Ok well this is pretty much AU. It is but it's not. Katniss will be in this fic, but not the main character. I will make it close to the book, but with my own twists. My OC will be the main character. And you can get reaped at any age. The characters from the hunger games will probably be younger. I will let you know how young each character is sooner or later. Please give my fic a chance.

" "Is someone other than Serena (My OC) speaking

If there is no " " than Serena is the one speaking.

I will most likely forget but if I don't bold is Serena thinking.

And if it's not in Serena's POV than whoevers POV it is in, the above pertains to them.

Disclaimer: Roses are red, Violets are blue, and I don't own so please don't sue.

Prologue

Serena's POV (Is Serena a hunger games type name? if not tell me a better one and I will most likely use it)

Today was the worst day of my life. Today was the day I lost my best friend. Today was the day I lost my brother. I sat with my parents staring at our small television. The hunger games were playing on it. When I saw my brother despite myself I smiled, until I noticed the district 2 career sneaking behind him. I wanted to scream at my brother to turn around but I knew it would be useless for I was in district 12 while he was in the Capitol stuck in the stupid hunger games.

The next scene flashed before me in slow motion. My brother finally realized the career behind him and went to strike him, but it was too late. The career smiled evilly as he watched my brother fall to the ground, dead. I couldn't breathe. My dad said he was heading back to work in the mines; he was very visibly upset I wanted to tell him that he shouldn't be working in the mines when he was so upset, but I still couldn't breathe and it seemed my voice had left me. So I watched my dad walk away.

I had to get out of there. So I ran towards our place; mine and my brother's. I ran to the forest. I sat at the forest for what seemed like an eternity but I figured was only a few hours judging by the location of the sun. (However people used to tell time by the sun I can't remember.) Suddenly I heard an explosion coming from the direction of the mine. I remembered my dad was in there and ran towards the fence and squeezed through the whole at the bottom and ran towards the mine.

Just as I got there tons of miners started pouring out. I looked through the crowd for my dad. I couldn't find him anywhere. Just when I was about to give up, I heard some miners shouting my name. I looked towards where their voices had come from, and saw two men half carrying half pulling my dad out of the mine. I couldn't breathe for the second time that day. My dad was not in good shape. He was burned black all over and there was blood everywhere. I took a step towards him and softly called out his name before falling and everything going black.

So should her father die in the mine accident? Or should he live? I don't want to make her too much like Katniss because she is still a character, but she will only be a minor character. But my character is kind of my own version of Katniss. So please don't forget to review... please! And if you have any ideas about well anything like how old she should be, who her love interest should be... (Although I'm rooting for Cato, because then it would be REALLY star crossed, but IDK.) And also I'm looking for a coauthor, so if you're interested pm me. But don't forget to review! If you don't its ok, but at least subscribe to the story so I know there are readers. Sorry it's so short, but this is like a test chapter to see if my story is worth continuing.