86th Hunger Games

(To 'do a Katniss' comes from Katniss-Everdeen's Little Lily)

     "Come on Alfonso, we are going to be late for the reaping" I yell to Alfonso as we're running to our homes in district seven.

     Reaping day is upon the young boys and girls for district seven. As we reach the road were we part our ways Alfonso says to me "You know what can happen, right Sue?" "Of course I do, try not to get reaped." We kiss because this may be the last time we see each other.

     I get home and I see my mother in bed, not lazy, bed written. Her legs broke in a delivering accident to the Capitol. I see my little brother Tony and my little sister Lily playing on the floor dressed for reaping day. when my mother notices me she says "Where were you Sue? You were out with Alfonso again weren't you?" "It's, because I want to see my boyfriend's face one more time before the reaping, the chance may be slim, but I may never see him again." I reply. I run to the bathroom, take a shower and put on the dress specially reserved for reaping day.

     We reach town square and we sign in. I stand among my friend Leah in the fifteen year old section. We glance to the sixteen year old side were I see Alfonso. I can tell by the gleam in his eye he's nervous. Normally Alfonso is confident, only reaping day can make Alfonso nervous. I see president Jade Snow, great grand niece of the late Coriolanus Snow. Nadia Venir comes up, the escort of district seven. This year she looks like a large rainbow. "Hello ladies and gentlemen of district seven. Let the Hunger Games begin. Ladies first, lets see. Leah Miller." I hear her name, I see her cry, I can't go through with this. "I volunteer as tribute!" I yell out. I hear Leah screaming "No, no, no!" As I get up on stage. "Alright then lets see, the male tribute for district seven is, Alfonso Trevino. At that moment my heart nearly stops no one is volunteering to take his place. When are eyes meet he smiles, I only smile out of what we have to face.

     I have one hour until I have to get on the train, during that time I say goodbye to friends and family. My mother had the strength to get into a wheel chair today to say goodbye to me. "Sue, what you did for Leah was brave, be careful, make allies." Next I see my brother and sister come. "Suzy, try to win the games, ok." "Tony, if I lose the games, you will have to help mom, go to Leah's house she can help by providing food, you will also need to hunt, learn to throw an ax while I'm gone." Then I see a teary Leah come by "Why did you volunteer for me?" "Because, you have more family than me, and I couldn't keep seeing you cry like that." By now my hour is up and I get on the train, I see Nadia, Alfonso, and Anza, winner of the 78th Hunger Games. Acted helpless, then killed off the rest of her opponents. On our way to the Capitol, Alfonso and I talk to talk other as if the reaping never happened. All that changes when we get to the Capitol.

     "Hi, I'm Vinn, I'm to be your stylist for the Hunger Games." Unlike most of the Capitol, she looks as if she a normal life in district seven. Slightly tanned skin, black hair, and deep brown  eyes. My prep team looks as if they lived in the Capitol all their lives. That's Hecta, she'll do your nails." Says Vinn. She has royal blue tinted skin and cherry red hair that goes down to her knees. "I am Aza, I do your hair, speaking of hair, your hair is in need of ....." I zone out after a while. She has electric orange hair in spikes and bright red eye shadow and lipstick. "I am Axel, I wash you down, you are in such a need of a bath honey" He's the most normal looking of the prep team, he has slightly lavender tinted skin. Other than that, normal.

     "I know almost every stylist of a district seven tribute has done a tree, we are going to change that. For the chariot ride this is the dress you are going to wear." The dress was sterling silver, made to represent the ax, favored weapon of district seven tributes. Flared slightly at the end to represent the ax's blade. Alfonso comes out, he has a identical shirt, we are called out. I am looking around and I see the Careers, the tributes who been training for the Games. All I hear over the screams of the Capitol is Alfonso whisper "Anza said we should make allies, we do that later. Another thing was want to make people be your sponsor, and I know just how." Maybe a second after that Alfonso kisses me on the lips. It feels natural, not like Katniss and Peeta's kisses that were for the camera, we were actually in love. I hear a lady from the Capitol scream "Look at the district seven tributes, they're kissing, they must be in love, I want to help them." Alfonso's right, if we look like we love each other, we'll have more sponsors. Better yet, we don't have to pretend we love each other.