The Challenge

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My name is Fallon. I live in Naneska Colony. It is the smallest most spread out colony of all the colonies of The Great Government. This is my story. I will skip the whole young years and growing up and get straight to where this story should really start.

It was Almost a year ago yet it only feels like it was about maybe two weeks ago. Every year two people from every colony are chosen to go through a rigorous exam called The Challenge. The only problem with being chosen for The Challenge was that you leave your colony and never returned.

It was the year that I could possibly be chosen for The Challenge. All of the students that were eligible to be part of The Challenge stood in the town square wearing their best clothes waiting to hear who would be chosen this year.

Our Official Mrs.Maguire Stood on the stage and announced the first name "Simon Blake" I knew him but not very well not even well enough to say hi to him if I saw him in the hall at school.He walked up and stood with Mrs.Maguire. He had a terrified look on his face but Mrs.Maguire ignored it if she realized it was even there plastered on his face. It was now time for the next and last name "Fallon Halton" that was me. No it was not supposed to be me! I slowly walked up with disbelief painted all over my face.

Mrs. Maguire told us to be good sports and to shake hands and introduce ourselves to each other. We did as we were told and that is where this new journey began. Mrs.Maguire told both Simon and I to go home we had 24 hours to pack up ,say goodbye to friends and family ,and meet back at the train station at this time tomorrow.

Mrs.Maguire said "Oh and one last thing you can only bring two bags and the nice ,clean clothes you wear to meet me at the train station." The way she said nice, clean clothes made me look down at my own clothes. I was wearing a pair of hunter green pants with a grass stain in the knee that you could hardly see do to the color , a worn sky blue shirt with cap sleeves and a brown tank top underneath ,finished off with my tattered ,worn out ,old, hand-me-down brown boot from my oldest brother Keon.

I ran home hoping to to get the all of the packing out of the way as soon as I could because I wanted to be able to spend all the time I could with my family. I knew it would be the last time I saw them.

When I got home I rushed inside crying, my Mom held me tight asking what was wrong. I told her I had been chosen for The Challenge and she broke down to screaming for Dad and telling him to grab the boys and come here right now. There was only one person in my family that knew I had been chosen for The Challenge before I told mom it was my twin brother Finnick.

That might be why when my Dad came running in with all five of my older brothers in tow my only younger brother Finnick was nowhere to be seen. He had probably run off after he had seen me chosen in town square this morning. With me leaving never to return that meant he was losing the only person that ever truly completely understood him. That also meant the same for me.