Goodbyes P2 7-9

Wren Oakfield D7F 17

I can't believe it, I held it together surprising well, but it doesn't last long. As soon as I get to the justice building and after I see the boy tries to make a run for it, I know how much of a goner I actually am. I'm freaking out and I don't think I can do this. I can't be paraded around for everyone to look at and be judged on whether they like or not then send me to my almost certain death.

It's not a fate I want to be met with. I start thinking more reasonably and ways that maybe it won't be all like that. I think about the differing ways until Liz and Lola come and say bye to me. The both hug me from the side like we are all in a big sandwich and we all just sit and sulk in each-others love. I don't know what to say and I can tell that neither of them knows what to say either. I start to tear up seeing my two best friends just buried in my chest sobbing. I think that everything is going to be ok, ill be fine, ill see them soon. I don't believe my thoughts, but it does comfort me when they are forcefully escorted out of the room.

I barely have time to run over my little motto that makes me feel better before Shade and my mother run into the room and squeeze me. My mom starts crying and I understand why. After my father left us she now only has shade since I am going to be taken away also. I decided thinking that I have a chance is too dangerous to give my mom false hope of me coming home.

Right as I think this my brother, shade, says in the most serious voice I've ever heard from him "Wren, don't give up, you can do this, you can climb well, and you know how to use an axe. Don't be like dad, come home to us". I sit there in awe after he says this.

Does he actually believe that I can win? I hope not, false hope is a dangerous thing.

Leah Velvet D8F 12

After my fainting fiasco I am ushered into the justice building where all of sudden I come to the realization that I am going into the games and I made the wrong kind of impression by fainting at the reaping. Oh boy. I am starting to worry now. What I am going to do, how am I supposed to live, I'm so small and young. Has a twelve-year-old ever won the games before? I don't think so. I go over these thoughts for what seems like 10 minutes until my parents come rushing in the room to say their goodbyes.

My dad looks pretty frantic and my mom just stares at me with tears in her eyes. "Don't feel bad, you did everything you could." I tell them. It's true I never took tesserae, I never worked but to no prevail. My parents just look at me tearfully and give me a big squeeze before they are ushered out of the room.

I wait around for Alex to come see me, I know he will. He shows up and I give a big hug. We usually arent so touchy, but I feel like these are special Circumstances. We don't really know what to do after the hug and we kind of just stand there. Its weird seeing this side of Alex. I'm used to awkward funny Alex not serious, worried Alex.

"So, when will see you again?" he says to me while looking down. "I dunno Alex, I want to say soon but I don't think this game is going to go in our favor."

After I say this, tears come to my eyes thinking about all the hide-and-go-seek games that we used to play and how we can never play again.

Alex then shocks me. "Leah, I've always liked liked you, I know this isn't the greatest time to say it but I don't know if I will get the chance again." He says. I don't know what to say. I just pull into a hug and as soon as I do this the peacekeepers come in and usher Alex out of the room.

Now that he's gone, and I'm left alone waiting to be escorted to the train and I regret my interaction with Alex. I wish I would've said something back but now I guess it's too late for that, now I will never get the chance.

Marigold Caden D9F 13

I try my best to continue this idea of confidence I had in the reaping and its working to a degree. I just don't want to think about the practicality of actually competing in the games. I just want to think about the strengths I bring to the table. Ok, so I'm fast and I'm small so maybe others will look over me. I know people at home certainly ignore me. I guess they know who I am now after the reaping the whole district is gonna know my name. I'm going over the odds I can actually survive before I am interrupted by my first visitors.

It's my mother and father first. They were sad and crying which didn't help my spirits any because then I started to cry and it was soon a big mess. I hugged them and before the left I asked them if they could sheer in before they left. They kissed me on the forehead, nodded and Sheer came in shortly after they left. Sheer came in freaking out after my parents left.

He kept rambling on and on about how he should've volunteered so he could've protected me. "Sheer, I need you home, I couldn't have you stuck here with me, I'm not mad." Sheer looked relived when he said this but I still felt bad about his guilt. I knew he was the last person to come see me because I didn't have any friends so he made sure I went off with some confidence.

"Marigold, you're small, you're fast, you can do this" he says while looking right at me. " I'll try sheer but they will be so much bigger and stronger than me, I don't know if I can." I say while try not to make eye contact. He smiles, gives me a hug and says "Just try your best and ill be at home watching and rooting for you every part of the way."

He is shortly escorted out of the room and all I can hope is that Sheer isn't watching the screen when I am killed, if he is I hope it can be quick.

OK, after all this time, I think I owe you all an explanation if anyone is still here. It's been about 5 months but honestly I dont know what happened. I got swamped with school and then when I got my bearings back I was discouraged because I havent updated in awhile which made me prolong my updating more and it eventually snowballed into something worse and here we are. I just wanna say that I will be updating once a week to get back into the swing of things. I appreciate anyone who is still here and is still reading. Sponsorship points are updated and I will stay on top of it becuase I am not a quitter even though I thought about scrapping this one. This is too good of a pool of tributes and I wanna finish for all of you and myself. Ok rant over and I promise ill be on top of things more. Thank you all. Until next time.

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