First District chapter! Hope you enjoy.

Aurum Stark POV:

I watched the dog out of the corner of my eyes as it licked it's muddy paw. The identification line was moving slow and I was starting to get nervous. The dog looked harmless like it couldn't hurt a fly, but I had a lack of trust when it came to dogs. I used to love the animals until I was five years old.

The dog looked sweet, sleeping on the porch of a woman's house while she made apple pie in the kitchen. Now, I know not to wake a sleeping dog but then, I just wanted to cuddle it. I went up to the dog and flung my arms around it, hugging it tightly. The dog panicked and bit me, tearing part of my throat out. I stumbled backward and coughed up my own blood. The old woman screamed and ran to get help.

I was rushed to the District doctor, who also happened to be my mother. She was the best at her job but demanded that dog to be shot. The Peacekeepers agreed it was too dangerous and granted her wish. The old women didn't look at me the same until the day she passed away.

"Next," the man in front of me said, holding out his hand. They always placed female peacekeepers with the girls and males for the boys. I didn't care either way but I guess there was people out there who prefer someone of their own sex stabbing them with a needle. I didn't even flinch when the needle pierced through my skin. I hardly even felt the pain. Much worse had happened to me in my years of training.

I made my way to my row, holding my head high. I knew a few people from my class had voted for me this year. Any normal Games and I would have been the chosen volunteer anyway but this stupid rule meant it was harder to get in. I was clearly the best choice for the males but who knows what people would want. They could vote a rapist instead of me to compete. Yeah, we would get rid of some low life scum but we wouldn't be having a victory from them. Criminals were cowards when faced with danger, they needed someone like me to bring the crown home that was stolen from us last year. Lavina was so close to victory yet she just let herself go. Atlas' guard was down, all it took was a single stab and we would have had spoils for another year. We had gone too long without a victory.

"Now, our first lucky male is inside this envelope," Bauble sang as she pranced around the stage in a pink, skin tight jump suit and blue straight hair, waving two golden envelopes in the air. "Shall we see who the lucky young man is?" she said with a wide smile, opening the first envelope and turning to the cameras.

"Aurum Stark!" she called, throwing her arms wide and screaming to the sky. The crowd around me started to clap and cheer my name, cheering me onto victory. I smiled wide, running towards the stage, holding my head high as I climbed the steps. The clapping vanished when I stood with Bauble, the girl putting her arms around my waist.

"Why do you think they picked you?" she said, pushing the microphone towards me and tapping on the head. The crowd grew quiet as they waited for someone to say something about my condition. I might have survived the attack but the dog left something behind.

"I..can't..speak," I croaked, straining my throat to say those few words. I could still speak and make noise but it hurt every time. Over the years, I had become used to staying silent, everyone who knew me learnt sign language, just to speak to me.

"Oh," Bauble gasped, her eyes growing wide. "Em, well...onto our lucky female," she laughed, opening the next envelope. I smiled awkwardly at the camera's, hoping that no one would see weakness in the blunder.

Bellona Scythe POV:

I passed the room in the justice building, grumbling to myself with my arms crossed. I pouted, sticking my tongue at the photo of the mayor every time I passed it. His chubby, red face made his eyes look small as they looked past me and out of the window. He wasn't better than me, the only thing he was better than me at was being fat a dumb.

"It's not fair," I growled, kicking the red velvet sofa. The door behind me swung opened making me jump and sit down, expecting the president herself to barge into the room and scream at me for my disrespect. Instead, it was just a regular old Peacekeeper.

"Will you be wanting to see some guests?" he asked, not even bothering to take his mask off.

"Yes then get out of my life!" I screamed, slamming my hand on the soft seating. He straightened his back, clicked his heels together and left. I look to the photo and scowled. "You did this," I growled as the door open again, this time my mother and father rushing in, crying as they did so.

"My baby!" my mother cried as she ran towards me, her arms out wide. Tears spilled from my green eyes. I hugged my mother tightly as my body trembled with fear, my father stroked my head from the side.

"It's not fair, I never did anything to them," I whimpered as my mother pulled away and wiped away my tears.

"I know, I know, they are just jealous of you," my father said grasping my hand and holding it tightly.

"What if I die-"

"You won't," my mother said quietly, clearly not trusting her own words.

"Of course she will win, we didn't put all that money into training for nothing," my father laughed, trying to lighten the mood. I gave them a soft smile and bowed my head.

"Thank you-"

"Times up-"

"I told you to fuck off, I don't want to go!" I screamed, stomping my feet and pouting. The Peacekeeper shrugged and held the door open for my parents. "No, please don't leave," I whimpered as my father pulled my mother away as she cried.

"I love you-"

"Make them pay!" I screamed, my parents, turning to look at me, "make anyone who voted for me feel my pain so they know how stupid they were!" I spat, a twisted smile on my lips. My father smiled, trying not to cry.

"Trust me they will, honey," he laughed, my mother, nodding. Once they had left, I sat down on the sofa and started to cry. No one else came to see me.

I was going to do Mentor POV's for each Reaping but I decided against it. Random Mentor POV's will pop up around the story, six during the train rides. The only one who will is Atlas and that is because he was the victor from my last story but after that, he is just a normal mentor. They also might appear at the end of some Games chapters, giving their view on what is happening.

Anyway, I hope you liked Bellona and Aurum. They are both a strong pair of tributes to start off with and I am very grateful for them. Let me know what you thought of these two.

-Robin.