Sorry last chapter was so short... this one will be longer!

I caught up with Thomas quickly, who immediately pulled me to the side.
"Look, over there! Isn't that the bowl of the female tributes?" He pointed. I gasped. There must have been twenty young girls writing on thin, white strips of paper. I was shocked that they weren't concealing this somehow, so I, naturally, started talking. I walked up to the first girl as she was finishing the "L"s.

"Umm... shouldn't you be doing..."
"Shhhhhhh! What are you doing here?" She indignantly replied, dropping the card she was currently writing. It blew away into the wind, right over the roof of my house. "Oh no! Now what you've made me done! What name was that... I think it was "Maurader". I'll just write a new one..." she indignantly stated. "Get out of here! You'll get us both into trouble!" She pushed me away, leaving for me to slide right back next to Thomas in line. His expression? Priceless.
"You just...got away...trouble?" was what it sounded like came out of his mouth. "We should go see who's name got blown away!" he suddenly realized.
"Sure, we have a few minutes..." I slipped out of line with Thomas, and we started back towards my house.

It was pretty easy to spot the white piece of paper shining from the roof of a neighbor's house. Thomas attempted to climb up the side of the house, but his hand slipped and he fell a good five feet down to the ground, landing hard on his back.
He cursed. "Saide, can you climb up there and grab it? I think I'm too heavy."
"No problem..." I grumbled. I easily was able to slip up the side of the house and snatch up the paper. Sitting atop of that roof, I opened the card. It read plainly:

MACH, SADIE

Everything seemed to stop. My brain seemed to take about a century to catch up with reality, but when it finally did, I was lying on the ground, clutching the paper (which now had a mud-stain on the top left corner. Thomas was screaming "Sadie!" and I felt a lump forming on my forehead. I jumped up, determined to throw that paper as far away from myself as possible. To my horror, it sailed through the air and... landed right back into the girl's bowl!
"Sadie, what is going on? Whose name was that? Why did..."
A voice came on over the speakers.
"ALL RESIDENTS MUST REPORT TO THE TOWN SQUARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THE 26TH ANNUAL HUNGER GAMES REAPING" it said. Thomas and I looked at each other, and dashed towards the line (which was quickly depleting). I was able to leap into the line at the last second, and Thomas slipped into the back. He flashed me a thumbs-up as we moved up the line.

Fuchsia Longbeck stepped up onto the stage, the District 7 escort. As usual, she began her speech.
"Welcome, welcome! Happy Hunger Games, everyone! Are the odds in your favor? Let's find out!" she said quickly. She was a very fast paced person, and was devastated that not a single victor had come from District 7 since she had taken over as escort. "As usual, ladies first!" She said, walking over to the big, clear bowl I'd seen earlier. She dug her hand in, shaking it around for effect. She yanked out a single card, but... oh my gosh... a second card was stuck to it. A glob of mud covered the corner of one of the cards. Thomas shot a look at me, his eyes full of fear. He appeared to mouth "Was it yours?"

It was too late.

Fuchsia plucked the card with the muddy corner off, and unfolded it.

Time froze.

"Sadie Mach!"