I remember the first day of school. My brothers, my father and mother were walking me to school. Well my brothers were going to school as well. They both had been in school for a few years now. Actually my oldest brother was soon going to be entering the reaping. I don't know much about it, only it may be a huge danger for him. My parents are very worried, well me father is. My mother has not cared for us much. She only really cares about herself. Sometimes I can tell she no longer loves my father. So when she takes my brothers to their class and my father points out this pretty girl with two braids, and then tells me how he once loved that girl's mother, I'm not surprised. I am curious though on why they never married; my father answers the question that was just running across my mind. She ran off with a coal miner. Then another question pops into my mind, but before I knew, the question had jump from my mouth "Why did she run off with a coal miner when she could have had you?" I never much liked asking questions. My mother would normally just end up yelling me, or if I had said something wrong she would hit my face with her hand. I know my father is different, but I still expect his hand to hit my cheek, but it never does. He just answers my question, with a hint of sorrow on his face and in his words, he tells me "Because when he sings the birds fall silent". Like the birds, we are both silent until my mother come walking over, tells me to learn something, takes my father's hand and starts walking before I can even respond. I'm watching the girl with the braids with many different questions in my mind, like what's her name? How old is she? Will we become friends? As some woman is trying to organize us into groups then get us to sit down in a line. She is in my group, about five kids away is where she sits. Some people come up to me and say "Hello", but I don't care much to talk to them. Neither does she. I see my friend Delly attempting to get her to talk in the conversation she and her friends are having. I just saw Delly the other day, we were playing with chalk for hours, until my mother came running outside screaming about something I forgot to do in the bakery. Luckily Delly was there, or she would have hit me for sure. Delly gives up with trying to talk with the two braided girl. Then I think about going to see her, maybe ask what her name is, when the lady that was telling us to get into a line starts talking. She announces that she is our principal, and would like to welcome back the students. She continues talking, but I really don't care. I watch the girl. She looks very determined, yet bored. Later I will know that it seems to be the only look she has. The principal lets the first year go first, which is my group. We head to what looks to be music class. I have never been a good singer so this will not be good for me. Once we walked in the room it's full of the sound of birds. I realize that the windows are open, and that maybe this class won't be so bad. I really like the room, there are drawings all over the walls, they look better than mine. This makes me sad for a split second. When all of a sudden a teacher, which I can only guess is our music teacher, asks if any of us know the Valley Song. That when her hand went shooting up. The music teacher stood her up on this stool, told her to sing, and then when she did, I swear not a single bird was singing, it was just her. Once she finished I could tell the birds were trying to pick up her melody, but nothing could beat the beautiful sound that came from her mouth. That's when the music teacher announces the girl's name. It's Katniss Everdeen. For some reason, I don't know why, I just want Katniss to know me. For some reason, I just want Katniss Everdeen to be mine. Because like her mother, I'm a goner.