This is a continuation of the Mockingjay epilogue. If you haven't read Mockingjay yet, don't read this. Also, their kids need names. The girl is named Adelaide, and the boy is named Nathan. Adelaide is twelve and Nathan is nine. They know nothing about the games. REVIEW!

(Adelaide POV)

I am sooo bored! Why do they even make us go to school? None of the subjects are remotely interesting, and we all know that the teachers don't want to be here.

I wonder if anything interesting happened in the past.

"There used to be a capitol that ruled over everyone in the dark times," droned Mrs. Evergreen, my history teacher.

I hadn't heard this lecture before, and the teacher looked like she wasn't bored to death, so I decided to listen.

"They were a cruel government, and most of the thirteen districts were always full of famine and death. The people in the districts were treated like fleas, and the people of the capitol were never fair or kind. The districts got tired of this terrible treatment and decided to rebel. All of the districts lost, but the capitol claimed that district thirteen was completely demolished."

I was scribbling notes like crazy. This was the first time have ever heard about all of this.

"To remind the districts of the capitol's power, every year there was an event called the Hunger Games."

She paused. Is she pausing for dramatic effect? I look up and she is staring at me. Has she been looking at me the whole time?

"As I was saying, the Hunger Games was an event where every district had to reap a girl and a boy between the ages of twelve and eighteen to go into the arena and fight to the death on live television."

What? That's horrible!

"On the 74th Hunger games, a girl changed the future of Panem forever. Her name was K-"

The bell rings. I guess I will learn who that girl was tomorrow.

Seventy four hunger games! That would be… 1702 dead, innocent kids.

-break-

"Mom! I'm home!"

"How did school go, Addy?" Mom walked into the foyer where I was coming in the door.

"We learned about something new in history class. We learned about this thing called The Hunger Games. It happened a few years ago and was some sort of thing where a lot of people were killed. It was weird. Mrs. Evergreen kept staring at me while she was talking. " At that moment, my dad walked in the room.

"What are we talking about girls?"

"The Hunger Games." I answered.

Dad gave Mom a look and Mom nodded.

They can have a conversation just with their eyes. Sometimes I wonder how Mom can handle Dad. He always has these fits where he will have "shiny" memories (whatever those are), and Mom has to comfort him and tell him its okay.

I have never asked about his fits because it seemed like a touchy subject.

I shouldn't give Mom all of the credit. She always wakes up screaming. It used to scare me, but I have gotten used to it.

"Adelaide, Katniss and I have to explain something to you. Follow me." Mom and I followed Dad to my room where we could sit down.

"Wait, should we wait for Nathan to come home?" Nathan is my younger brother. He is only nine, so I have to watch after him a lot.

"No, we will tell this to Nathan when we think he is ready." Mom held my hand and started to explain.

"Your father and I were tributes in the seventy fourth Hunger Games." I am surprised and scared.

I back away from them.

"So you like, killed children." I was crying. How could my mother and father have ever killed anyone? They are always so nice.

"Don't worry Addy, we aren't killers anymore. Let us explain."

They told me about the first reaping, about the games themselves, about Aunt Prim (and how she died), about Gale, about the berries, about the second games, about the rebellion, and about the deaths.

Dad's "shiny" memories are because he was hijacked by the capitol and Mom's screams are from remembering the horrors in the Games.

"Where are you guys?" Nathan is home.

"Thanks for telling me." I whisper, still in shock.

"You're welcome, and if you ever have any questions you can always ask us."

-break-(back at school)

We were just assigned a new project at school.

I can't do this project.

We are going to reenact the 74th hunger games.

It's too soon, and I know too much.

We had to watch a tape of the 74th hunger games.

I saw how ruthlessly my mother killed the boy from district one.

I'm scared now.

The teacher is assigning parts for everyone to be. We have a class of 100 (the whole 6th grade is taking part in this). Cathy was assigned a gamemaker. Rosemary was assigned to be Effie Trinket. Paul was going to be Haymitch. Allison was going to be Glimmer. Andrew was going to be Gale. Mark was assigned to be my dad: Peeta. Rachel, my best friend, was going to be Rue.

When the teacher got to me, I was anxious. I was assigned Katniss. Of course! That's why she was staring at me. She must know who my parents are.

When she got to the end of the list Rosemary stood in the front of the room and acted out the reapings. When she was done, she said "And may the odds ever be in your favor!"

After the fake interviews and the opening ceremony (Katniss was beautiful, I just looked stupid),

we were moved to a model of the real arena. There will be no dying, but everything will be acted out like we are dying.

"Let the 74th Hunger Games begin!"