((Just a heads up, this is an AU set before Katniss, and it has OCs .))

Chapter One:

Age Five~Leaving.

"No!" I shouted, "I'm not going!"

I didn't want to leave District Four-the only thing that I knew. I definitely didn't want to be a Peacekeeper, because none of them ever had any fun.

Sara, the lady who was going to take me to District Two, crouched down right in front t of me, "But Jena, you will have a lot of fun in District Two!" She tried to grab me, but I ran away, to behind my teacher's leg, screaming "No!"

Miss Herfel glanced at me, and then to Sara, "Best of luck to you, raising Jena. She's a stubborn one," she said to Sara, with her voice lower than I had ever heard it. Her face was also the most straight I had seen it. She looked down at me, "Jena, you need to go with Sara and Trey. They are going to help me."

"No!" I screamed, once more, "I want Mama!"

Miss Herfel crouched down, "Jena, your mama isn't here, that is why Sara and Trey are here."

I looked at Miss Herfel in the eyes, as tears filled mine, "Then I want Papa!"

Miss Herfel sighed, "Your papa isn't here either."

"When, when are they coming back?"

Miss Herfel went quiet for a long time. "Your mama and papa aren't coming back."

Tears started falling from my eyes, "But why?" I demanded, "They are Mama and Papa! They always come back!" I paused for a moment, thinking, "You said that mommies and daddies always come back at the end of the day!"

"I know. But this time, your mama and papa aren't coming back." Miss Herfel thought about something, "Do you watch the Hunger Games with Mama and Papa every year?" I nodded. "They are with all of the other Tributes besides the Victors."

"THEY ARE IN THE CAPITOL!?"

Miss Herfel sighed, the same way Mama did when Papa didn't understand something. "No, Jena, your parents are in a place cooler than the Capitol."

My brown eyes widened, "What is cooler than the Capitol?"

"Well, you'll just have to wait and see, now won'tchya?"

I shrugged and said, "I guess."

"Will you go with Sara and Trey?"

I looked over at them, and they were smiling. "Can't I go home with Carbon?"

Miss Herfel smiled, and laughed, "I don't think they have an extra bed. Besides, Sara and Trey are...good friends...of your parents."

"Are you sure? I don't know Sara and Trey. Plus," I leaned in to Miss Herfel's ear, and whispered, "they are Peacekeepers."

Miss Herfel smiled, and laughed, again. "Not all Peacekeepers are bad, Jenavae, Sara and Trey are good Peacekeepers."

"Okay."

"Are you ready to go?"

"I guess so."

Sara and Trey just loosened up at that. "Thank God," I heard Sara say, very quietly. I started walking toward them, but stopped half way between Miss Herfel, and Sara and Trey. "I need to say goodbye to Carbon."