Jane's POV
a little later mom and dad got up.
"go get ready for the reaping, hurry." said mom
i went into the third room and found my reaping clothes laid on mom and dads bed: a faded green dress with 3 little white buttons at the top. it fell just below my knee and had long sleeves nthat buttoned tightly around my wrists. i pulled my thick brown hair into a high pony tail and tied it with a faded purple ribbon.
charlie was wearing the usual light blue shirt and black pants
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we checked in and charlie went to the 12 year old boys section, and i went to the 15 year old girls section.
this year Effie Trinket was wearing a bright yellow peplum skirt and matching jacket, to match her curly butter colored hair.
she waved her hand over the big glass bowl on one side of the stage like a freak and said "ladies first" like she always does. she finally jams her hand into the bowl and pulls out a name.
everyone is silent. i can hear the girl next to me breathing, i think her name's Katniss Everdeen? she's one of the people who hunt illegally in the woods outside of district 12.
"your female tribute for the 73rd annual Hunger Games is- Jane walker!"
my heart dropped a thousand feet. it was me. how would charlie ever be the same? a million questions raced through my mind as i stepped up on stage..
"there you have her!" said Effie in a happy singsong voice. everyone clapped, not because they were happy i was picked to die , because it's what they have to do.
she walked over to the other side of the stage and plunged her hand into the other side of the boys's glass bowl.
"ladies and gentlemen! your male tribute this year is- Charlie walker!"
it was charlie, i was going to have to (a) kill my baby brother in the Hunger Games, or (b) protect him at all costs in the arena.
"NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" i screamed at the top of my lungs.
"get her out of here!" said Effie through gritted teeth over her shoulder to the peace keepers standing behind her.
3 of them grabbed me and were pulling me away. i heard behind me, very faintly:
"Happy Hunger Games! and may the odds be ever in your favor!"
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When the Odds are not in Your Favor (hunger games fanfic)
FanfictionJane lives in district 12,with her mom, her dad and her little brother Charlie, who is her whole world. when she gets picked as the female tribute in the 73rd Hunger Games her life gets turned upside down. but its not the games that ruin her life...
