User blog comment:District12-Tributes/My Hunger Games/@comment-4951814-20120620145814

Here's Airlia and Arlen's reapings :

Airlia Romaine:

I love the feeling of the sand in my toes, but why when there's sand does there have to be water? I sigh and walk to the reapings. My flowing silvery blue dress wrapped around my skinny legs as a large sea breeze flowed through the square. The escourt with his neon bright pink hair smiled as he went through the dark days and such, I really didn't understand it at first because I moved to Panem about eight years ago from Greece, but I learned soon enough what was going on. The Escourt stopped his little speech and went immediately to the girl's reaping bowl. He plucked a name that sounded familiar, but didn't. The fourteen-year old girl walked to the stand, and I did know her. It was Kajama Odair, Leah's (my sister) Best friend, so I did the unthinkable to save Leah from Voulenteering and Kajama from death.

Arlen Odair:

My baby sister was up there. She was sentenced to death. But not for long; another girl voulenteered. It was Airlia Romaine, the prettiest girl around. Even I was moved by her, and I was the famous Finnick Odair's son! I promise now that I will protect her for protecting my baby sister. No sooner did the escourt pick out a name did I shout: "I voulenteer!" I didn't know the kid, but he looked glad that he wasn't going to the arena. I couldn't blame him one bit. Airlia looked at me with a bit of untainted curiousity as we shook hands, and we, right then and there, created an unbreakable relationship and alliance.