500th Hunger Games

Reapings: District 7 (17)

District 7 Reaping
FRANCIS STANLEY POV

I'm going into the games. Well actually I'm volunteering. I'm super pissed off though. Molly Malone from the last game, she was my best friend and she was killed by some stupid district 6 girl with her poison daggers. Well we were best friends until she moved to district 8. When I make it to the final game I'm going to kill that district 6 girl. The escort reaches in and picks out the female slip.

"Rikki Valyn!" She yells. A girl with long brown hair in a pony tail walks up to the stage. I've seen her work in the forests before. She is super strong with an axe. The escort then walks over to the male reaping bowl. The escort gracefully picks out a slip of paper and unfolds it.

"Ma-

"I VOLUNTEER!" I yell and run up to the stage.

"My name is Francis Stanley and I'm going to avenge Molly Malone's death!"

"How do you know Molly?" The escort asks

"She used to live here in district 7 but moved 3 years ago." I say

"Okay, give it up for the district 7 tributes, Rikki Vayln and Francis Stanley!"

We walk back stage and the mayor quickly runs up to me. She was a worried look on her face. She pulls me into a side room. I believe her name is Mrs. Parker.

"What's going on?" I ask Mrs Parker

"When did you meet this Molly?" She asks

"When I was 12 years old, we were best friends since then." I say

"Did you ever see Molly at school?" She asks

"Know that I think of it, no I never saw her at school, why?" I say

"Well you see district 7 has no record of a Molly Malone, or anyone with the last name of Malone. We think somebody was pretending to Molly. We aren't sure why this person would pretended to her though." I say

I feel like I've been slapped in the face. The only reason I volunteered for these stupid games was so I could avenge Molly's death, but she was never real? I feel really dizzy and sit down.

"So, we can't have you go into the games. We will send somebody in for you." The mayor says.

I install feel relieved as I don't have to go into the games. I wonder who will be going in for me.

"Who will go in for me?" I ask

"The president said they will send in an avox. Which they will kill in the arena." She says. I kind of feel betrayed by this Molly person. I considered her to be my best friend.

"So my family will think I'm dead." I say quietly.

"Yes, but it will help us find this person who is pretending to be Molly." She says. Maybe going into the games would be better...