Hey friends this is the first chapter of my new story! Yay! I have been thinking about it like 24\7 so please tell me if you like it or if you don't like it because remember: we're all tributes and at any moment we can murder someone like a career! Okay, whew! Glad to get that out of my system!


Effie's shrill voice cuts throughout the square like a knife. " Primrose Everdeen." No. NO! That's my baby sister! I don't realize that I'm moving forward until I'm being pulled away by peacekeepers. "No! I volounteer! I volunteer! I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE." I say firmly. "Oh! A volunteer! What a great surprise" Effie says happily. I scowl at her and she backs off. "Uhhh... Now for the boys!" she says, the chirpy tone is back again. "Rory Hawthorne" My head shoots up and I lock eyes with Rory. He starts to move forward but then a movement catches my eyes. Gale. I lock eyes with Gale and mouth "please dont" He mouths "sorry" and steps forward saying "I volounteer." and he walks towards the stage. Then it hits me. NO! He's my best friend! I can't kill him! So I've decided. We'll be allies. When he gets to the stage he wraps me up in a huge bear hug. "I'm gonna get you out of there Katniss Lilliana Everdeen." he says softly yet firmly. Effie pulls us apart and he growls at her so she backs away yet again. Mmmhmmmm that girl best not mess with me and my best friend. We let go and he gives me a friendly kiss on the cheek. Or at least I hope it's friendly. Gale has been acting weird around me lately and I don't know what to think of it. I look up at Gale and smile mischievously. He can read me like a book. I take the microphone from Effie and say with a sullen attitude, "District 12 will have a winner. You will not starve any longer. One of us is coming back home and we will take care of our District. District 12, one of us will see you soon. So instead of goodbye, I'll see you soon. Prim and Rory, you are the best thing that have happened to us. See you later District 12. The odds are in your favor." And with that, we walk off the stage towards he justice building, best friends, together always. And I figure that now, Gale is mine, and I am his. Till death do us part. But who knows how long that will last.