I enter the dining room/kitchen.My eyes dart quickly between my mother and father.My parents stop their arguing, making the tension in the room almost tangible. My dad looks at me and then looks down at his tasteless bread we make from the terresa.
"You're up early," my mum says, finally,just to break the silence.
"I couldn't sleep,not today," I say.
It is reaping day today. Only this day can make the atmosphere in District 12 gloomier than usual. This year is worse though,the 3rd Quarter Quell. And the twist this year is the worst yet.It doubles my chances of getting picked,since 4 tributes shall be picked(2 boys and 2 girls) this year.My mum is more worried than ever. She thinks they will rig it ,since I'm a victors relative, to have me in a Quell.She said that I'm the closest eligible relative Granny Lucy-Gray.I hope she is wrong though,since her Hunger Games were wiped from the records.I don't want to be in this year's Hunger Games, since they read the twist for this year:
" To remind the district's that every small victory they had in the war lead to the suffering of their people in the future, a tribute shall be reaped for every Victor that the district has,dead or alive, and shall be thrown into a massive arena where the 74 of them shall battle it out to determine the ultimate victor..."
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The TRUE 3rd Quarter Quell.
Teen Fiction"The 75th Quarter Quell is underway and the reapings are about to begin" "I'm really looking forward to this year's twist as 75 tributes will be in the arena" "Yes Caesar, this is gonna be a very different year as for the first time the number of tr...
