Cordelia Benham a 16 year old girl gets reaped into the Hunger Games. Cordelia was left to fend for herself and her little siblings when both her parents died.
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"That's Cordelia Benham and Finnick Odair right?" ┊"Yes, She won he games at 16 in...
I wake up to my 5 year old little sister, Maisly, crying from a nightmare. It must only be early morning because the sun and birds have not come out yet. I check the clock hanging on the wall in the hallway and it reads 4:30 a.m. Once I get her back to bed I have to go and head to the docks and talk to Finnick. It's a ritual at this point.
"Hey, Maisy, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" I ask.
"I had a bad dream about mommy and daddy." Maisey says crying.
Our parents died last year right after her fifth birthday and the day I turned 16. It was rough, especially because we had no other family and I had to take care of my two younger siblings, Caspian and Maisly. Caspian is only 10 so he's not old enough for the games yet but he will in two years and that's the scary part.
"Alright. I know you won't go back to sleep so do you want to go to the docks with me and Finn today?" I ask.
"Yes!!" Maisy screams jumping off the bed and into her closet to pick out a bathing suit.
"Alright, let me go get Casp and then I'll help you get dressed and ready for the docks."
"Ok!!" Maisy says going to the bathroom in the hallway. We aren't rich, but we aren't poor either. When our parents died they left us some money and that's how I have kept my siblings from going to the orphanage. I also have a job, but it doesn't pay a lot of money. I guess we also get some help from Finnick too, though I hate when he gives us money or food. I don't like to have help with this stuff.
Finnick and I have been friends for 5 years. I met him one day while I was walking along the shore. It was the morning of the 63rd Hunger Games and he was sitting on the dock worried about the games.
He was finally of age and he was worried about being reaped. I went up to him and sat down talking to him about ocean animals.
Then he asked me why I was out and I told him about my parents. They weren't very nice to me growing up. I had to take care of Maisy and Caspian by myself, so now that they are gone it's nothing too different.
He told me how worried he was about the games and then I said I would make him a fun seaweed bracelet so he would have luck.
He didn't get reaped that year and we started hanging out a lot more. I would bring him to my house, but we wouldn't stay for too long. We would stay just long enough so Maisy and Caspian could get to know him.
