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7) District 7 Reaping

Rylee Serena's POV:

I sit on the bed while my older sister Emmie does my hair for the reaping.

"Done, let me see" she says and I turn around so she can see the front.

"You look beautiful Ry," she says.

I look at myself in the mirror. I'm wearing a white shirt with a green floral skirt. Emmie did my hair in a fishtail braid on my left side. I had to admit, I did look quite beautiful.

"Thanks Em," I say as I give her a big hug.

"Road, Rylee, time to go," my mom yells up to us.

I look at my sister.

"Don't worry, you won't get picked," she says, "but just in case, here's my necklace. It has a poem inside if you open it, with a picture of me," she says as she puts it around my neck.

"Thank you," I say.

We both head downstairs to meet my mother and twin brother, Road, and head to the reaping.

We get to the reaping and go to the 13 year old section. We watch the boring documentary and listen to a boring speech before the reaping finally starts. This year we have a male escort. His name is Marone Quill.

"Our first set of twins is," he says as he pulls a slip from the bowl.

"Cara and Cade Wilson," he finishes.

I watch as a girl and a boy come out of the 16 year old section and go up to the stage.

"I'm Cade, and this is my sister Cara, and we're 16," said the boy, named Cade. They looked a lot alike with dark brown hair.

"Our next lovely set of twins is," says Marone as he picks another slip.

"Road and Rylee Serena," he calls.

Road and I look at eachother, and I search the crowd in the back for Emmie. I see her, and she's broken down into tears.

We walk to the stage, but I feel dizzy and sick.

"I'm Road," says my brother, "and this is Rylee."

That's all I remember hearing before the floor of the stage meets my face and everything goes black.