Ursula Undine | District Ten {FIN}

When it comes to life, I live it the way I want to. I don't let other people influence my decisions, and I like to think of myself as an independent individual. The day that I first felt that my parents were truly starting to make an attempt to control my life, I was twelve years old. They told me that I needed to hate the Hunger Games and the Capitol, as well as everything that those two things stood for. I, however, refused. I wouldn't let my parents change my opinions of the world, and that was when I started to rebel.

I was twelve years old when I first started studying survival skills to make sure I was prepared for the Games, should I ever be faced with fighting in them. The first skill I started working on was recognizing plants and berries, which I like to consider myself to be an expert on now. I know which plants are edible, which plants are poisonous and which ones are neither. If I were presented with just about any type of plant or berry, I could tell you what it was and quite a lot of information about it. Nowadays, I even use some of the harmless berries that have juices which are powerful enough to stain things in order to make my own hair dye, which is how I've managed to keep my hair a vibrant pink color, despite living in District Ten.

Nowadays, it's my dream to get into the Hunger Games, whether it's by being reaped or volunteering, just to show my parents that I'm strong and that they don't control my life, no matter how much they seem to think that they do. I'm eighteen years old now, and it's been six years now since I started being rebellious in response to my parents' wishes. I don't regret it, either. I spend a lot of time with my friends that my parents don't like due to how similar to me they are in their opinions of things such as the Games and the Capitol. Neither my friends nor I fear the Games, as we see them more as an opportunity to prove ourselves, and we don't see the people of the Capitol as enemies.

In the realm of relationships, I've had several over the past few years. I'm surprisingly quite the romantic, which many people don't expect from me. Unfortunately, I've never had a relationship last all too long, as my anger issues will sometimes cause me to snap at people when I'm the slightest bit angry, and has pushed them away from my life. Luckily, the friends I have are very similar to me in that aspect, and we often poke fun at one another without taking the anger one another show too personally. Some days, I wish that one of the people in my friend group who I've been attracted to for quite some time would feel the same way about me as I do about them. Unfortunately, I doubt that that will ever be the case.

I'm very confident in the way that I look and I'm glad that other people seem to think I'm rather good-looking, too. I get a lot of compliments on my appearance. It's likely because I stand out so much with my vibrant pink hair in a lower District, but also because I dress in a way that's different from a lot of people. I'm not quite sure how exactly to describe the way I dress other than a bit 'exotic', perhaps. It makes me glad that I can stand out, as I've never really wanted to look like everyone else. I like being different, as it's what makes me happy with who I am.

My siblings and I, although we care about one another, aren't very alike at all. My sister, Una, says that there's something wrong with me, since I don't fear the Games. She's younger than me, however, and I don't feel that she truly has enough life experience to tell me that I'm living my life the wrong way. I have many brothers, and they all see, to think I'm a bit crazy, too. They're always helping out on our family's farm, which I refuse to do, causing them to tell me that I'm lazy and rebellious. They say that I need to be of more help, and I simply laugh in response. The five of them, Ugo, Urien, Ulric, Umberto and Ulmer are all younger than me as well, so I don't feel that they have the right to try to 'put me in my place' either.

Personally, I feel that, unless someone has more life experience than I do, they can't criticize me, and unless they're me, I don't have to listen to the criticism that they give to me. Sure, I criticize other people, but only if I feel that I'm in a position to do so. I won't let myself be hypocritical, at least, not on purpose. I also won't usually criticize those older than me, as I likely don't know as much as they do. Respecting my elders is something I usually do, unless they're my parents. My parents are people that I don't feel deserve my respect, as they're quite controlling. If you're controlling of those younger than you without good reason, I don't believe that you deserve my respect.

I'm not a complete bitch. At least, I don't like to think that I am. I sometimes come off that way to some people, but I still do have a sense of compassion. I care about other people. Even though I don't get along with my family, I still care deeply about them. If something bad happened to any of them, I would be devastated. Ursula Undine isn't an entirely heartless person.