the hunger games: if it happened to me

Chapter 1

When I wake up I see my mother picking out my dress for today. She must of woken up early, or maybe she couldn't get any sleep at all. Falling asleep last night was tough for me too, my thoughts kept storming up with "what if's" but I can't afford to think like that so at some point I just fell asleep.
I get up, I smell coffee and cinnamon, my favorite. "Good morning lazy daisy" my mom calls out with weak but meaningful smile. "Morning mom, food smells great! What did you make?" I ask. "Egg and bacon stuffed pancakes, with grilled ham and a cinnamon roll on the side, and of course milk coffee" she answers pleasantly. These are all my favorite, she only makes them on holidays, like my birthday, christmas, new year's, and thanksgiving.. Except today isn't any of those. It's a new holiday. One that the government created last year. It's the day of the reaping.
The reaping is to determine who will be the tributes to participate in the hunger games. "The hunger games" we're made real by president Snow last year. Originally it was a book, but ever since the government started taking advantage of their power and being unfair, the states have been trying to rebel, and have been having riots, some states burned a few police stations and killed some cops to get revenge since a cop shot a kid 6 times for no reason, It doesn't matter why he did it, all that matters is that a cop, who is supposed to protect, ended an innocent kid's life. Because of all the uprisings in the states, Snow thought of punishing us by making the hunger games real. 32 tributes. 2 from each state, except the rich states that pay not to participate. The tributes are put in an arena that is controlled by the game makers, in there tributes kill eachother, until only 2 remain. While all of this is televised. The purpose is to show everyone that nobody can overcome the power of the government system, and due to their generosity and to "bring hope" not 1, but 2 can be crowned victors.
Kids names who are 12-18 are in the reaping. Unfortunately I'm 16. So today I must go in a nice dress and stand there while the Capitol lady picks a name from the reaping box. "Put on your dress" my mother tells me after I finish eating the delicious breakfast she made. I put on the light blue dress that my mom picked out. She combs my hair and begins to braid it from the top all the way to the bottom. Then the alarm sounds. It means it's time for the reaping.