Mariposa Dulark

"Are you insane? Why would you go and do something like this?" Parker had been yelling at her since he arrived. Maria was glad that he didn't have long. She knew she was being a horrible friend right now. They were all each other had, and Maria was throwing that away, along with her life.

"I don't have anything left here in Seven. I want to make a difference, Parker!" He was pacing back and forth in front of her, but when she finished talking, he froze.

"Make a difference? By dying? Maria, this is stupid."

"Who says I'm going to die? I can win this, Parker. I know I can, and it'll help all of Seven."

"If you win. There are 95 other tributes that will be fighting for this. Fighting to kill you. Don't you realize that?" Maria could see tears starting to well up in his eyes. She knew how bad the odds were, but she didn't want to tell him that she knew she'd probably die. She was trying to come off as confident, as if she was doing this so she could live in the Village and benefit her district. Her real reasoning was to avenge her brother. She knew this was a dumb idea, but Maria just didn't care anymore.

"Yes, I realize that, Parker. I knew what I was doing when I volunteered."

"But did you realize what you were throwing away when you volunteered?" Before Maria could answer him, he grabbed her, pulled her tight, and kissed her. Maria had never been kissed before, so this was all new, especially coming from her best friend. All of a sudden, a Peacekeeper came in and ripped Parker away from her.

Maria suddenly realized how dumb she had been.

Reyes Keldon

Reyes waited for his father to come see him. He was Reyes' only family, so it'd be a short meeting. Of course, with other tributes having more than one visitor, Reyes expected a wait before he got to say goodbye. Sooner than expected, however, there was a knock on the door, and a woman came inside. Reyes was confused. He hadn't expected anyone but his father and possibly his friends.

"Who are you?' he asked. The woman had clearly been crying. Her face was red. She came over and hugged him tight.

"Reyes, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry."

"Who are you?" He asked again. She released him, but held him at arm's length.

"I'm your mother." Reyes was shocked. He didn't know what to say. His mother had left when he was only three years old. He'd ever known her. And now she was standing here in front of him, when he was about to be shipped off to the Capitol.

"You choose now to come fid me?" His words came across a little angry, but he wasn't sure how he was feeling right now. "You left us. You just abandoned your family. Why?"

"I just had to leave. I loved you so much, and it really hurt me to leave you behind. By the time I realized my mistake in leaving you, your father had changed names, and it was impossible for me to find you. When I saw you on stage today, though, I knew it was you. And I'm here, I'm here."

"It's a little too late. You came back just in time to watch me die."

"No. No, you won't die. When I left, it was with a high society member of Seven. He has money. I'll do whatever I can to get him to sponsor you. I'm going to help you as much as I possibly can, because I finally have you back. I'm not losing my son again."

When the Peacekeeper came in to take her away, Reyes was sad again. He'd finally met his mother, and he just lost her again. His father came in next, and Reyes had some questions for him.

Alaine Tulette

Alaine couldn't believe what was happening to her. She wanted to go home, and stay with her family. She'd give anything not to have to go to the arena, but sadly, the Capitol would not budge in this case.

Her first visitors were her parents. Her mother just hugged her and cried. Her father stood by, and finally said something after about a minute.

"Will you try? Try your hardest to win?" The question shocked her. It was a dumb question.

"Of course I'm going to try. I don't want to die out there, so I'm going to try." Her mother cried harder at her mention of death. Alaine would have to be more careful with her words here.

"I've seen tributes give up in the past. They would jump from their platforms too soon, stand still while mutts came. I don't want that to happen to you, Alaine." His words were making her feel worse, but he must've picked up on that, because he didn't say much else.

When their time was up, Alaine hugged her parents one last time, and waited for Thomas. When the door opened, she ran to him and jumped into his arms. He kissed her, and she started crying.

"I'm scared, Thomas. I'm really scared." He was trying hard not to cry.

"I know. I'm scared, too. But you're a fighter. You can fight your way through this. You just have to…"

"Just have to kill, right?"

"I was going to say be the strongest. I was trying not to think about that part."

"What…what if I have to kill another Seven kid. I could never come back here after that." Alaine tried hard to keep her breathing steady so that she wouldn't get lightheaded.

"Then don't. Ally with everyone through from Seven, and just refuse to kill each other."

"They'll kill us. The Gamemakers will kill us. They'll send in mutts or something."

"Then you just have to survive the mutts. Get a weapon, and take out the mutts, the strongest will win, and compared to some of the other tributes from Seven, you're definitely one of the strongest. Okay?"

"You're just saying that because you're my boyfriend."

"I'm saying it because I mean it."

Brantley Nuze

Brantley was angry. He wondered how the Capitol people had become so twisted. Had they ever been normal? Probably not since before Panem had formed. All Brantley could do now was sit and wait to say goodbye to his mother and sister.

Eva came in to see him first. She was only eight. How could he leave her behind? She was crying.

"Brantley, please. Please don't go. We need you here." What was he supposed to say to her? He had no confidence that he could win, and unless he made it back, she'd go into the Reapings in four years with boatloads of tesserae.

"I have to, Eva. I have to go. But I'll come back. I'll always stay with you. I promise. I'll come back. You'll see me again, Eva." She kept crying. He had nothing else to say that could comfort her.

She left before her time was up, and Brantley's mother came in. She didn't talk as much as much as Eva, but she cried just as much.

"I love you so much, Brant. Please, please come back."

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