Ok so I had this idea and written the first chapter to see what you all think about it, it is kind of like a Harry Potter kind of thing but based on the Hunger Games, love it? hate it? let me know and I will continue :)

Chapter 1

I sat on the porch of my old house with my belongs, or what I had left of them, stood beside me. I was waiting to be picked up. After the attack on Panem a lot of us had been orphaned and of course I was one of them.

My mother and father had been killed and my sister Primrose had been taken away from me and put with another family, luckily they were wealthy and privileged so it was in her best interest, as for me well I was getting sent to a boarding school, although I would probably just call it an orphanage, as I was still not of age to be able to live independently being only sixteen.

That horrible night seemed so long ago, everyone was leading a normal happy life until attacks were carried out on the whole town, bombs were dropped, people were shot and stabbed and tortured till they could no longer carry on. I was in the woods that day finding food for my family and when I returned both my parents had been shot dead in front of Primrose, no twelve year old should see that happen to their parents, I remember feeling sick to my stomach.

The attack was led by President Snow the most important man in the whole of Panem. People had rebelled against him and disobeyed his orders so if he suffered then we all did. All I remember was the look in his eyes, it was cold, unforgiving and snake like. Peacekeepers where on their way to pick up the children that were left, probably to finish us off or take us to the capitol and force us to do things we don't want to like marrying people we don't want to and being an avox for capitol families. This is when they cut your tongue out for going against the capitol and you must be a servant and do as you're told.

Luckily most of us where being taken to a secret boarding school, the headmaster Seneca Crane has set it up with the help of his Game makers and President Snow knows nothing about it. Seneca Crane wanted to be President, which most of us rooted for, but Snow got the job and he made this place worse than ever. Me and my family were never wealthy, my dad used to work in the mines but that hardly covered the rent of our home, my mum was unable to work after an accident she had a couple of years back. She was trying to clean the windows as she could not afford to pay anybody else to do it, she fell from the ladder fracturing her back which made it hard for her to stand for long periods of time.

I was a born hunter, most of the time I would be out in the woods finding food to either make a decent meal for my family or trade it in for something more, at the end of the day I needed to keep Prim fed and cared for as dad was out working most of the time and mum struggled. But now they were dead and my sister may at least have a better life until I am old enough to take care of myself and find a decent job and house to have her back again, however long it took.

I soon saw a car pull up, I guessed this was my time to leave my home behind, what happened now was however things worked out. I small guy got out of the car he had dark thinning hair and looked like some sort of joker, he gave me a grin

"Katniss Everdeen" he said looking at his clip board, I stood up "yes I am Katniss Everdeen" I replied, "hello Miss Everdeen, first of all I would like to give you my deepest sympathy for your loss, this must be a very hard time for you, anyway we really need to get you out of here as soon as possible before the Peacekeeper's come, you don't want to end up having to go with them" he explained as he picked my baggage up and put them in the back, I opened the car door to see someone else sitting in there. She was a blonde girl with blue eyes and was wearing a long coat, "hey" I said to her, she was holding a tissue in her hands and her eyes were all puffy, she smiled at me slightly.

"right Katniss, quick introduction my name is Claudius Templesmith, I have been told my Seneca Crane to collect you and take you to the secret Capitol school, now this place is top secret and nobody knows about it, you will be safe there. This is Madge Undersee, she is really upset right now so maybe you can help each other out, I need to get you to the train as soon as possible" Claudius explained and soon he began to drive off, I looked out the back window and watched my home disappear.

We were traveling for about twenty minutes, me and Madge had not spoken a word yet, she just stared at the window now and again having a sob to herself, "come on Madge, you need to stay strong, we have all lost our families" I assured her trying not to sound too harsh, she wiped a tear away from her eye, "my dad though, we were so close, we were going to go travelling and then …" she broke of as she broke down again, I looked up and shook my head, I always managed to control my emotion, I put my arm around her and comforted her, "I lost my mother and my father and then my younger sister was taken away from me and I don't know when I will see her again or if I will see her again" I explained to her. I wasn't a heartless bitch or anything but the way we all had to think was the people who died were gone and no matter how much crying anyone does it is not going to bring them back.

"Madge, don't think me rude but you really need to stop crying and be strong about this, yes you are in mourning, we all are but in the end crying is not going to bring them back, they were murdered by a very evil man, I know it's hard but it will all get better, you will see" I explained to her, she looked up at me and smiled, Claudius looked at us from the mirror, "she is right sunshine, you will be safe with us" he replied as he looked back at the road.

Not long after we reached the train station only it wasn't the same platform as people would usually board trains but it was underground, Claudius led us down the tunnel, "where are we?" I asked pretty confused, "oh this is the secret underground station; it is too risky putting you all on an outside train, "wow this Seneca has it all planned out doesn't he" I said, "oh yes he is quite the guy, anyway if you join that group there we will get you boarded on the train" Claudius said as he walked off into a room. "sweet guy, come on Katniss let's get ready to go, I don't want to be here anymore" Madge said.

We waited in a group, there was about twenty of us waiting in line but there was more further down boarding the train, quite a few of us had been orphaned, I got down to tie my shoelace, as I stood up I stepped back and stumbled over my suitcase, I suddenly fell against someone, "oh you okay there?" they asked, I turned around and a dark blonde haired guy with blue eyes was looking at me with a smile on his face, "erm…. Yeah I think so, just clumsy me tripping over my own suitcase" I said chuckling, he laughed with me, "hey Peeta come on, we have to board" another guy said, "coming Gale, I think we better be boarding before you know who finds us" he said to me, "who?" I asked, "exactly, we don't like to say his name, it is just filled with pure evil" Peeta replied, "come on katniss, time to go" Madge shouted, I gave her the thumbs up, "well I have to go as well, so you around Peeta" I replied, "yeah see you later Katniss" he replied smiling at me, I grinned at him and dragged my suitcase across the floor.

"who was the cutie?" Madge asked, "oh his name is Peeta" I replied, I looked back and saw him getting on the train with another guy with dark hair, there was something about Peeta that made me not want to take my eyes off him.

Me and Madge went to sit in a compartment, "well we won't see daylight till we get to our stop" Madge said, for some reason I was thinking in the back of my mind that maybe this train was taking us to our deaths or maybe it would be a safe life, nobody knows till we get there.

"hey Madge, any idea what we will do here?" I asked, "no idea, probably just like a normal life, but Seneca Crane is a nice guy he won't make us suffer" Madge replied.

The train ride continued, it felt like we were on for hours, it felt like we were travelling at night but really it was daytime, I admired the whole idea of secret locations but what bugged me was how this Seneca managed to build a sort of boarding school in such a short amount of time, I don't know maybe it was some place he found but still, "you okay Katniss? You look lost and confused" Madge asked, "yeah, it's just bugging me at how Seneca has managed to build a location for us in such a short length of time…. " I was then cut off by someone talking.

"it's his game makers" Peeta said stood leaning against the door with his arms crossed, he was wearing khaki trousers and a black top which gripped tight to his muscles, Madge cleared her throat, "game makers? Claudius mentioned them but he never explained" I replied, "okay, mind if we join you? There is no more room anywhere else" Peeta asked, I nodded and welcomed him in, he was followed by another guy, the dark haired guy I seen getting on the train with him.

Peeta sat next to me and the other guy sat next to Madge, she couldn't stop staring at Peeta, "this is Gale Hawthorne by the way, and I am Peeta Mellark" he said, "Katniss Everdeen and this is Madge Undersee" I replied, he smiled at me and I smiled back, "nice to meet you, real shame what happened, I lost my mum, dad and two brother's they were all killed, I worked in the Bakery, but he got his followers to burn it down, I was out at the time" Peeta explained, "oh snow" I replied, "don't say his name, it makes me angry" Peeta said looking away.

He turned back to me, "okay, so the Game maker's they work behind the scenes they kind of create everything so although we will be living a normal life they kind of make everything happen" Peeta explained. I did not understand at all, was it all some sort of virtual reality, I felt quite uneasy now and thought I may as well just let the capitol take me now, "what so everything we do is controlled by a load of people sat in a room?" Madge asked, "kind of but not everything" Gale replied, "you kind of get put into different Districts as well, they make you take a test first to see which district you're suited too, think there is twelve to choose from" Peeta explained, I was really starting to like this guy, he was sweet, handsome and well he was everything.

"I really hope I don't get put into a district where I don't know anyone" Madge said, "tell me about it, I hope I get put with you Madge at least we know each other" I replied to her, I was really nervous what if I got put into a district where I did not fit in.

The train finally came to a stop, we had been talking to the boys for the rest of the journey, I think us all talking took our minds off all the hurt that had happened to us. Sure Peeta had lost all his family, Madge had lost her dad and Gale had lost his family and brother's but we had all experienced the same hurt and maybe we just needed to be with others and we could share our hurt to make each other feel better and that we were not alone, that is what Peeta had taught me.