"LET THE REAPING ceremony begin!" Highbottom announced. "District 1. Boy goes to Livia Cardew." He exclaimed, Livia's gasp of relief echoing through the room. "Girl goes to Palmyra Monty."
"District 2 boy... goes to Sejanus Plinth." Highbottom declared. "Who could guess." Lysistrata mumbled to Priscilla's ear. "To be honest, I feel bad for him." said Priscilla.
"4, boy, Persephone Price." Casca continued. "Girl, Festus Creed." A few more tributes and their mentors were announced.
"District 7 boy... Priscilla Trinket." Highbottom stated. "Lucky you," Clemensia turned her head to her best friend. "I'll get a one who's gonna die in a minute." She scoffed.
Priscilla looked up at the screen, seeing a boy near her age. Then she looked at his name. Treech.
"Girl, Pup Harrington." Priscilla exchanged looks with Pup, knowing their tributes will probably have an alliance.
Something was off about Treech, the guy she was going to mentor. He looked a bit anxious, but yet a bit confident. How? District 7 hadn't got any victors.
"11, boy, Clemensia Dovecote." Casca announced, making the girl turn to Priscilla with an annoyed face again. Lysistrata got the boy from 12, and the girl went to Coriolanus.
Easy. Priscilla thought. Though her tribute wasn't much, Coriolanus wasn't either. Finally, she had a chance to beat him. The Reaping from District 12 appeard on a screen, revealing its Mayor.
"Lucy Gray Baird." He announced, looking at the note for only a half of a second. "He barely looked at the paper." Priscilla whispered to Lysistrata, who narrowed her eyebrows. "Do you think he rigged it?"
"What is that dress? Is she some sort of clown?" Arachne asked. "Shut it, Crane." Priscilla snapped. She didn't have a humour for Arachne's comments. Arachne turned around to send her a murderous look, before glancing back at the screen.
Suddenly, Lucy Gray slipped something into another girl's dress, making the girl scream and fall on the ground. "Help her! Help!" The Mayor shouted. When Lucy Gray stepped on the stage, he slapped her on the cheek, making the brunette fall on the floor.
Peacekeepers dragged him away, leaving Lucy Gray on the ground. "You can't take my past, you can't take my history. You could take my Pa, but his name's a mystery." Someone in the crowd sang. "Nothing you can take from me, was ever worth keepin'. Nothing you can take was ever worth keepin'" Lucy Gray joined quietly.
"You got a songbird, congratulations, Coriolanus." Priscilla snapped, making the guy clenche his jaw. However, she was quite amused by the girl's perfomance and her dress. Priscilla herself liked to outstand in the crowd.
"Can't take my charm, can't take my humor. Can't take my wealth, cause it's just a rumor." Lucy Gray stood up, singing loudly.
Then, she walked over to the microphone. "Nothing you can take, was ever worth keepin'. You can't take my sass, you can't take my talkin'." She stopped for a moment. "You can kiss my ass!" She yelled to the microphone.
Priscilla widened her eyes in disablief, before the Reaping ceremony was over.
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PRISCILLA STOOD ON a platform in front of the place where the train was supposed to arrive in a few minutes. She had two toats in her bag, one for Treech, and one for Lamina. "Hello Pria." A voice sounded next to her.
Coriolanus Snow.
"Hello Coryo. What are you doing here?" She asked. "Probably the same as you. Greeting my tribute." Coriolanus sighed. "Good luck." Priscilla mumbled. "You too." The blonde replied before walking a few steps away.
Priscilla's stomach was full of knots. What if Treech will laugh her off? What if he attacks her? What if he will be the worst person she'll ever talk to? She was stressed.
Finally, the train arrived. Priscilla inhaled a breath, locking her eyes with Coriolanus once again. And there he was - Treech.
He jumped out of the train, looking around. Priscilla quickly approached him, making the guy stop walking, so did Lamina. "Welcome to the Capitol." Priscilla smiled at the guy. "Who are you?" Treech asked.
"I'm Priscilla Trinket, and I guess I'm your mentor." The girl exclaimed. "Hi." She added towards Lamina, who said the same quietly. "My what?" Treech blinked a few times.
"Mentor. My assignment is to take care of you and get you out of the arena alive." Priscilla declared. "Lamina, you got one too." She said towards the girl.
"Oh, I brought toasts for you two. You must be hungry." She added, grabbing the toasts and giving each one to the tributes.
Lamina took her toast almost immediately, smiling at Priscilla. Treech hesitated for a moment, before taking his own too. "Let's go." Two Peacekeepers approached them, dragging Treech and Lamina into a truck.
Priscilla scanned the truck, before she was thrown inside by Coriolanus, who jumped in before the truck was closed. What is he thinking? She asked herself. He was gonna get them expelled. Priscilla slowly stood up, standing next to Treech who hid her behind him a bit.
Now all of the eyes were on Coriolanus. "Hi." He spoke up. "What's the matter, Pretty Boy? You in the wrong cage?" Reaper, Clemensia's tribute asked. "No. This cage is delightful." Coryo stated.
Reaper stormed off to him, earning a Get him, Reaper from Bobbin. The guy from 11 grabbed Coriolanus by his collar and pinned him to the wall. "I will kill you right now." He stated.
"He'll do it too." Dill declared. "Reaper killed a Peacekeeper back in 11." She announced. "I say we all kill him." Bobbin proposed. "I'm in." Brandy, Arachne's tribute stood up. "I'll pay you to." Priscilla mumbled.
"Y'all got family back home? They'll kill them
if you hurt him. Then you." Lucy Gray joined the conversation. "Besides, he's my mentor. I might need him."
"How come you get a mender?" Coral asked. "Mentor." Coriolanus corrected. "You each get one." He added. "Oh, and we'll just trust you on that? Right?" Coral stood up. "I'm just here to help you. She's a mentor too." Coryo snapped his head at Priscilla, making everyone's eyes land on her.
"Treech and Lucy Gray don't have a special treatment. You all have mentors, they just didn't come to see you sooner." Priscilla defended, sending a murderous look to her classmate.
And suddenly, the tributes together with Priscilla and Coriolanus were thrown on the ground, out of the truck. "Where are we?" Priscilla asked, getting up with the help of Treech.
Then it hit her. They were in a zoo.
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second chapter! how do y'all feel after?
though I'll give you some memes bc why not