Luke District 4 (Done!)

To look at Luke for the first time, your impression would be of a very formal, serious young man in need of a serious tan. Maybe a little too serious, or maybe just wearing suits too much. But on the inside, he is reckless and fun. Luke has to look formal all the time because of his father, but when nobodies looking, or when hes with his friends you'll bet hes wearing some torn up jeans and dirty shirt. You'll be lucky if hes even wearing shoes.

Luke has a very serious look to him mostly because of the clothes he wears, but also because of his thick eyebrows and determined grey eyes. His face is bearly rounded and chin is slightly pointed. He has a smile that could dazzle the world but other than that hes not much to look at. His dirt brown hair is ussually very messy, unless he is forced to be formal and look nice. His build makes him look atleast a year older, and he is very strong. Luke is also more flexible than the other boys, moving like a fish in water. His body is not bulky, but more slender and slim in a way. Even though he has to look nice doesn't mean he gets fed nicely. He is very skinny, and pale.

As said before, Luke is forced to act serious. He is actually serious when he wants to be, but most of the time this isn't the case. He has a few friends, some pals he can call buddies. He isn't the one to have too much pride. He says his training isn't to impress anyone, just to make it through the Games for his family. Become a victor for them. But a lot of people just say hes being humble.

Luke loves to have fun and let go of everything. He might be reckless at times but sometimes he just wants to stop acting so... perfect. Luke is determined but doesn't like to make big desicions. He ussually is the "third wheel". It's not that Luke would rather the desicions made for him though. He would love to do something better in his life than work for a game where all but one kid dies. Its just easier to let people choose for him.

Luke is more observant and thoughtful than an outsider would think. He often gets lost in thought. He is kind of smart, but one of those people who need time to think. Luther isn't good at lying, and likes to be trustworthy. He isn't much of a "ladies man", and is actually quite nervous around most girls.

Luke was born 2 years after the marriage of his mother and father. His father was formally a resident of District 2, but had become a Peacekeeper and sent to District 4. At District 4, Luke's Father met his mother, and they got married. Luke's family was very wealthy, and still is. As soon as he was born Luke's father was determined to train him for the games just like many other boys and girls were trained. At age three his father had Luke running laps around the block. Luke was determined to please his father. He was diligent in his training, and was very strong indeed. But by age 6 his father had gotten very busy with work and barely was home. They started training at night, right after dinner instead but this just exhausted them both.

Finally, his father had a personal trainer train him instead. The trainer was named William, and Luke and William began to form a bond. William was like a second father to Luke, since his real father was bearly around in those days. They would go out to the costal areas and swim, doing strong laps and then head out into almost the only forest area in the district. There Luke would climb the trees and he learned to sneak up on both animals, and people. Those were the good days.

Luke was 14 when the tragedy occured. He ran to meet William at their meeting place, right after school. It was cold, and Luke was freezing. He had been waiting for awhile when a carriage finally approached. A man stepped out in a puffy coat and approached him.
"Hey Luke Sorry Im late!"
Luke said it was ok, and they ran off to the beach. The lake was frozen, and Luke can still remember the white fog that had surrounded them. It was stupid, but when they saw the frozen surface of the lake they had an idea. They ran across the ice and slid on their butts after making sure the ice seemed stable. Luke was laughing and twirling on the ice when he heard the scream. He kept calling out William's name but no one answered. He finally found the hole and knew what had happend. Imediatly, Luke dived in after taking off a few of his layers. William was not far below, but he was going down fast. Luke swam as fast has he could. The water felt at first like stinging nettles, but now was burning his skin like hot lava. Luke kept swimming and finally reached William's hand. William's eyes were closed, and he wasn't responding. Luke tried to swim him up, but he was so heavy. Luke went back up for air and tried again, but William was just too heavy. He finally went up again and dived down for the last time. William had sunken so far deep you could barely see your hand in front of your face. Luke swam back up again and sat, soaking wet by the hole crying.
"William... Come back... Ple-Please.."
His tears froze as they escaped his eyes. Someone finally found him still sitting at the hole, with extreme hypothermia, but surprisingly almost no frostbite. They warmed him up imediatly and for more than a week he had a terrible fever and could not say what happend for anyone. Now he's 15 and has told what happend. He still misses William, and is still recovering from the death. His father got him a new trainer, but he barely speaks to the trainer at all. Luke is afriad of his reapings even thought hes been training for it since forever. Luke has a 3 year old baby brother who hasn't started being trained yet.