Prologue
"Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you, the winners of the 74th Hunger Games, the tributes of District 12, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark!"
Peeta and I smiled at each other, both weary and triumphant, as the hovercrafts descended upon us. We've actually done it, we've actually survived the Games together. In that moment I thought of Prim, my sweet Prim, who will never go hungry again, and I think it is all worth it. Yes Peeta and I will have to spend weeks or months at the hospital healing our broken bodies, and we will have to deal with grief and guilt over the other tributes, but we will be providing our families with more than they could ever need for the rest our lives and also ensure that District 12 citizens will not starve.
It was over. I can go home. The madness was finally over.
I could not have been more wrong.
