here!" I lie to them as I smile and they head out shortly afterwards. Now to execute my goal! My parents always leave around the same time, so I asked my top servant to meet me here tonight because we're going to kill someone tonight, my ex bestfriend Brad.
Me and Brad used to be friends for a while but we slowly drifted apart cause he didn't like the way I acted. Just recently when I was talking to him about how everyone on this planet lives to serve me, he just completely erupted! He called me a crybaby! A liar! A manipulator! A coward and that I needed to grow up! This is unforgivable! It's not my fault I'm this way. It's all my parent's fault! it's the world's fault and besides, there's people worse than me so I really don't need to grow up at all!
Anyways I told brad that I wanted to apologize to him under a really cool looking tree we used to hang out together at. He accepted like the dumbass he is and we're supposed to be meeting there tonight. My trusty servant managed to steal a pocket knife out of her dad's room and that's what I'm going to use to kill him!
There's knocking on my door shortly afterwards and it can only be one person so I open my door and scowl at her.
"What took you so long Dog!?" I bark at her and she quivers in fear.
"I'm sorry master, I had to babysit my baby sister!" My Dog apologizes but I smack her in the face and she falls to the floor crying.
"You dare disobey me! You dare disobey your master! I don't care if you have to babysit your stupid sister! When I tell you to be here at a certain time, you be here at that time! Do I make myself clear you stupid dog!" I spit at her.
"Y-yes my master! I'm so sorry!" she cries as she wipes her eyes.
"Now shut the hell up and let me tie this leash around your neck like the bad and stupid dog that you are!" I yell at her. I then tie a leash around her neck and she gets on her knees as I tug her outside and we begin walking to the meet up spot.
Dog is what I call my most loyal servant in the district. Her name is actually Moira but I never call her that. She's twelve years old and always do as I ask, but the few times she does disobey me like just now, I have to put her in her place! She's just a naive and stupid little girl I can manipulate at will. She agreed to become my servant after I promised her that I'll give her a bucket of gold on her 40th birthday. I still have 28 long years to figure out how I'm going to manage to get a bucket of gold, so I can take my time with that.
"Bark stupid dog!" I order her as we arrive in the forest.
"Ruff Ruff!" Dog does her best impersonation of a bark as I reach into her pocket and pull out the pocket knife that I'm going to kill Brad with! I can't do this alone though, I want someone to be with me when I kill him. I mean i always want someone to be with me when I do something cause I don't think I can do anything on my own, is there a problem with that!?
"Walk faster stupid dog!" I demand her as she's crawling too far behind me.
"Ruff ruff!" She barks as she speeds up her walk. You can literally get lost in this forest! Large dark bushy trees with a moonlit glow completely surrounds this forest, it's almost like a maze! I know my way around here though. In the worst case scenario I have my dog to guide me out of this forest!
I spot Brad as he's calmly sitting against the tree and he spots me with my dog as he stands up and gives me an irritated look.
"Dude what the hell are you doing! She's a human being, not an animal! Hell even animals don't deserve to be treated like this!" Brad immediately scolds me as I stand across from him.
"Look at us Brad, already off to a bad start, how about I worry about my property and you worry about yours!" I fire back as I tug my leash on my dog motioning her to stand up and like a good little dog, she does exactly that.
"This is fucked up man! Little girl why are you letting him treat you like this?" Brad asks.
"Don't answer!" I hiss at her and she remains silent.
"You know what man, I'm out of here! I was hoping you can grow up and maybe we'd be friends again but you're just too far gone!" Brad scoffs as he begins walking away but I quickly cut him off as I stand infront of him.
"Actually Brad, I don't think you're going anywhere!" I do a devilish grin as I reach into my pocket.
"What are you talking about?" I see him getting more nervous and I pull out the knife as he gasps.
"I invited you out here so I can kill you, not to apologize! After all those insults you shouted at me the other day, I just can't let that go!" I coldly say.
"Hey man look, i-I didn't mean what I said, I'm sorry ok?" he quickly apologizes.
"Do you know how much I cried? Do you know how much my feelings were hurt after you said that? You know that I always hold grudges and I can't let you get away!" I hiss at him and I see tears starting to come down his eyes.
"Don't kill me please! Please don't!" He begins to cry and my hand trembles. I'm so scared! I'm only scared cause it's chilly out here though! I can't do it and I immediately give the knife to my dog.
"Kill him Dog!" I order and my dog hesitantly nods and walks towards Brad but he gasps and begins running away.
"Don't let him escape!" I shout as we both start pursuing him but he trips over a twig and falls to the ground as his head slams again a boulder with a sickening crack, his body goes completely limp.
"Brad,B-Brad?" I mumble as I walk up to him, but I only see blood pouring out of his head as he gazes at me with his cold dead eyes and I begin crying! Brad is dead! Brad is dead!
"This is all your fault you stupid dog! You should've never brung the knife! You should've never came tonight!" I yell at my dog and she only has a horrified look on her face as she looks at the body of Brad.
"We have to run before someone see us!" My dog quickly shouts and begins running without me.
"Don't leave me Dog! Don't leave without me!" I cry profusely as I run after her. I want my mom and dad! I want my mom and dad!
Lykrie Ellisman,15,District 7 female
I viciously slice through log after log after log in my backyard, not breaking a sweat. This axe felt like a feather now due to using it so much and I continue swinging the axe and cutting through logs. After cutting through five more I look at a tree in the distance and aim my axe at it before letting it go. It lands square into the tree and I do a smirk as I take a deep breathe and begin stretching my arm.
"Wow, that's almost career like!" I hear a voice behind me and I turn around to see it's my sister Avè.
"How long you been here?" I question as I take a sip from my bottle of water.
"A minute or two, was coming to tell you that breakfast is ready but I just had to marvel your skill. Even when you're not working, you're still chopping down logs." Avè laughs.
"Well gotta stay sharp right? And your hair looks terrible." I suddenly say and Avè only playfully rolls her eyes.
"Always saying the first thing that comes to mind huh? Thanks though, that's very sweet of you." Avè sarcastically say before going back into the house and I follow behind her as I join Avè and her wife Kyla at the table.
I'm the youngest of my siblings. My father was a lumberjack and my mother was a baker. They both fell In love with each at sixteen and fifteen respectively and had Avè shortly after. My brother Jace was born two years later and I came along nine years later. We lived a pretty simple and comfortable life. We weren't rich by any means, but we were comfortable. My parents and brother hated the way the world was run though and they were all three executed right in the middle of the street after they were caught trying to spark a rebellion. I was only ten at the time and it happened so abruptly leaving me and Avè to figure out just how we were going to survive. We moved out of our old home as it was too big, expensive and just full of so many memories and moved into a smaller home to start anew. My sister met Kyla soon after and they married a year ago. I started working two years ago but I already felt like a pro and put most of the other lumberjacks to shame.
"Good morning, I see you had a nice little morning workout!" Kyka greets me as we all have a bowl of oatmeal with fruits in front of us.
"Just shaking the rust off, oatmeal looks good though, you made it Kyla?" I ask before putting a spoonful in my mouth and I'm met with the right amount of sweetness, flavor and texture as I scoop up another spoonful.
"You know it! Made it just how you like it!" Kyla smiles.
"Yeah this is pretty good, you should wash your face better though, I see a lot of crust in your eyes. Imagine going outside like that, gosh that'll be even more embarrassing than the man we saw in the window masturbating!" I laugh as I scoop up another spoonful of oatmeal in my mouth and Kyla and Avè only give me an odd glance.
"Oh yeah, keep forgetting you two don't like dark humor." I nonchantly say before sipping my orange juice.
"She gave me a wonderful compliment too, a bundle of sunshine huh?" Avè jokes and Kyla laughs along with her. Yeah I don't have a censor, I say whatever springs to my mind, right to someone's face. It didn't matter to me if they take it as a compliment or an insult.
"Anyways after the reapings we should do something, like bake a cake or something." Kyla suggests to me.
"Fine with me as long as Avè bakes it, your baking is awful." I bluntly say as I finish my oatmeal and Avè only laughs.
"Well I do agree that's something I can work on." Kyla admits as I finish up the rest of my orange juice and begin leaving the table.
"I'm getting dressed, see you guys in a few minutes." I state before going to the restroom to wash up.
After spitting out some mouthwash, I take a look at myself in the mirror making sure I don't have a ton of crust in my eyes like Kyla. I have Ginger colored hair, it's naturally straight and I keep it in a messy bun. My skin is tan and I have heterochromia making one of my eyes blue and the other hazel brown. I'm pretty tall at 5'11 and have a slender body with long willowy limbs. I may look like I don't pack a lot of strength, but you'd be surprised.
I put on a simple white sundress with yellow flowers on it, I honestly don't like it, but Avè made it for me and wanted me to wear it, so yeah.
I meet Avè and Kyla by the door and Avè smiles when she see I'm wearing the dress I made for her.
"It looks amazing on you!" Avè compliments me.
"Yeah, I think I can used to it, eventually." I admit and we head out to the square. We take our time walking there, we're early so there's no rush.
Avè and Kyla converses with one another but I just remain silent for the time being. I see a male who looks a little older than me walking with his family and he's wearing a blue suit, it actually looks really nice too.
"I like your suit." I compliment the male and he turns around and gives me a shy look.
"Oh uh, thanks! I like your dress!" he responds.
"My sister made it for me, I don't really like it much but I'll probably get used to it." I state and he nods before walking ahead with his family.
We arrive at the square soon after and I get registered before going off into the fifteen year old female section. I try to stand away from the other females, I really do hate the feeling of being cooped up. On the stage is our escort Minty, a young woman in all green who can't be much older than me takes the stage along with our six living victors. Garrison our victor from last year sits a noticeable distance away from the rest of the victors as two peacekeepers stand by him ready to intervene if he tries anything. He seems calm though, just staring at the floor and not doing much else.
Minty begins playing the video that's played every year about how the hunger games came to be. Most people look at the capitol and just think how evil they are but me? I just think life has very little purpose. What's the point of existing if we're just not going to exist one day? Why does it matter what takes place on this planet?
In the end there's no right or wrong, there's just different ways of thinking. People however just want to pick and choose what's right, what isn't right and honestly, no one is more right than anyone else. Is crime really a bad thing? Or are people just eating up whatever the president is spewing out of his mouth? Why is it wrong for me to take a life? Why is it wrong for anyone to take a life? In the grand scheme of things does it really make a difference? Like I said before, nothing that takes place on this earth matters.
"Lykrie what's up!" I hear MJ and face her. I have a lot of friends in this district, I keep my circle pretty big but I consider MJ the closest friend I have. Even then though I don't show my true emotions to her. Other than my sister I don't fully open up to anyone, because I don't fully trust anyone but my sister and it'd probably always be that way. I don't get into deep conversations with anyone but I don't mind conversing a little.
"Hello MJ." I greet her.
"Nervous for the reapings?" she asks.
"Why would I be?" I question.
"Cause one of us might get reaped and die, or maybe one of our friends we know will get reaped and die…" MJ states and I only shurg my shoulders.
"Well if it happens, it happens right? Nothing that can be done." I nonchantly say.
"Well…I guess that is mostly true…" MJ responds and there's only a silence between me and her as Minty is about to reap the male for this year.
"Acalistor Macalister!" Minty calls.
"No! Nooooo!" I immediately hear a young boy scream. I then see a very small dark skinned skinny boy with short black hair wearing brown shoes, blues socks, grey pants and a white shirt emerge from the fourteen year old male section in tears.
"No! No! Someone volunteer for me! Someone volunteer for me! Please I don't want to die! I don't want to die!" He cries profusely. No one volunteers though and his crying only gets louder and I can't help but laugh a little.
"Please! Please! Anyone!" He begs but there's only more silence and a peacekeeper grabs him and effortlessly pulls him to the stage and he's now rolling all across the stage screaming and crying while kicking his legs in the air like a little baby.
"I don't want to die! Mom and dad! Help me!" he cries.
"Ok lets reap our female now!" Minty tries to ignore this scene and pulls out a name.
"Taura McClean!" Minty shouts. I know her, we used to hang out sometimes before my parents died but that was about it, we weren't super close or anything.
"I volunteer!" I suddenly shout. This is something I never even thought of before, volunteering. I even surprised myself just now. It has nothing to do with Taura either but everything to do with me. I just don't want to live this way for the rest of my life and this is a way for me to just end it all or fight for everything I believe in, changing the lives of me, my sister and Kyla.
"A volunteer! Come on up!" Minty shouts and I walk to the stage confidently, ignoring my district partner who's still on the floor bawling his eyes out.
"You look strong too! We might have two victors in a row! What's your name?" Minty asks.
"Lykrie Ellisman." I carelessly say.
"Alright here's our two tributes representing district 7 this year!" Minty shouts in excitement and I step over my crying district partner and start walking towards the justice building where I'll probably see my family and friends for the very last time.
Finally here's district 7! We are now officially done with the reapings and this is honestly a really big deal for me. I know alot of Syots don't even make it this far but yeah just glad i was able to get through them. We have a very interesting set of tributes and i really do like all of them in some way or form. Anyways part 1 of the goodbyes will be up next. Thanks for all the reviews and see you guys soon! Till next time!