Katniss' POV: Prologue

I think Peeta should get to name our daughter since he wanted her so much, we've been looking in baby name boooks for weeks, as soon as we found out it was a girl, Peeta has been so happy.

" What about Dalila Rue Mellark?" Peeta asks.

I like the name, but it's been only one out of so many names. I've suggested Maggie Rose Mellark, Maggie because of Mags. Peeta's suggested Abigail Cindi Mellark. So many names to choose from. I guess with a child comes the difficulty of choosing their name.

" We don't have another few months we can wait until my due date's closer." I say looking at Peeta with a smile.

" Okay, do you need anything?" I'm only 6 months pregnant but Peeta acts as if I can't even get out of bed.

" Some cheese buns, bag of peppermints,and hot chocolate." he smirks at me.

" Is that it?" he gets up from the couch and sets the book he's currently looking in.

" And some sleep. I am extemely tired." I start to get up to go up stairs but it seems so far away I just sit back down. I turn on the television and watch some Capitol program about new trends.

Plutarch Heavensbee took over as president. Nothing bad has happened so I'm safe for awhile. Peeta doesn't have very many hijacking memories or moments, he still does occasionally but he either goes to the bakery or paints in his art room. The house in the Victor's Village that we live in has five bedrooms; one's our room, one's going to be our daughter , his art room, our guest room and my office space ;which I haven't used in 6 months.

3 Months Later:

I'm in the hospital, I had my little girl about six hours ago. I thought the arena was painful, this was just as bad. She's so beautiful her hair is dark like mine but has Peeta's striking blue eyes. Haymitch comes in with Peeta. Haymitch has been sober since we came back to District twelve. He turns to mush when he sees her.

" Do you want to hold her?" he nods and I hand him my baby.

" She's adorable. She really resembles you two." says Haymitch not taking his eyes off of the infant. Peeta and I look at each other smiling then look back at Haymitch.

" Do you have a name for her yet?" asks Haymitch. Peeta and I look at each other. He shakes his head, " No, we couldn't decide. She'll have to be called baby for a little while so we can name her." says Peeta with a smile from cheek to cheek.

Tomorrow we get to take her home, Peeta says he's finished the last few touches on her room. What I already know about the room is that it's a pale yellow and has a few pictures of Peeta and I, one of my mother and one of Prim. Gale and I talk ocassionaly but not as much as we used to. I've met his wife once when she and him came to visit 12. Her name is Silvia, they have two children as of a year ago. Twins; a boy and a girl. I adore their names they're beautiful names to Lillian and Blaine. They both look like Seam babies; neither of them look like Silvia.

We take our baby girl home today, I am happy that I'll get to keep her in my arms. Peeta says he picked a name out last night when he was holding her while I slept. I haven't heard what he thought of yet.

When we get home Peeta, the baby and I go to the nursery. Peeta's painted a picture of a primrose. It's beautiful, the details match the ones outside. He's put her crib beside the window and has all of the stuffed toys from my babyshower. I lay her in the crib and tuck her in her bed.

" You ready to hear what I came up with?" asks Peeta looking at our child. I nod.

" I've thought of four names you can pick your favorite; Kira May Mellark, Kara Rue Mellark, Payton Lee Mellark, Harmony Rose Mellark." they're all beautiful names but I'm unsure of what one's my favorite.

" Give me the night to think, okay? They're all beautiful by the way." he take my head in his hands.

" But they aren't as beautiful as you." he hugs me. I love him so much.

" Come on, let's go. She needs rest." I say grasping Peeta's hand heading out of the nursery.

15 years later,Harmony's POV: Chapter One; Not So Sweet Sixteen.

" Harmony Rose. Get down here right now!" yells mom from downstairs.

" I'm not done getting ready, I'll be down in a few minutes." I rush and brush my long dark hair, put my massacra on as I'm using mouthwash.

It's my sixteenth birthday today, October 13th. My brother, Anthony knocks on the bathroom door.

" I need to go. Hurry up!" he says kicking the door. He's thirteen years old.

" Your just mad because it's my birthday." I say smirking into the mirror putting lip gloss on.

I have school today so my friends will probably be throwing a little party for me after school. I love my friends, I only have a few but they make up for it in personality. I step out of the bathroom and Anthony basically knocks me over running from his bedroom into the bathroom. I walk over to my room grab my bag and shoes and I walk downstairs. I sit at the table and pour my cereal into my bowl.

" Danielle Marie! Anthony! Hurry up!" mom yells at the bottom of the stairs. My little sister Danielle comes skipping down the stair with her blonde hair and bright blue eyes matching mine and dad. Anthony comes down with his blonde hair combed back.

" Who you dressin' up for?" I tease. He glares at me and Danielle giggles.

Danielle's five years old, it's her first year of school she's always talking about mom's old hunting partner's daughter, Serena; her and Dani are best friends.

" Mommy will you please do my hair?" asks Dani with her best smile. Mom nods and braids Danielle's long hair into to braids that rest on her shoulders.

" You don't wanna be late to school." says mom pushing us out of the door. My friends Lillian and Blaine are waiting outside for me.

Lillian has her hands behind her back and has a big grin on her face. She pulls out a small box with a pink bow on it.

" Happy birthday, Harmony. I think you'll like it." she sing songs. I open it as we walk to school. It's a locket, it holds a picture of me and Lillian when I was three and she was four -There's a one year difference between me, Lillian and Blaine-

We were smiling brightly in our painting smocks and paint smeared on our faces. Dad had let us paint a picture in his art room. The flower on Danielle's wall was painted by dad when I was a baby.

I laugh, "We were so cute, this feels like so long ago." I smile at Lillian and I put the locket around my neck.

" Gorgeous, my favorite necklace yet." Lillian giggles. Blaine rolls his eyes.

" Buck up, I hear Dianna's coming back from District 4 today." when I say this he smiles making me and Lillian start giggling.

We are almost to school when my crush Alex asks to walk with us. Lillian and Blaine look at me like asking if they're going to let him. Then, Blaine finally answers,

" Yes, don't mind the girls they're just all," he makes a fake girl sound. " because it's Harmony's birthday." I blush and look away. Lillian and I start walking faster than the boys because I'm gonna make a weird sound or say something strange. I wasn't blessed with my dad's way with words, Anthony was but I sure wasn't.

Lillian and I almost make it into the school when Alex asks if he can talk to me alone. Lillian sits on the bench beside my locker which is right by the front door. She's staring through the window at me and Alex whose back is faced toward her. Lillian and I can keep contact.

" Happy birthday, Harmony I got something for you." did he just say he got me something? He reeches into his backpack and Lillian's in the window putting her thumbs up with a smile. I just shake my head and Alex pulls out a cute wrapped present with my name on it. He gives me a big smile and I open it. It's the necklace I showed Blaine and Lillian two weeks ago. It's a saphire, some District 1 natives moved here last year and opened a jewelry shop by Dad's bakery.

" Alex, you shouldn't have. How'd you know I wanted this?" I ask smiling. He blushes.

" Blaine showed it to me yesterday when we were walking home." I smile even bigger and hug Alex. I don't want to let go but the bell goes off.

" We gotta get to class before Ms. Mason will get mad." I say grabbing Alex's hand.

When we're in the hall passing Lillian she giggles and smiles and follows behind us going to her class. Alex and I barely get into class before the tardy bell goes off. knows mom and dad so she might be more a little nicer with punishments but I don't tend to get in trouble at school. Alex takes the empty seat beside me, I sit by the room so if I get bored I can just stare and sketch in my journal. But I think today I'll be okay.

School goes by fast, every class I had with Alex sat with me. I can't wait 'till after school the Mellark family is going over to the Hawthorne house for dinner because it's my birthday. Lillian has her twin Blaine, Penelope and Serena. I feel sorry for Blaine but him and Anthony get along. But with the way Anthony was dressed it was obviously for Penelope she's one year older than him, she's trouble,too. Just the other day she got suspended for PDA; which is highly punishable at our school. For a freshman she sure has had a lot of boyfriends where I have only had one but he moved away last year. Alex, Blaine, Lillian and I meet up out front of school to walk home together.

" Let me see it, I saw sparkles and freaked out mentally." I look at with the "yeah sure" look on my face. She shrugs.

" I saw you, you fell off the bench and then tripped when we came inside." I say laughing. She just giggles because she's guilty.

" Well, that doesn't matter. Now let me see it." I pull the necklace out of my jacket and show her she basically screams at the top of her lungs.

" Calm down, it's just a necklace." I say nonchalant. Then I change to extreme teenage girl mode, " Who am I kidding? He gave it to me. Alex, my crush since I was what 13?" she nods smiling.

"What am I supposed to call you guys, right now?" she asks smirking.

" Nothing... yet." I am sky high happy right now." I just remembered I have to go to bakery, Dad has my surprise present." I also wanted to show Danielle my necklaces that I got today. Because she's only five and she only goes to school half of the day I do.

" Really? Do you think your dad would let me help decorate or something?" I roll my eyes.

" My dad loves you, Lillian. My dad says he might give you a part time job because one I begged him and two because you make the best cookies. Or at least that's what Dani says." I say smirking. She nudges me. Then we stop and wait for the boys.

" Blaine, tell Mom I'm going to Mellark Bakery. Harmony needs help over there." she lies. Blaine nods and walks in front of us and we head towards the bakery.

Katniss POV:

Today it's Harmony's sixteenth birthday, she's going to the bakery to work with Peeta and Danielle. Danielle like baking cookies and Harmony decorates cakes with Peeta. Anthony hunts ocassionally with me but I don't go as often but he goes nearly everyday. Tonight I won't have to prepare dinner because we're going over to Silvia and Gale's house for Harmony's birthday. I'm not that mad at Gale anymore, plus he's really happy with Silivia.

I was amazed to find that Johanna became a teacher at Harmony's high school. Harmony says she's not very strict on her but when it comes to other students she cracks the whip. Well, that's what Harmony said. She sometimes seems to exagerate things sometimes.

Anthony just got home he looks like he's been hit. His eye is blue and purple. What happened to him? He wasn't bad with words, he was always good with like his father.

" What happened?" I ask urgently. He just shakes his head and starts walking up stairs to his room but I grab his arm and turn him around.

" Answer me now or I'll tell your father." I tell him, ever since I had Harmony I have been more abrassive when my children don't answer me.

" I... I... told a girl I liked her and her boyfriend punched me." his eye is a lot worse up close.

" Let's get you cleaned up we are going to the Hawthorne's for dinner." he looks sad when I tell him.

I examine his eye and then search through the medicine cabinet upstairs for medicine. I can't find anything, he'll have to make do with just ice. I come downstairs and he's sitting on the couch holding ice to his face and stares at the wall.

" I'll get you more ice, go change into what I put on your bed." I layed a pair of dress pants, a collared shirt and a dark blue tie. He hands me the ice and walks to his room.

I go to the freezer and get some more ice for Anthony. Why would he like some girl with a boyfriend that's bigger than him. I walk to Anthony's bedroom and hand him the ice and walk to my room to go change. I pick out a dress that's light green and a pair of sandals to wear. I walk to the bathroom and put my hair in the braid my mother did for my reaping. I walk downstairs and watch a Capitol program and wait for Anthony to come in the room and wait for Danielle, Peeta and Harmony to come home from the bakery.

Harmony's POV:

When Lilllian and I get to the bakery, Danielle comes running from behind the counter full speed with Dad following behind her. I put my bag down and pick Dani up and twirl her around.

" You miss me, Dani." she nods with a big smile on her face. Dad comes over and hugs me and Danielle.

" Happy birthday, Harm." says Dad then kisses my for head.

" Thanks, Dad. Can Lillian work here today?" I ask with a smile and my best convincing smile.

" Yeah, of course. We could always use help in the front. " he turns toward Lillian, " Do you want to work the counter with Danielle. She doesn't do much but she bring the customers the order."

" Nu-uh I do a lot Daddy, I also make friends so they know me everytime they come. I also... umm ummm... I give them a pretty pictures on the sugar cookies." Dad lets her decorate the sugar cookies with frosting and sprinkles and if it's a large order of cookie I bake and decorate them.

Mom says that I'm an artist like my dad, but shy and unspoken – except with friends- like her. We don't work at the bakery very long because of my birthday dinner at Lillian's. We walk home with Danielle while Dad locks up the bakery and catches up. I am giving Dani a piggy back ride. She's telling me about what her and Serena did at school today; they colored and talked about who looked the funniest on Capitol TV. Lillian is laugh at the way Dani's saying everything. Danielle wraps her arms around my neck and puts her head on my shoulder.

" Where'd you get these?" she picks up my new necklaces. "Did you get them for your birthday?"

" Yes, I did. I got this one from Lillian." I point to the locket the best I can without dropping her. " I got this one from Alex the boy who lives by your school."

" The one you like?" she giggles. Dad's right behind us and I don't want him to hear and tell Mom or Anthony. Lillian sees the panic in my eyes and covers Dani's mouth.

" How would you know if I like him?" she giggles and looks guilty. I don't keep diaries so that's why I asked, I do write songs though. I got both of my parent's talents; singing and art.

" Whose Alex?" I hear Dad's voice behind us.

" A boy from school, he's just a good friend." I say trying not to sound nerveous

" Sure, he is." says Lillian sacastically. I glare at her and she starts laughing. When we get home we find Anthony on the couch dressed nice with Mom holding an ice pack to his eye. I put Danielle on the ground who runs over to Anthony giving him a big hug, " Anthony, what happened?" she sound like she's going to cry.

" I fell, I'll be okay. Go get dressed all nice, okay." he's lying, I can tell by his voice. He kisses Danielle on the forhead and she skips off to her room. I sit beside him and move the ice from his eye to see it, it's really bad.

" Who hit you? Was it because of Penelope?" he looks to see if Mom and Dad left and nods his head. " I told her I had a small crush on her and Coal; her boyfriend punched me." he looks so upset. I hug him, " I'm sorry, you need to forget about her. She's not worth it. If she's going to let him do that you don't need her." he pulls away from me and looks me straight in the eyes. His gray eyes teary and weak.

" You're the best sister ever. No matter what I've said to you." he hugs me again. I have never let him or Danielle because I have never made a promise I can't keep. " Do we need to go to the Hawthorne's for dinner? I don't want to face her like this." I pull away and take another look at his eye. He looks at me weird.

" Come with me. I have a plan." I say pulling off the couch and to the stairs and head to my room where I have make up that Mom's old Capitol friend Effie Trinket gave me for my 13th birthday.

I sit Anthony in the chair in my room and grab the make up that matches our skin tone and put it on his eye making it unoticable. " You can't see anything." I say turning him to the mirror on my wall. His face goes from sad to amazed in secconds.

" What did you use?" he turns to look at me with an eye that looks uninjured.

" Some of the make up Aunt Effie gave me a couple years ago." I smile. He's really happy.

" Thanks, no one but Mom and you will know what happened." he gets up and walks out of my room.

I go over to my closet and pull out my dress for my birthday, Aunt Annie sent this one to me from District 4 over summer. It's aqua blue and hits my knees. It's stapless and flatters my body. I remember when I got it I would put it on and twirl around my room. Anthony would sit in the door way staring at me and Danielle would join in and sing. That was my favorite summer.

I curl my hair and put a little blush on. I put my dress on and my shoes and walk downstairs. Danielle has her hair in pretty braids and Dad is dressed very nice along with Anthony and Mom. They all turn to look at me walk down the stairs. Mom and Dad look like they're going to cry while Danielle and Anthony are smiling like nothing's changed.

" You look so beautiful, Harmony." Mom's voice us breaking. Tears are filling her eyes as she comes closer for a hug.

" Thanks, Mom. Let's get over there so we're there on time." I say embracing Mom in a hug..

" Okay, let's go." Mom's pulling away and heading for the door. Danielle comes running over to grab my hand. Anthony walks beside Mom and Dad.

We walk over to the Hawthorne's, Dani and I are in the back and we are talking about what's Dani's favorite color.

" I like the color Mommy's wearing and the one you're wearing and I like the color of the sky when it's pink and purple." says Dani waving her arms around. She is always moving there is never a moment when she's not moving. When we get to the Hawthorne's Lillian opens the door and welcomes us in. They have decorated the house with balloons and streamers.

" Happy birthday, Harmony." says Mrs. Hawthorne giving me a hug. " Serena! Penelope! The Mellark's are here." a little girl with dark brown hair that matches mine comes down stairs in dress and runs over to Danielle and hugs her. Then Penelope comes down in a short dress that hits her mid thigh and high heels. I look to Anthony who looks neverous when she walks by him. I put my hand on his shoulder and he looks at me.

" It's okay, ignore her. She only dresses like that for attention." he takes a deep breath and walks over to Blaine whose sitting on the couch walking Capitol television.

Lillian and I go up to her room and wait for dinner. She has to share a room with Penelope, whose half of the room is filled with picture of her and who I think is Coal.

" Gross. Isn't he a senior." I ask Lilly looking at one of the pictures.

" Yeah, this is his second year." I turn to her with a shocked expression. " He's nineteen. He went out with Kayli and Kyla Mason last year."

" Ms. Mason has kids?" I laugh at the thought of mean, tough and rough Ms. Mason having teenage children. Lilly starts laughing also.

" I know right, they're in my class. They're twins like Blaine and I." I look at her with disgust.

" That is so wrong." we laugh and fall onto her Lilly's bed. Lillian and I straighten up and sit on her bed flipping through magazines from the Capitol.

" Look at her." I say pointing to a woman with blue hair and a dress that hits her knees with purple spikes on her hips. Lilliy laughs so hard she falls off the bed making me laugh she sits on the floor laughing for a while.

" Girls! Dinner's ready!" I help her up and we walk downstairs. Dinner smells really good.

We sit at the table and eat and when we're finished we sit on the couch and watch television when the symbol of Panem lights up the screen and plays the anthom.

" Important annoucement among all Disrticts!" an annoucer says. Everyone joins Lilly and I on the couch and the chairs by the TV. A man in all white with black hair stands infront of an audience of a bunch of Capitol citztens.

" Hello Panem, I am your new President. My name is Robert Fredrickson." says the man in a strong clear voice. I turn to Mom and Dad who look tense then I turn to Lilly's parents who look just as tense.

" I am not only introducing myself but a tradition that was cancelled for 15 years and is being contuinued this coming summer. The 76th Hunger Games." I learned about the Hunger Games when I was twelve in school and I know that Mom and Dad were in them twice that's why Aunt Primrose isn't here today because of a rebellion caused by the Hunger Games. I look to Mom and Dad and Mom's head is in Dad's shoulder. Danielle doesn't know what they are and Anthony just learned about them he looks absolutly terrified.

" Reaping will be held July 31st at 2:00 in the afternoon. May the odds be ever in your favor and have a good evening." As soon as the annoucement is over Mom and Dad get up and leave. They don't say anything they just leave and I can see them walking home alone without Anthony, Danielle and I.