Things Change

The Choosing Day Comes

Almost a week has passed now and they have stuck to their promises. All they have left to do is to move in a few things for our newly made town and to knock down the large old abandoned apartment building we all stayed in while they redid the whole city. They had made beautiful homes for every family! Also a development full of empty houses for future families. But it did seem that a lot of the houses were small and not very up to date like mine.

I lived in a mansion!

Francesca came over and we explored every room and in all the corners. The advanced technology was amazing! But there was still a problem. There were too many refugees still coming here. The President said he had a plan.

I was walking by the farms and I noticed that there wasn't as many as I thought there was, and they weren't making as much food as was thought. I started realizing how much food was on my table compared to others. Something didn't feel right.

That's when the announcement was made.

"We are having a game! We will choose 14 contestants! 7 girls and 7 boys! They will go into the arena and survive in an environment we have created for them! The winner will Live in luxury and be happy for the rest of their lives! Food, shelter, technology!" The television announced, I could almost hear the suprised looks on the faces of the other people near by.

What did the losers get? A shirt? What did they have to do to win? All these questions came to me.

The next morning everyone seemed to be buzzing about the news. They said the people who would participate would be 12 to 18. Their names could be drawn or they could volunteer and that the choosing ceremony will be held at 4 pm Tuesday.

"Lilas!"

I turned around, it was Belle. My neighbor. "Il n'est pas juste! Ils l'habitude de me laisser jouer!" she cried.

"It is fair Belle. You are only neuf and these games aren't for little girls like you. I don't know what they are exactly but there must be a reason you can't play."

"Il n'est pas juste" she mumbled again sulking.

"À toute à l'heure!" She stomped off toward her family. She is so cute.

Tuesday came and Francesca and I were getting excited. We would be in the 17 year olds group that has been marked off in the plazza. The President, I have heard, is making a nice city somewhere else in France. A lot of people apparently are coming from his old country to watch our games.

"Hello! I am Proud to see you all here today! We will commence choosing very soon! But first I would like to introduce Ms. Trinity Flipgoth! She has come all this way to choose you for the games!" An odd looking woman stepped up. She was even crazier than the other people who came here! She was violette!

"Welcome everyone!" she said in the most high pitched annoying voice I have ever heard, "Now the first contestant! Any volunteers?" Four people stood up to the stage. I did not remember who they were so they must have been new. "OK! Great! Now only ten more to go! Anyone else? We have three boys and one girl so far everybody!" two more girls went up. One was Julie Henderth from my middle school class. She must have been friends with the first girl for she went up to hug her as well. The other was Gervais sister and Julies little sisters friend. She was 12. Abigaël.

I wouldn't let her go into this without me so I went up with her. She smiled up at me, "Heureux que vous est venu avec moi! Je vous remercie!"

"Vous êtes les bienvenus!" There were no more volunteers. The 3 last boys were chosen. One was the son of a town rep. He was at the President proposal meeting with his father. I knew them by their faces but I couldn't remember their names at the time, but their names are somewhere in my head. It is hard to remember the whole towns names. The other two girls where Matilda and Rainelle. They were some of the girls who worked at the old black market and they absolutely hate each other!

This is going to be interesting! After the last person was picked. They took us off into the new town hall, put us each in separate rooms, told us our families where going to say good bye before they would take us to be trained for the games. What type of games do they need us to train for? The suspense was killing me.