Kaylee Darkblade
District 11
Beep! Beep! Beep!
I frown and turn over, letting my hand slap the snooze button on the clock. "Thank you." I mumble into my pillow, my bright green eyes still closed. I didn't have the effort to wake up today.
"Aaaroonn!" I hear my little sister, Leita, yell from the hallway. I groan and finally open my eyes again, just in time to see Leita standing by the door.
"He took my blanket. I was sleeping, and he just took it! Woke me up!" I smile brightly at my 7-year-old sister, who is going to be just like me someday. I can feel it.
"Well, go get it back! Make him pay for waking you up Leita!" She laughs in return and runs back out the hall, chasing after her twin, Aaron.
I grab the golden-colored handle and push my door shut behind her, and then make my way to the closet. My slightly tanned hand searched through the closet, finally pulling out a strapless dark green dress.
I pull it on, letting it fall to my knees, then make my way over to the mirror. I love how it goes well with my curly plantinum blond hair, but I pay almost no attention to that. Something was missing…
My lips curve into a smile as I reach over to the place I keep all my necklaces and scarves, on hooks in the wall. I pull off a light green one that matches my bright green eyes.
Perfect.
Happily I grab one more thing from the hooks. Its not a necklace, but I keep it there anyone. Its really a leather cord, with a wooden flower charm. On my 13th birthday my dad gave it to me, and now I still wear it.
I tie it around my wrist, then proceed to make to make my way out to the table, where my family is eating. This morning we are having pancakes, apparently.
Leita and Aaron are instead playing tug-a-war with her blankets, Mark, Mom, and Dad are eating the pancakes, and Ebony is making more. I go over to eat some pancakes, saying thanks to Ebony on my way before I sit in a dark wooden chair.
"The reaping's today, eh?" My brother comments. Her doesn't really care about the reaping, seeing as he has been safe from them for two years.
"Kaylee won't get picked. She didn't take any tesserae, because we don't need the money. Ebony here took care of that when she won," My mother glares at him, and I resist the urge to laugh.
"Thanks Ebony!" I call over to her, then find out my calling to her wasn't necessary, she had finished with the pancakes – burnt pancakes, actually – and had brought them over.
"I tried." She muttered, as she stuck her fork into one of them.
I laugh and roll my eyes, proceeding to stand. "I should probably go get Melody for the reaping. I'll see you guys when its over!" I smile and head out the door, then continue to Melody's, my best friends, house down the street.
I knock on the door, and here yelling inside. "Someone answer it!" I'm trying to take care of the baby!" "Fine!" "No I will!" Which results in stomping and the door slamming open.
"Oh hey Kaylee! Thanks for coming early. All the tensions got my family stressed. Very stressed." I nod in agreement, although my family isn't stressed at all, then she drags my away to the reaping.
OoOoO
When Melody and I arrive at the reaping, it is already started. We have to sneak and push through the crowd, until we finally stop in the 17's, right when the Mayor introduces the escort.
"Welcome Memel Miri." The mayors voice holds no excitement, and instead he just sighs and goes out of the way if Memel. Memel has a fluffy and puffy mess of green hair, which I really hope is a wig. Her eyes are completely white besides the pupil, which I really hope are contacts. She looks so different from last year.
"Hellooo District 11! How are the fields coming along? Good? Well, ladies first!" Her voice is cheerful as she skips over to the girls bowel, and I decide I don't like her. But I don't actually know her – I just hate how she is so happy about picking the names.
"Congrats too… Kaylee Darkblade!" My green eyes widen, and I hear Melody gasp beside as I calmly walk forward. I stand on the stage, just waiting for her to get it over with so I can get off of the stage. Everyone is looking at me.
"Hey Kaylee! Lets do the boys?" She takes the few steps to the boys bowel, and pulls out another slip, causing my to wonder who I am with.
"Jayce Teasel!" Memel calls out, and after a few moments a boy walks up, his head slightly down – enough for his hair to cover his eyes. He looks like he doesn't want to be here – which I'm sure he doesn't, neither do I, - but it looks a lot more revealed on him.
Memel forces us to shake hands, then smiles brightly, and I notice that her breath smells like candy and she has a yellow tooth. Intresting.
"Congratulations to the tributes from District Eleven, Kaylee and Jayce! Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor!"
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First up are my parents. My mom spends the whole time crying and apologizing, and my dad spent the whole time trying to be tough. He cried a little bit, but they weren't full out sobs like my mother.
I'll have to thank him for that when I come back.
Next are my siblings. Leita comes over and hugs me, and Aaron tries to be like Mark – strong, tough, and holding onto his shred of man pride. Ebony looks deep in thought.
"Kaylee! Please come back! Please be good! I know you can win!" Leita cries, hugging me tighter. I smile down at her, but she is crying to much to notice.
"I'll do fine Leita. Promise, okay?" She nods, and I turn to face someone else.
"Mark. Your really not going to say goodbye?" I raise my eyebrows at my brothers still figure, and he looks to the ground.
"Goodbye." He mutters, leaving the room. I sigh, and turn to Aaron.
"Aaron, you be nice to Leita while I'm gone okay?" Her nods in agreement, and finally breaks down, coming to hug me like Leita. I let him.
This just leaves Ebony. With a deep sigh, she comes close enough to whisper into my ear.
"Listen to your mentor, and don't trust anyone." I nod in agreement, and the peacekeepers make them leave.
Now, I go to the train, where I meet everyone I will have to kill.
Ozean Agua District 2I watch Wes leave and shake my head. He doesn't know how much safer he could have been if he had just stayed with us careers! I sigh and return to the conversation the others are having.
"Can you believe the pair from four? They ditched for those losers over there. They realize they are just making death come faster and more painfully, right?" Misty eyes were glued to the group, and I had to agree. If they would have allied with us they wouldn't be dead so fast.
Personally, I wanted to be the one to kill them. Everyone had apparently decided they were better then us this quell.
"We aren't recruiting." I state, but it sounds harsher then I mean for it to sound. "None of them are good enough for us."
Lux nods in agreement. "Lets just keep it the way it is?"
"Sounds good!" Eve's happy voice pipes in.
I look around and see a guy standing in the corner. "Maybe just him?" Rainy asks, as if reading my mind. "He looks lonely." Eve laughs and hops over there herself, dragging him over after they say a few things.
"Its Zaccai!" She says happily.
A/N Andd I am fixing the sponsor points a bit.
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Some have a lot of points xD I'm thinking I might have to raise the price of stuff O.o
Nahh that wouldn't be fair (:
Okay. Whos PoV next chappy? I did the careers now, soo…
Well I did a PoV from all the mini groups forming. Should I start over with different PoV from the groups?
Whelp, heres a donut! Hoping to get Jayce up today (:
Maybe Sage?
But don't hold your breath for Sage. Also, from now on sonsor points will be going on my profile. Along with outfits for some people if they gave links. Kayy thankies!
One last note – I don't know if I had Zaccai somwer else. I didn't remember and I didn't find anything. So he was in the corner. Kay?
~Only is hoping for shorter author notes from now on.