The 4th Quarter Quell

Chapter 1

I woke up to the sound of my mother's shrieks directed towards my sister. Today was reaping day. I lifted my head up groggily looking directly at my sisters old dress she used to wear for reaping. It was tattered and worn out flowy mid length dress which once was a vibrant shade of blue but after numerous times of wear it had turn faded and grey just like everybody else's.
Tiffany, my sister walked into my room, she was dressed in one of the nicer ones of my mothers old dresses.
"Are you ready Stephanie?" She asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be," I grimaced.
"You'll be ok your name's only been there 26 times. On my last year I had to put it in for 56,"
We were dirt poor, with both my sister and I taking out tessarae for our family. It became even worse after my father had died 11 years ago in the dam. The dam flood had killed almost half the workers and the blackout following lasted for 2weeks. Not that it affected us, the Capitol would steal any last bit of power we had.
"Are you coming?" I asked Tiffany.
"Yeah I'll be there in second I have to dress mum up," after my father had died my mother went to go look for work at a laboratory as a test subject which researched more ways to get power. But after only just weeks she had come home insane.
After I had gotten dressed , I went out through the back door passing the kitchen. My stomach growled but I knew the cupboards and the fridge were empty barrens of wastelands. But it was ok, I could go hunt for something later.