I return to district 12 early for the 63rd Hunger games. Me and Haymitch spend 3 days planning what to do with out tributes this year. The costumes are just the tributes naked and covered in coal dust, but that's all the rage in the Capitol right now. This will earn them sponsors. We have new tactics for training and the interviews and I have made sure the outfits are perfect this year. On the day of the Reaping, Haymitch is only a little bit drunk.
For the girls, I reap Maia. She Is 16, and claims to be practically fearless. But she dissolves into tears when the boy is reaped. His name is Alex, and him and Maia are twins. Even with what happens, they work together like a synchronised team. They fight back to back in training sessions, and both come out with an acceptable 8. Maia happens to be very good with a bow and Alex with a sword. In their interviews, they get the whole of the Capitol behind them. Even with each other, Maia snaps the night before the games and freaks out. She doesn't want to come home without her brother she says. He looks after her and they go into the games.
Both survive the bloodbath, each getting a backpack and the weapon they wanted, as well as another knife. They work together for 9 days until Casaer calls a feast. They both go, but Alex pushes Maia away when she is about to be shot and takes the arrow himself. He is dead in a minuite. Maia struggles on for two more days. She is finally overcome by a wolf mutt who finds her asleep. She doesn't ever wake up again.
In district 12, I realise i have ripped two families of both there children.
Its the only time I've ever considered quitting.
Maia means Brave Warrior
Alex means Protector of Mankind