Chapter 1: In Ruins
Prim POV:
Layers of ash cover the structure of what use to be our home in the Seam, and nothing rests in what I use to be able to call District twelve. Life has changed drastically since the 74th Annual Hunger Games when my sister, Katniss Everdeeb, volunteered to take my place and compete instead of me, only two years ago. Then the Quarter Quell, when history changed again, where my sister, a victor, was made to enter the games for a second time. She then started and influenced the rebellion that ended The Hunger Games officially, ending many lives along with it, including President Coin of District Thirteen, and President Coriolanus Snow of Panem.
Life as we know it is changing, the games that ended many children's lives are over, and we have a new President, Commander Paylor. Peeta and Katniss have arranged a wedding date for some time in the early summer, and I am Katniss' Maid of Honor. It has been busy lately, due to the wedding being only 5 months away.
Gale's family came back to District twelve only a couple days after we did, leaving Gale himself behind in district 2,because of a fancy new job he was issued. Since the games are over, people are surviving better, and food is distributed more evenly. Life in the districts is better and more suitably for living.
Mother and I started an apothecary business, while Katniss hunts for Greasy Sae, Peeta bakes, Haymitch still drinks, a lot, and Effie, is well… Effie. I love this life now, it is the most normal our life has ever been, and I am happy for that.
Rory POV:
It is good to be back in District twelve, even though everything is in ruins. We live a couple houses down from the Everdeen's, and Peeta's up and coming bakery. Things are getting rebuilt, which is good, like the Hob, and the Justice Building.
Our nation is different now ever since the rebellion, that ended the Games, finished. Our new President, Paylor, is extraordinary. She has plans to rebuild and renovate our Nation. Everyone seems to like her, well… I do anyways.
"Rory, Rory, honey?" my mother was calling from the kitchen. "Yes mom?"
"Can you go out and get my some bread, please? We are running low."
"Yes mom," I replied.
Now that Gale had a job in district two, and was never home, I was the one to do all the running around for the family. It was a chore that I didn't actually mind, I liked getting out of this small house and Peeta's house wasn't that far from ours, so it was easier than usual chores. Plus, to get to Peeta's, I have to go past the Everdeen's house, which I didn't mind at all.
"Primrose Everdeen… Primrose Hawthorne" I look around to see if anyone heard, Stop it Rory, before someone actually hears you.
Prim… is my best friend, and for years she is the girl who I would do anything just to talk to her. Her blond hair in the braid, blue eyes, and her incredibly sweet nature, she is just so perfect. I don't really pay any attention to anything else when I am around her. There are times when I can just talk to her naturally, but when she flutters those beautiful eyes, or when she flips her hair without knowing it, I turn into this awkward babbling idiot. Even thinking about those eyes of hers makes me feel anxious. I love her, so much, even though she doesn't know that, as far as I know.
All of a sudden I feel a sharp stabbing pain in my left foot. I lift it up in the air to see the damage. Shards of broken glass surround me, and I all of a sudden know what happened. "Shit… glass really?" I mumble aloud. Well… at least I will be seeing the girl I am in love with while she removes this sharp piece of glass that went through my shoe. I should really start paying attention to my surroundings more.