I awoke with a very cold and empty feeling the day before the choosing, because I know something very bad was about to happen. Tomorrow, I had the pleasure of being in the running for a sick game of life or death. I'm Violet Hopper, and this is how my story started.
I was 15. I was a sophomore. I had naturally wave brown hair and I was 5' 6". I had kind of pale skin. It was the first year of the games. 24 kids fight to the death in the arena. I lived in the 5th District, out of 12 total. They pick two people at random, regardless of their gender and ability.
This was the first ever games in our present-day 2015 America, because our president took control and became our dictator, totally abolishing any type of democracy and freedom most of us had. No one knows exactly how it happened, but somehow, our president had found a way to change our constitution and become the world's worst dictator. Seriously, Kim Jong-un is doing a bang up job in my book.
Nonetheless, my life went from living in a fantastic democracy to a living hell in the matter of one announcement on the news.
The next day, my parents drove me and my brother, Mark, downtown to where the ceremony took place.
"Hello, one and all! Welcome to the choosing of the tributes!" Daniel Spencer, our choosing captain said. The choosing captain has the great pleasure of choosing two very unlucky people from each District. He made a point of walking slowly and dramatically to the very large bowl.
A little background on Daniel, he was a soulless piece of shit. He never cared about anyone. It was rumored that he might not even have a heart. Which I am not denying at all. I heard that when he was in second grade, he cut off his teacher's finger without any feeling of remorse or regret just because she wouldn't let him read aloud.
Daniel snaked his fingers into the bowl and chose a slip of paper containing a name, he cleared his throat, and stepped up to the microphone to announce the person who had the fantastic (note the sarcasm) opportunity of having a small chance of living.
"Our first lucky winner is...Violet Hopper! Come on down!"
Fuck.
VOUS LISEZ
Arena Of The Gods
ActionViolet Hopper, age 15 is taken away from her home in District 5 where only 2 people can win a blood-thirsty competition. It's name? The Gods' Game. The Gods' Game was a game created by the ancient Greeks and whoever died in this godly battle was sac...
