Daniel Burn's Story

I review my mental checklist, 1. Taken out enough tesserae for my entire familiy (25 people), 2. Promised every boy eligible to be reaped that I'd volunteer for them, 3. Gotten angrier and angrier. Everyone is afraid. I'm volunteering this year. Of course. I'm the best. And I'm angry. I'm getting revenge. "Oh, Danny." my mother sighs. "You don't need to do this." I start to speak, to yell at her, but my dad cuts me off. "Of course he needs to do this. Cato's death isn't going to avenge itself." He turns to me. "make sure you give the audience quite the show, especially with the Distict 12 tributes."

At the reaping, I sit on the ground until I hear te female. "Luna Kay." Sure, why not? I've seen her fight. And then the boy's.... I get ready to volunteer. But then my name's called. I don't need to.