District 11 Reapings
Seeder Kaiser, Victor of the Twentieth Hunger Games
Seeder was all too familiar with hunger. Growing up in District 11, she and her family slaved away every day of every year, yet they barely made enough to survive. They worked so hard for every grain of corn and slice of bread that Seeder's stomach grew a kind of tolerance to the hollow, empty feeling of being hungry and poor.
And then Seeder was reaped for the Hunger Games. That was her biggest test of all. But when she was pitted against the tributes that had never gone without food in their lives, she easily outlasted them.
And Seeder was here again. Chances were good she was about to enter the games once more. District 11 had only two living victors (herself and a young lady named Lily).
The man who was District 11's escort gave a few words to the audience and then approached the womens' reaping bowl. Seeder didn't know what to think. It was selfish to hope that this young lady was reaped instead of her. Could she bring herself to volunteer if Lily was picked? It would be the noble thing to do.
"The female tribute from District 11… Seeder Kaiser!"
Seeder was more shocked than she should have been for the first few moments. Then she just nodded and took her place beside the microphone. How cruel it was to live in Panem.
Chaff Korsmun, Victor of the Forty-Fifth Hunger Games
Oh, no. Not Seeder. She was like a mother to him.
Oh, no. Not me, was what he was thinking. But Chaff didn't say this out loud. It would be of no use at all. He was the only living male victor in District 11, and he was going into the Hunger Games once more. The Capitol had loved him for his viciousness in his first games, but he had lost much of his bloodlust to the years and to his alcohol addiction. He would be dead in the next few weeks. No two ways about it.
The escort plucked Chaff's name out of the man's reaping bowl (man, not men, as there was only one name inside).
"Chaff Korsmun!" he announced.
And Chaff lumbered up to the microphone, his stump of a hand swinging uselessly at his side…
Here are District 11 Reapings! We all know who comes next…
