Cyprus District 1

This is Cyprus Thorne. See that sly smile on her face? Its one she uses quite often actually, to entice the curiosity in her peers. Cyprus is not only mysterious on the inside, but is mysterious looking also. Her eyes never give any of her emotions away unless she wishes them to, and they always have that look of challenge in them. Cyprus has dark, muddy brown eyes that are curtained neatly by thick, black eyelashes. She has thin eyebrows, mostly just because they are waxed. She has warm, chocolate brown hair with streaks of sand outlining it. Her hair is almost always neat, no matter what Cyprus has been through.

Cyprus has tan skin. Her nose is slightly pointed, like her fathers, and lips pale most of the time. She has a nimble build, that barely looks muscular at all but underneath is quite the opposite. Her legs are more muscular than her arms. Cyprus doesn't like getting a lot of baths and being always tidy and proper. So usually, her skin is quite dirty and filled with black and blue bruises that vary in sizes. Scars also cover her skin, though her parents highly dislike her "flawless skin" being covered in "marks of anger".

Cyprus is mysterious. She likes to have solitude, to think and be alone with her mind. This causes a secretive vibe to be around her when she is near others, always a look on her face that makes it seems she knows more than everybody else. Yet, she is not prideful, and actually finds herself struggling in school often, in every subject except English. Cyprus loves adventure, and fighting, and most of all books, which express all these combined through ink and paper. She loves the idea that somewhere out there there is a place where all dreams come true, where children can fly to the North Star and animals can converse with humans. Its just not in the Districts, which she finds are the most depressing places on Earth. All except for the Capitol, which excites her. The Capitol, with their crazy outfits, and hairstyles. The Capitol with their exotic foods, and amazing mansions. She has only heard rumors of such glories, and hopes that one day in her lifetime she might have the honor of seeing such phenomenoms.

Cyprus is always persistent and rebelious in everything she does. An example would be how her parents constantly forbid her fighting, and doing unladylike things. She still does them anyway. She much rather play fight than take a bath and go shopping for new clothes any day. She hates how her parents believe that she shouldn't be rough, and always worry about her hair, her skin, her wounds, and even her clothes. But never what she wants. Its always what their vision is about; a pretty young girl, startling beautiful, and very prim, and proper. The total opposite Cyprus wishes to do. All she wants to do is train for the games with her brothers, learn to fight with a sword and all.

Cyprus loves her family. She is very protective of her family, and would do anything for them. The problem is, she is very gullible, and her family knows it. They can always trick her quite easily, and her dreamy type of personality does not help in the least. No matter how hard she tries, she is just a very slow thinker, and too repulsive. She believes most things she hears, unless they are totally insane. But she tries to think fast, althought it usually ends in her screwing up anyway.

Cyprus was born into a paticularly rich family. They were so rich, that they could afford a pretty big house, consisting of 4 bedrooms, a bathroom, two different rooms for the living room and the dining room, which seemed rare, and a kitchen. They also had a nice garden space, and fence around their house. Cyprus was the middle child, having a older brother named Kenneth and a younger brother named Jacob. Being the only girl, she was destined to be prized in her family. When she was three, she was fitted into nice outfits that itched horribly, and seared her skin, just to show her beauty. But as soon as all the pointless parties were over, she would be back wrestling and running around with swords with her 2 year old brother and her 6 year old brother, spreading chaos around the house.

At age 10, her parents really started forcing her though. She was then not aloud to play with her brothers any longer. A less vital bond was then formed with her parents, as she disliked their pressure to a powerful extent. But Cyprus and her brother's bond just grew stronger and stronger. When their parents were asleep, Kenneth started sneaking out with Cyprus, and showing her the moves and attacks he had learned that day. They would also train, running around the lawn like psycos. Jacob usually just kept watch, examining the moves from afar as to be able to learn them earlier, and become a better fighter.

They were never discovered at night. They were as careful as ever to be as silent as possible, and ensure Cyprus' training. Yet, when daylight broke through the clouds in the early morning, she had to act proper again, like a lady. And every day she waited longingly for each night. Because the tight, uncomfortable dresses, and sewing with the sharp needles were barely tolerable for that amount of time. At age 12, Cyprus had discovered a spot where nobody could ever reach her, a place not even her brother's knew of. It was a tall apartment building's roof, that a shaky staircase nobody but she would go up led to. It had a view that was more amazing than anything in the world, and Cyprus believes that from the top of the apartment building you can see the edges of the horizon, away from the fence and deep into the forest, where children could fly, and dreams came true.