The Games: Chapter Two-The Chosen
#3 of The Games
The three of us, Mum, Eevee and I, were all walking towards the Main Square. The sights... The sounds... This place, Island 12, was hugely neglected by The Control... It's disgusting... Pokemon in all kinds of conditions were making their way to the Square too. One of the worst things about the Games? No matter what, whether you have a broken leg or you have a serious illness, you had to go in, unless someone offered to take your place... But, on Island 12, people like that were an extinct breed...
I start thinking about my chances of being drawn from the Pool... 8 tickets out of approximatly 700 boys... my chances are definetly better then some. Eevee was safe, 1 out of 600 girls, no way at all. Mum had 4... She didn't have to sign up for the Tessarae, because my Father could always supply for us, but once he died, i had no choice... I had absolutly forbidden Eevee to sign up for it... She just didn't have the heart to kill anything.
Eevee is the first to speak. "So who do you think will be chosen this year"?
"Knowing our luck we've had other the years, probably someone really important, like a farmer or something like that", I reply sourly.
"Hurry now you two, we can't be late this time".
As we start to come into to the square, the crowd starts to quieten down. The pokemon that draws the tickets is always Effie; a Lopunny. She says her famous catchphrase before drawing out the boys name. "Good luck everyone, and may the odds ever be in your favour"! She puts her hand in the container and pulls out a single ticket.
"And the Chosen boy is... a Doctor Blaze, a Charmeleon.
A Doctor, of course. The good thing about being a Doctor, like him, or a healer, like mum, is that they're heavily needed in our community, and will always get replaced by a volunteer. Effie always gives us 10 seconds for takers, then moves on.
"Okay, you all know the deal, 10 seconds to volunteer".
"Won't take long", i whisper under my breath," he'll be out of there in 3".
10, 9, 8, 7... ("Come on", i think, "someone take his place already".)
6... 5... 4... ("Someone volunteer already, hurry up")
3... 2... 1... (No, someone has to take his place, they have to...)
Zerrrr-
WAIT, WAIT STOP! I VOLUNTEER!