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Goodbye District 4

The Peacekeepers lead me to a room with only a chair in it. I get in, sit down and wait. Just two minutes later the door opens and my whole family comes in. When my mother sees me she hugs me and cries. "My poor, poor boy. This isn´t fair." She continues to sob.

"It´s alright, mom, I can make it." I reassure her but I try more to convince myself than her. While hugging her I see the serious expression on my father´s face, Leslie crying and holding on Simon who is looking ashamed to the ground. Otto looks just shocked.

"Why did you do it?", he asks in a demanding voice and his eyes meet mine. I release my mother and turn to my brother.

"You´re my little brother, I couldn´t let you go in."

"But now you have to go. You could die!" Otto cries.

"I´m older", I response strongly, "I have to look out for you."

He doesn´t say anything but I can see the tears in his eyes.

Now my father speaks for the first time:

"Finnick, listen, you can do it, ok? I believe in you. You´re strong, fast and if you get your hands on a trident the others stand no chance. Come back to us."

I want to believe him but I can´t. Never in history there was a victor as young as me. The confidence I had on the stage has vanished so the only response I can give is: "I will try to come back but I can´t promise anything."

"Use your charm" ,Simon says suddenly, "Make the people love you, you´re good at this. Use your body and charm and all of them will fall for you, especially the girls. And... just do everything to come back even if you have to kill. It´s you or them, don´t forget this."

He doesn´t say it aloud but I know he feels guilty that I volunteered and not him, that he wasn´t

brave enough. But I understand it and I don´t blame him.

"Take care of Otto and Leslie" is my only response.

"I will" he says and nods solemny.

Now Leslie who cried the whole time comes and hugs me, I close my eyes. Will I ever see her again? I can´t imagine that it could be possible to not see any of them ever again.

"I will miss you" I say and smile at her.

"Don´t leave me, Finny." she sobs.

"I will try to come back to you." I answer.

"Take this, will you?" she asks. In her hand there is a bracelet; it´s only made of rope and shells and not very neat but Leslie made it and that means the world to me.

"Of course" I say.

"One minute" one of the Peacekeepers states. I begin to panic, this could be the last minute with my family.

"I love you" I tell them. My mother, Leslie and Otto sob and hug me one last time. Simon wipes tears away and then hugs me, too. My father slaps my back and then the Peacekeepers take them away.

I sigh and sit down. While I look at the bracelet, which will be my token in the Games, the door opens again and Sean and David come in.

Both of them look pretty shocked, as well David´s eyes are red, looks like he cried.

"Hey" I say with a fake smile. Nobody answers they just stare at me and seem to think

about what to say in such a situation.

Finally Sean asks: "How are you?"

David slaps him around the head. "He´s going in the Hunger Games and there´s a possibility he might die. How the hell do you think he is?"

"Sorry"

"It´s fine" I say.

"It´s not fine!", David explodes, "You might die and Sean acts like a big moron."

"Finnick won´t die, will you? You´re the best in whole school with a trident, you are fast and strong, and all girls are in love with you, so as well the people from the Capitol will, won´t they?"

His words are true but that doesn´t mean that there isn´t someone better than me who could kill me easily, I´m younger than the most, that´s my disadvantage. But I don´t mention it to Sean instead I say:"I will try to come back." I really don´t know how often I have said this today.

"Of course you will." Sean responses nodding his head slightly to convince me, David and I think as well himself.

Before I continue I hesitate slightly:"If I don´t come back-"

"You will." Sean interrupts me.

"No, let me say this. If I don´t come back could you look out for Otto and Leslie, please?"

"Of course." David answers quietly.

"One minute" a Peacekeeper say. Don´t they have better things to do than stop the time?

I hug both David and Sean and the last minute we talk about irrelevant things but I´m happy to just talk to them.

Than they´re lead away and I´m alone once again.

I know nobody is coming, so I wait the last couple minutes until the Peacekeepers tell me it´s time to go. So I follow them to the train station which is in another part of the building. On the way I see Leanne, her eyes are red and she´s looking pretty grim at the cameras while I fake a smile and try to look good. I´m not dumb, I know it´s important to have sponsors to survive and I will try my best to make the people fall for me. The best is to start right now.

While the cameras film us we get to the station where the train is already waiting for us. It´s very large, silver and looks nothing like anything I have ever seen before.

Just one step separates me from the train which drives me to my personal hell. I take one last breath and then enter the train. The doors close behind me.

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