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District 3 reapings.
Cordin Hort 18 Victor of the 99th hunger games
They were already there.
The mayor, and the escort.
That was all. The third empty seat belonged to him.
He walked up to the stage and sat down.
The mayor leaned over and shook his hand.
He, Cordin, 18 years old, shaking hands with the mayor.
2 years ago that would have been the coolest thing ever for him.
But a lot could change in two years.
Two years ago he had been just another 16 year old in a crowd, all hoping they wouldn't get reaped. But he had. But he had won.
Not by any particular skills, Cordin had to admit, he wasn't anything special physically, wasnt even that smart compared to some people in district 3. He had won his games, basically on dumb luck.
Luck that he only had to kill three times.
Luck that there were only 4 careers in the games.
Luck that one of them had died in the bloodbath, and then two more the next day, and then the last one on day 5.
5 days in, 27 tributes left. and no careers.
That was luck to, that so many had survived that long.
Because food ran out quickly. And the tributes started starving.
By day 7, there were only 20 tributes left. but Cordin had run low on food. and thats when he killed.
Day 8, The girl from 6, stabbed in her sleep. She never woke up. He had taken her supplies and hidden in a cave.
The next day, there were 15 tributes left, by the next it had dwindled to 12.
And then the feast was announced, Cordin slept in the cornucopia, woke up, grabbed some supplies and ran off, before anyone else had even reached it.
6 tributes died that day.
The next day, two more, leaving four tributes.
And then he killed again, this time the pair from 12 had attacked them, and he fought them off and killed them. And then the cannon, signifying the girl from 5's death. He found out later she was poisoned by some berries, and that to was luck.
"Molly lastings."
Where they on to the reaping already, Cordin thought, wildly looking around, indeed they were, as a tough looking girl marched up towards the stage, looking strangely calm, she stopped once, to pull a boy into a hug, and then again in front of the head peacekeeper.
And spat on him.
Several peacekeepers surged forward, but the head one, a man named Fasko, snapped out his hand, holding them back.
And Molly marched up to the stage.
Cordin looked at her, hoping for an explanation, but none was forthcoming.
The escort, a woman named Steph shook her head slightly and then marched over towards the boys bowl and pulled out a name.
"Xavier Grace."
A tall lean boy emerged from the 17 year old section, he had messy black hair, and a smirk plastered on his face.
Cordin recognized him. He was the boy Molly had just hugged.
He too, looking strangely calm, marched up to the stage, he walked slightly past the head peacekeeper, then quickly turned and spat on him as well.
Then before anybody could react he sprang up on stage and stood next to the girl Molly.
This time Steph stared at him for a while, but when she didn't get a reaction from him, she marched off towards the girls bowl and drew out a name.
"Rose Felicity"
A small black haired girl emerged from the 13 year old section.
She looked around, half hoping somebody would volunteer, but when none was forthcoming, she walked shakily towards the stage, not pausing near the peacekeepers at all.
Thank god thought Cordin.
She stood shakily next to Xavier, who patted her back, then she began to sob.
Xavier turned away from her and faced the audience. And still she sobbed.
Steph ignored her, and seeming to just want to end these reapings as fast as she could, walked swiftly towards the boys bowl again.
"Brendan Ryan"
The 15 year old section parted to reveal two boys, both of them laughing.
Then they realized what had just happened.
They turned, there laughs sliding off of there faces quickly.
One of them turned, hugging the other, and then marched off towards the stage.
The tributes shook hands, Rose now sobbing quietly to herself, and then were marched off towards the justice building.
Shaking his head slightly, Cordin walked off towards the car waiting to bring him to the train.
Rose Felicity 13 district 3
She couldn't stop herself.
Rose just kept sobbing all throughout saying goodbye to her family, none of them were pretending it wasn't goodbye, they all knew it for a fact, aside from the first ever hunger games, never had there been a victor under 14.
And she knew, deep down that she wasn't going to change that.
Xavier Grace 17 district 3
He couldn't stop himself.
He knew spitting on Fasko wasn't going to help his chances in the games, but he couldn't stop himself.
After all, Fasko was the reason he was here in the first place.
Xavier thought back to the day he began robbing.
6 years ago, around this time, he was fast, nobody in the market could ever catch him, and nobody in the house's ever found him.
And then, when he was 14, he got caught, he had just broken into the house, it was a nice house, three stories, would have definitely been full of money or jewels.
If he had gotten that far.
he had taken two steps into the house when the girl had tackled him. Molly.
she was 13 at the time, but as tall as him, he remembered how she let him go, as long as he would let her go with him when he robbed.
At first he had regretted it, but then they grew into a team, and had never been caught, until two weeks ago. By Fasko. But he didn't want to think about that, what was the past was the past, and he wasn't going to change that.
Molly Lastings 16 district 3
She couldn't stop herself
Fasko was the reason she and Xavier were here, she just had too.
she would probably pay for it once the games started, but it didn't matter, she was as good as dead anyway.
All because of her stupidity.
Wanting to rob the head peacekeepers house, then tripping and falling to wake him up. Getting herself caught, the only good she had done was convincing Fasko that Xavier wasnt with her. But Xavier had insisted that he had in fact had helped her rob the house. In order to protect her. Protect her in the games.
She had initially insisted to join Xavier in the first place, and she was now paying for her wrongs. Several times over.
And nothing she could do was going to change that.
Brendan Ryan 15 district 3
He couldn't stop them.
His father, His mother, his sisters, his brother, and his best friend Ryan. They all paraded through. All saying the same thing. You'll come back. Or you got this. Or promise me you will come back.
All across Panem, 47 other families were saying the same thing. and yet, only one or two of them would be correct.
One or two out of 48.
Not good odds.
He was strong, he told himself, he was smart he told himself.
But deep down he knew. His chances were less than zero.
And nothing he could do was going to change that.