District 10 Reaping

Bones D10F 12

When the cow falls it screams this interesting noise I never heard before. Huh, that was a new scream, but It doesn't bother me. This food will last for at least a couple of days.

I take my nifty dirfty knife that I crafted from the rib of a sheep and I cut off the head of the cow. I put the head in my sack, so I can make a new hat from its skull, the old one is wearing down a little. I take my knife and run it down the stomach of the cow, so I get the meat I want to out of it. There are certain things that you can't eat out the cow that'll make you sick. Trust me I speak from experience.

Anyways I rub the blood from the cow on my clothes and make sure everything is in my bag situated before I head back home. OOOOH, one of these legs on the cow would be perfect for my ritual tonight. I need a new spear and ill make the fire big, so I can show it off to my friends.

The farmer is coming out of his house, so I pack up my things and start heading home. I know he doesn't like company so ill let him be.

I start the trek home with my goodies in my bad and after walking through fields and fields until I reach home. It's not much but its home. I see the wagon with one wheel leaning on its side. Over there in the ground are my parents. When I was younger we were riding in a wagon and crashed, and they fell asleep. I made a bed for them in the dirt and put them in it, so they can sleep in peace. They should be waking up any day now. Its ok though, I have my friends to keep me occupied.

My three friends run up to me as I come up to the main bed I set up and all start jumping on me. They're so small and cute I just lay down and enjoy it. I gotta be careful though. Rats are easy to smoosh, so I don't roll around anymore since our friend count went from 4 to 3.

'"come on guys I gotta get this hat done" I say as I brush them all off me.

I take the meat of my choosing out my bag and I start a fire. I let the meat cook because raw meat is not good meat. Then I start on my new hat. I'm so excited I can't contain it.

I first take out the eyeballs and give them to my friends. That's their favorite part.

Then I slowly peel off the skin and make sure all tissue and any type of meat is gone. Aka I wanna make sure its all bone. I go to my well I use near my home and wash off the blood. It doesn't bother me its just it starts to smell weird after a while. Then my masterpiece is done!

I take my old hat off and set it next to my other ones while I put my new one on.

Just then I hear some loud noise above. I look up to see this flying thing going towards the square.

"What the heck is that blood?" I ask my right-hand rat. I call him that because he always gets on my right shoulder when I go on adventures. He just looks into the direction of the town. I usually don't follow the ship thingy's, but I have nothing better to do since I'm done with my new hat already. Oh well, might as well.

Huh. I wonder what these things in the skies will bring me.

Haylo Molto Ranons D10M 12

"Ok Haylo go check on the sheep with Skip and then come get ready," My dad says he gives me a stick we use to protect the sheep.

"Ok father, I'll be back soon," I say as I give him a peck on his cheek. I start the long walk from our little house the pen where we keep sheep at with Skip right behind me.

Skip is our family dog and my best friend. I was 5 when we got him, and I grew up learning to protect the sheep from wild dogs with Skip. We've been through quite a bit of bite marks together but it's perfect because we learn and bleed together. Now we are the best team and we take most of the shifts together. Our family isn't very wealthy, so our sheep are the only source of income we have.

My sister, who is 15, goes to school and takes tesserae. So, does my older brother but he's engaged and he's 18 so it's his last year. In return for them going to school and taking tesserae, I stay home most of the time and watch the sheep while my mother and father do other odd jobs around the district to keep our family afloat.

I finally get to the pen and we see a wild dog trying to get in the pen. "Hey!" I scream as I run towards the dog and hit it away with my stick. I'm not the strongest so my hit doesn't do much and as soon as Skip starts barking it runs away quickly.

Stupid dogs, we have wild dogs all around the district and they're dangerous too.

People keep on losing whole cows on their farms and the dogs leave the corpses with no head and basically completed gutted. Thank goodness I haven't run into those types of dogs or I'd be a goner. After I check to see if all the sheep are still ok I feed them and I hurry back home so I can get ready in time for the reaping.

I try not to worry about the reaping too much. I worry for my siblings, but my name is in there once, so I just try to stay positive for the sake of my family. I'm the happy one and I keep everyone's spirit up through a hard time. I have to or else we'd all slip into sadness.

I finally get home and I go to the bathroom to wash up and get ready. My mother left my clothes in there for me. I wash my face and after all the dirt and sweat is off my face I look presentable. My blue eyes don't really coordinate with my tan skin, but I like it. I have to stand on my tiptoes to see myself in the tiny mirror in our bathroom since I am max 4'10. I smile in the mirror and both of my dimples show.

" Haylo come on!" My father says as he knocks on the door.

"Ok, I'm coming," I say as I slip the shoes on that are very worn down. I can even see my toes sticking out of the left one. Then again, my whole outfit is hand-me-downs.

My pants would be at my feet if it wasn't for the belt keeping them up. They'll do for now.

Bones

Blood and I start walking into this town place and people start staring at me. "What have you never seen a hat before," I ask this man as he continues to start at me. I just walk past him because he won't stop and soon I see a huge horde of people walking through these lines.

"what is this blood?" I ask him, and he doesn't respond. Huh, he doesn't know either.

I walk to the front of the line and I ask the lady in the white whats going on and she just asks for my hand. It pinches my finger and she says "Next!"

I just walk by her and go towards girls who look around my age. I get to this roped off section and the girls are just staring and walking away from me. I never seen them before. I don't pay attention to them because I am caught up in this man clicking a button and something comes up. Its like real life but on this white screen.

Then I see it, this thing on the screen says I can win money and food for life by participating in something called the "Hunger Games". I can win food for life? This sounds like a done deal and I'm curious how I can get this.

I hear a man yell at the name "Iris Colhear!" And this girl who looks about 17 starts to walk towards him. He asks for volunteers and I figure this is how I win the food.

"I volunteer!" I yell, and I walk towards the stage. The man looks scared and every single pair of eyes are on me at once. I walk up front with Blood on my shoulders and the man looks terrified.

Suckers, I just won free food for life.

Haylo Molto Ranons

I say bye to Skip as I walk towards the square for the reaping. I walk with my sister, Mary, since my brother is walking with his fiancee. Mary looks worried and I feel bad since her name is in there more times than a normal 15-year-old.

"Mary, maybe after the reaping we can go together to take Skip on his run tonight.

She smiles and says "Thanks Haylo, I would love to."

I'm not sure if she wants to or she likes thinking about a distraction. Either way, she looks content so I'm happy. We are past check in and she drops me off at the 12-year-old section. I wait past the video while I am kinda daydreaming during the girl reaping until I hear a girl from the 12-year-old section yell "I volunteer!"

What the heck? She just volunteered.

I'm even more shocked by her appearance. It looks like she's wearing clothes made of cow skin sewn together and a skull from and animal as a hat.

The escort asks her name and she says "Bones "Pretty cheerfully.

He looks puzzled, but he just scurries over and pulls the boy's name and I'm hoping its not my brother when he yells "Haylo Molto Ranons!"

I'm kinda frozen for a second and I just start walking up to the stage and I see Mary trying to get past peacekeepers and screaming but she's not successful. She's just crying at this point and I look back and I see my parents crying. I've never seen my father cry up until now, but I can't cry. I'm the happy one, I don't make people cry so I hold it together all the way up to the stage.

The escort asks for any volunteers and I find my brother in the 18-year-old section and he hesitates for a second, but he doesn't volunteer. Looks like I am going into the games.

I can tell from the one slip inside of the thousands of other slips. The odds are already not in my favor.

Ok, that was definitely an interesting chapter to write. Nonetheless here it is! only two more reapings to go! Thank you to everyone who has been with me and been following the story and to those newcomers welcome! Don't forget to review and let me know what you think of these two. Remeber reviewing also gets you sponsorship points that can be the difference maker in the games for your favorite tributes. Also, I do read each and every review and it means the world to me. Thank you all and expect the next reaping in a couple of days! Until next time.

P.S. you will learn more about Bones and her actual name a little later it was just a little tough to write her from a POV but it will come I promise. This really goes for all tributes if you feel like you don't learn enough about them in the reapings.