'Chapter 1'

Katniss, a small average girl, wondered round her small cupboard like bedroom - her mum only had one bedroom, a TINY kitchen and one cupboard - they couldn't aford anything, the house was like a rundown corner shop with only one window and a wet soggy sheet for a door.
"Please turn the radio on, please," she whimpered. Suddenly, a few cm's away the radio came on. She smiled. "Its like they can hear me." She looked out of the tiny crack in the wall of the cabinet and started whisling along to the music. Then suddenly she felt an arm wrap around her, it was her mother. Katniss turned round to face her mother.

"Is it time?" Katniss whimpered. Her mother nodded.

Later on, Katniss, her mother and her sister, Prim, where ready for the reaping. Prim clutched Katniss's hand, as they walked Katniss noticed Gale in the boys, 18 section. She waved at him and gave him a scared look. He shot back a glare. What was wrong with him? she thought. Katniss wandered her way to the girls, 16 section and stood her place. Effie Trinket came and stood up. She was dressed in all pink, pink eyelashes, pink clothes, pink hair, pink everything.

"Hello and welcome to the 74th Annual Hunger Games," her usual high pitched voice said, "I know your all very excited aren't we? Ladies first." she wandered over the the ball that had all the girls names in from age 12 to 18. Katniss's name was in there 21 times. She was more worried about Prim than herself. Effie pulled out a slip and unfolded it. She gasped.

"Katniss Everdeen."

Katniss Everdeen. Well, thats me...wait, what is she going to say now? Katniss thought.

"Wait, Im sorry, its says Primrose Everdeen."

PRIM!

"I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!" Katniss shouted. She coudn't believe she did. She walked up the stone steps as Effie read out the boy tribute.

"Peeta Mellark."

Peeta Mellark!