A smiling face (OPEN)

A 12 year old boy runs through the marketplace his untied shoes dangerously dangling on the floor. With an old stick he runs it against the wall to make a clicking clack noise. The boy is named Arkady Green and despite only looking around 10 Arkady is 12 and entered into the reaping. 12 is the year when the smiles on children from District 12 disappear but this young boy is smiling from ear to ear as if he knows something we don't.

Arkady races around the corner looking towards the clouds. A clear day like this isn't common in district 12. The blue sky and white clouds are usually clouded by black smoke but today the clouds are puffy white and sky is baby blue. He stops for a moment to notice a cloud shaped like a bunny. He continues down the street until he finds himself in parents shop. "Arkady son I've told you before I don't want you wandering the district on your own. "

His father was overly protective he didn't even let him speak to any of the customers but that never stopped Arkday. He walked around the shop but there wasn't a customer in sight. Then someone he had passed running back to the shop walked in and scurried to one of the aisles. They looked in a hurry but Ark only noticed the blank and sad expressions on the customers face. Ark was all about spreading joy so with his huge smile he walked over to the customer and said. "Need any help?"