"Mummy are you okay!" Sabrina exclaimed running over,
"Sabrina go to your room" the woman ordered
"But mummy!" Sabrina whined
"Just go!" she hissed. Sabrina gulped before running away, Isaac snatched the letter and began reading it out loud
"Dear District 3 citizens, We are informing you that starting next year there will be an annual competition. One girl and One boy from all of the 12 districts will be selected to go into an arena to fight to the death. These girls and boys have to be between the ages of 12 and 18, each child that will between these ages next year already have their name entered once. If you wish for more food, your child's name will be entered again and again increasing their chances of being selected for the Hunger Games" Isaac gulped harshly "Sabrina's twelve next year, that means Sabrina, Irisa and myself all have a chance of being selected" Isaac managed to say neverously. I look at Isaac
"They planned this..." I muttered
"What do you mean?" Isaac questioned
"I asked for the Peacekeepers to save me, I should have known it was just an act" I hiss. Isaac looked at me before looking at the ground with his brown eyes
"You should have just let them kill you" he said
"Why do you say that?" I asked narrowing my eyes
"No reason" Isaac murmured before walking away staring at the ground.
A year later
I walked into the lounge room wearing my reaping outfit, a short cotton blue skirt, a cream coloured cotton shirt that was tucked into the skirt and some simple brown shoes. My brown hair out and looked like it always did, 'mother' as I called her now had put some simple eye make-up on me with some blue pigment under my eyes to bring out their blue colour. I gulped looking at Sabrina wearing her simple lilac dress that went to just above her knee, her hair was slightly curled from the plaits she had in last night but that was about it. Isaac was wearing a simple cream coloured button up shirt, similar to mine that wasn't tucked into the jeans.
"I just want to say something" I say, Isaac, Sabrina and mother turned around "If one of us does get selected-" I stop as my tears fill my eyes, I sniffled. Isaac wrapped his arm around me,
"Shh, don't say that" he whispered trying to calm me down, suddenly we hear the bell telling us to make our way to the middle of town go. Sabrina starts to breathe heavily and rapidly
"I don't want to go" she says trying to breathe, she's having one of her panic attacks. Mother hugs her tightly
"Shhhh, you won't get selected. It's okay" mother says hugging her, we slowly make our way into the middle of town. Where we see people lining up in what looks like age and gender, ropes separate each age group. The parents seem to be lining the perimeter, my eyes are drawn to an oddly dress woman standing on the demountable stage. Her hair was a deep black colour and was done in the highest hairstyle, she wore an alien looking silver dress that stayed in the same place as if it was made of metal. I watch as Sabrina goes to the front where the twelve year old girls are lined up, I turn to Isaac who was going to the boys side where the sixteen year olds were lined up. I slowly walk over to the fifteen year olds, and watch my 'mother' go to the perimeter. Suddenly the woman goes up to a microphone at the front of the stage,
"Hello Hello! Happy Hunger Games!" the woman exclaims in an overly cheery voice. Her lips are coloured an aqua colour, it amazes me how fake everyone from the capitol looks. "Well we might as well get start by select our female tribute for District 3" the woman said before prancing over to a glass bowl overflowing with names, there was an identical one on the other side of the stage. She shoved her hand into the bowl swirling it around before grabbing one and whipping it out. "The female tribute for District 3 is..." the silence was almost painful as she slowly unwrapped the name "Sabrina Herriot" the woman announced. I froze seeing Sabrina begin to walk to the front, I looked over at Isaac who was shaking with shock. Sabrina made her way onto the stage, the woman smiled almost in a cruel way
"Now for the boys" the woman said before walking over to the other side of the stage and placing her hand into the bowl bring up a name and opening it. "Elliot Lapworth" the woman announced, I watched as a tall, thin boy who look around sixteen walked up onto the stage. He wore square glasses, that frame his silver looking eyes. His golden blonde locks were ruffled, I could tell he was as frightened as Sabrina who was looking rather pale.
"Your tributes, Sabrina Herriot and Elliot Lapworth" the woman announced grabbing Sabrina and Elliot's hands before leading them away into the government building that was behind the stage. A peacekeeper walked over to the microphone
"The families of these Tributes may follow them and have five minutes to say their goodbyes", I ran after Sabrina. I could hear Isaac and 'mother' running behind me.