The Hunger Games

Chapter 2:

It was the day of the reaping and I felt good. It didn’t feel like I was going into the arena it felt like I was going to be a mentor,but able to defend them and hunt for them and hopefully get them all out alive.

Me and Peeta got dressed up and this time we had no prep team.We did it all ourselves. Since Peeta was a painter he did my makeup because I don’t know the first thing about it. It looked good. We were just getting reaped so we didn’t need to wear a dress or suit. I just wore makeup and my hair was in a braid.

Me and Peeta walk up to the reaping holding hands. We then see Effie walk up on stage.

“Welcome to the 77th hunger games”, she said. Even Effie wasn’t her normal bubbly self. Everyone was upset.They all had their head looking down at their shoes as if the were ashamed.

It was time for her to pick the girls name, and as Effie always says,”Laddies first.”

I look at Peeta and he gives me a nod signaling me to take the girls place.

“And districts 12 girl tribute is Lacy Morris”,says Effie.

Lacy Morris is a thirteen year old that is quiet and shy.

I walk towards the front and yell out “ I volunteer in her place”

Effie gives me a sad look mixed with confusion as she announced me being the tribute.

It was the boys turn next and Effie called out”Mason Willams”.

Peeta then walked to the front as I did and said”I volunteer”.

Effie gave us the most shocking looks as she announced us. Random military guards come up from behind us and escort us off stage into a train to leave and go to our private penthouses.

Me and Peeta sit on the couch in our penthouse and watch the recaps from the day.All the kids that have to leave their families.I watch as many of them are thirteen to fourteen. I want to tell their families not to worry and that I will try to get them home safe.

Peeta and I plan on not going to training practice until the last week.We will instead meet every tribute and discuss in a private area that has not been bugged what we are planning on doing and hope they agree.

Me and Peeta leave the penthouse to go to some fancy restaurant in the capitol. It’s nice to not have to worry about marrying him because that’s what the capitol wanted. Me and him are growing back together though after they hijacked him and maybe marriage is going to happen between us,but I want it to be our decision not the capitols.

Me and Peeta talk for a while about the new tributes and try and figure out the strongest to the weekest.

We then leave the restaurant and head back to the penthouse.We get ready for bed and drift to sleep fastly.

In the morning Hamitch comes in from district 12. He is back to being our mentor and is trying to keep us alive.He likes our idea about not going to training and talking to the tributes separately seems better.

We have that whole day to do nothing but relax. Tomorrow we get into getting to know the tributes.