Iris Ortega D12

Iris Ortega is just one of the random citizens of District 12 that you wouldn't really notice. Her blond hair comes from her father and the blue eyes come from her mother. She isn't one of the considerably wealthy girls of district 12, her family is pretty poor and relies on her father's pay. Because of that you won't see her in any good looking clothing other than on the reaping where it's pretty much required. She dresses in the usual jeans and a t-shirt and doesn't take too much notice to other people's style of clothing. She tends to make sure that her hair is combed to the left rather than the right because she thinks it doesn't look right or is silly.

Iris isn't one to speak up when she's being lectured or when she disagrees with what someone says. She tends to keep to herself and chooses to keep what's on her mind, in her mind. The only people she talks to are her two closest friends and her family, otherwise you will never hear her speak unless she absolutely has to. Iris does not at all enjoy living in District 12, she's always daydreaming of a better place to live, where everyone could be happy, not full of hate and fear.

Most in the district don't notice her, but when they do, they recognize that she's a nice girl. But wouldn't last past the first 20 minutes of the games if she was reaped. Along with that, she hated the idea of the games. Just teenagers murdering each other seemed so wrong to her.

Behind Iris' smile and quietness, is a girl that doesn't trust many people. She tends to trust people that she meets quickly and then ends up losing their trust quickly and never speaking to them again. She hates that she trusts too easily and always says it won't ever happen again. But it almost always happens, and every time it does, she loses her faith in everyone just a bit more.

When Iris was 7 years old, her brother took on a horrible disease and died. Before he passed, he promised her that he would be okay. He obviously was not okay though. She remembers hearing her parents crying when he died in his bedroom, family was devastated, Iris though had no idea what happened to him until her parents told her he had passed.

When Iris turned 11, her parents got extremely nervous about her first reaping the next year, they couldn't afford the heartache of losing yet another child to the games. They then decided to make her feel as special as possible, tending to her needs whenever possible, her father worked overtime to make enough money to keep the family going, and everything was great for the Ortega family. Until the reaping that year, Iris' best friend Jillian took on a terrible disease and died within three months of obtaining it. Iris then turned into the quiet girl she is now.

Not talking to too many people, the few people she fortunately talked to where some girls that live nearby her little shack of a house. They were all quite close and shared every secret with each other. Though Iris has trust issues, she slowly starts to trust people more when she speaks with these two girls. They helped her be less anti-social and she truly, truly hopes that these two girls could be trusted and clear her of all the issues she has in her life. She was glad she met them, it was by chance after all though.

They all met one day in the center of town, it was dark and one of the girls tripped and fell on the ground. She was hurt and couldn't move her leg. It was lucky that Iris and the other girl were outside at that time. They both had heard the girl yell for help and had went to inspect the problem. Iris and the girl helped the fallen girl up and carried her home. On the way they exchanged names and where they lived, after Iris and her new friend brought the girl home, they both said goodbye and walked to their houses. Both of them walked home convinced they had made a new friend. They all became best friends the next day and still are to this day.