The Victors Life Chapter 1

My breath was caught in my throat.

A deafly silence was in the air on this day. The day of the reaping.

There were numbers flying through my head, all the times gale and I had put our names into that ball which was now on the stage half filled. How many times were our names in there? 6? 8? 10?

My heart hammered in my chest and I couldn't breath as I watched the woman on stage put her hand into the bowl.

One name would come out if that bowl and that person would die an awful death in the games.

My thoughts flickered to Prim, my mum, gale and his family. If ether of us was chosen it would be so much more difficult for those left behind to continue to eat.

My eyes were still glued on her hand.

"May the odds be ever in your favour."

A sharp intake of breath could be heard as the name was slowly lifted out and opened.

"Our champion this year is... Peeta Mellark."

I sharply inhaled and my stomach dropped.

Not him. Not Peeta Mellark. Why him? Why did it have to be him?

The crowd seemed to shuffle a little at the front and she saw Peeta Mellark make his way up the steps and onto the stage.

He looked spotless. Shirt neatly tucked into his trousers and her hair was swept over to the side.

The woman on stage gapped him in her arms and wore such a big smile and congratulated him.

Katniss could feel her eyes begining to water.

She turned to Prim beside her who smiled up at her. She smiled back slightly.

Yes she should be happy, relieved even to know that it wasn't prime name, gales or her own. But how could she feel happy when it was him?

She turned her attention to the commotion at the stage as Peetas family made their way to him and on into the justice building.

She heard the music if the Capitol and saw his face in the picture on screen.

Prim pulled on her hand, but she couldn't look. Her eyes were glued to him on stage as he made his way into the justice building too.

As he retreated, his face glanced around to the crowd and his eyes seemed to find her own before he slightly smiled and turned to face the building, disappearing into building.

A sour note stuck her. That would be the last time she would lay her eyes on Peeta Mellark.

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