div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;"Through having their lives completely flipped upside down, both Katniss and Gale have entirely forgotten about the Reaping. Three days till the reaping and they were the only families who were able to feel relaxed, not because they feel safe, but because they… forgot./span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;"The next day, when Katniss and Gale went to the woods to hunt, not to feed their families anymore, but just enjoying the pleasure moments. As they sat on the meadow to rest, they discussed the last few days./span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;""I can't believe that my life just… changed." Said Gale./span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;""That, is an understatement." Katniss replied. /span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;""I know, I know, but how was I supposed to react to this type of situation? I mean we never even thought we would be able to feed our families without worries, but that's been solved. We've never though we could live like children, but that also changed. Now what are we supposed to do?" Gale said, voicing the same thoughts that was just running through Katniss' mind./span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;""I don't know, guess we should look through the books Professor McGonagall bought us." She said. That was when she realised that through the course of these strange events, they completely forgot about the Reaping. "Shit."/span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;""What?" Gale turned to her./span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;""We completely forgot about the Reaping." She answered, beginning to shake. "What if we get reaped? What will happen to this 'offer'? What about Prim and your family? What happens when we can't go to this school anymore because we got found out by the capitol?…" Katniss kept shooting out question after question without breathing./span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;"Gale wrapped his arms around Katniss and said, "Hey, calm down, it's going to be okay, there isn't magic for nothing." he chuckled./span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;""This is not something to joke about! We could get reaped! This seems too good to be true." Katniss exclaimed./span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;""That is exactly what I was thinking!" Voiced Gale, "But I have a feeling this is true." He looked at Katniss, seeing the doubt in her eyes again, "How about this, our pack is still on if this does turn out to be a dream and we get reaped?"/span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px;"span style="font-family: Helvetica;"They sat in comfortable silence for a while longer and headed back to Gale's house, where everyone's gathered around the kitchen table where there is full of food and everyone was laughing and joking, it has been a long time since that has happened. Actually, that has never happened/spanspan style="font-family: Helvetica;"…/span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px;"span style="font-family: Helvetica;"The Reaping day has finally arrived, Gale and Katniss both got ready with the /spanspan style="font-family: Helvetica;"help of their families, including Hingky and /spanspan style="font-family: Helvetica;"Clingky. Of course, they know not to be overdressed or over relaxed as they know their chances of getting reaped are slim, no /spanspan style="font-family: Helvetica;"tesserae, they both only have 1 slip of paper in the reaping bowl, not to mention the help of magic./span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;"At 9:30, everyone walked to the Justice Building and Katniss and Gale went to check in and stand by the 12 year old's section. 10 o'clock came about and Effie Trinket, the super-extra capital escort walks onto the stage and said, in her super-high-pitched-cheerful voice "Happy Hunger Games! And May the Odds be Ever in Your Favour!" She proceeded to show the capitol clip same as every year, and Mayor Undersee made the same speech about the treaty of treason etc... etc… etc… /span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;"And… Finally, the time for the reaping has come, as Effie Trinket cheerfully reminded everyone "Now it's time for our tributes! Ladies First!" Katniss and Gale shared a look across the boys and girls' section, and hold their breath as Effie picks a slip of paper from the reaping bowl. /span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px;"span style="font-family: Helvetica;""Trinity Brown." A small timid girl with olive skin walked up to the stage with her head hung low, tears slowly /spanspan style="font-family: Helvetica;"sliding down her face. Obviously a girl from the seam and knowing she won't last long in the bloodbath./span/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;""And now, for the boys." She walked to the boy's reaping bowl and selected a piece of paper. "Jackson Brown." Everyone's breath hitched, all of them knows that it is rare for the children from the same family to be reaped the same year. But this was nothing out of the ordinary, Snow must have something against their family if both children are reaped in the same year./span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;""Our tributes this year! Trinity and Jackson Brown!" Effie cheered and clapped, expecting the rest of District 12 to follow her lead, and they did, in a half-hearted way./span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;"Katniss and Gale felt relieved rarely speaks with Trinity and Jackson. Yes, they know who they are, everyone knows everyone in District 12, especially the people from the seam, but luckily, Katniss and Gale are not very close to the tributes this year./span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;""We should head back." They toke one more look towards the temporary stage in front of the Justice Building and head back to the seam together. Katniss and Gale went out to the woods to hunt, even when they no longer ned to hunt to feed their families, they are trying to hunt for pleasure, which is entirely foreign to them./span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;"They waited before the fence to listen to the "hum" sound of the wire, when there's no sound, they quickly crawled through the gap in the fence and headed to the hollow log to retrieve their bows and knives and treaded through their normal hunting path./span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;""It's weird, you know? Hunting for pleasure?" Gale suddenly states. "I mean, we've never done it before… I still think about how much we would need to hunt to last for the next two days…"/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;""Mhmm…" Katniss responded while looking closely for any game nearby. Gale noticed her lack of response and decided to discuss this later when they are taking a break instead of now. They walked along the path and shot a few squirrels and rabbits and picked a few berries and katniss flowers for dinner. /span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;"As they reached to the lake and rested beside the large rock, Gale thought about the lack of conversation from earlier and decided to try a different approach. "What do you think will be like? In Scotland?"/span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;""I don't know… I just don't know how to feel about this… It's all so confusing, I mean I'm excited that I finally get a break, you know? It's like I'm allowed to be happy again. But on the other hand, I can't help but fell obliged to the wizarding world, like they have saved us, not only allowed us to feed our families, but provided a proper education for us. And… and I don't know if I will be able to repay them, like doing the best in the school? And I don't know what to expect, let alone how to meet their expectations to make sure I'm not wasting their time, money and effort." Katniss spilled all of her thoughts that she has kept inside her for the last few days./span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;""Yea, I know. But I'm sure we will figure it out when it comes." Gale comforted her./span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;"They sat in silence after that, just enjoying the time they have to be spent together. After a while, they collected what game they had today and went to the Hob and Bakery to trade and headed to the Hawthrone's house, where everyone is gathered. /span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;"The younger kids in their families have bonded with Clingky and Hingky straight away, especially Prim and Posy, and they were currently playing dolls in the living room. Katniss and Gale headed to the kitchen and put their game in the fridge and help Clara and Hazelle with dinner. /span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;"Dinner that night was pleasurable with light conversation, it is the night of the reaping and they are relieved that neither Katniss or Gale has been reaped, and for them, that calls for a call celebration./span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;"For the rest of the summer, the Hawthornes and Everdeens continued to enjoy their last moments together before Katniss and Gale has to go to Hogwarts. They laughed and joked and had fun like a normal family, well, as much fun as they can have with the Hunger Games broadcasted… Trinity and Jackson didn't survive the bloodbath, but that's to be expected. For a district 12 tribute to survive, they normally have a reputation within the Hob on being a survivor, if not, it's normally expected that they won't last long./span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;"Katniss and Gale's summer with their families are coming to a close as the games ended and the victor was c/spanspan style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica;"rowned. Annie Cresta, the female tribute of District 4, out-swimming her opponents with no direct kills/spanspan style="font-size: 14px;", which actually made it quite interesting./span/div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"As the summer comes to an end and September 1st nears, Katniss and Gale got more and more nervous. They have read the material Professor McGonagall gave them, but there is still a lot of things that confuse them about the Wizarding World./div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"The day before they have to depart, they went to the woods one last time together and sat at the rock facing the river, just taking everything in. "This is going to be a journey to take." Gale said. /div
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div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;""Yeah." They spend the rest of the day in silence, and went back to their homes to spend the last moments together with their families./div