User blog:Tacosalad1127/A Victor's Story - The 1st Hunger Games

"And remember class, tomorrow there will be a new thing here in Panem." Said my boring teacher Mrs. Smith. I wasn't really paying attention to her considering how boring history was, but I probably should have. I lay half asleep with my face in a textbook and pretended to be focusing really hard. "Anyway" she continued. "Tomorrow in each of Panem's 12 districts there will be an event called The Reaping. In The Reaping one boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts will be chosen to compete in a fight to the death. The Capital has decided to punish us for rebelling."

Jimmy Harris raised his hand. "Yes" said my teacher

"What exactly do you mean by a fight to the death?" He asked in that annoying squeaky voice of his.

"All I know is that 24 children between the ages of 12 and 18 are selected to fight until 23 are dead and only 1 is alive." She sai. The class suddenly grew silent, eager to hear more. "Now class, I don't want to bore you, but this is very serious. I highly doubt it, but if any of you are chosen, you will be placed in this horrific event and forced to survive for- God knows how long."

The bell suddenly rang and everyone left. I slowly lifted my head off of my textbook and left the room. "I wonder what this event is?" Asked my best friend Michael, who always asked a bunch of questions.

"I don't know." I said, "but I don't want to get picked for it."

"Yeah