~Katniss~
Previously on Mystery Made...
"Welcome, welcome, welcome. Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor." she says in her very peppy voice, as she always is. "Now before we begin, we have a very special film, brought to you all the way from the Capitol." she says gesturing to a big television screen where a video has started to play, it's the same thing every year.
"War. Terrible war..." the President's voice rang through the Town Square. I have heard this for the past four years, I could recite it by heart. So I tune it out but perk back up when Effie begins talking again.
"I just love that." she says. "Now the time has come to select one courageous young man and woman, for the honor of representing District Twelve in the 74th annual Hunger Games. As usual, ladies first." she finally finishes. She strides over to the bowl of girls names, swivels her hand around the top of the bowl before digging her hand down into the center of the bowl and pulling out a name. She walks back over to the microphone and fiddles with the small piece of paper, mumbling while she tries to open it.
"Primrose Everdeen!" she reads and her face goes from a look of happiness to shock as she recognizes the last name, my name. My whole body is numb, I can't feel a thing. She regains composure and calls to her. "Come on up my dear." she says, knowing that I would volunteer for my sister. Prim slowly makes her ay up to the stage, not getting half way there before my voice rips out of me.
"I volunteer!"
"I volunteer as Tribute!" I shout as I fought the Peacekeepers that are trying to block me from Prim. They finally let go of me and Prim's arms wrapped themselves around me.
"I believe we have a volunteer." Effie says in shock, she knew I would do this. But I turn to Prim and ignore Effie.
"Prim go find mom."
"No." she mutters.
"Prim go find mom." I repeat in urgency. She screams again as Gale picks her up and pulls her away. I make my way up to the stage as Effie asks for my name. "Katniss Everdeen." I reply monotone.
"Well I bet my hat that was your sister." she says acting like she doesn't know me for the cameras.
"Yes." I tell her.
"Let's hear a round of applause for our first volunteer, Katniss Everdeen." she says and starts to clap alone. Everybody else takes their three middle fingers, presses them to their lips, and holds them out to me, as a sign of respect. "And now for the boys." Effie says a little impatiently and walks over to the bowls, picks a boys name out immediately and reads the name off into the microphone. "Peeta Mellark." she calls. No. Not my best friend,I thought, this wasn't fair. He walks up and stands on stage. We shake hands and he tries not to cry. My body is too numb to do anything. Soon I'm ushered into the same room I was in when I first went to the Academy. My family was the first to see me.
"You have three minutes." a Peacekeeper says before he closes the door behind them. Prim runs to me with tear filled eyes.
"It's going to be okay Prim." I tell her and I sit down with her in front of me. "I don't have much time. Listen Prim, don't take anymore food, its not worth putting your name in more times. Gale will bring you game, and you can sell cheese from Lady." I instructed her.
"Just try to win, maybe you can."
"Maybe I can, I am smart you know." I tell her.
"And you've trained, and you can hunt."
"Exactly." I agree. She holds out the Mockingjay Pin I gave her this morning.
"To protect you." she says and I kiss her on the forehead.
"Thank you." I look up to my mom and stand up. "It's just like with the Academy, you can't tune out and you have to be there for her. Promise?"
"I promise." she agreed.
"Promise me you'll try to win?" Prim says.
"I promise." I say as a Peacekeeper comes in to take them away. She screams no as they pull her out the door. The next one to come in is Gale. He storms straight in and pulls me into a hug.
"I'm okay." I assure him.
"I know." he responds. "Listen to me," he says puling away to look me in the face. "get to a bow." he orders.
"They may not have-"
"They will if you show them how good you are. They just want a good show that's all they want. And you can hunt, it'll help you."
"Animals." I remind him.
"It's no different Catnip." he says to me before he's pulled out of the room by the Peacekeepers. Madge is the last one to come and visit me, with tears in her eyes.
"You have to come home. You have to!" she wales.
"What about Peeta?" I ask her and she sniffs.
"He says he'll do anything to get you home." she told me and I'm suddenly a little irritated with him. He's willing to give up a fighting chance for me? But I don't want to think about that now.
"Make sure my mom and Prim will be okay. You and Gale can't let them starve." I told her.
"I promise." she says and is too pulled away from me by the Peacekeepers. Effie escorts Peeta and I to the train and it's much nicer than the one that took me to the Academy. Peeta marvels at the extravagance of the train while I just let it go. Effie walks off to find Haymitch through one door while he comes in drunkenly through the opposite door. Once he spots me he groans.
"Oh no not you." he says disappointed.
"Sorry to disappoint." I snap at him. He sits down, a little sober and looks at Peeta, his chin rested in his hand.
"And what can you do? I know Sweetheart over here has been at the Academy, but what about you?" and the conversation went on, and I ignored it. Letting reality finally dawn on me. I am in the 74th Hunger Games, the same year that Clove and Cato volunteered. And I have no idea if this situation will allow them to be able to kill me or not.
~Cato~
Sitting on the train is absolutely boring. We sit here watching the recaps of the Reapings and we are in District 5, Luna hadn't been Reaped, much to Clove's happiness, she sat in a chair with her knees pulled to her chest while I lazily sat on the couch before standing up.
"Well the rest of the District's will be no competition, I'm going to my room." I say grumpily. I don't even bother to see if Spitfire is in any of the Reapings after that. If she was in a District that would come train at the Academy, she would be in the first five, but she wasn't so I left. Some time later I hear shouting for the main room on the car.
"What!" I hear Clove shout. "I won't kill her I refuse!" she shouts again before storming towards her room. I open the door just as she is about to close her.
"What happened?" I asked her and she only glared at me.
"Katniss Everdeen. That is what happened." she says before slamming her door shut. Who the hell is Katniss Everdeen?
