Cascada | | Jane ||D5||

Not exactly believing she is a pretty child, she is actually not ugly like she describes herself. Cascada is very petite, reaching just over five feet at a short five one. She is much shorter than other children her age. She has dark brunette hair that falls at her shoulders curving outwards at the ends. it is very shiny and silky although she believes herself it is horrible, she wished she had long hair like other pretty girls.

Her body frame is thin like most children, and she has an average body weight of 80 pounds because of her height. Her arms are long for her height and reach just above her knee caps. her legs are short though making her arms look a little odd looking when she stands straight with them to her sides.

Cascada's face is thin and has a very defined jawbone. her nose is tiny and blunt along with her ears. Cascada's lips are thin and frail looking, a deep pink color. Her skin though is fair and a fairly pale peach. Her eyes are the same dark umber color as her hair and her eyes are quite big and very innocent looking with large pupils and short thin eye lashes.

Cascada has a beautiful thin smile with pearly white teeth, but she only show's it when she has too, like when meeting somebody, or when something or someone truly makes her happy. A lot of people like to make her smile just because they want to see that adorable smile of her's. Most of the time though, she refuses until they laugh it of her with a joke or compliment.

Being herself, Cascada is bubbly and amusing, but only around people she knows. Mostly, she is this way only around her father to make him feel happy after a long day of work. She loves to make her father feel better, not only because she feels sorry for him because her mother left her with him alone, but because he suffers from severe depression. Frankly, she does not want him to hurt himself, or others. If Cascada was left all alone, no father, no mother, she would be helpless. there would be no one to hug her or kiss her, no one to comfort her during reaping, and no one too love her. She would be alone.

When not around her father and out in public. Cascada is very quiet and secluded from others. She just does not want anybody around for some reason. She wonders if she has depression like her dad, and sign are pointing to the development of it. It isn't like she doesn't enjoy being alone though, she does, she likes to talk to herself, and think without any interruptions.

One major reason Cascada refrains from talking to people, is because of her disability. She stutters. She has since she was born. It was not as bad for the first three years of her life that she could talk, it developed more when her mother left. although she barely remembers her mother, she had this overwhelming feeling of loneliness and it just worsened her condition.

Stuttering made her feel afraid to talk to people. She really did not want to people to make fun of her or give her a hard time. She knew already how messed up she was, she did not want to be reminded. Some individuals think that it is something in her past that triggered her lonely feelings and actions, but really, she also wants to just prepare for the future. she believes that if she get's reaped, she does not want anyone to miss her and go through what she went through with her mother. She doesn't want to be remembered.

On an unbearably cold winter in District five, a little girl was born. A healthy six pounds and with the slightest bit of brown fuzz on her smooth, fair skinned head, Cascada Nadia Jane, was given a life. As a baby, according to her father, she was easy to take care of. She was always quiet, never yelled or cried. She was sweet and tender and obeying, always stayed in her crib and ate her peas. Cascada was a perfect baby.

Around the age of one, Cascada said her first word. Papa. she mumbled from her crib as he watched her. Papa! Papa! she squeaked happily. her parents were overwhelmed with joy for their young daughter. As her speech continued to develop, they started noticing something odd. She stuttered. She repeated words and syllables. Instead of Papa can I have dolly? it was, P-Pap-pa c-can can I ha-hav-v-ve d-doll-ly? it really upset her parents, but they didn't care, they loved her anyways.

In the middle of her third year of life, her mother left for an unknown reason. Her father cried ad cried alone, little did he know his young daughter was watching. As his depression grew, so did her stuttering. Soon, she could not say a sentence wihout stuttering a good amount of times. What takes some body a second to say a sentence, took her a good minute. it devastated her beyond belief. She was thrown into the symptoms of depression while his father suffered.

When she was eight years old, Cascada began becoming a bit more social, but unfortunately that did not last long at all. her friends got tired of her constant stuttering and did not talk to her anymore. From that day on, Cascada was alone with her father. she stayed away from the busy marketplaces unless she had to fetch something for her father. She stayed on the edges of the town and ventured into the alleys finding routes around big gathering places of people.

Her first year in the reaping now. The poor girl was utterly petrified of being thrown into the games like a caged animal. She wouldn't know how long she would last, probably not long at all with her condition of stuttering. She would be targeted as weak and a nuisance. Some one to quickly dispose of to not get in the way. Just another body dead the first day at the cornucopia. just another tribute, failed.