Rose Mellark Short Story

I would have never thought me Katherine Mellark or my sister Rose mellark would ever be chosen for the superior games . i never thought i had to worry about it. out all the people in my home Unit 12 that there would be no way that we could be chosen , there are 12 Units Panem there kind of like colonies. Every unit must go threw a lottery to choose a girl and and boy in the ages 11 to 18 to go compete in the superior games. The gist of the game is that the council (all the rich people) live stream all the kids gathered from each unit the from each lottery . They watch the 24 kids fight to the death until there is only 1 winner which earn something for there unit like building materials, weapons ,food ,and lots of other things, the prizes …show more content…
Rose yelled back “ I think so “. She walked into the room and said “ Do I look okay” . As I stared in awe I said “ You look amazing . She was wearing a pale blue dress with a flower pattern wearing beautiful black shoes I had bought for her as a surprise, I would go hunt in the forbidden forest and hunt for animas and sell them to town folk and markets. I would usually use the money for me and Rose‘s food and clothes but sometimes i'll make some extra money and buy rose something to keep her happy . Since our parents had died I had go provide for me and rose such as food, clothes, house, her school fee . A Rose came into the room she had a worried look on her face . I said “what's wrong” she had a very sad face i could tell that she was worried about the lottery because it was the her first lottery where she could be chosen , i sure was was worried but i was never chosen . “are you nervous” Rose “ i said . she nodded her head , so i grabbed a handful of hair ties and sat down onto my bed and i patted the of the bed next to me signaling Rose to sit next to me so she went and sat next to me. As i grabbed a piece of her hazel brown hair i said “ You don't have to worry about it everything is going to be fine “ she still seemed really nervous so i said “ what if after i buy you something from the market” . Quickly her face lit up with excitement then we both laughed. as i finished her braid the bells rang to line up in …show more content…
The voice counted “ Five ,Four , Three, Two, One “ once the voice counted 1 meand John ran away from the middle because that's where everyone would start there killing spree. As we ran to the forest someone saw us and ran toward us. John yelled what are we gonna do “ i found a cave and pointed “over there “ . luckily the person who ran after us we had finally lost and we ran into the cave . as John found a boulder to block the cave he said , “ So, what's our next move “ .I wasn't paying any attention to him .He asked “ what's wrong katherine “ I looked up I said “ I just don't get it , why do we do this “ . “ We don't have a choice ,the council is so much stronger than us “, he explained. “But we can fight for our lives and everyone's live we can try to fight “ i yelled “ We can try to convince the others to stop killing each other and not do any forcing the council to stop the games “ . “ L don't know , but all we have to worry about now is where to get food” ,John said . I thought that i could go hunt with the bow that i brought from home . “ I could go try to hunt something with my bow “ i explained . John said that he would go with me just in case someone tried to kill me . so then after an hour of searching we finally found something it kinda looked liked a deer which would be enough food. We built a fire and ate we decided we would try to reason with other players