Chapter 1

Mom shakes me awake, "wake up honey, it's a big day today" She says with her soft voice. As I open my eyes she gives me a kind smile, she also seems tired.
My brother sits in the living room, eating what looks like bread.
"Good morning, sweetheart." He says with a smile as he sees me. I smile back at him, and he continues to eat. Mom turn on the little television we have, and we see Ceaser Flickerman with his purple hair, he tends to dye it a new color each year for the games, and this time it's purple. He begins to talk, but I don't focus on what he's saying. Tough he seems pretty exited, mabye not so weird. Since today is the reaping for the 50th hunger games, it's also a quarter quell. A quarter quell happens every 25th year, and every time, the game makers change it up a little. In the first quarter quell the districts voted for who they wanted to send into the games, and this year it's going to be double as many tributes as usual so instead of 24 it's going to be 48.

Haymitch sigh as he watch Ceaser talk about previous games, and how exited he is for this years games. He shows a clip from the first quarter quell, where a girl was fighting against a mutation. It ended badly for the girl, as the mutation teared her apart. "That most have been really painfull" Ceaser comments. He also shows a clip of the two last standing tributes fight for the right to live, the victor seems to be a career. I look at the way Haymitch reacts to the winner, I know how much he hates the games and specially the careers. Luckly this is Haymitch's last reaping while I have to wait for another two years.

I put on my reaping dress, which basically is just a gray blue dress. Mom helps me with my hair, which ends up in a fish tail. Haymitch smiles in the door opening. "You look great" He says with a smile, he himself is just wearing an old shirt and some pants. "Time to go now" Mom says, she gives me and Haymitch a big hug like she always does, in the fear of never seeing us again. We walk out the door, and down to the justice building. We sign in as usual, and go in line. The anthem begins to play, and the escort for district 12 walks out on the stage. "Welcome welcome. Today we are going to find out who will represent district 12 in the 50th hunger games" She says. "But first I'll show you a little video of why we do this every year." She says and plays the same video as she does every year. As soon as the video is done, she walks up to the microphone and starts to speak.

"Now we finally can begin and as always, ladies first" She walks over to the girls bowl and pick two pieces of paper. "First one: Maysilee Donner!" She announce, and a girl with long blond hair walks up to the stage. "Second one: Anna Bould" She announce and a girl with dark short hair walks up to the stage. I breathe out in relief that I didn't get picked. "Now, the boys" She walks to the boys bowl and do the same thing. Then she walks back and call up the first name. "Sam Green" A boy with blond hair walks up, she then unfolds the last piece of paper, and to my horror she says: "Haymitch Abernathy"

I find Haymitch imidiatly, he still stand in his line. But as she calls the name one more time, he walks up. I want to scream, but I don't. Before he reach the stage, I walk out of line. No one seems to notice, only the peacekeepers. "Haymitch!" I shout out. Everyone looks at me, including Haymitch. He push the two peacekeepers who is suppose to follow him to the stage away, and run to me. I do the same, and run to him. He holds tight around me. "It's okay" He says softly. One of the peacekeepers manage to drag me away. "We'll talk later" Haymitch shout after me, why did he have to be reaped?

The peacekeeper let me in to see Haymitch, he gives me five minutes. For a moment we just stand there,like statues, but then I run into his arms and hold him tight. For moment he seems shocked, but then he begins to stoke my back Suddenly I start to cry. "Haymitch" I try to say calm, but instead I cry it out. He looks at me, it looks like he too wants to cry. "You have to win"I tell him, he nods and gives me a little smile. "I will" He says. I lean my head into his chest. "Sky" He says soft. "I might not make it, so I need you to be strong and take care of mom." He tells me, I nod. the peacekeeper comes in and drags me out, and slam the door. For a minute I just stand there and look at the door, then I look at the door into Maysilee Donner, she has many people who want to say goodbye, but Haymitch only has me.

As soon as I come home, I turn on the televison. They show all of the reapings, and I watch to see if Haymitch has good chance of winning. Well to be honest no one from district 12 has good chances of winning the games. That's why we have no victors, usaully the district twelve tributes die on the first day. I just hope that Haymitch don't

After what seemed like a month, Haymitch finally gets home. He won the games, and now is the first victor from district 12. I wait for him at the train station, everyone applauds when he comes out of the train. He walks right to me, and I give him a big hug. It feels good to have him back home, it feels more safe. As we come back to our house, Haymitch announce that he will be moving, to the victors village. No one lives there and he'll be the first one. Mom rose him for what he did in the arena, we laugh and just enjoy being a family again. Haymitch starts to back and I help him, he tells me how it was in the arena. And that he is glad it's over, and his back home. He also asks me if I want to come with to his new house, at first I think he jokes but then I understand that he really means it.

And this was only the beginning of what would happen later...