The Days Of My Games

Trust is a fairytale

This isn't how I wanted it...

This is not how it was expected...

Why did it have to turn out this way?

Those are the questions that run through your head when you shared your thoughts to the wrong person. That happened to me once. I thought I could trust him. It turns out trust is just another fairy tale word. It is equivalent to the phrase "Unicorns poop sunshine and rainbows" It's okay to believe in it, but when reality hits, the trust you thought was real, is now gone forever.

I felt that I had to tell him. I was going to explode! I needed to tell someone the things that have been going on inside my head, the things I need to say but am afraid to because of the society we live in. I'm not saying that this society is wrong, just not perfect, and it can easily be taken to perfection. I felt that I could help guide it there, but to do that, I would have to speak, and say what I'm thinking. That's what I tried to do... apparently it didn't work the way I planned.

I swear! I didn't mean to! I was only trying to help. I needed to get the thoughts and improvements and words out of my head.

I thought he could handle it, what I was thinking. But once I finished babbling about everything, he started me in the eye. I thought he was going to say an inspirational quote to help me cheer up, you know, like usually did. But he didn't, he kept staring at me. He went pale. Then he reached for something, I didn't know what... then there were sirens. By this time, I was completely confused. Before I knew what hit me, the lead Peace Keeper Monty had me in cuffs and was taking me home. I was scared to death. I was scared what my parents were going to say. To be honest, I kind of feared for my life. I wanted to jerk out of Monty's grip and make a run for it. But I knew better, and I knew that it wasn't going to help my situation at all. So instead I politely asked them...

"Excuse me, but what did I do wrong?"

Monty just gave me a blank stare, "Are you kidding me kid?"

I just shook my head.

"You know we have laws about what we can say and what we can't say right?" Monty asked

This time I nodded my head.

"Well, you broke all of them... like every single one you could possibly break, you broke it..." He explained that was almost in a joking matter. It kind of made me smile.

"Really?" I asked, hoping he was just kidding

He nodded. There was a long pause before I finally spoke up

"How?" I asked, starting to tear up, "I didn't do anything wrong!"

"How about this, I'll take you to Snow and you can talk to him..."

By this time, I was just bawling... but I just nodded my head and walked with him as he put me on a train... not the pretty kind that the tributes ride on, the one for people like me. I am soon to be prisoner. I was scared, I was so scared. I started to wonder if it would be possible to jump off of the train going 510 mph. But I decided to stay strong and face what I was about to be given to me.

Talking to Snow wasn't that bad. He knew that I was innocent and meant no harm.

"I understand, but these kind of actions can not go unpunished. That would send Panem into a riot, and we don't want that..." Explained Snow

I shook my head, "So, what is my punishment then?"

"Willow May, you are as of today officially reaped for the 1st Annual Writers Games..."

My eyes got big, I went completely pale, and I started to cry. I felt as if I was going to throw up. I was going to die because of a crime, I didn't mean to do. Yep, worst way to die. I had no chance, and I knew it. I wasn't going to make it out alive.