102nd Annual Hunger Games

Reapings Of District 1

A/N:
This book is under the assumption that Katniss's family never existed and some other girl went into the arena and never fell in love with Peeta. Peeta died in the hunger games, while fox face won the hunger games for the 74th annual hunger games. The rebellion never happened and the hunger games have gone on for years later and district 13 remains a secret under ground village. I own most of the characters in this book.

Piper Kalling's P.OV
I stand I front of the mirror and smile, the dress Dad picked for me is perfect. Although the only downside is that I have to return it after the readings unless I get reaped, then again it wouldn't matter because of all the careers. Everyone knows that they train for it their whole lives up until they are 18, me being no exception but I don't want to get picked by the trainers to be the one to say "I volunteer as tribute!"

I got the dress from my dad since he is a peace keeper and he borrowed it from one of his friends in the Capitol, science his friends wife owns a dress shop. When dad said he had gotten me a dress from the Capitol I cringed thinking that it would be really wacky, but it was beautiful. "Piper you coming down you have only got an hour and didn't you want to meet up with your friends before Favourite and Glitter volunteer?" My Mum calls up the stairs to me. I roll my eyes at the names and my Mum's forgetfulness that she is not meant to mention anything about the training or who will volunteer. "Coming!" I call down the stairs.

I see my sister crying at the table clutching a photo of her boyfriend Marvel that died some years ago in the 94th hunger games. I walk over to her and put an arm around her. District one hasn't had a winner since the 93rd or 92nd games, every reaping Grace (my sister) cries and cries and she never goes into the square because it is to hard for her so she just sits on her bed and cries clutching a photo of Marvel.

I let go of Grace and walk out of my home and up the street to the jewellery shop and step inside. "Amazing!" I call as I walk up to the counter "You home? I thought we could do something before the reapings". I hear gentle sobbing from the back room that has an actual back room for the store and some stairs that lead up to his and his families apartment.

I see Amazing sitting on a cardboard box crying, I race up to him and sit down opposite him. I lift his chin up with my index finger and ask him "what's wrong, why are you crying?" He looks at me and I can tell he has been crying all night, so I sit down next to him instead and hug him. I can feel him shaking under me and I kiss the top of his messed up copper coloured hair, he calms down a bit and he says stills sobbing a bit "Glitter got got killed last night by peace keepers". Then he starts crying harder and I don't know what to say until the bell goes off signalling that everyone has 20mins until they have to be down at the square so I help him up and brush the tears away from his eyes. Amazing looks at me and hugs me before he says "I'm sorry Piper I should've done something with you except all we have done is sat in the back room while I cry.
"It's ok" I reassure him
"No it's not"
"No really." He hangs his head low defeated and I start to lead him up the stairs.
"Now let's go upstairs and try and get you into something that the Capitol will love OK it might take your mind off it" he nods and we go upstairs and unlock the apartment door.

Clarabelle Clippers P.O.V
I stand back stage waiting for the mayor to announce my name so I can announce the two amazingly lucky tributes that will stand for their district with pride. If only I had the chance to take part in the hunger games, I just bet the kids are buzzing with anticipation waiting to get picked, it would be such an honour! The kids who don't get picked must be so so so sad and and angry but every year I remind them that practically all of them will be allowed to go in again next year.

"Please welcome Clarabelle Clippers!" The mayor yells and half of the crowd cheers half heartedly. I walk out onto stage and take over the microphone from the Mayor. "Thank you mayor. Now as we all know this is the 82nd hunger games and we are all very upset that district 1 has not won a game in the last decade so I think we all need to step it up a bit please the Capitol is getting bored and some of the viewers have switched off so STEP IT UP TRIBUTES!" I yell. I hear booing from the crowd "Peace keepers! If anyone and I mean anyone says anything unless told they will be executed from this very spot". I say tapping tapping my foot to the spot next to me, people stop talking at once because they know I am deadly serious. " That's better, now I will go on to talk about the hunger games and what is so important about them then I will show you a short clip." So I do that.

After I do that I say to the crowd "Well wasn't that great ok so now we are going to draw the names out of the big bowl, may the odds be ever in your favour" and I mean it, I hope they get into the hunger games to make their district proud. "Ok so first up we have the girls" I strut over to the slightly pink bowl and pluck out a name from somewhere in the middle I hold it up "Piper Kalling!" I call and suddenly there is a lot of looking and turning towards the 18yr old girl section. One girl from the 16yr old section stumbles out and walks toward the stage and up the stairs and next to me "What's your name, age and if you could say anything to anyone who would it be and what would you say" I ask. "Um hi I am Piper Kalling 16 years of age and if I could say one thing to anyone it would be 'I love you and I'm sorry' to Amazing Hickley" she stammers looking somewhere into the 16yr old boys section. "Thank you Piper and now go take a seat over there" I say pointing behind me to a chair. She walks over to the chair and takes a seat, never taking her eyes off a boy in the 16yr old section.

"Ok now for the boys" I say and strut over to the slightly blue bowl and pluck a name from the top "Awe-" I start but a boy from the 18yr old boy section cuts me off yelling "I volunteer as tribute". Finally someone that wants to actually go into the games and win this thing. He walks confidently up to the stage and says straight into the microphone "my name is Favourite Macraho I am 18 and I would say to all the tributes 'You better fear me or you are doing it wrong,' so watch out!" He walks over to his seat and sits down "give it up for our two lucky tributes Piper and Favourite!" All of the crowd claps out of sympathy except for the boy that Piper kept looking at, he just cries. I don't care less, I think about killing him but then I think of how she would do in the games, that means another loser and I get sacked.