"Rue! Wake up!" my little sister was jumping up and down to wake me up. My parents were not in bed, they're in the kitchen waiting for me. As soon as sister and I came out of the room, my parents saw me and my mother stood up and took the dress that I'll be wearing for the reaping day. I didn't have to take a bath because I already did last night due to the dirty working. After wearing that dress, my mother fixed my curly hair in front of the mirror. She made it into a ponytail. My dress was navy blue with white buttons on it and the skirt was way down to the knees. I'm also wearing white stockings and black shoes. "Your so pretty Rue" one of my siblings said. "She is pretty" mother said after finishing my hair. I said thank you and gave my siblings a big hug. Then my mother and father did the same thing. It was a family hug.
While walking down to the front of the Justice Building, I see Posie who is my very best friend. She was a year older than me and this is her second time to be in the reaping. We were always close together even at good times and bad times. I came to her and hold her hand. She clutched it tightly and I can feel her nervous emotion from the rapid heartbeat on her wrist. In front there was children lining up to get in the reaping. Before they do, the peacekeeper has to take their blood samples to check their DNAs. "It's okay Rue, it'll only hurt a little" Posie said. The peacekeeper took her finger and inject the sample device into the skin directly. The device says her name and she was free to go. Now it was my turn and the peacekeeper did the same thing to me from Posie. After that I was free to go but Posie was somewhere else, she was at the section where there are teenagers older than me. I was at the front section were there are the girls at my age. Before the reaping starts, the mayor came out of the Justice Building. He went to the stage to go in front of the podium and announced that the reaping had just begun. He made a speech about those Dark Days and why the Hunger Games were made. During the speech I looked at Posie who was far right behind me. She smiled and I smiled back. After finishing his speech, he went to his seat and a strange lady stood up and went to the podium. I can tell she was from the capitol. She has long brown hair with blue highlights. She was wearing a blue top hat, blue dress, blue high heels, and some heavy makeup on her face. "Welcome! Children of District 11! My name is Rosie Summers and I will be the one who escorts the tributes to the Capitol." I was annoyed by her accent, I wonder why the people from the Capitol would speak with that accent. "Before I pick the name for the tribute, There is a short film that was made all the way to the capitol." The screen above the Justice Building turns on and starts with the national anthem of Panem. It shows footages of the great war and the horrible things that happened during that time. Then the nation called Panem has risen with the Capitol ruling over 13 districts. The Dark Days began when one of the districts became violent and rebellious towards the Capitol. It ended when District 13 was bombed and destroyed. After that, the hunger games were made. This is what the narrator said:
The treaty was signed and the Hunger Games had begun. And so as decreed that each year, the twelve districts of Panem. One young man and woman ages 12-18 has to fight until the death.
The film ends with a blank and Rosie began to spoke. "Well isn't that wonderful? Now it's time to pick two tributes but ladies first." She put her hand into the bowl where there are pieces of paper with names of the girls. Her hand scattered them quicly until she picked one. I closed my eyes, hoping that it wasn't my name. I feel shaky and my heart was beating fast. The girls and I started holding our hands until... "The female tribute will be Rue!" I opened my eyes, shocked in disbelief.