Prologue

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"Daddy!"

I looked down only to find my beautiful daughter staring up at me. I smiled and put down my paintbrush.

"Hey Lark," I said happily.

There's only three things I would ever leave my work for: Katniss, Thyme, and my sweet little girl, Lark. When she closed her eyes I couldn't stop myself from smiling. Besides the blue eyes she was really just a miniature version of Katniss. Exactly what I wanted. And just like Katniss she crawled into my arms wordlessly completely ignoring the fact that I was in the middle of something.

"Look Daddy!" she said as she grabbed the paintbrush.

I almost cringed as she started writing something over my painting but I didn't stop her. She turned to me and smiled proudly so I looked to see what she had written. I couldn't help but gasp when I saw that she had written "LARK" in bright orange letters. I heard a quiet laugh from behind. When I turned around I saw Katniss smiling at us from the doorway.

"When did she get the 'K'? I mean, I knew she could write the 'L-A-R' but when did she start writing the 'K'?" I rambled.

"She just got it," Katniss said.

I laughed in surprise as if my daughter had just found the cure to every incurable disease on Earth. I wrapped my arms around her which made her giggle. She must have thought I was crazy but I was really just proud. I couldn't be happier. Unfortunately, that's when Thyme started crying in the other room.

"Don't worry," Lark said as she slid herself off of my lap. "I got it."

I chuckled as I watched her walk in the direction of Thyme's room. Katniss smiled and rolled her eyes before walking towards me. We didn't need to say anything. We both knew how proud we were of both of our children. How happy we were that we had chosen this life. That's why we didn't need to say anything when we wrapped our arms around each other for just a brief moment. I pecked her forehead but I let her go so that she could get Thyme. Once she was out of the room I returned to my easel and stared at the one word written on my painting.

Lark.

I just kept smiling. Smiling because I couldn't even imagine how things could get any better. Unfortunately, Katniss and I have never been able to stay happy for such a long period time.

For that reason, I should have realized that things would only get worse.

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Thanks for reading! This was really just to show how their life is before the conflict begins, so the story will get darker in the next chapters. I would really appreciate it if you would review to tell me what you liked or disliked. Just no flames please! :)