HELLO! I'm fangirlfeels12! This is my first story ever to be written! I really hope you enjoy the first chapter, I appreciate everyone who reviews and reads it.

PERCY

When I woke up the sunlight streamed through the window of my bedroom. I climbed out of my sheets and dressed in some hunting gear before heading out to meet Gale, Katniss, and Annabeth in the woods. I opened my front door, and closed it quietly as my brother, Tyson, was sleeping. I turned and started on my way to the woods, which wasn't far from the Seam. The woods were blocked off by an electric fence put up by the Capitol to keep us in the district, but in District 12 the fence wasn't usually on so we were safe to cross into the forest and hunt. I arrived at the fence, and pulled myself through a gap. Once I was in the woods I retrieved my hunting knife that I had named Riptide. Knife in hand, I went to find the others.

"Jackson! You're finally here. Let's get started then," my friend Gale shouted when I reached the clearing where my friends had gathered. The other three had already arrived. Gale stopped in the middle of the clearing, where he had clearly been pacing impatiently. Annabeth and Katniss sat on a log, taking inventory of their supplies. As I walked closer, they grabbed their weapons and prepared to head out. Gale and Katniss both used bows, and Annabeth didn't typically use a weapon, preferring to use snares, but if necessary she would use a dagger. I went with Gale to find some game while Katniss went another way, and Annabeth went to check up on some of her old snares. When Gale and I were crouched in a bush waiting for game to wonder by Gale whispered to me, "How many times is your name in?"

"26 times, what about you?" I whispered back.

"I'm in 42 times." Gale's odds aren't with him. I'd feel bad if he was picked to go to the games. He does so much to protect and feed his family, it'd be ashamed if that was thrown away to the games.

After a while Gale and I had caught a rabbit and 2 squirrels. We met up with Katniss and Annabeth, and headed out of the woods and to the Hob, a place where we trade our game for other supplies like money, vegatables, and more. When we got to the Hob we did our trading. The nice women behind the counter came to our assistance.

"How may I help you?" the lady asked. We all didn't want to go at once, so we let Gale go first.

"Hey, Katniss, how's Prim?" I asked, Prim was her little sister, she cared for her more than her mom did. "She's good, she's really nervous about the reaping though, I try to calm her down, and she always gets nightmares, how's Tyson?"

"He's okay," I our trades at the hob we went to our own houses, to get ready for school the coming day.

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When I walked through the door of my house I saw my little brother Tyson sitting at the table, as usual my dad was in the mines working. I sometimes resented my dad for never being around, though it wasn't his fault. Mining was the only profession available to the citizens of District 12 who were unfortunate enough to be born in the Seam. Still, he had no time to help with cooking or cleaning or raising Tyson. That job fell to me, as my mum had been gone for years..

My dad walked in the front door with my baby brother alone. I stood up and looked at him, I knew something was wrong. Where was my mother? I started to shake, my hands trembling not wanting to know what was to come.

"Dad, where's mom?" I asked uneasy, my dad looked at me with a pained expression, and I knew what was coming.

"She didn't make it Percy, she passed giving birth to your brother, but she loves you very much" and a tear stroked down his face. My knees buckled beneath me and I started to cry…

I snapped back to reality when my Tyson started calling my name.

"Percy?"

"Yeah bud"

"When dad be home, I really miss him, and we never see him" There was pain in his eyes, and I saw it, I feel bad for Tyson since he's only 10, and doesn't ever see his father.

"I don't know, Tyson. Dad has to work to keep us healthy and safe, but I'm sure he's safe there is no need to worry." I hugged him and then I went to the kitchen and whipped up a breakfast for my brother and I, before we headed of to school. We ate in silence, and then got ready for school.

That was the first chapter! I hope you enjoyed it! REVIEWS are welcomed and appreciated. The next chapter will be posted soon!