Chapter 00
'Prologue'
We aren't taught much in school about the history of our nation; of Panem. Our history books aren't all that descriptive and tend to lack the necessary photograph, instead opting for a crude painting. We are taught that the founding of Panem brought hope to a once desolate world. We also learned the origin of the Hunger Games, an annual massacre that each of the 12 districts of Panem are forced to compete in. How the Dark Days was brought about by the districts rebelling against the "generous" Capitol. How it had to be ended with the Treaty of Treason, which started the Hunger Games as punishment for future generations. We also learned of the second attempt of rebellion by the twelfth district.
A girl named Katniss, a horrible and ugly creature of a person, had been the instigator of this. We had never seen a true picture of her, but the painting in all our books portrayed her as a hideous wretch of a woman. Open sores covering her face, her body that of a walking skeleton, patches of hair missing. I am not entirely sure how accurate this is, but it is the only description I have of her. She had insulted the Capitol at every turn. She poached game outside of her district, which is illegal. After being reaped she shot an arrow at the Gamemakers and tried to kill them during her private session, which is illegal. I don't believe the Capitol is all that good myself, but I wouldn't try to kill them. Anyways, she ended up dying in the 74th Games she had been reaped for. Her death at the stingers of a nest of tracker jackers she had unwittingly tried to drop on a group of tributes set up below her. The stings had poisoned her and she had gone crazy. She ended up drowning after running madly off a small cliff into a lake.
This is the history we are taught. Again, I repeat that I am not entirely sure how accurate this is, but this is all we know. We only know what the Capitol deems worthy. Besides we have other things to worry about than if our history books are completely true. Like how we will be able to eat today. Or what the next reaping will bring.
Yes, history has changed. Or at least it has been by the Capitol. More to come on that. This is an SYOC and is currently CLOSED. Review! I heart reviews. I was going to make this about cloning, but I am saving that idea for a non-SYOC. This will be set during the 295th Hunger Games. Yes, almost 300 years since the Dark Days and like 221 years since Katniss.
