Katniss POV

I get off the train and take a huge breath and think… This is where I am going to start my new life.

It is November and very chilly. I take my luggage in one hand and hug my jacket tightly to my small, fragile body tightly. Alright, just something to back up why I am here today. If a person stays above the age of 25 in the Capitol House, they are deemed unfit and sent off to be married somewhere, to a complete stranger. And their latest victim being me.

"Look Effie, no one has accepted me yet and I am sure no one will, so why keep torturing me?"

"Surely there will be someone to accept you and why don't you try in a different site maybe someone is interested there."

Effie was planning to send me out of here at any cost and she would do anything. She kept doing this since I turned 25. 5 months of pure torture and yes, she did enroll my name in a stupid site called 'Want someone who takes care of the amazing you?' but I never knew there was someone out there to take me but what surprised me was he was not old. He was at my age. Effie squealed as she showed it to me.

Name: Peeta Mellark

Age: 25

Occupation: Previously worked at the Marine coast of Panem, presently working at the family bakery.

What is your Problem: I missed my leg and my eyesight in an accident

To you, my message: I promise that I would be a good friend and treat you well. I could definitely use some company.

Great! I thought. Effie is going to send me all the way to Panem to accept this proposal. She had already called and got that address of whosoever that Peter or Peeta was.

"Here is the address Katniss, we have told them that you have accepted his request. He was very happy about that and liked your video very much. Be blessed to get someone at your age. You will be leaving in 2 weeks to Panem"

Two weeks passed in the blink of an eye. It was the day I had to leave Capitol. Though I never liked Capitol Home, I never hated. The effect it had on me; I never noticed until I left it. It was the closest thing I had to as a home and it hurts. It hurts to leave the place that served as my haven for 20 years. The place which took me in after my parent's death when I was 5 years old.

I was never a people's person. But Effie had been by my side since I have been here. And although I have not said these words out loud, she would be the only person who came as close to being my mother. And now I know why parents cry when they send off their kids.

"Take good care of yourself and your new family. Remember, the Mellarks are your new family now. Be nice. I will definitely miss you"

"Me too Effie" I say and when I look at Effie, I am met with teary eyes. This moves me to tears. I will to hold them in and return Effie's hug. There are some others, younger than me who comes to send me off and that is when the whole effect of me permanently leaving the Capitol Home hits me. The next thing I register is that the train slowly pulling away from the station reducing Effie and others into tiny figures until they are not visible anymore.

I get out of the stuffy train and see that Panem is far better than Capitol. No weird people with their weird clothes and weird stuffs,the style I never picked up in Capitol. At least Panem would resemble my taste.

I reread the address before catching a taxi and head towards my uncertain future.