Juniper Walcott

Name:  Juniper Walcott

Age:   16

District:  7

Gender:  Female

Appearance: 

Height:  5'8

Personality: 

Strengths:

Weaknesses:
 * Good at climbing trees
 * Independent
 * Physically strong
 * Brave

Weapons:
 * Bad swimmer
 * Takes all the blame
 * Anxious


 * Knife throwing

Backstory
Juniper was born to Malka and Jayden Walcott. Her father was among the wealthiest people of district 7. Juniper had a younger sister named Mara.

They were always pictured as "The perfect family." However, people do not instigate deeper.

Ever since Juniper was 4, her father cheated on her mom. By the time Juniper was 10, her father already had his lover and 2 other kids. But unlike most wives, Malka had already known about her husband´s treason the whole time. Since the moment the first kid was born, just 4 years apart from her oldest daughter, Malka was left heartbroken. However, instead of leaving her abusive husband and move on with her daughters, Malka decided to stayed married. Why? Just because she wanted the money. The Walcott family was really well positioned. And Malka refused to leave her luxurious life behind.

All Juniper can recall from her childhood were her parents fighting. When the familly was peacefully eating dinner, Malka would blurt out some kind of nonsense about Jayden, Jayden would obviously get mad as well, and within a few minutes there would be a bloody fight. They would go from arguing about Jayden´s second family, to arguing about the girls, to arguing about the money, to actual physicall harm. Malka would randomly start tossing dishes and cups around, followed by shoving her husand against the wall. Unfortunately, Jayden was way stronger than her, and would always end up beating her badly. In the end, Jayden would just leave for a long period of time before coming back home asking for forgivness. And it was just the same cycle, over and over again. The sisters would simply lock themselves up in a room and start crying. After the screams faded, they would both go downstairs to aid their mother. Malka would push them back, yelling at them to stay away.

However, when Jayden left, Malka was particulary always in a bad mood. She got some kind of anger attacks out of nowhere and start screaming at her daughters. There were even points in which she even got physically abusive with them, as a way to deal with the pain of her husband mistreating her. Mara was always a rebel. She would always defend herself from anyone, even her mom. Sometimes she even threatened her mom to leave the house and go live with her dad. Malka was more concerned about her reputation than her daughter actually leaving, so she would fake cry and start telling the girls about all of the bad things Jayden did to her. While Mara simply groaned and went to her room, Juniper would actually confront her mother, telling her things like "I love you" and "I´ll never let you go." After that, Malka would start hugging and kissing her daughter, confronting her as well. Yet, as Juniper felt a true and pure connection of love, Malka felt pleased she was doing a good job at manipulating her daughter. She knew Juniper was an emotional, sensible, and lovable human being, that would do anything for the ones she loves. So now it was all figured out for Malka. She was ready to divorce her husband. Yet use her daughter as a way to get to Jayden.

Jayden was also seriously planning on divorcing her wife. Yet he still had mixed feelings for her. Malka could be tempting and seducive to get him on her grasp, pretending she loves him, and then squeeze him once he was caught. However, he was determined to end that abusive relationship, and let the world know the truth.

One day when Mr. and Mrs. Walcott were together, they started arguing again, as usual. But this time it actually ended with an agreement. They finally decided to get divorced.

The sisters got to see their dad every two weeks. A few days before the girls got to see their dad, Malka would constantly remind Juniper to insult her dad and steal from him. Juniper knew this was wrong, and would tell her mom this, but Malka simply said he deserved it and that it was worth it for all the damage he did. And Juniper actually did what her mother said. Even insult her father. Even tough she didnt want to, and sometimes she would let a tear drop, she managed to give her mother the money she wanted. Mara on the other hand, would make constant threats to her mom about leaving. Mara and Malka would fight a lot. Especially about Jayden. Even tough if what Mara was saying was right, Juniper would always step in to defend her mom. Mara would always get mad at Juniper for this, telling her to open her eyes and realize all their mother was doing with them. Juniper would just fight back saying Mara had to understand all the pain her mother was going through. There were even times were Maya got aggresive with Juniper. She would actually punch her, kick her, and pull her hair. But neither Malka nor Jayden cared, so the abuse continued. It seems funny, the younger sister beating up the older. But Mara was actually taller and stronger than her sister. Still, Juniper refused to listen, and slowly damaged the relationship between her and her dad. And life in school wasnt wasy either.

Not many kids in district 7 attended school. Only arrogant and cocky kids assisted. Juniper was an outcast. Everyone talked about her. About how she was weird and unbearable. Juniper hated school because her recent "friends" had left her behind. They wrote her a letter listing all the things they hated about her, and how they didn´t want her around. Juniper was devastated. She actually liked having her friends around. But after a night of thinking, Juniper recalled all those things the girls did to her. And felt ashamed of it, for letting herself being stepped on. After that she came to the phase of hating them. Why did they do this to her? Juniper was always loyal and trustworthy to them. But apparently, they just used her.

Juniper got to a point were she got tired of the way her life was going. She was tired of hating her dad for no reason. Yes, her dad was never a responsible husband, but in the end, he actually looked up for his children, and was actually a responsible father. He made sure her daughters had everything. Even tough Juniper was disrespectful towards him, Jayden would still love her, his way, but he did.

She was tired of dealing with bullies every day, and deal with her aggressive sister. When Juniper turned 14, she decided to stop being abusive to her dad. At that point, Malka got pissed, and insulted Juniper in every way she could. Everyday she would make her daughter feel worthless and hopeless, and still tell her she is the only one to blame for the way she feels. She started to blame her about everything in general. Juniper became depressed even more each day, once she even wrote a poem. But she was bad at hiding it, because Malka found it, and wouldnt stop mocking her about it.

By this point Juniper is 15. She starts to think about her life in the past four years, when her parents divorced. Every day, she slowly realized about all of the abuse she suffered from her family, especially her mom. She started to look back and see how her mother manipulated her just to get to her dad. And how she stopped to fall for her. She felt ashamed of herself. Mara had kept her promise, and was living with her dad for a while now. Yet Juniper knew Mara was only with her dad for the money.

Juniper started to spent most of her time outside her home. She knew every corner of her district. Malka didn´t really care. Just a few months ago, she got a new boyfriend and technically lived with him. So Juniper spent most of her time alone. She hated-loved her mom. Even tough Malka was abusive, she had her good moments too. Jayden, however, lived happy with his family and eventually forgot about his first child.

Juniper spent her 16th birthday alone. Even she forgot it. Juniper got to a point where she felt numb. She refused to love again. She refused to trust. She swore to herself she would never  fall for anyone again, because she is so afraid she will be used or betrayed.

She started to feel like life had no point of living, until her name came out in the reaping.....

It was then when she realized that her life was full of meaning.