District 7 Reaping
Wren Oakfield D7F 17
"Wren! Get down here for breakfast!" my mom yells from the kitchen.
"I'm coming! I'm almost ready!" I lied.
I already put my braided my hair and put it up. I also already slipped into the blue blouse Liz let me borrow. I've been reading for the last hour or so.
I love to read.
I read all different types of books.
This recent one is about Panem and its history. Is it propaganda? Probably but a book is a book.
That's my escape, I can read for hours and hours, whether it is the library, or to kids at the orphanage or in the forest with my friends or in a tree by myself.
"Wren put the book down and let's go." Shade, my older brother says as he walks into my room.
"I don't know what you're talking about," I say almost too innocently as I tuck the book behind me, so it is between my back and the wall.
He walks in and smiles as he sees me sitting against the wall and that he knows I have been reading.
"You know mom will throw a fit if we don't hurry, plus didn't you want to meet the twins before the reaping?" Shade says.
"I'm coming, and they have names you know, Lola and Liz, the best twins in all of Panem," I say as I use my hands to push myself off the floor.
"Yeah yeah, chill out on the propaganda books while you're at it, you sound worse than the weird dressed man every year at the reaping," Shade says as he pushes me out the door.
I laugh as he pushes me. Shade always knows how to make me laugh no matter what.
I run downstairs while my mom is splitting the porridge between the three of us. There used to be four, but my mom doesn't acknowledge it.
My father ran off to be a peacekeeper when I was about five years old, I miss him, but Shade says he hates them.
He is somewhere in district 4 now I think.
I start to get upset thinking about it, so I just hurry and eat my food, it smells like a bad trip to the bathroom and it doesn't taste much better, but I know she worked hard on it. She has to work a lot for us kids, but she makes sure we are fed, and I am very grateful for it.
"Bye mom, I promised Liz and Lola I'll walk with them," I say as I kiss her on the forehead.
"Ok, Wren but don't be late and tell your boyfriend Cal I said hi," She says as she smirks at me.
"Mom that's gross, you know I see him as a brother, that's like me saying like Shade" I said.
"Hmmmm, if you saw the way he looks at you, you'd think otherwise. She says as she waves bye.
"Whatever you say, mother, I love you!" I say as I walk out the door.
Aspen Evergreen D7M 16
The sky this early in the morning is beautiful. I'm sure that I have the best view in the whole district.
No one is crazy enough to go as high as I do but I don't mind it. It suits me anyway.
People talk about me, no one thinks I know but I know.
I have had this perception of me as a crazy person since the day I was born. Apparently, my mother was not all there.
Everyone in the district would ignore her and keep their distance. My grandmother said she didn't take me being born very well.
She couldn't handle me crying so she would just sit in her room, away from me just rocking and rocking and mumbling to herself. Then one day she was gone.
That's ok though, my grandma is all I need.
I jump from one tree to another a lot. The voice says I will fall but they usually shut up if I keep moving.
The voice says a lot of things and makes weird noises, but I don't listen often.
I keep jumping from tree to tree enjoying the smells of fresh air and wilderness because I know I only have a couple of hours before I have to go to the reaping.
I start to climb down until I see it.
It's a red bird I've never seen before, that is saying something because I have seen a lot of birds being this high up all the time.
I make my way over to it and I see the nest. I have to climb higher and higher, but I don't mind. I climb and leap with the air flowing through my hair, good things my arms are long enough for this, and I finally reach it.
Five beautiful red baby birds are in the nest and I just stare at them envying their elegance. At that moment I hear a terrible and a very familiar scream.
I lose my balance and next thing I know I'm falling.
Hitting branch after branch as I feel these scrapes going up my legs, I reach my arms out and I catch a branch finally.
I fell at least thirty feet.
I regain a sense of my surroundings and I climb the rest of the way down.
When I reach the forest floor I can't help but to laugh. This man who witnessed my fall just looks at me and kinda steps back when I don't stop laughing.
I can't help it though.
The voice tried to get me this time, but its ok, like usually I always get the last laugh.
Wren Oakfield
Liz and Lola answer the door when I knock, these two are those twins that do everything together, I don't mind though, that just means I get two best friends.
I have known them since I was a kid, they are the only people I really talk to besides Cal, I'm too quiet to branch off to other people but they are all I need.
They yell something to their parents as they walk out the door.
"You wanna get Cal while we're at it? He might be able to protect you today." Lola says teasingly as we walk.
"Whatever, that's what I have Shade for". I say defensively.
"After the reaping, we will leave you two alone, if you know what I mean," Liz says as she giggles with Lola.
"Ok after the reaping you two are getting shunned," I say as we check in.
They both just giggle as we walk to the 17-year old's section. As soon as everyone gets settled in this man with a green suit and green hair shows us a video. At least he embraces being district seven's escort.
I stand next to Liz and I hear the man say, "Wren Oakfield". I would've missed it if it wasn't followed by Liz and Lola screaming and crying.
I look at them and look around.
I start to tear up, but I am determined to keep it together.
I detach myself from their arms and walk to the stage I see Shade trying to get past the peacekeepers, but he won't get through, this is my problem now.
I must face it head-on.
Aspen Evergreen
My grandma was just rocking in her chair when I left to go the reaping.
I thought attendance was mandatory, but the peacekeepers seem to stay away from our place unless absolutely necessary.
I guess that is one of the benefits of being crazy.
Anyways I just walk to the reaping and get checked in, most people keep their distance from me, but I don't mind, I like doing my own thing.
I make my way to the 16-year old section and the weird looking man says the female tribute name. "Wren Oakfield".
I hear a scream, similar to the one the voice made earlier.
This cute slender girl starts to walk to the stage keeping together surprisingly well despite hearing a guy behind her threating a peacekeeper.
The voice starts saying something, but I shake my head and it stops.
The guy on stage says, "now for the boys" The voice says "Aspen Evergreen" all the boys in my section look at me.
Can they hear the voice too?
No, it wasn't the voice, it was the man up front.
Shit, I'm frozen until the voice says "Run."
I listen to it and I make a break for it, the peacekeepers are surprised, we haven't had a runner in some time.
My heart is racing, and I get past the first line then I feel arms grab me on both sides and I start kicking
The voice is saying fight, so I keep fighting and scratching and kicking until I hear
Stop
Stop
Stop
Stop
Stop
I listen to the voice and I do stop.
The drag me up to the stage and Wren looks at me with wide terrified eyes.
She must think I'm crazy, everyone watching must think I'm crazy.
Oh, I'll show them crazy
I'll show them all how crazy I can really be.
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