This is my second fanfiction hope you enjoy it! :)
Chapter 1: Nightmares get real
I woke up, terrified, I probably had the worst nightmare of all, we where at the reaping, and they called my name, then I woke up. Seconds later I found myself in Katniss arms, maybe my shouts woke her up. She started singing to me, to calm me down, she was probably the best sister of the world, I remember all those months she maintained us when father died... I loved her. "Listen Prim, it is your first year, your name is only once, you won´t be chosen, don´t worry, ok?" I nodded. While Katniss was hunting I stayed at home to get ready for the reaping, it was today. I just turned twelve, which means this is my first reaping, Katniss told me about it but I´ve never been there. I hope I don´t get chosen, I think that if I get chosen I won´t survive, even if Katniss told me to think positive.
I took a bath and got dressed up for the reaping, my mother braided my hair and w just waited for Katniss to return. After a couple of hours more she was back, she brought home some fish and bread. When she was ready I looked at her and felt jealous, she was really good looking, even if she told me I looked nice I still felt ugly. It was already afternoon, time for us to go to the town square, where the reaping took place, I grabbed Katniss´s hand all the way, until we needed to separate into groups according to our age, I stood next to some girls I´ve seen at school, I bet they where nervous too. We waited about an hour until our district´s escort, Effie Trinket arrived. She said some lame jokes, and nobody laughed, I think the Capitol people are quite stupid, her jokes lasted for a couple of minutes more until something caught my attention, it was a rule change, "Well, this year´s reaping will be quite different, since the volunteering in other districts like 1,2 and 4, the volunteering is quite complicated and can take even hours to deside which one will be the tribute, we´ve desided that volunteering is no longer allowed" she said. This scared me because if I chosen nobody could save me, think positive Primrose, I told myself, trying to stay calmed. "Ladies first" Effie said, I took a deep breath and just prayed that my name wasn´t chosen, Effie took out a paper, and read the name, "Primrose Everdeen". I just stood there, frozen, not knowing what to do, it´s like my sould went out of my body, I couldn´t move, the girl beside me grabbed my arm, I was probably falling, I felt like fainting, this was just too unbelievable. Effie called my name once more, and I "came back", I started walking towards the stage, where Effie was, I heard a familiar voice shouting my name, "Prim! Prim! Stop it! I volunteer! I volunteer!", it was Katniss, some guards stopped her and pushed her way from me, I wanted to cry, but I knew people from all districts will see this, and I don´t want to be seen as a weak girl.
When I was finally on stage Katniss was still shouting "Stop! Prim! I volunteer!", Effie said "I-I´m sorry dear, but the volunteering is no longer available", she continued shouting my name, I was already crying at that moment, I didn´t wanted to see my sister suffer, I don´t want to die either, Katniss continued shouting until finally Gale came for her, he calmed her down and the reaping proceeded. "...and now, the boys" Effie said, she grabbed a paper and read a name I had never heard before..."Peeta Mellark", I startled at him while he got up stage, the boy was probably more terrified than I was, he had blue eyes, blonde hair, and was probably my sister´s age. Effie told us to shake hands, before we where guided to another room,where I suppose we where going to say goodbye to our families. I just wanted to be at home right now, milking Lady and playing with buttercup.
After a short time Katniss and mom entered the room, they hugged me and cried with me, "Listen Prim, you are strong, try to make allies, ok?" Katniss said, she handed me a pin, it had a mokingjay in it, she said it was supposed to give me good luck during the games. I hugged them for some minutes more until a guard told them it was time to leave. They left the room and left me alone again, then another guard came for me, he took me to the train station, Peeta nad Effie where waiting for me, I climbed to the train, and admired it, it was probably bigger than my house, these people where so rich they even made a train into a moving mansion. I sat on a blue sofa near the window, and Peeta sat beside me, I knew he was crying, I heard him, we didn´t spoke while we waited for our mentor to come in. Finally my biggest nightmares where getting real.
Chapter 1 is up! I am doing another fanfiction called "I couldn´t forget" and if you are enjoying this one I bet you´ll like that one too so don´t forget to check it out, until next time guys!