A/N: Hullo! I've been thinking about writing an Odesta fic for a long time now and I finally got to doing it! :) I hope you'll like it!

Disclaimer: I - and it pains me to admit this - don't own any of the characters or the storyline. They belong to the wonderful Suzanne Collins.

Important note: Since we hardly get to find out any thing about Finnick and Annie's life before the books there are going to be some O/C's, they will mainly be family members etc. In this chapter I'm really just setting up the story and introducing the (few) O/C's this story will have.

Of Sailors and Merchants

Mrs. Odair smiled as she watched her husband play animatedly with their 14 year old sold.

Her husband liked to pretend he had finally grown up and was no longer the troublemaker she had - god knows how - fallen in love with. Her husband was dedicated to his job and handled the task of making sure there was always bread on the table remarkably well, she would give him that.

However anyone watching her husband as he was playing beach volleyball with their son, Finnick, would be able to see that he had not changed a bit. He still had that micheveous glint in his eyes and any sane person would do well to watch their back when he was around.

Unfortunately Finnick took after his father and tended to get into all sorts of trouble. She'd lost count of how many calls she'd had from Finnicks teachers, who complained that he'd done something completely and utterly immature and socially inacceptable.

She'd hoped that her son would just grow out of it, but no such luck. The amount of calls she got at least quadroupled after Finnick met his match; Romulus Wellwood.

The two were inseperable, ever since they'd met Romulus had been over at her house consistently and vica versa. The other parents in the the richer part of District 4 - the Ridge - often inquired how Mrs. Odair dealt with having the two over at her house all the time.

The fact that the Odair males were known for their devilishy good looks and their tendency to cause mayhem was the only thing that made people turn an blind eye whenever the two friends got into trouble. They would simply shake their heads in amusement, take a sip of their expensive wine from the Capitol and say:"Oh well, he can't help it! he's an Odair!"

Now don't for a second think that Mrs. Odair just let the boys do whatever they pleased - oh no. She was infamous for her temper and the sounds of Mrs. Odair giving Finnick and Romulus a piece of her mind were heard on a nearly daily basis.

Unlike Finnick, Romulus couldn't blame his trips to the principals office on his genes. Romulus came from a good family. Larius Wellwood, Romulus father, had always been a kind man. Unlike some of the other people in District 4, his goal was not to bring prosperity to his District by training the children for the Hunger Games. Instead he shared all he had with people who had more trouble getting by.

Het met his wife Terra Cresta at one of the soupkitchens in the poorest part of District 4; the Floodplains. It had caused quite the uproar when word got out that Larius Wellwood was marrying down. Terra Cresta, was very much like her husband, a kind and gentle woman.

Which is why they ended up adopting Napoleon "Leon". The boys parents had died in a shipwreck when he was 9 years old. His oldest and only brother, Nate, had recklessy volunteered as tribute only a year later.

Nate had been in it to win it, and his easy-going personality and good looks had made him a favorite in the Capitol. However, it wasn't enough to have him crowned Victor. He died after eating a poisonous plant, leaving Leon to fend for himself.

The Wellwoods hadn't hesitated to adopt the orphan and had treated him as their own ever since.

Unlike Finnick and Romulus, Leon was very studious. He never liked to get in trouble. He didn't like breaking the rules. He liked to be organized and his room was always perfectly clean.

So when Finnick and Romulus had approached him and offered to officially initiate them into their gang, he'd promptly refused.

And when, in an attempt to show his affection for his adopted little brother, Romulus had gifted Leon a book titled "101 ways to prank your family members." he was quick to hide his dissaproval and had politely refused the gift.

One day a bully named Libo Hayes had been shoving Leon around and threw his books on the floor. Finnick and Romulus had showed up and taught Hayes a lesson.

Leon hadn't been bothered since.

After that day Leon had become part of the gang and the three were often referred to as the three amigos. Finnick and Romulus were so carefree Leon could almost forget about all the horrors of the world. And so it was that the three caused mayhem everywhere, too naive to realise the dangers of the world they were living in.

If only knew in they were in for the ride of a lifetime.