CHAPTER ONE!!!
My head throbbed, my mind blurred and my heart thumped like a heard of gazelles Hove's.
TRIBUTES
My red bloodshot eyes filled with tears as I anxiously stared at the face that was caked in makeup and the body which looked like had been dipped in flour that was dressed in a pouffe, bright yellow gown that partly blinded you. My whole body stated to shake watching her pale white hands go into the clear spotless crystal bowl, ladies first she says in her high pitch unique voice, I take a deep breath and shut my eyes, I feel like grabbing the girl that is next to me and hugging her. she pulls the envelope out so slowly that it feels like it was just to make us all that little bit more nervous. she tilted her head down so that she was looking at the evenly folded piece of old pale looking paper, the size of this paper was tiny but the meaning of it was larger than life literally. she looked up and smiled Twilight Rogers, I just froze in shock I didn't breathe and I didn't move, I just stopped. I slowly walked up towards the fancy black stage, my steps were small and I tripped over my own feet and jolted forward. My stupid little fumble made look weak and I must have looked so unladylike, I said once I got up on stage in a petite little voice like I actually cared, but in reality I was just trying hide how terrified and angry I am in side.
The reason that I'm terrified is because I'm going in to an competition that is based on 24 young teens between the age of 12 and 16 trying to kill each other and I'm angry because I don't know who's going to look after my little brother. This was his first year entering the games so he was more nervous than anyone.
Now it was time for the boys, I didn't know who it was going to be it may have been my best friend to some guy I didn't even know, Effie frolicked over in her big dress to the other death pit, she digs her perfectly manicured hand into the rounded plate and rummaged through the small pieces of paper that people depended on for the safety of their own life. she picked out her perfectly creased piece of paper and carefully unfolded it, her eyes glimmered she stopped smiling for about half a minute she started to smile again as she patiently started to read out the ink stained paper, at the same time she started to shake her head in amazement, my curiosity grew, why was she so surprised? why did it take so long for her to process one name? but when she did read the ever so short name it all started to make sense. Ai then she had a voice crack, she cleared her throat and repeated terribly sorry she says, Blaze Rogers.
I collapsed to the floor and screamed at the top of my lungs, how could you do this to me you absolute f*#@ing assholes, that's my little brother. I now know who is going to look after him, it will be me as usual.
The peace keepers grabbed my arms as hard as they could and dragged along the hard, brown and bumpy ground. they threw me into a large empty room with nothing but a chair and a table in it, the room was as big as my entire house which made me wonder why they are making us live a such a miserable life in slavery and poverty, there were two large cracks in each door, I'm not sure if they are there for decoration or what some of the previous tributes had done trying to resist going into this lonely, old and dusty room. I waited patiently not knowing what was happening then before I knew it my best friend Dylan comes rushing into the quit room, I get up run towards him and gave him a huge nearly suffocating him, don't worry he says in a concerned yet calming voice, as if I can stop I say to my self in my minds witch is over flowing with daunting thoughts, then before we knew it he was being dragged out roughly and viciously by the selfish peace keepers. Just then the thought rushed to my head that peace keepers do anything but keep peace, they make conflict appear and there resolution is by eliminating (A.K.A killing) the problem. I was waiting patiently when I realised that no one else was going to see me, I had no family and no other friends.
Seven years ago my parents were brutally killed by peace keepers, all my parents were doing was protesting for our rights, but no president Snow wouldn't have it. He had them both killed in front of us and I've envied him ever since. the worst part about it is how they were killed, they could have just shot them and got it done quickly but oh no he couldn't have that he had to warn everyone what would happen and the consequences would last last last crucial. They only killed my parents because they were afraid they were a glimpse of hope for the rebellion, so he couldn't let them off easy of course, no he had to pull out all the stops.
Just then when I was sitting alone in the large dark and gloomy room when I hear some noise and commotion from out side the door, so I stand up and take a small, nervous step towards the old dying door and at the same time shaking like I was in a 9.4 magnitude earthquake.
The doors swing open at the speed of an avalanche, then in burst Effie. " what do you want I say in an angered and frustrated voice, "now listen it isn't my choice, it was just an a major coincidence that you and your only family member was chosen I really do feel empathy for you", "but remember its not the first time its happened".
THE TRAIN
Before I could say the word Mississippi I was dragged from the room along the filthy ground again. All of a sudden they just drop me, the leader peacekeeper comes up to me picks me of the ground and say to me "you can walk cant you"? in a sarcastic and ever so annoying voice, Kenny! oh how I've longed to see you Twilight and you to Blaze, I turn around to find my brother Blaze shaking like there was no tomorrow so I run to him and give him a great big bear hug. I pull away he grasps my arms and says in an angry and frustrated voice what is he doing here! I know our day just went from bad to worse but its going to get better trust me.
That moment I had a flash back of when our parents were brutally murdered, I didn't realise then but now I know he was the one that murdered my parents. That very moment another flash back soon realising what he said walking out the scrambling wooden door, "you will be next and you will be together forever". "You purposely planted nobody's name except ours". We were then rushed into a large, clean, flash train and guided into the the lounge that was packed with two of the most convertible looking couches ever made, is this we will sleep? I say in a gloomy voice, but of course not don't be silly! she says in an exclaimed voice, I automatically assumed that we would be sleeping on the floor, but in the middle of what Effie would call a absurd thought
