The 105th Hunger Games

by Dakotaderrah

Let the 105th Hunger Games begin! It's been 30 years sense Katniss Everdeen was assassinated by the capitol, and sense then the rules have changed. The only rules are no committing suicide and don't step of the plate. When Lily Everdeens' best friend is chosen, she will be brave just like her aunt. But is being brave going to cost her her life?

4. Chapter 4: Oh how they are Brutal

Chapter 4
Oh How Brutal They Are

"Linda Ranger" Capital hag says into the mike. Linda? She was in my grade four class, I knew her but not very well. All eyes search for her in the crowed, I finder her standing in the middle of the crowed. She's smiling? She presses three fingers to her lips, holds them up high. With her other hand, she pulls out a gun that was in her shoe, and shoots herself in the head.

Everything happens so quickly. Her mother screams, the Peacekeepers take hold of Linda's mom, brings her to the stage and shoots her, for all to see. Capital Hag looks distraught, so does everyone else around me. Why did she put her three fingers to her lips? Didn't anyone tell her it was the middle finger that meant fuck you?

Once everything is back in order, Capital Hag takes center stage again.
"The female tribute for district twelve is." She pulls out the paper, opens it as slow as a snale and reads it then says "Tala Waywood" Oh shit. I look at Tala, her face is broken, tears rolling down her face. She hugs me once and whispers "Never forget." Then walks away from me and up to her death bed. When she is up on the stage Capital Hag is about to say something when I walk into the middle of the street. I see the Peacekeepers guns pointed at me but I'm not looking.

"I volunteer as tribute" I say without breaking eye contact with Capital Hag. The first scream I here is a cry of pain and anguish. I don't need to look back to know it's my mother. Once Tala realizes what I have said she starts crying harder. The two Peacekeepers closer to me grab my arm and bring me to the stage. I pass Tala on my way and give her a the look I always give her a look I hope says don't you have at least some faith in me? As I walk up the stage I see Eko in the crowed, tears in his eyes. Sionns face is full of anger and pain. I look for the rest of my family in the back of the crowed and see my father holding my mother on the ground, Kane is walking away and Wests just stands there staring at me. The last face I look for is Tala. She is looking at me with tears in her eyes. I look away knowing that if I look at her any longer I will cry.

"What's your name darling?" Capital Hag asks me
"Lily Everdeen"
"Now the boys" I don't have enough time to pray that it's not Sionn or Eko before she announces the boy tribute.