Prologue
One Day After the Reaping
District 9
Kelly Scott
"Excuse me!" I yell to the shopkeeper. He ignores me, who does he think he is? "Excuse me!" I yell a bit louder. He glances my way, but seems more interested in serving his customers.
"What?" he says sounding somewhat agitated.
"Your T.V. isn't on." I say with a frown.
"So?" He says refilling his customer's drink.
"It is against the rules; you must turn on the television for the recap of the tributes."
"Come on, everyone here is having a good time." He says causally.
"It is illegal. It is Capitol week and therefore against the guidelines to have your television off. I suggest you turn on your T.V. or take down that part of your shop. If you are puzzled I suggest you look at the shop next door. If it's unchanged I'll report you."
The man grunts something about me being a busybody, but he was breaking the rules!
"Happy now?" He says flipping on the T.V. I glue my eyes to the T.V. as they begin showing the tributes' profiles.
District 1
Male: Fathom Quill-17
Female: Acely Vadis-16
District 2
Male: Chace Castellan-17
Female: Storm Shields-17
District 3
Male: Lexeon Zinc-14
Female: Proxy Snyder-16
District 4
Male: Mattaniah Hestra-15
Female: Aaralyn Twila-17
District 5
Male: Dale Blackthorne-17
Female: Azeika Brooke-15/16
District 6
Male: Marius El'Serdi -16
Female: Amata Natea-15
District 7
Male: Kairen Sameer-16
Female: Tawny Russet-15
District 8
Male: Allan Fur English-15
Female: Jade Ehlers-16
District 9
Male: Evander Ebrithil-16
Female: Kasha Seen-15
District 10
Male: Finch Anderson-15
Female: Ashlyn Plains-16
District 11
Male: Malcolm Evers-14
Female: Lolita Bracken-15
District 12
Male: Kellen Ross-18
Female: Amber Bane-14
I smile, it looks like this year we will have some interesting tributes.
