District 4 reaping:

Sarah (Sophia) Chalpman: District 4 Female (pov):

"Hey Sarah, honey time to wake up for the reaping" I hear my adoptive mum say from downstairs. The reason I don't live with my real parents is the fact that they assassinated my father and took my mother away never to be seen again by anyone.

"Coming." I look around my room for my reaping outfit see it and go over to it. It is a blue dress that comes down to my knees, black shoes with blue crystals, that looked like sapphire's, all over them.

I then put on my token that is an amber necklace that has strings of my mother's hair in it and my father's jewel inside. As I turn to go downstairs to go to the reaping, I see a note on my dresser and I go to open and read it.

"Remember your volunteering today or you're going to be beaten up worse than last year and this time we will leave visible scars." I scream in terror when I finish reading it. I can't volunteer for the hunger games; I won't survive and will definitely die in the bloodbath.

I hurry to make it downstairs as what happened at last year's reaping is flashed before my eyes along with what my life used to be like 8 years ago.

See I used to live in luxury in the justice building as the mayor's daughter and after he was assassinated... everything changed. I was forced to change my name to Sarah and forced out of the justice building and into a life that was less than me in poverty.

Then last year most of my bullies came up to me and try to force me to volunteer with threats but when I didn't comply, they threaten me with violence and attacked me multiple times... so I complied and promised that I volunteer for the games this year and I completely forgot about it, until my bullies reminded me today.

I exit my house and walk calmly towards the justice building ready for the reaping... and for me to volunteer for the hunger games. I might. No. I will definitely die in the arena but that won't mean I will die without trying. At least everyone will be able to get rid of me and won't need to worry about me anymore.

I sign in for the reaping and go to the 16 year old section hopefully there is a strong boy volunteer this year that could lead us to victory and beat the other districts. As I wait for our escort to come on stage, I start to look around for those who might of wrote the letter reminding me to volunteer for the games. I see a boy in the 15 year old section looking at me as if he knows I will volunteer today in about 10 minutes if our escort hurries up.

"Welcome, welcome district 4 to the reaping for the 150th hunger games and the 4th quarter quell!" Our escort, Odysseus, screams into his mic as he walks onto the stage. We all jump to attention as we were not expecting this kind of entrance as we have had the same escort for about 10 years but looks like we got a new one.

"As you know two of you get to battle in the hunger games for the glory of beating the other districts now including district 13 who are being added to the games for this quell and for all future games." Odysseus is hoping all over the stage trying to get us to like him but from the way he is acting most of us hate him for being annoying.

"Let's pick a lucky female tribut-" It's now or never I suppose. "I volunteer!" I shout and run for the stage before anyone else can volunteer and beat me to the stage. I get to the stage and stand next to Odysseus who is looking at me judging if I will bring district 4 to honor this year.

"What's your name?" Odysseus askes me as escorts do every year when there are volunteers in districts.

"I'm Sarah Chalpman and I will bring honor for district 4." I shout into the mic and as I expected halve of the district clap while the ours glare at me while the 12 year old girls are looking at me with admiration in their eyes.

"Now for the boys" Odysseus goes to pick a name but before he can a voice stops him.

"I volunteer!"

I see a scrawny boy who looks about 15 with the worst acne and horn-rimmed glasses runs towards the stage as an 18 year old career would. He stands on the over side of Odysseus.

"Hi, I'm Nero Hook and I will be your victor for the 150th hunger games." As soon as Nero shouts this I can hear about a quarter of our district clap. Having no actual career tributes this year could hurt our chance of getting a victor home this year. Hopefully this boy can survive without the careers or join them and not be killed by them.

Me on the other hand have no change of survival. I have no way of surviving in the hunger games without an alliance.

"Shake hands you two." Odysseus commands us to do. We both turn to each other and shake hands. Now that I can see his face more, I hope that I'm not in an alliance with him and hopefully he is killed early on so I don't have to.

"Here are your tributes for district 4 Sarah Chalpman and Nero Hook." We are then dragged right into the justice building and I wait for someone to come through the door and the only one that does come in is Tessa, my friend from school.

"Good luck Sarah, I know you can win." We hug right after she says that.

"I can't win Tess, look at the past female victors from 4, they all had some type of training before they got into the arena." I say this to her like it's plain as day, but she believes I can win somehow.

After I said that however she shuts up and she leaves. This leaves me to think about if she really was my friend and what strategy to use in the arena as I wait to go onto the train to the capitol.

Nero Hook pov:

"I volunteer!" As soon as I said those words, I run towards the stage to beat that 18 year old who was meant to volunteer. As I reach the stage, I take a look at my district partner.

Looking at her now, she might have some hidden talents that might take her to a win in the arena like my smarts. Due to this I already have a lot of strategies for my time in the arena.

"Hi, I'm Nero Hook and I will be your victor for the 150th hunger games." As soon as I shouts this, I can hear about a quarter of our district clap. Having no actual career tributes this year is definitely a shook as many others and might make our chances of getting a victor lower than usual.

"Shake hands you two." Odysseus commands us to do. We both turn to each other and shake hands. Now that I can see her face more, I can see that she is judgeing me to the fullest and the she doesn't want me as an ally in the arena. Hopefully, I can still be good enough to get to the top 8 in the arena and hopefully win the games for district 4.

"Here are your tributes for district 4 Sarah Chalpman and Nero Hook." We are then dragged right into the justice building and I wait for Reyna to come through the doors.

As she does, we run and hug each other and as we part, she says.

"You know what to do. Don't trust anyone fully and make sure you come home alive and not in a casket."

I nod. "I know Reyna, I think I can win these games and come back to you." We hug again before she is ripped from my arms and now, I have to wait for the train to take me to the games.

A/N: First update of 2020!

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There are still some characters left and they are

District 5 Male

District 8 Female

District 10 Female and

District 13 Male.

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Destiny.