District 2 Reaping

Guess what my lovelies; just one more reserve person has to fill out a form and I'll have all 24 tributes! I'm excited! Are you excited? Really; you're not? Fine I'll just be excited alone then and I'll save my excited cakes for myself. Yeah they were good ones. But now you'll never know. Anyways, I'm glad you guys enjoyed the district 1 reaping. If you think anything in the story should change let me know and if I get a lot of the same thing, I may just have to change whatever it is. Enjoy the Chapter and May the Odds be Ever in Your Favour!

Aurora Felici POV

"Twilight, hurry up" I whisper to my little sister "Did you get the bread?"

"Yes Auri, enough for all week" she replies.

"Don't call me Auri; we're not in the clear yet."

I carefully step through the broken window and then help Opal (also known as Twilight) out. We run into the streets where we're met by a good few peacekeepers.

"Sorry boys, no time for games today. Well, time to scat with the cats" I laugh at them clutch Opal to my side and make my way down the alley.

Crap, damn gun shots. The peacekeepers rush down the alley.

"Where are they?" growls one.

"Mick made us lose them" another replies.

"Jesus Mick, you're such a liability."

I hear all this from inside the air vent where Opal and I hide.

"Did we have to go in the butcher's vent? It smells like blood" she complains.

"Keep it down will ya? They could still catch us you know" I snap.

"Alright, alright."

I don't like going through the butchers vent either but it's the easiest place to hide if the peacekeepers see us. Opal and I have been doing this for months. Our story's simple really; our parents died and we were stuck rooting around dumpsters. That was until the butcher's, which is situated near our shack, was burgled. It was pretty bad robbery too; the burglars were all set to kill poor old Mr Wilson. Then I sneaked in to take some meat (we were hungry ok) and let's just say two of the people in the situation ended up with clever shaped wounds and neither of them were me or Mr Wilson. I ran off before he could say even a word of thanks; I wasn't getting arrested for attempted murder, thank you very much. I thought that'd be it but the more we scavenged, the more I longed for more good quality food. There was no hiding my idea from Opal of course and then Midnight and Twilight were born. We don't steal as such, we stop crimes and take food from the victim's shop as reward; it's a simple system. When we get back to our shack, a tuck Opal up in bed like our mum used to.

"Auri; we won't get reaped tomorrow right?"

Crap, I completely forgot about the damn hunger games.

"Oh, of course not Opal" I reply quickly.

"You promise? You promise you won't volunteer and leave me alone?"

"What do you take me for, a Career?"

We both laugh then Opal lays down and closes her eyes. Once I'm sure she's asleep, I do the same. Tomorrow will be hell.

Lupus Cobaine POV

I pull back another arrow and let it go; bullseye.

"Nice one Lupus" compliments one of my training group; some new guys.

"Shut up you moron; can't you see he's concentrating" another barks at him.

I pull back my last and… it lands just outside. Stupid bow; it's so flimsy. The stuff at the Capitol will be better.

"Miss" hisses someone in the back.

"What?" I spin round "Who said that?"

Everyone backs away.

"Who said it?" I roar "Come on, was it you?"

I shove one of the boys to the floor.

"Or you?" I slam one of the older ones heads against the wall and hear a delightful cruch "Or you?"

I pick up one of the younger kids, preparing for a throw when a girl steps forward.

"It was me! Put the kid down Lupus" it's Rowena, a girl with some serious guts; one day I hope they get spilled "But you wouldn't hit a girl, would you?"

I walk over to Rowena and go to punch her in the face.

"Lupus!" snarls a voice.

The crowd that's gathered quickly disband and Rowena disappears soon after. Oh great; not this bitch again.

"Mum, what do you want?" I bellow, still boiling hot with anger "I was about to end her!"

"Oh please, you couldn't end a paper bag with form like that. Now go over to that punching bag and practise; the reaping's soon and I don't want you embarrassing me by volunteering like a girl."

"Mum!"

"Practise!"

I droop and walk over to the punching bag. My mum is my trainer and boy is she good at it. She's the only person I know who could beat me in a fight and even then, with training I'd kick her ass. But she's good; better than most men including my father. He works in the Nut, signing papers mostly; not exactly a fighter. I can't really be bothered with games in all honesty; most of the people there are weak inbreds and even some of the Careers just suck. Still, if it gets me known as the hero who gave district 2 glory, so be it. Plus I have to volunteer or my mum will go nuts. Stupid old hag.

After beating the bag to the point that if it was a tribute it'd be mush, I go to the justice building. I get into the crowd as Caesar Lightdew; the pitiful excuse for an escort finishes his speech. He heads to the girls bowl first. Let's see if Rowena actually has the balls to volunteer this year.

"Aurora Felici."

Aurora Felici POV

Where the heck are the volunteers? Ah, well. I walk out of the line as casually as I try to look proud, hiding my smirk. So they wanna play hard ball huh? Well the male tribute won't be happy later, let's put it that way. I hear his name as I climb the stage stairs.

"Lionel Abraham"

And 3, 2, 1…

"I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE."

Now whose the douchebag I'm gonna have to fight?

Lupus Cobaine POV

While usually everyone mumbles to themselves about the tribute, as I walk up, all is silent. No more volunteers then? Good thing too; they know better. I walk up to Caesar Lightdew whose just frozen, stunned at the silence.

"I'm Lupus Cobaine" I introduce myself "And I have an announcement, so move."

Caesar steps back and I step onto the podium.

"Hello weak people; I'd just like to thank you for not trying to volunteer today since you know I would have had to wasted my strength dealing with you. As reward, I'll only snap some of your necks when I get back" a peacekeeper soon pulls me away from the microphone and we head towards the justice building.

I square up the girl next to me as we walk. She's about my age but looks like an easy target to me. Let's test this out.

"You're not very strong looking are you?" I leer at her.

"Why you little…" she growls.

"Silence!" booms the peacekeeper.

And I'm correct.

Aurora Felici POV

That jerk; I'm gonna have his head on a spike if I have to stick around with him for 5 seconds, let alone the whole hunger games. I mean, who exactly does her think he is? I look at myself in a nearby mirror. I may not be strong but we'll see who'd get out of a burning building first. He definitely wouldn't with that fat head of his. Suddenly I hear a knock on the door. Opal comes in; she runs straight up to me and hugs me.

"I'm sorry Auri, it's all my fault" she cries.

"Hey; of course it's not" I hug her tighter.

"It is; Auri, the peacekeepers, they know!"

"Know what?"

"They know who we are; about Midnight and Twilight!"

"How?"

"I don't know! But the peacekeepers found me this morning and told me to warn you. So I struck a deal; I told them if they let us off the hook, they could rig it so you went into the games. I know I should have volunteered myself but I was just scared."

"Opal, you did the right thing. I'm proud of you."

"It's time for you to go" a peacekeeper opens the door and takes Opal's hand.

"But what if you die?" she protests as he drags her.

"I won't; I promise I won't!" I yell and the door slams.

Lupus Cobaine POV

"Do I have to be here?" groans my father outside the door.

"Yes; if he has any hope of winning and bringing some pride to the family name, he'll need some kind of that fatherly encouragement crap" my mother retorts.

A hand (I'm guessing my mother's) pushes my father into the room.

"So son… what are you good at again?" my dad doesn't look up from his phone.

"Everything."

"Yeah well… work hard on that. Good luck."

He walks out and my mom gives him a shove along the way.

"Sometimes I wonder why I married such a spineless man; or how you have his genes" she says seriously.

"Have you got anything useful to say?" I ask her just as seriously.

"Watch your back Lupus; cos nobody else is gonna give two fucks about your ass once you're in that arena."

She turns away and leaves. I take a look at the bracelet around my wrist; my grandmother made it for me, years ago. She's long dead now but I've never took it off. I guess it's my tribute token now. Ah these games are gonna be fun; this year will be a bloody one.

Was that weird? I dunno if I'm satisfied with this chapter. Does Lupus sound too much like Phoenix; does he sound like a Career at all. Any thoughts on Aurora? Also, in case you haven't noticed, I'm not really talking about how the tributes look that often as I've decided to let you imagine for yourself. District 3 reaping is next; and it may take a little bit because I haven't really thought about it yet.