<pre class="commentbubble reverse" style="width: 450px;">Task One Starter;
"Get your nicest clothes on already Oceana! Your going to be late for the reaping" My mother yells at me from the kitchen, I can hear the nervousness from her voice which only makes me more nervous myself. I carefully pull my pale blue dress over my head and slowly and shakily start to attempt to button it up, but my hands are shaking to much it's almost impossible, but I manage. I slide the matching blue shoes and turn to the nearest mirror, I stare at myself, looking into my eyes. My big emerald green eyes sparkle as they tear up, my reddish, brownish, long golden hair waves down to my shoulders. I tear streams down my cheek. I run my fingers through my hair and plait it slowly.�
"Wow!" my mother gasps, standing in the doorway, leaning casually on the doorframe, smiling sadly at me "you look beautiful."�
I run towards her and wrap my arms around her tightly, sobbing slightly. she strokes my hair and kisses my forehead just like he did when I was a young child.
"Oceana! Time to leave for the reaping" my mother cries in realisation scurrying and pulling me away, dragging me towards the door. Before we step outside, she embraces me, wiping away my tears away from my cheeks with her thumbs, stares into my eyes. "I'll be fine Mother!" I insist, she then quickly hugs me. I can feel her warm tears drip onto my bare shoulders. I wish I didn't have to walk out that door to attend the reaping ,but I have to. Then she grabs my arms again and hurries me out the door towards the square.
At the square the atmosphere is rather tense. I notice some of my friends from school in the crowd, we exchange unsure nods and quickly flick our heads away in unison. I can feel my parents eyes fixed on my from over my shoulder, I can't bare to �face them, look them in the eye. I daydream about times of freedom from when I was a child, before I'd even thought of the reaping%u2026
"Happy Hunger Games!" I hear Deardrie Collinz cry out happily awakening me from my daydream!
"Ladies First" she says as she clips and clops across the stage towards a large glass bowl filled with the girls names, my palms begin to sweat as her hand dig deeply into the glass bowl and pulls out a slip of paper. The audience draws a collective breath as she stumbles across the stage and smooths out the piece of paper.
"Oceana Banks" see proclaims with a grin.
No! No! No! That's my name! My name! My body freezes in shock, over my shoulder I can hear the�
�agonising cry of my mother. My heart sinks into my stomach as I slowly climb into the stage, shock overcomes my body and sadness imprints on my face. "Oceana!" Deardrie says patronisingly.�
"It's time for our male tribute" She says, clip-clopping over to another glass bowl and rummages in the bowl then pulls out another piece of paper.
Everyones eyes are drawn towards that piece of paper, except mind which are gazing at my feet trying to hold back the tears.
"William Rubik" she cries.
I watch a tall, skinny boy with dark hair walk into the stage and stand besides me, I shake his hand tightly.
Clearly the odds aren't in my favour.</pre>