The first hunger games- Abandoned

Chapter sixteen: Grenedene and the big bad wolf

"Let's talk strategy!" Grenedene says in her giggly voice. I've been on this train for two hours and I'm ready to tear my ears off. Not only is Grenedene's voice annoying, it's the fact that she's exited about 23 children dying! But wait, it gets worse, that boy that I thought felt like my older brother at the reaping, his name is Blaze, and yeah, he's awful! He's like the big bad wolf in a children's book I read. I swear he's coming after me first when we get in that arena, and honestly, if I knew how to kill I would go after him in a heartbeat, which ironically is what I won't have if he wants me dead. "Ok, how do we find shelter?" Blaze asks Grenadine "well" she pauses for a second to giggle " I don't exactly know" then she looks down at her lap. Great, so I already have someone after me AND our 'mentor' has no idea how to mentor! This is the worst day of my life, I'm going into an arena to die with a 17 year old after me and I have no idea how to survive. I'm going to be all alone. No. breath. just take a breath and calm down. I'm likeable, I hope, I can make allies. "I'm gonna go watch the reapings" I tell Grenadine and go into the other room to watch the recap, just in time too, cause I could have bursted any minuet. I turn on the television, pick up a notepad and pencil from the table and sit down to see who else will be tributes in the first annual Hunger Games. I watch the escort for District 1 pick the female and male tributes, I write down their names and ages. Shimmer, age 15, she's very pretty but doesn't look like a good ally, she has rich red hair and green eyes but has an evil look in her eyes. The boy's name is Maxine and he's 18, I wouldn't like to ally with him either. I watch the recap of a bunch more reapings with boredom. 18, 17, 15, 16 and so on, until they show District 5, the female tribute is 13 like me and looks just as timid as I did, her names Rosemary and she seems reliable so I'll make a star next to her, the boy's 15. Then they show District 6. They show myself walking up the stairs, and now I see just how terrified I looked, and just how broken I was, then they show Blaze trudging up the steps. I tune out a little again until District 11 comes up, the girl is 14 and has beautiful brown curly hair, and a darker skin tone, she also seems stunned but a little more composed then I was. Her name's Lotus, I'll make sure to introduce myself to her. Then it's District 12 and they show a 12 year old girl that really looks no older than 9, she's very petit but I see some fight and spunk in her eyes, the boy's 13 and looks just as heart broken as I did, maybe worse. Looks like District 12 won't be the first victors of The Hunger Games. I hold my necklace tight and close my eyes, wishing that I could cry into my mothers arms, I know I said I'd be strong, but I'm only 13! I shouldn't have to be going into an arena to fight to the death with a bunch of 17/18 year olds. Having to die in the conditions we live in is bad enough, but having to die in an area that you don't know with people you don't know knowing that you've killed innocent people is just awful! Dying a murderer, something I believed I would never do. I don't think that if I win I would live long knowing that I have killed innocent children. Hopefully I won't ever get that chance, hopefully I'll ally with Lotus and Rosemary and we'll survive together. Hopefully I'll return home to feel my mothers warm embrace. Hopefully I'll be able to hear Emeralds contagious laugh again.
A/N: hey guys! Thanks for being so patient I know I haven't posted in over a month and I'm terribly sorry, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope you'll enjoy the chapters to come! Love you all!