Electricity jolting the brain to a stop.
A rush of water filling mouth and lungs.
Poison coursing like wildfire through the bloodstream.
Rabid animals hunting down and gnawing a body to a bloody pulp.
An arrow to the heart.
None of these things actually cause death.
I do.
I was a part of the creation when it first began. I was the end to a beginning. To someone's beginning. To everyone's beginning. I am the bookend of life. While I end the row of books, I also hold them in place so none of them fall.
Through the millennia, I have been an infamous guest to the affairs of the living. I have snuffed life like a flame from a candle, swiped it from those least suspecting, and squired it to its place in the next world.
Death is death. I am not kind or unkind about the taking of lives. It is simply my job.
But just because it's my job doesn't mean it's easy.
When the earth was just new, only animals roamed the planet. Death was caused by hunting, territorial battles, or illness. There were no qualms about why death occurred. It was unquestioned and accepted.
Then man came. And with him, came every question in the universe; a great deal of them, about yours truly. Despite the thousands of philosophies, cultural ideas, and religious wars, I have remained silent to the questions. I have remained silent. Until now.
This time, mankind has gone too far. Souls not yet ready to be reaped are collected and thrown into my basket, buds that have yet to bloom.
The Hunger Games must be stopped. To each and every person, I will climb into their dreams and whisper my stories of those killed in the games until someone listens.
You have waited this long for me to speak. So why don't you listen?
A/N: Hi everyone! This is my first Hunger Games fanfiction so I hope it's not too shabby so far. I have been a big fan of the series for a while now, so I thought I'd write a fanfiction for it. I apologize for this chapter being so short- it's only supposed to be the intro to the storyline for the rest of the fanfiction. I hope you enjoyed it; feedback is always appreciated! I hope to get the first (actual) chapter up sometime tomorrow or later this week.
Thank you!
-wingedauthoress