1st Annual Hunger Games

by Anslvy

The districts have just tried to pull off a rebellion, and the president is not happy about how they treated the capitol after all they've done for the districts. So, for their punishment, the president has announced that once every year, two tributes from each district from ages 12-18 will compete to the death until one lone victor remains out of twenty-four.

11. District 10 Reaping

''There there you good girl.'' I whispered in Tiffy's ear.

She replied with a snort. I love this horse, she's been here ever since I was born. My parents let me name her since I was so fond of her, and I decided to name her 'Tiffany,' but nicknamed her 'Tiffy.' I love Tiffy, and she's always been by my side. I wouldn't trade her for anything in the world; whatever you offer me will be a no. I can't get over Tiffy, I spend most of my time with her, and ride around with her in district 10 a lot. People know us as 'The Girl and the Horse,' it makes me laugh every time I think of that.

''Hey, time to go to the center of our district. You ready?'' My brother Henry asked.

''No, I haven't even decided what to wear.'' I said as if I were mad.

''Ok.'' He replied. ''Mom left breakfast on the table for you, see ya sis.''

''Bye.'' I said.

I actually did have something to wear, I don't know why I told him that I didn't. I guess that I was just in the moment with Tiffy because she's the only one who understands me. My mother laid out a clean white silky dress with puffs on both shoulders, and on the end of it. I also had a light brown jacket to wear with it, but I didn't like that style. Instead of wearing the jacket, I put on a headband that I had, and added a district 10 flower to it. I have a ton in my yard, so it's ok. I look at the time, and I have twenty minutes to get to the center of our district. I go to the kitchen only to find my favorite breakfast ever. Since I live on a farm, it makes it easy for my family to get food. I work with my mother, and brother and we're able to make the most of our opportunities. My mother laid out a scrambled eggs for me with bacon on the side. She also left a muffin as a little treat for me being so well. We don't usually eat muffins, that's something that we save for when the process of getting food is low. She also left me a thick coating of white milk. The breakfast was delicious, and I was satisfied with my families efforts to keep us all alive and full. My mother tells me that as long as I continue to work hard, and keep following my dreams, then I will be successful one day, and I'll be able to take care of my own family. I think that I could, but I haven't thought about it much. As soon as I finish eating, I grab Tiffy, and we go to the center of our district; We name it 'Country Side.' I ride Tiffy to Country Side, and she goes over to my mother. We're allowed to keep horses around anywhere in district 10 as long as they don't cause any damage. I walk get my finger stabbed with a needle, and go over to the twelve year old girls side. I feel confident that I won't get chosen since I am only twelve. If I were older, I might have been worried. When I walk over there, they play the mini-movie on why we're all in this terrible situation. It scares me seeing all the gore, violence, and deaths of the citizens. It scares me to think that that can happen to anyone of us. Everyone looks terrified, except for some of the older kids. They just stare, and act as if everything is alright. It's the girls choice as my district, and my escort says ''ladies first,'' in the most homosexual way that I could imagine. I don't know how they act in the capitol, but in district 10, you rarely find that around. Anyway, it didn't matter to me because I don't judge. When he picked up a girl envelope, he read the name ''Heidi Charms.'' I felt bad for the poor girl, and then suddenly realized that I was Heidi Charms. My name was picked. Me, a twelve year old girl with no means in this world besides to take care of her family, and have a wonderful life is now chosen to participate in a so called 'game' and kill off other children from other districts! I broke down, I couldn't take it anymore, and I fell onto my knees. Tears flowed out of my eyes like a river. I was dead on the inside. I turned to mother, and brother and they couldn't do anything about it. My mother started to cry, but she tried to hold it, and my brother just stood there with his arms crossed and shook his head. I walked up to the stage, and our escort ''Gilly'' started speaking some type of nonsense. He picked up a card from the boys side, and the name read was ''Blaine Croppers.'' I think that he was part of the richest family in district ten. They owned multiple farms, and lived in the part of the district where there were beautiful streaming rivers. They had a nice house all to themselves with beautiful grass all around. They had glass windows, and glass doors; their house was just magnificent. I've been around there a few times, and I reached the conclusion that he was from the Croppers household. He wore the nicest white plain long sleeved shirt, and some cow colored skinny jeans. They had white and black in cow shapes, and I thought that it looked great. I looked over to see his parents just looking like they were about to burst into tears. He was their only child, and they had worked so hard for him. He wasn't a bad child either, he might have been rich, but he never stooped to the level where he was mean to others. He would give to the poor in our district, and would make friends. Not because he was rich, but because he had a great personality; He was raised correctly. He had a sad expression on his face that I felt sad for. He made me feel better, knowing that I would have someone like him on my team to just maybe comfort me while we're in this hell hole. Neither of us are fighters, and as we could tell, district 10 was not happy. They knew that none of us were fighters, and they were also sad at the thought of losing one of their most precious children in this district, Blaine. We went into the building after shaking hands, and my mother and brother were the first ones rushing in like bandits. My mother had some faith and told me that I should at least try to win, and that I stood a chance. My brother on the other hand told me that I couldn't win, my mother slapped him and told him not to say that. To have faith in me, I just started crying. My brother tried to lighten things up, and joked ''Hey, if you don't survive, I can have your room right?'' I laughed, and thought that I might be able to win it, but only 10 percent of me did. My family were the only ones to see me, and to think of it, I never got to say a proper goodbye to Tiffy. I told them to Tiffy that I might not be returning home. Right before I was about to leave, someone else came in. It was a person that I didn't recognize. She told me that she has seen me for a while now, and that she thinks I could win. She says that she will root for me, and she left. She never told me her name, so it was little awkward for me. Before she took her last step out of the room, she told me that she'll tell Tiffy that I said goodbye. I have no idea who this person is, and it creeped me out. I boarded the train, and just thought about who this person was. My mind wasn't focused on that though, I was too busy trying to get myself prepared to survive the Hunger Games.