I was sleeping in my bed half covered because it wasn't too cold in my house. I had to sleep with my baby brother because we only had two bedrooms. I didn't want to get out of bed because I realized what today was, it was reaping day.
My mom came and told to get out of bed so we can go to the reaping ceremony, but I didn't want to go because I might get picked to go into the arena, she forced me out of the bed and told me to get ready. She had my clothes all laid out on the chair. I had to go take a shower before I put on my clothes because you have to smell nice to go to a ceremony. After I got out of the shower I got on my suit which was a blue suit with black pants and a tie. My mom got my brother ready to go, but I knew he wasn't going to get picked because he is too young.
After we all got finished getting ready we headed to the court circle. I could some of my friends there all dressed up in their suits and dresses. We all got to the stage and this lady came out and tapped the microphone.
She said "Ladies and gentlemen we are here today in District 3 to find our tribute for the hunger games.
I was hoping it wasn't going to be me but the unspeakable happened. She walked over to the bowl and chose one name, and that name was me. I was shocked and scared at the same time, but I held my head up high and walked up to the stage. The lady held out her hand and pulled me up on stage. As I was on stage I could see my parents crying and my other relatives.
"Here we have it, our District 3 tributes," she said into the microphone.
We walked of the stage and into the building. I didn't even get the chance to say goodbye to my family, and I knew they were probably never going to see me again.