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Quail Arend

District 11, 18, Male

2 years before the reaping...

"So put the bucket under her," I instruct him and he follows along.
"Ok, and?" He asks and I eye him for being impatient and then I laugh.
"Getting a little cocky because you have a job now, hm?" I say mocking him and he smiles, my brother has always wanted to help out by working. Finally, with his 14th Birthday yesterday, he can earn us some extra cash. "Now squeeze it the stomach." I cry and place his hands around a stomach part of the cow. Mooooooo!
"I did it!" My brother - Crow cries and I laugh at his overexcitement.
"Now 120 more and we can go home," I say and point to the hundreds of cows. My brother's shoulders slump and he walks off to another cow.

Eventually, we finish up and I collect our payment. It's just another day in District 11 but it makes me happy that Crow is supporting our family and curing my boredom at work.
"Come on then, matey," I say and grab his hand. We head towards our house and I pick up some dinner with our payment, and my brother grabs a treat for being so helpful.

Crow gobbles up his sugared bread as we talk and arrive home. I open the door to our tight and rundown shack and immediately run over to my mother - in her wheelchair.
"Are you okay, Mama?" I ask and kneel to her.
"Yes, I am fine." She replies and kisses me. Ever since she was paralyzed in the fields she just sits here while we are at work. She was paralyzed from the waist down and was our main source of income but now I and my brother along with my dad have to work to keep my family going.

I begin to prepare a few slices of bread and some broth, as Crow wheels my Mum to the table.
"Tell Mom about your first day at work, Crow."
"Mom it was awesome! I milked more than 50 cows and Quail only did a few more than I did." He brags and I smirk, it was more than a few more.
"He was brilliant," I reply and set our meal down. I help my mom eat before munching mine up and we all sit down on the sofa. Dad will be home soon and then we can cuddle up and tell stories.

Nevaeh Rechwhal

District 11, 15, Female

4 years before the reaping...

"Get the hell off him you b****!" My Father cries with rage and charges at the Peacekeeper. Saoirse, my adopted sister, shakes behind me with fear as my Dad tackles the Peacekeeper off the poor thief. The boy runs away - thanking us- and my Dad is pushed off the enraged Peacekeeper. The Peacekeeper grabs him by the neck and points a gun at my Father's head,
"Should I kill him?" He asks and even though he has a helmet on I can sense he is smirking, disgusting. I walk up to him and sneer,
"If you pull that trigger, I will personally hunt you down until I find you and I tear your face off," I smirk when I see him shake his head and sigh.

Later that evening, I rush off to the whipping outpost and see Daddy being whipped. Again, seriously? My Father has always been easily angered and has a few issues that he has 'kindly' passed on to me. Fortunately, Saoirse didn't get any of his genes but it would be nice to see her talk more often. She quivers beside me every time he is smacked and my Mother comforts us both. I sniff and she kisses me gently. I wish he could keep his mouth shut like: Me, Saoirse and Mother but everyone is different I guess.

We carry him home and place him on his bed. He smiles softly and apologizes but I don't care anymore, as long as he is okay that is all that matters. My Mom brings up some painkillers that we'd picked up on the way from a kind-hearted overseer and she puts it in his mouth forcing down a sip of water. He is going to be bad in the morning but I have seen it before, the bruises, black eyes, and a few new scars.

The daytime arrives as quickly as it had left and I bounce my way to my parent's room, "Daddy? Are you alright?" I question and I act like a doctor. "Now, bed for you all day!" I say and giggle.
"I wish but they need me back at the local farm." He smiles but I frown. It's not fair! He is all bashed up and cut and he won't even stay home. "But there is good news. You are going to school today!" I squeal and run off to wake up Saoirse, I love school because it's more fun than just lazing around the house but my parents can't afford for us to go every day.
"Saoirse! We are going to school, today." I laugh as I jump up and down on her bed. She turns to face me and smiles,
"Cool."

There we are. Sorry, I was going to write this yesterday but I wasn't in the mood after falling ill. Thanks to: DragonoftheStars1429 and ReadBooksWriteThings for these 2.

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