Chapter 1
My name is Katniss Everdeen. I live in District 8 with my mother and Prim and have done every since that fateful day when my dad was killed in a mine accident. Living in District 12 after the accident was proving too much for my mother as it was the place that held all of our memories and therefore resulting in moving to District 8 for what my mother called a 'new start'. We still have relations living in District 12 my Uncle Haymitch, my dad's brother, still lives there.
It's been 10 years since I lost my father and I have been caring for my family ever since. Little did I know, later today my life will change one again.
'Katniss, Katniss' I hear her calling my name 'Katniss' I slowly open my eyes, at first I see the blurred outline of a person standing over me, then as my eyes adjust I see Prim standing there with a smile on her face. 'Come on Katniss' she says 'get up sleepyhead, today's a big day!' she seems very happy and joyful today 'alright, alright I'm up, I'm up' I tell her while being my moody self as I am when someone wakes me up 'good' she says and with that she turns and skips out of my room, leaving my door wide open so the light from the hall fills the room making it impossible to go back to sleep.
I sit up in my bed and rub my eyes, lift the covers of me and swing my legs out over the edge of my bed. I allow my feet to touch the floor, it is cold on my bare skin and it sends a shiver up my spine. Once I get up I walk out of my bedroom and down the hall to the bathroom which we all share, undress and step into the shower, once the warm water touches my sensitive skin I instantly feel relaxed and start to think over today's events.
My mother works at the local hospital here in District 8 and once a year she decides to take me and Prim into work with her as she knows Prim is likely to follow in her footsteps and become a healer. Personally, I hate today always have and always will. As I am not like my mother or Prim, I am very squeamish and hate the sight of all what goes on inside the doors of the hospital, but I know Prim loves it and for this reason every year I agree to tag along and keep Prim company and this year is no different.
I turn of the shower and step out, rap myself in my towel and head back into my bedroom. Once there I brush out my hair and put it into its signature braid, pick out my clothes which consist of a dark pair of jeans and black short sleeved top. I reach the bottom of the stairs and enter the kitchen take a seat at the table next to a fidgeting Prim 'excited?' I ask her even though I know the answer, she nods multiple times. Our mother hands us toast for breakfast when Prim eats within seconds 'Prim slow down' our mother tells her 'you'll give yourself tummy ache' at this she looks up and smiles and eats slower. 'I'm going upstairs to get ready' our mother says to us before leaving the kitchen and heading upstairs 'okay' we both shout in unison. 'So' I say and Prim looks up from eating 'what are you most looking forward to today?' I question her, trying to make conversation 'everything' Prim says with a lot of enthusiasm then a huge smile beams across her face which I return. We finish breakfast and I tell Prim to go upstairs and finish getting ready while I wash our plates, I'm left alone for a while just with my thoughts until my mother comes into the kitchen 'you ready?' she says, I turn and nod 'good' she says 'come on then' and I follow her out of the kitchen to see an eager Prim waiting in the door way 'come on' she says while gesturing us over with her hand, then she turns and sprints to the car.
We arrive at the hospital and our mother checks in, while we wait, once she comes back she escorts us through into the private section of the hospital, where only staff are allowed. We walk into a room filled with lockers and benches, we sit on one of the benches while out mothers goes to locker '48' and unlocks it, and she removes a pass which shows that she is staff at the hospital, shuts her locker and walks back over to us.
The rest of the day actually to my surprise seems to go rather quickly, our mother takes us through many wards and allows Prim to guess what she thinks is wrong with the patients and to say what they would do to treat them, like usual she gets them all right. It makes me happy seeing her like this, she is enjoying it so much and the smile hasn't left her face all day. When the time comes for us to be leaving we head back to the room we started in, our mother opens her locker puts and puts her pass back in her locker, while she is doing this I turn to Prim 'good day?' I say, rather sarcastically because once again I know the answer 'A-mazing!' she replys.
We are exiting the hospital, talking about our past day there when we hear a faint scream, we all stop dead in our tracks, our mother is the first to look back but sees nothing so we continue walking away from the hospital. Then we hear another, this time it's louder, then another and another and another it's an endless chain of screams. This time we all turn around and we see a commotion of people running and screaming, sprinting out of the doors and away from the hospital why? I think to myself, I look at Prim who is frozen with fear and then at my mother, that's when I see it a man dressed in black from head to toe, the only parts of him showing are where cuts in his mask have been made for his nose, eyes and mouth to pock through, he's caring a knife the top of it is shiny silver while the bottom is cover in the blood of what already seems like many victims, my mother sees him too, I look at her and see the look on her face which reads I have to go back and help them she was about to form the words of that very sentence when I shout 'NO, you can't!' she understands what I mean and says 'I have to Katniss, it's my job. Look after Prim' and with that she is gone running back towards the hospital 'MUM NO!' Prim screams with tears running down her face, 'It's okay Prim' I tell her, trying to comfort her while walking over and putting my arm around her shoulder 'she'll come back'
Prim is sobbing into my t-shirt and I'm rubbing her back soothingly, there is still people running and screaming everywhere. I can see our mother trying to help those who are injured, then I see the murderer coming up slowly behind her 'oh no' I whisper, this makes Prim look up from my now soaked shirt, when she sees my eyes are fix on the hospital she turns that way too, seeing the danger immediately she screams 'MUM!' this gets out mothers attention and she turns around, however it's too late and the murderer is in to close range and we watch as our mothers lifeless body slump to the floor in a heap. Prim is screaming and shouting, lashing out to get out of my grasp I try to hold her in, as I know if I let her go she will run towards our mother and the murderer.
She manages to worm her way out of my grasp and my fears are confirmed when she runs toward the hospital 'PRIM' I scream but she doesn't stop, before I know it my legs are also running, running to catch her and stop her from running to her death. We are seen by him and he is running to Prim but she doesn't see it 'PRIM' I scream once more, and then his attention is fixed on my running at me full speed, I turn around trying to outrun him, but he catches me and slashed my arm with blade, I drop to the ground and he just leaves me there, the tears are running down my checks while the blood is pouring out of my wound, I am slowly losing my grip on reality and just as everything goes black I hear Prim scream.
A/N - This story was abit of a 'i just though about it, I'm going to type it up' thing. Please tell me if you think it is any good and if i should continue it or just leave it as a one-shot type thing. I won't continue until i know what you all think about it so please review!
-WordsOfWonder.