I have to say before I do this.. evilneevil inspired me to do a Prato story and hers is amazing! So go read it! Thanx!
CHAPTER 1
"Primrose Everdeen" My name booms around the square.
I look up at the stage. Me, why me.
Everyone moves out of the way to make a path for me to walk out.
I tuck in my shirt that hangs out of the back of my skirt and walk out. I walk out and go up to the stage.
Effie is gesturing her hand for me to come up, I walk up and she wraps her arm around me shoulders.
"Any Volunteers?" Effie asks to the crowed.
'Please, please, please, please...' I say to myself in my head.
I scan the crowd; I see Katniss stood paralysed from fear and shock.
"No? Ok, then" Effie says, "Boys next then!"
I watch her walk over to the boys bowl and just as she puts her hand in I hear Katniss,
"I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!" She says,
"I'm sorry, but you're not aloud now, you had your chance sweetheart" Says Effie,
"No! No that's not fair!" Peacekeepers grab her arms and pull her backwards and she starts to kick,
"No! No! Prim I'm sorry" Katniss screams almost crying.
I can just hear her voice fading away as the peacekeepers drag her out of the square.
I start to breath fast, I see my mother in the crowed she almost crying.
"Carrying on, time for the boys!"
She dips her hand into the bowl, and pulls a little bit of white paper out. She steps in front of the microphone and opens the little piece of paper, and reads the name,
"Peeta Mellark" Effie pronounces.
A well built blonde boy walks out, I remember his face he is the baker's son. His mother is a witch, even when we were starving, she didn't give us any food. But one day, when we were almost close to death, somehow Katniss got some bread. It was burnt but, it was food. I know for a fact that his mother wouldn't have given it to us, he might of. I'm sure he probably did.
"Any Volunteers?" Effie asks again.
Silence.
"Right, so we have our tributes for district 12!" She says and we both get dragged into the justice building were we get to say good-bye to your family for the last time.
I sit on this velvet chair, I rub my hands up and down on the soft material. I look down at my skinny cut fingers, there cut from when I would help my mother with healing people, I would catch them on knifes. And from them being skinny, I haven't had enough food for a few years now, but I am better fed then other kids from the seam.
The door gets flung open, and Katniss runs in and grabs me in her arms.
"Prim, prim, prim, prim, prim, I'm so sorry, I should have got my act together quicker and I could of volunteered for you, prim in so sorry, your being very brave though, my little duck" She says, she's right, I haven't cried yet, which is rather surprising for me. I pretty much cry at everything.
"It's ok, I'll just try my best, that one time you took me into the forest and showed me how to use a bow, I'm sure I'll be able to try and pick it up a bit more when were training" I say, I'm trying to calm her down a bit.
"Ok, I'm sure Peeta will help you. Oh, and Madge, you know, the mayors daughter, she wanted me to give you this" She brings out a gold MockingJay pin, I wonder why Madge wanted to give me this?
She pins it to my shirt and kisses me on the forehead.
"Stay strong little duck" She says just before she is dragged out of the room.
My mother quickly kisses me and says goodbye.
I don't expect anyone else to come now. I don't really have any friends and the rest of my families dead.
I wait a few minutes and Gale comes in.
"Gale" shocked, wondering why he has come.
"Hi prim, I've just come to wish you good luck, I'm sure if you try hard enough you can get out of there, remember there was that one time I taught you how to set traps and snares , I'm sure you can make a trap out of something" He says and hugs me.
"Thank-you Gale, please, look after my mother and my sister" I ask and force a smile.
"I will don't worry, try your best" ad he gets pulled out of the room.
About a minute later I do to. I get taken to the back of the justice building and there's a care waiting out back to go to the train station. I've never been in a car before, I've always walked everywhere.
We get into this car and Effie's talking about all the food were going to eat and what were going to do. I don't think either me or Peeta have been listening. You can tell he's been crying. I'm not sure why I haven't cried yet.
The car stops outside the train station and there people everywhere, just walk though the train station with no emotions. Probably almost looking bored.
We get into the train and a door slides open.
"This is we're we will be eating!" Effie announces.
"Wow, there's just... so much food" I say shocked, how there's kids dying from starvation in our district and I'm sure others to.
"Right sit down, sit down! I'll just go find Haymitch he's probably in the bar" She says getting quieter when she said the last bit.
We all know Haymitch is our districts drunk. No one knows why he does actually drink, well, he did lose his parents, he was in the arena and he has to watch two innocent kids die each year. I guess that's enough.
Peeta and I sit in silence for a while. We wait for Effie and Haymitch to come back. We don't really have anything to talk about. So there's no need to talk, I don't think there much us of us being allies.
The door slides open and Haymitch stumbles out.
"Hi, I'm... I'm" He tries to stay, but he gets attracted to bottles of whisky on the side. I pick up the bottle and pours in out into the glass he was already carrying.
He sits down in front of us and just sits there just staring at us drinking his whiskey.
"Well?" Peeta asks,
"Well what?" Haymitch replies,
"You're our mentor, help us, what should we do? Any advice?"
"Stay alive" He smirks and sips at his drink.
Peeta rolls his eyes. Haymitch stands up and when he's about to leave the room he vomits everywhere.
"That's disgusting" I say.
Me and Peeta go and help him up. I take the wrong choice and breathe through my nose. I cover my mouth with my hand and try not to vomit. I suck it in and help Peeta again.
"It's ok, I'll help him" He says,
"Are you sure?" I ask,
"Yeah, its fine, don't worry, just wait here for Effie, I'll be back for dinner" He says,
"Ok" I go sit back down in my seat and wait for Effie.
After waiting about half an hour of Effie to come back from whatever she was doing.
"Where are Peeta and Haymitch?" She's asks.
"Haymitch was sick so Peeta helped him get changed and stuff, Peeta told me that they would be back for dinner" I reply
"Oh ok, then, why don't we start, I know it's rude but they might be a while"
"Ok" I reply and sit down at the table.
Cato P.O.V.
I'm sat down at the dinner table with Clove, Enobaria, Brutus and Cilia (our mentor).
We just recently got on the train, so it's later in the day and it's about time to eat. District 2 isn't that far away from the capitol so we set off later in the day so we spend a night on the train and get to the capitol by morning.
I sit next to Clove and Enobaria and Brutus run through what were going to do whilst we watch the reapings. We're going to pick people out, weak ones, see how could possibly be useful and obviously look at district one, since it's tradition to be allies with them. Hopefully we will get some useful ones, I mean I know there district one and there trained well, but sometimes there a bit annoying and aren't really as well trained as tributes from two.
When the food comes I and Clove stuff ourselves full. We probably seem like we come from twelve or eleven. But this food is just so beautiful, you want to eat all of it.
After we've eaten as much as we can we sit down in this sitting area were the TV is and we start to watch the reapings.
District one is on first. There is a blonde haired girl called Glimmer, she's pretty hot. And the boy is Called Marvel, they look good enough to be allies with. When our district comes up we just ignore it, since we know what happened. Both I and Clove volunteered. District three, I didn't bother paying attention. Four they look ok, the girl might be more help than the boy, and he seems a bit weak, looks only about 13. Five, There was a quite red headed girl who look slick she could move like a fox, and she looks like she hasn't eaten in ages, she really skinny. The boy, didn't pay much attention. Six, didn't pay attention again. Seven, didn't pay attention again. Eight, doesn't take too much interest again, the Girl was trying to act strong but it failed, and the boy the same pretty much. I ignored all of them from the other districts until it came to 11. There was a small girl who looked about 10, but she must of been 12,, and the boy, he seemed bigger than me, strong to. Definitely could be an ally. Then last twelve, I knew I should pay attention so I did it the last one anyway. There was a girl she looked about 14 and seemed it a bit, but by the fear in her eyes you could tell she was probably only 12 or 13. She had blonde hair braided back into to braids. She was really pretty. I watched her on the screen until she went off. I think it was her sister who tried to volunteer for her but she volunteered too late and they wouldn't take it. They boy, he seemed well built, not that tall though, and he probably wasn't trained.
That's it. But all I can think about was that girl from twelve, Primrose her name was. A beautiful name.
"Right, go to bed better get some sleep for tomorrow, obviously be allies with one and the boy from eleven looks like he could be help, but see if he will take the offer" Brutus states.
"Will do" I say and I walk off to go to bed.
I get a shower, get changed and go to bed. All I can think about is the girl from 12, she was beautiful.
Wait, what I am thinking! I'm the ruthless Cato, and I'm falling for a poor girl from twelve? I think I must actually like her.
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It's only the first chapter so it will be better further into the story :)
I also have a Clato story if you like Clato! It's called only the begging!
MockingJay :) x