District 11 reaping

Amira Fieldington D11F

"Ok everyone, now we know what plants we can crunch and which ones we can have for lunch!" I say to the kids.

I love teaching the little ones. We all go in for a group hug and then I say "Ok thanks for coming to the early morning session! I'll see you all tomorrow!" I say this because I know, thankfully, they are not old enough for the reaping.

I walk with my best friend, Chrystal, back from the school towards our homes. We live right next to each other so it's convenient.

She and her family has really helped our family out, especially on that day.

We don't talk about that day, but we are always reminded of it because we always see him as we walk through the square. Today is no different. As Chrystal and I are walking through the square we see him just standing there sneering at us.

It was a hot day that day. Like a lot of days, it is in the summer. I was with my father in the fields. I wasn't working as much back then because I didn't need to. My father was in the orchid and we were picking apples for the district. There was this boy, Salm, he was 5 years old and he was an orphan. Orphanages are not the best around here in 11, they are underfunded and extremely malnourished. My father gave him one of the apples.

He knew he was supposed to, but he felt bad, so he did. The "Peacekeeper" saw him and instead of giving him a warning or anything, that bastard hit him.

He kept hitting and hitting my father. I tried to stop him, but I got hit in the face and all I could do is scream.

I don't talk much after that and that is mainly to be avoided and I am. I walk right past him and I continue walking till we reach our house. Thank goodness no one tries to talk to me on the way there. That's common though, I am unnoticeable.

I go inside, and I head to my room. I must get ready. I put on my green dress, my boots and put my greenhead band in for some extra flare. It's subtle but nice, like me.

I go to my parent's room and I see my mom almost ready, so she can walk me and my father lying in bed. He can't move much but he keeps my spirits up. "Hey sweet pea, you look beautiful," he says in a soft tone. I smile and walk over to him and kiss him on the forehead.

"You ready?" my mother says as she wraps her one arm around me.

I smile and say "Yes ma'am" she smiles at me and we wave goodbye to my father. He smiles as we walk out the door.

"do you ever think he will be able to walk again?" I say while trying not to make eye contact.

She looks at me with an obviously painful look "I sure hope so Amira, I sure hope so."

Uriah Winter 13 D11M

"That was amazing Uriah!" Peppa, my little sister, said as she claps.

"Thank you Peppa, in a couple years I'll teach you to play the piano too!" I say as I get off the bench and get up.

"I'm gonna head upstairs and get ready for Luke so we can walk together!" I say as she walks towards my room.

I walk up the long flight of stairs. Our house is huge. I'm not bragging, it's just a fact. I am extremely lucky to live to one of the wealthiest family in all of 11. My father helps people around the district all the time though so it's not like we are one of those families that just watch people starve to death. My father is better than that.

He is the reason I want to go into politics. He is the reason I want to help people. I figured one of the best ways to do that is to become mayor so that's my goal.

I can already see the headlines now "Uriah Winter elected mayor of district 11!" that's the goal so that's why I try hard in school, get good grades in school and be the best person I possibly can be.

I get to my room and get cleaned up a little. I put my suit on and make sure its ironed. I know I have good odds of not being reaped but if I am going to be future mayor, I gotta make a good impression when I am in public.

I look in the mirror and I try to tame my afro to the best of my ability. Ugh. My mom says if I am going to become mayor I have to keep it trimmed but I like it. It matches my light brown skin well so ill keep it wild and untamed until the time comes.

I walk downstairs, and I am instantly hit with the smell of food. Meat and bread. My favorite. I walk into the kitchen and I see Peppa and my mom sitting at the table. My mom is reading the paper that the district puts out and Peppa is reading one of her books. For being only 11 she reads father just finished cooking and he puts the food in front of us.

"Hey, mom is it ok if I walk with Luke to the reaping," I say while biting into a crispy, buttery piece of bread. Dang, this is amazing.

"Yeah, can you take Peppa with you? We will be there shortly after." She says while turning a page.

"That's fine," I say as I get up and wipe my face.

"Come on Peppa, let's go get this over with this and then I'll start those piano lessons," I say with a smile.

She has a smile that lights up the world as she pops out of her chair.

I hope I get to make people that happy for the rest of my life.

Amira Fieldington

I walk quietly with my mother through the square. She see's him checking people in. That damn "peacekeeper". She see's him and her fist tightens. She is gonna kill that man one day and I don't blame her.

My father and I need her, so she promises to not do anything drastic if I help keep her in check. So, I do to the best of my ability.

We walk through the other side of the check and she kisses me on the cheek goodbye.

"I'll see you after the reaping Amira" "Ok mother," I say as I smile and walk towards the seventeen-year-old sections.

I get next to Chrystal and we wait till a woman in a fluffy brown dress plays this video for us. After the video, she prances over to the bowl of names with all the girls eligible for reaping in the district. I've taken out tesserae, so I know the odds are not in my favor. She moves her hand around the bowl and she finally gets a slip of paper out.

She reads "Amira Fieldington!" I freeze for a second then I start to walk towards the stage.

I know Chrystal is reacting because I hear her, but I don't see her. I just keep my head down taking slow deep breaths.

I am telling myself in my head "Everything is ok, everything is fine".

I keep my head down until I reach the stage. I can do this.

I have to, I have to get back to my parents.

Uriah Winter

I walk with Peppa and Luke, my best friend, to the reaping. He doesn't mind when I bring Peppa along with us which I usually do. She is my sister and I try to make her as happy as I can.

"I'll meet you in our section, I have to walk Peppa to my parents," I say to Luke as I walk towards my parents.

"Whatever you say, Mr Mayor," He says as he chuckles and walks away.

I walk her over towards my parents and drop Peppa off. I give her a hug and walk towards the thirteen-year-old section with Luke.

"When you become mayor can you get rid of these horrible games?" Luke says as this video plays that I remember from last year.

"I'll try my best until then we have to deal with it," I say just as the video is ending.

We stop talking. Everyone stops talking for the reapings. She yells out this girl from the seventeen-year-old section. I feel bad for her because she just walks up to the stage with her head down. I will get rid of these damn games one day.

I get caught up in my thoughts until I hear "Uriah Winter!" that's me.

What my name was in there twice out of thousands. This can't be happening. I can't die yet.

I try not to cry but tears are streaming down my face. I look at Peppa and my parents and I see Peppa crying with my parents.

I make my way to the stage and the girl looks at me with a kinda sad face. I don't want her to look at me like a wounded animal,

I can do this. I have to do this.

For the better of the district.

Ok, all thank you so much for the tad bit of a late delay. I am finishing up school so updates should be coming in bunches soon! I also have a sponsor system up like many of you requested so let me know what you all think of it please and what changes if any you'd like to see made to it! All the tributes are officially reserved or submitted so I wanna thank you all for submitting and for the continued support! Furthermore, let me know what you all think of these two tributes and district 2 should be up in the next couple of days! once again thanks to everyone and don't forget to review! Until next time