Blood Rushing

The Reaping of District One

Today is reaping day. Everyone in the District is waiting to see which one of the children will be picked. Could be a friend, someone in their family, maybe even their own children. No one was ever prepared to see who exactly would be chosen, but they had to deal with it. No one can go against the Capital. Not even the strongest of armies. As it was coming time for the reaping everyone lined up in the order they were told to go in. After what seemed like hours of waiting, District one's escort Patricia Leon finally came onto the stage and announced the drawing of names. She then exclaimed "Happy Hunger Games!" She briefly walked off stage as the video of how the Capital is owed the lives of children was played. After the video finished she again exclaimed "Happy Hunger Games" and added "May the odds be ever in your favor." As she reached her hand into the bowl holding thousands of girl's names, the whole district became silent as she read the name. "Goldie Effenstein" she read in a sad but proud voice. The whole crowd made a pathway for her to get to the stage, but to her surprise she heard a scream. "I volunteer!" She saw that it was her best friend Glimmer, screaming for her so that she may live. Tears ran down her face as she silently thanked her for everything. Glimmer looked ahead with pride and yelled to Goldie "Don't forget me! Please don't forget me! I love you!" Glimmer's mother cried as Goldie ran to her feeling sorry for her, and cried with her in wrapped in her arms. Patricia then said "Congratulations Glimmer, now for the boys." Again the whole district went silent waiting to hear the name, which happened to be Electrode Mallor. Marvel Sanford calmly volunteered for him. One, because he wanted to hang out with Glimmer for just a little longer and Two, Electrode is one of his closest friends.