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Annie Cresta POV

"Annie! Annie!" Morgan said as she came shooting over.

I love my little cousin she's so cute!

Morgan jumps into my arms and I swing the little girl round as she squeals gleefully.

"Hey Morgan, How are you doing today little cutie," I said as I put Morgan down.

"I'm not little! I'm a big girl!" Morgan says folding her arms and frowning.

I smiled "Course you are."

Morgan perks back up and runs inside where my elder brother and younger sisters Luke, Amy and Lucy are waiting. Morgan then jumps into Luke's arms and he smiles and hugs her.

Just then my Aunt Marina and Mother walk in talking about the reaping which is in a few hours. I have been trying to forget about that until now. Inside I am so worried. What if Amy or Lucy are reaped? Ever since Luke turned 19 Mum and I have been worrying day and night about what would happen.

But I put all my worries aside as I smile at Morgan who is clamouring to go down to the beach and everyone agrees.

I run upstairs and run a brush through my wavy blonde hair and grab my swimming costume which I put on under my reaping dress quickly and run downstairs again.

I grab Lucy's hand which is trembling with fright and worry. She isn't the strongest and gets emotional very easily. Amy has been worrying too. But I know what would happen if Lucy was reaped. I would definitely volunteer without a doubt. Heck, I might even have a chance at winning whereas Lucy. Lucy would be dead on the first day even though it hurts me to say it but it is true.

I try to reassure her with a whispered "It'll be alright," though Lucy still looks scared stiff.

I drag her outside and we run down to the beach together throwing our dresses aside and wading into the cool water screaming and splashing each other. Within moments the rest of the family have joined us.

After a refreshing swim I get out, dried myself with a towel and put my sea blue dress back on. Oh well it is slightly crumpled but that won't matter. The others come out and get dressed again and dry their hair with towels. I go back home for a quick shower and blow dry my hair until it falls in waves.

Finally I meet with my family and we walk to the reaping together.

Finnick Odair POV

Mags grabbed a bowl of cereal and sat down next to me munching on it contentedly.

"Mentoring Today Finnick." Mags said

Oh no, Mentoring. I had forgotten until Mags had reminded me and now I was destined to be in a bad mood for the rest of the day. I sigh again.

Since the Victors Village had got too small, two victors would share a house together and luckily I had got Mags my former mentor whereas my friend Marcus had shared with Norman who liked to bombard people with intensely boring facts.

We haven't brought a single tribute home since I won. I have spent 4 years watching 8 tributes die in my head again and again. It is hell.

I really don't want to mentor again this year. Another two tributes to add to my collection of nightmares along from my allies from the games. I especially don't want to think about Marina.

I block the thought from my head and run upstairs to get dressed for the reaping in an hour.

I look out of my bedroom window overlooking the beach and smile as I see a family laughing and playing in the sea as if they don't have a care in the world. The girl is cute with her long blonde hair in contrast to the normal District 4 look. I look away quickly. Not after Marina, she was too special.

Quickly, I pull on jeans and a white button down shirt and with a flick of my bronzed hair I rush downstairs where Mags is just finishing her breakfast.

15 minutes later we were standing by the door.

I grin at her and she smiles back

"Ready to go Finn," she said

"Yep let's go!"

We both walk out of the House together and to the Reaping.

Annie's POV

As we walk to the reaping Amy's grip on Annie's hand tightened and Annie pulled her aside.

"We'll catch you lot up in a minute," I said

I then kneel down next to Amy.

Amy said "What will happen if Lucy's reaped?"

"I'll volunteer for her Ames; we've been over this before."

Amy burst into tears at this and said "I don't want to lose you either Annie!"

I hug her and said "Well then I wouldn't die, Now come on or we're going to be late."

Amy sniffed and held onto my hand all the way to the square where the family was waiting for us. Annie's Mom nodded at her as if to say thanks.

We then all check in with both Amy and Lucy wincing when their fingers are pricked.

Then we are separated and I go over to the 16 year olds section whilst the girls go to the 13 and 12 year olds section.

I reach the spot where my best friend May stands and say "Hi," with a smile.

"Hey Annie," May says with a sniff as if she'd been crying which she probably had been considering the amount of times her name was in.

55 times, for her 7 siblings, parents and herself. Her parents had done everything to try and shorten the tesserae but they were one of the poorest families in 4.

Just then the escort steps up onto the stage.

Finnick POV

We walk to the reaping in silence, too worried about what would face us there to talk.

"Will we get two tributes we can work with and possibly get a winner out of or will we get too weaklings who can barely pick up a sword?" I thought

Unlikely, in District 4 but still.

We get up onto the stage to the cheers of the crowd which isn't surprising as we are two of the most well-known victors in Panem, and we sit on the chairs allocated for us.

2 minutes later the escort Reyna Riley steps up onto the stage.

"Welcome, welcome to the District 4 reaping for the 70th Annual Hunger Games! Now I will hand you over to the mayor who will read you the treaty of treason!"

The Mayor then walks to the podium looking as bored as the rest of us reading the treaty of treason.

""In penance for their uprising, each district shall offer up a male and a female between the ages of 12 and 18 at a public "reaping". These tributes shall be delivered to the custody of the Capitol. And then transferred to a public arena, where they will fight to the death until a lone victor remains. Henceforth and forevermore this pageant shall be known as The Hunger Games."

Everyone sighs as he finishes and Reyna steps back up to the podium.

"Now that was just wonderful wasn't it," Reyna says with a smile as everyone groans at her. "Now it's time to pick our brave tributes for this year's games. Men first I think. We'll mix it up a little this year."

Reyna walks over to the boys reaping ball and plucks out a small piece of paper. Then she reads out the name "Merlin Ryan."

One small boy falls to the ground and I immediately feel sorry for him but, another boy has already volunteered.

"I VOLUNTEER!"

He walks up onto the stage proudly and announces his name "Kai Ellis!"

It is the girls next.

Reyna walks over to the girls reaping ball and scrabbles around there for a while before pulling out a slip of paper and reading out the name "Lucy Cresta!"

A twelve year old girl comes forward slowly with tears running down her face. I look for a volunteer but surprisingly there isn't one until suddenly the girl from the beach runs forward shouting "I volunteer!"

Lucy screams "NO!" but the other girl pushes her back and she obliges. The girl walks up to the stage and tells Reyna her name.

"Annie Cresta."

The name that will change my life.

Annie POV

Reyna made us shake hands. His hand was hot, sweaty and disgusting. Then we were ushered into the Justice building which was decorated in blue and green with tridents and pictures of the victors in 4. We have had 15 in all which was a high amount though nothing compared to 1 and 2 though still good. I saw Finnick Odair the latest victor's picture. Everyone in the Capitol loves him. And even I have to admit, he is quite cute.

Then my family came in. My Mom, Dad, Amy and Lucy, Aunt Marina and Morgan too. Morgan climbed onto my lap and snuggled into my chest. Lucy was still crying as I assured her it wasn't her fault. Amy was crying too as was Morgan who was wetting my shirt with her tears.

Then the peacekeepers came and Aunt Marina had to pry Morgan off me and carry her screaming out of the room whilst Lucy had fell to the floor and a peacekeeper tried to shove her out without success.

I watched on silently thinking "I'm the one who's just been reaped for the Hunger Games, shouldn't I be the one crying."

Yet I hadn't cried all day. Not when I was reaped, or afterwards in the justice building.

After they'd all gone out, Reyna came in smiling sadly.

"Come on sweetheart," she said sweetly.

She took my arm and led me out of the building towards the train. We met up with Kai who looked like he had been crying which was strange as careers never cry and Kai was definitely a career. He quickly tried to cover it up when he saw me staring and I looked away quickly. For some reason, Finnick scowled at this.

I now knew that Mags was my mentor as they had told me in the Justice building and although she was really nice I had been hoping for Finnick. I mean he is really hot! And cute! I watched his games when I was younger and bet on him winning with his trident and net. He was fantastic though really wasn't the same after the games.

Mags took my arm and lead me onto the train.

I gasped in surprise.

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