CHAPTER 1
I'm pacing back and forth, and so is mother. She should have been home by now! What if she'd been caught, or trapped? I was thinking off all the possibilities when she burst through the door. I breathed a sigh of relief, at last my sister was home! I was all ready, and we were waiting for her to go. My mother rushed over to her, hugged her, and told her to go get dressed. I walked over to her, "I thought something had happened to you!" I told her.
"I was just in the woods with Gale, as usual, you know I can take care of myself Prim!" she told me, a bit too harshly, then walked off to her room. She just must be nervous, I know I am, and I'm pretty sure just about every girl and boy between the ages of twelve and eighteen are. Although, who wouldn't be on the day of the reaping?
Katniss came out of her room; her mother had put her hair into a beautiful braid. My hair was in two side braids, I was wearing Katniss's old reaping clothes for my first reaping. "you look beautiful" she smiled at me. I smiled back We walked to the town square, and got to our places. I looked over at my big sister and she gave me a reassuring smile. I was still nervous, even though I knew I wouldn't get picked. My name was only in the reaping ball once. I was nervous for everyone, for my sister, for my friends. Effie Trinket steps up to the stage and the same procedure of videos and speeches goes on until it is time to choose the tributes of the 74th annual Hunger Games. She reaches her hand into the glistening sphere reaping ball. I watched her hand move swiftly before picking a name. she unfolded the piece of paper and read the name aloud.
"Primrose Everdeen!" she said in a preppy voice. My whole world started spinning, and all eyes were on me. I herd my mother break down, my sister screming, and Gale trying to calm her down. I, myself didn't make a sound. I had to go to the stage, but I didn't move an inch. I started wailing and crying and ran over to mother who held me tight, tears were streaming down her eyes too. This can't be happening, my name was only In the reaping ball once! The odds were not in my favor…
Peacekeepers came and pried me from my mother and on the stage. I covered my face with my hands, which soon became drenched by my own tears. I can't die! Not now, not yet, not like this!
It was now time to pick a boys name. Effie did the same swift movement and picked a name, a name I was unfamiliar with.
"Peeta Mellark!" she said. I saw a boy, about the age of my sister, drain of color. He looked around to see everyone looking at him. As he made his way up to the stage, there was a commotion in the crowd and a boy pushed through the crowd "I volunteer as tribute" he said. This boy was far more familolar than the boy who had been called. For the boy standing before the crowd of everyone in district 12 was Gale Hawthorne, and I knew him all too well, for he was my sisters best friend, and love of her life.
I gasped as Gale entered the stage, as did his family. His mother started to cry and his siblings grabbed onto their mother for protection, even though they weren't the ones who needed it. Katniss was a wreck. I saw something in her eyes, a look of knowing. She knew more than I did, she knew why her best friend was standing in front of me, volunteering. Volunteering for death.
They made us shake hands, Gale smiled at me warily and I just looked at him aimlessly. We were whisked away to the justice building, where we would say goodbye to our family and friends for the last time. I waited in a room until my mother and sister burst in and engulfed me in hugs and kisses and soft words. But I just needed to see my sister
"Prim,oh my Little Duck. I don't know what happened! I was frozen! It felt like my whole world was coming down on me and I just froze! How so foolish of me! I simply hate myself Prim, and I'm so sorry I didn't volunteer! I would have done it in a heartbeat, but the thing was...my heart stopped. And I'm just so sorry" Katniss, wept. In my mind I just keep on thinking, my sister, my beautiful sister, I will never see again. I know they already saw Gale, so I asked the question that has been nagging at me. Why did he volunteer?
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