Roan Trin | District Two {FIN}

The Games are cruel, but I'm not allowed to speak my mind to the outside world. The only one who knows what I truly think- the only one I share my secrets with, aside from myself- is her. My girlfriend, Lunabella. She's always there for me, and I love her with all of my heart. I would never let her go, even if she did something that she thought was wrong. I'd go to the end of the world to protect her, and I'd like to think that she'd do the same.


My light-colored eyes scan the room where all of my family members are seated. On the couch next to me is one of two brothers, Owen. He and I don't normally get along, but I'd still do anything to protect him. Across the room, seated in a couple of plush chairs, are my sisters, Juniper and Elma. Juniper is older than me by quite a few years and recently gave birth to my young nephew who I love very much. Next, my eyes shift to my other brother. He's younger than me as well and his name is Birch. He's fragile and I'm always sure to protect him even more so than my other siblings, as he needs it the most.

Lastly are my parents. I look a little bit like my father. We have the same, pale skin and light colored eyes. I'm not quire sure what his natural hair color is, though, as he often has it died different hues. We have a similar build, both broad shouldered and somewhat muscular. My mother and I share a similar, dark hair color, which I'm proud to say. I love my mother, and am glad that I ended up with at least one major feature of hers.

I grew up in a kind home. Despite the conflict between us on occasion, we all love each other dearly. My father makes me train as a career, though, which is the one thing that truly bothers me most about my life, and no matter how much I hate the Games, I don't dare argue with him to tell him that, as I don't want to disappoint him. I've always despised the Games, but I'm afraid to tell others for the fear of being overheard and punished for it. I'm not sure if people actually get punished for saying things against the Games or the Capitol, but I'd rather not find out the hard way.

I've trained as a career from a young age and have gotten rather good at it, too. Although, I'm not particularly proud of that fact. As a reluctant career, I don't tell people about my skills, and the only time that anyone really sees them are within the training center. I just hope that I never have to actually use them for any purpose but training. Birch just recently started training at his young age, and although it makes me a bit more confident in his abilities to protect himself, it scares me to know that the true reason he is training is for a death match that he may one day have to fight in.


I was once asked to describe myself to the class at school, and to be completely honest, it made me nervous to do so. I've always been someone with a bit of anxiety when it came to presenting in front of people. I enjoy singing, but it would make me a bit uneasy if someone told me I had to sing in front of a crowd or even just to another person aside from my girlfriend. Lunabella is the one person I trust to see me at my worst, because she still appreciates me, even if I'm not doing so well, and tries to lift me back up into a positive mood.

When I did describe myself to the class, even though I was nervous, I used words that I'd heard others use to refer to me, as well as words that I associated with myself. One of those words was trustworthy. Lunabella always told me that she trusted me with all of her secrets. She never keeps anything from me, because she says that she's not afraid of me telling anyone. She knows she can trust me with anything and that I won't reveal it to anyone without permission from her.

Another word that I used to describe myself to the class was funny. It's a simple word, but it can have a lot of meaning. I'm a bit of a jokester, sarcasm and puns slipping their way into my everyday language, even if the puns are quite cheesy. I have always loved to make people laugh, as it's a way of making me feel good about myself. If others are happy around me, it makes me happy.

The third word that I chose to describe myself when asked to do so was another word that I'd heard other people call me. Specifically, my family has always called me passionate. If there's something I want to get done, I don't give up easily. I'm a very determined individual when it comes to things that I feel particularly strongly about, such as my school work and the art that I do. I'm a good student, always trying my best to get my work done correctly and to the best of my ability, even if it takes a lot more hard work than I initially anticipated.

I'm also very artistic. I love to draw, and I often have a sketchbook with me. I'll draw people and animals, or really anything else that crosses my mind. My favorite things to draw are made up creatures that I create in my own mind, as I can be as creative as I want and no one can truly tell me that I've drawn them incorrectly, as they're something that didn't actually exist until it was put on paper.



Drawing is one of the absolute best ways that I've found of relieving any and all stress that I have bottled up inside me over time. It can be difficult to find the right way to get things off of your mind, as I feel that everyone really has a different type of solution for doing so. I suppose that I'm just lucky enough to have found mine at such a young age. When I was twelve years old and entered into the reaping for the first time, I truly started to get stressed and panicked on a daily basis. All that was ever on my mind was the reaping, and it terrified me quite severely.

To be completely and totally honest, the reaping still scares me quite a bit to this day, even if it's not quite to the extent of how much it once did. The thing that scares me most about the reaping is the thought of someone I love getting chosen for the Games and not being able to stop it, or not having the courage to volunteer in their place. My main fear used to be my own life, but now it's evolved more into me fearing for others, rather than myself.



My family isn't exceedingly wealthy, but I also wouldn't consider us to be on the poorer end of the economy spectrum, either. If anything, I'd say that we're an upper-middle class group of people. We're able to afford what we need, as well as a little bit of extra things here and there, but we don't have enough money to just spend it whenever we want to, just because we feel like it. Part of the money that my family earns comes from my older sister and I working jobs like our parents do. With four people contributing to the family's income, it keeps us from being in the lower or more average portion of the middle class, but we're still not quite as wealthy as many other families in the District that we live in.

Personally, I do a few different things to earn money. Sometimes, if my drawings are good enough, I'm able to sell them for a bit of cash. This, however, isn't my main source of income, as I don't make a lot off of my artwork. I do get to keep the money I make from my art, though, since I give the money that I earn from my other job to my family to help support the seven of us, along with Juniper's son. I'm glad that I can help out my family in such a way, as it makes me feel quite a bit more important than I likely would have if I wasn't doing anything to contribute to our home life.

My second job, aside from selling my pieces of art that stand out here and there, is working for a blacksmith business. I don't enjoy having to make swords, knives and other weaponry for the training centers, as I don't support the idea of being a career or going into the Games, but it's what gets me money to bring home to the family. Therefore, I'll keep doing the job for as long as I can. If it helps my family live a better life, I don't mind doing it as much as I would if there wasn't any real benefits to it. Sure, some people likely make weaponry for fun, but that's not really my thing. I much prefer pencil and paper art than the art of metal, heat, a hammer and an anvil.



I just hope that, some day, the wretched mess that exists in this world known as the Hunger Games, will be gone. Then, we can all live in peace. We would all be able to express our own thoughts and opinions on things, such as the Capitol. We would truly be able to be our selves, not hiding what we are thinking from the public like I've been forced to all my life.

For now, however, I'll stay close to those I love and just hope that nothing bad ever happens to them. I have my family and I have Lunabella. Now, I just have to hope that they stay forever, never leaving me and most definitely never leaving this world.