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EVE'S POV

"We need to steal today," I whispered. Eli looked around nervously.

"What if we don't?" he asked.

"Then we'll starve to death," I said. Eli looked like he had been won over.

Vivian and I snuck into the shop and Eli kept watch outside. Vivian got the bread and put it in her pack and we both ran out. Eli began to run with us once we got out.

"Hey! Who's there?" yelled a voice not far behind us. Peacekeeper.

"You both go! He knows that at least one person is here," I said. Vivian and Eli just stood there. "It's better if only one of us gets caught!" I said and pushed them away. They ran quietly away. I walked forward, towards the Peacekeeper.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I was just taking a walk," I said, smoothly. I knew that he didn't see us run out of the bakery.

"At midnight?" he asked.

"We all do strange things," I said.

"Was there anyone else with you?" he asked.

"No," I said. I couldn't let Eli and Vivian get caught.

"Well you're out after curfew. We will have to punish you," he said.

"Can I do something to get out of this?" I asked, starting to panic.

"No," he said. My eyes grew wide. I tried to calm myself down. At least this wasn't a huge crime, I was also a minor, so I wouldn't get a huge punishment.

Th Peacekeeper led me to the prison and put me in a cell.

"Your punishment will come in the morning," he said.

I sat up all night with a pit in my stomach.

"Get up!" said a Peacekeeper harshly. So I did. He roughly pulled me outside and pushed me to the ground and tied my hands to a pole. There was a crowd gathering around me.

"Ten lashes!" yelled the Peacekeeper. My heart began to race.

A sharp pain struck my back. I bit my cheek. I would not cry out. I would not give them that satisfaction.

Another pain. Two. I counted in my head. Three. Four. Five. My cheek began to bleed because I bit it so hard.

Six. Seven. Eight. I looked over at the crowd that was gathered. I saw Vivian and Eli being held back by some citizens. They were trying to help me, no matter what the consequence I smiled the smallest smile possible. Nine. Deep breath. Ten.

The Peacekeeper untied my hands.

"Get up!" he yelled. I stood and a pain shot through my body. The back of my shirt was soaked in blood.

"Go!" yelled the Peacekeeper, pushing me away so hard that I fell. I quickly scrambled up.

"This is what happens when you disobey the Capitol!" said the Peacekeeper to the now large crowd. A path cleared for me as I made my way slowly to Vivian and Eli.

"You need to get home," said Vivian holding onto my shoulder, helping me walk. Eli did same.

When we got home, they removed my blood covered shirt and poured some kind of cleanser onto my back. It burned so badly.

They finished cleaning the wounds and put some bandages on it, then gave me a new shirt.

"Thank you," I said.

"No, don't say thank you to us. We should be thanking you," said Vivian. "So thank you, we own you one," she said.

"Now you have to take extra bread," said Eli.

"I'll be fine," I said.

"No, you need to eat, you'll be weak. You told me to eat when I got electrocuted, so you need to eat now," said Vivian.

"But-" I started.

"YOU NEED TO EAT MORE!" Eli practically yelled. I didn't argue. I knew I wouldn't win this.

Lydia burst through the door.

"I heard what happened!" she said, concerned. She was holding some bread.

"Are you... better?" she, unsure of what to say.

"I'm fine," I said. "And you didn't have to buy us bread," I said.

"Yeah, I did," she said. "So tell me what happened," she said, worry in her eyes. All of us explained.

"Curfew? You got ten lashes for curfew?" she asked, after all we finished. We all nodded.

"The world is going crazy," she muttered.

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At school, I got looks from people who I had never seen before. I always looked away when I got those looks.

I kept thinking of what Lydia had said. The rules had gotten more strict, there had been more punishment. There were more Peacekeepers walking the streets. These things only happened when one thing was beginning. Rebellion.

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