The 24th Hunger Games (The Hunger Games Fanfic)

Chapter Two: The Reaping

pushed Darren out of the house, holding Ellie's hand tightly. The crowd were all going in the same direction. To the town square. In just ten minutes, district seven will have it's tributes. I could see that Ellie was as nervous as I was. I squeezed her hand and gave her a reassuring smile. She smiled back. I stopped Darren among the cloud. We would be separated from him. I took his hand.
"I'll see you after the reaping, right?" He nodded, but his face was sad.
"I can't help but think I'm going to loose you." I sighed.
"You'll never loose us Darren. I promise." I started to walk away, holding Ellie tightly."I never break my promises." I called back to him. We were led to the left half of the square, where all the girls, aged eleven to eighteen, were roped off from everyone else. The boys were on the right side. Everyone went silent. A tall, young, dark haired woman stepped onto the stage. She wore bright luminous blue lipstick, and her contacts were yellow. Ocean Deer. She smiled at everyone.
"Hello, people of district seven. Welcome to the reaping of the twenty fourth hunger games!" My heart thumped in my chest. "And now.... The reaping of the female tribute!" Ellie squeezed my hand. Everyone held thier breaths. Ocean put her hand into the bowl with thousands of people's names in.... She pulled one out and walked back to the centre of the stage. "Our girl tribute for district seven is...." And somehow, I just knew. This was fate. "Izzy Blake!" Ellie cried loud, not caring that anyone was watching. I knelt down and kissed her on the check.
"I love you Ellie." I stepped forwards and made my way towards the stage. I saw girls, terrified for me, yet glad they weren't picked. Ocean held out her hand for me to shake.
"It's nice to meet you Izzy." Seeing her up this close told me that she was actually quite pretty, if it wasn't for the horrendous make up. She then stepped over to the other bowl, to draw the male tributes name. I looked around the cloud. Darren had wheeled himself over to Ellie, and she was silently sobbing. He looked at me, and a tear ran down my cheek. He nodded. "The male tribute for district seven is...." Ocean had appeared at my side again. "David Johnson." And I knew I was going to die. David Johnson stepped out, and walked towards the stage, pure fear on his face. He was the strongest sixteen year old there ever was. Tall, dark haired, pale skinned...... Darkly handsome. And he used that to his will. He stepped up on the other side of Ocean. I glanced at him, and our eyes met. Everything that Ocean said, was blocked out. I looked into his eyes. And I wish I never did.