Well this is my first fanfic so don't blame me too much if the story is bad, just saying.

Disclaimer: Just so you know I do not own the Hunger games or the characters.

Clove's POV

The day of the Reaping:

"Clove Fire..s..t" the district escort said sounding kinda scared.

Yes! I finally got into the Hunger Games, well I was going to volunteer anyways, I thought while walking up the stage. A few seconds later they announced the boy tribute, someone named, "Cato something," oh well, guess I forgot his last name.

Wait a minute… I saw him somewhere before, now where was that…

Flashback: One day in the summer a few years ago I was just a little girl and i was in the training room of my trying to hit the target with my knife. Then, Cato walked in mocking me, "Oh look, little 8 year old Clove trying to hit a target. You'll never get it, from all the people I know, you're the worst knife thrower ever."

Present day:

From that day on, I never saw him ever again, I still don't know how he knows my name. Anyways, after that day I practiced more and more with my knife. Now guess what, everyone in the district fear both me and my handy dandy knife throwing skills.

That just reminded me of something, I thought, I have to kill that stinking bitch in the hunger games. Even though I know that all the careers were suppose to team up, there's gotta be a way to kill him, and I'm going to find out how.

While I was thinking about how I'm going to kill Cato, they already finished the long boring speech the mayor has to say every year. I guess that's a good thing for me. Soon, they started rushing and pushing me to some kind of place where I'm suppose to say goodbye to my family, but I don't know who would come.

My mom was a former victor in the 48th hunger games. She died like when I was 8 or 9. Then, there's my dad, he would never come, he hates me, just because I was practising my knife throwing skills at a wall and then he came by. I threw the knife and it landed on his arm, missing his neck by an inch. So now he's missing that arm. It's not like I was going to kill him or anything. Anyways, he thinks that I'm way too dangerous to be around, so he avoids me in the house most of the time. I don't really mind though, I never liked him.

There wouldn't even be chance that anyone in the district would come since I was so good at the whole knife thing, everyone fears me. Personally, I think that I'm really not all that violent. I've only killed like 4 people in total in my whole life. It's not that many, now is it? I'm 15, it's not like that I'm 18 or something.

I only remember 1 of those kills, which happens to be my first one.

Flashback: I was around 9. It was the day that my mom died. Just as the hospital announced that she was gone, I ran out to the forest crying. I was at the pond and then someone came, I don't know who, but it was someone, I turned around and no one was there so I went back to being sad. Before I knew it, I was being captured. I took out my knife and knew what to do. I stabbed the dude in the stomach. Guess the guy was too dumb to tie me up. Seconds later, I was let go of and the person sort of fell I guess. Well I ran back home. I found it weird, shouldn't people be all guilty after killing someone, well I didn't, I was glad that I killed him. Weird hmmm.

Anyways, back to that place to say goodbye.

Guess who came!

No one.

I was so right.

Cato's POV:

"Time for the boy tribute this year; Cato Keloy!"

What? Me?

Why me? I thought, hoping that someone will volunteer for me. It's not like I'm bad at killing people or anything, it's just that I really hate the Hunger games. I didn't do anything wrong, so why should I be killed? Something in my mind just tells me that I will be. This was gonna be my last year...

On the stage I finally realized who my district partner is, Clove Firest. I know who she is; I'm pretty sure everyone in the district does, but I don't think I ever talked to her, no one ever does. I just hope that she isn't the one to kill me, you know what, and she might actually have a chance of winning this thing. Though I don't think it matters to her that much since she's already living in the Victors Village.

The mayor gave a huge long speech on the history of the hunger games, it was so boring. I looked at Clove and it seemed that she was thinking about something. Now I have no chose but to listen to that speech. I have a feeling that I fell asleep, I wanted to wake up but I know that the speech isn't exactly over yet, so I continued sleeping. I hope no one noticed me.

Cato's mom's POV

What in the world is Cato doing? Is he sleeping? Oh god, this is so embarrassing.

Cato's POV

I think the speech is over, time to wake up, I thought to myself.

I woke up and found half the audience starring at me, I guess they did notice that huh. Well it's time to say goodbye to my parents. I don't know why, but somehow I'm glad that I got into the Hunger Games. Maybe because I never liked my parents or my live, it seems like an interesting way to end it, or maybe it's because I can finally get away from everything.

Here comes my mom, I thought unhappily.

"Cato! Nooo! Why must you be the one?" my mom cried out loud, I think she's crying or something. This is what I said,

"Well this is life, you just have to deal with it, there's nothing I can do about all this."

She frowned, I don't think she's too happy about that answer. She gave up and changed the subject.

"Why in the world did you fall asleep in the middle of the ceremony? Do you know how embarrassing that was?" my mom basically yelled at me for that part of the conversation.

"This is why. First of all, the major is super boring and I didn't want to listen to that long speech again, and I was sleepy, and no I did not think that was embarrassing, didn't think anyone else would notice other than you, plus no one would care, everyone single person down there knows that it's boring to listen to all that."

I'm pretty sure that she isn't too fond of that answer either. I just want to go there and maybe try to come back alive, other than that, nothing special, just an ordinary trip to the capital, though I haven't exactly been to the capital yet, so I guess it's going to be pretty interesting.

Soon, my mom seemed to lost her interest in trying so she left. Before she did that, she told me, "Promise me that you'll try and stay alive." And I nodded.

I was left alone, studying the room until some peacekeepers came. They put me on a car with Clove. Me not knowing what to say and Clove not wanting to say anything. The whole car ride was just plain silent. An awkward silence moment.

A/N Who thinks that this chapter is bad? Tell me all your ideas and what I should do next. Review please