I come back to my snare lines to find 2 squirrels. Definitely not enough for our family. Me, my mom, my little brothers Rory and Vick, and my mom's new born baby girl, Posy. Ever since my dad died in a mining incident a few months ago I have become leader of our family, and try to put something on the table every night.
I bend down to get the squirrel from the snare and here a thump a few yards in front of me. I immediately put on my guard. In front of me stands a girl, my age, dark brown hair braided down her back, a bow slung over her shoulder, and her game bag on her back full with food. I'm surprised to see someone in the woods because here in District 12, going under the fence and into the woods is illegal. I know this girl though she was at the same memorial I was at when my father died, I remember her and her little sister getting the medal for her father.
"Hey," I say awkwardly. And next thing I know shes running out of the woods and under the fence. I wonder what I said wrong, maybe she didn't want me to know she was defying the laws. I decided I have better things to worry about. I go to my other snare line and there is an okay haul 1 more plump squirrel and 2 rabbits. I decide this is enough and make my way back through the woods and under the fence.
On my way to the Hob, the black trading market in my town, I find some fruit and nuts, good for trading. I myself am starving so once I get to the Hob I do my trading and go to Greasy Sae's, an old woman in my town who sells soup at the Hob, and give her some nuts and berries in exchange for a bowl of soup. I look to my left and I see the girl from the woods. I am shocked to see her here, she looks at me and her eyes widen, with what I know is shock, and turns around quickly. She jokes around with the peacekeeper Darius, and acts like I'm not ever there. She slurps up the rest of her soup, gets her trading done, and leaves the Hob with a bag full of things from the Hob and still a whole other bag full with squirrels, rabbits, and other animals I don't even recognize. How did she hunt that much game to trade and still have enough to hold my family over for 2 days, and hers a week?
I finish my soup and head home, thinking about the girl from the woods. Once I arrive home my baby sister Posy is crying and my brother Vick is sick. I take the baby from my mom and give her the food so she can start on dinner. I suggest I take the Vick to the pharmacists, Mrs. Everdeen's, house. We've never been there but the whole town has, she heals probably every sickness in the all of the Seam. My mother agrees and I take some coins and a rabbit with me.
I arrive at the run down, small house, knock on the door and Mrs. Everdeen, the pharmacist, opens the door and sees Vick and lets us in. She tells me to have a seat and asks Vick what's wrong in calming tones.
"Prim!" she calls into the other room. In walks a young blonde girl she is probably 10 years old. I have seen her before and try to remember where from. It all comes together in my mind as the girl from the woods walks in. I saw this little girl at her fathers memorial service, the girl from the woods and the little girl, Prim, are sisters.
"Katniss can you get me the wooden box from the cupboard?" Mrs. Everdeen asks. The girl from the woods walks past me brushing my shoulder and gives her mom the wooden box which seems to be filled with all different types of herbs for healing remedies.
So the girl from the woods' name is Katniss she walks back around the table and realizes that I'm staring at her, we make eye contact for a few seconds, her mouth twitches ever so slightly, and she walks back into her room.
After a few minutes Mrs. Everdeen has a remedy whipped up and into Vick. I say thank you and give her the rabbit and the coins, and leave.
That night as I fall asleep all I can think about is the mysterious girl from the woods and wonder when I will see her next.
I know some of the facts aren't 100% true from the books, but I'm just recreating them (: Hope you enjoy! Ask me anything!