Prolouge
I never meant for it to happen. It just did, I love him, Cato Ludwig, I truly do love him. I know I am not supposed to after all, love is a dangerous game,especially during the hunger games. It all happened when I saw him on the Tv during school, the Capitol was doing Reruns of the reapings, I remember not really paying attention until Madge had said something. He had Volunteered in the place of a young boy.
He won that year and when he came to my district for the victory tour I met him, in the woods in place that we now consider 'ours'.
Flashback
Walking towards the cabin my father showed me when I was younger with a bow in hand. And there he was laying on the ground just staring up at the sky.
His hair shined slightly in the sunlight, as I walk closer I see that his eyes are closed with tears falling down slowly.
"Are you okay?" His eyes snap open "whats it to you slum rat?" he snarls at me, it stung but I stayed calm. "Hey you dont even know me. You could tell me whats wrong you know, you will never see me again and if you do its because im in the games, and most likely I will die before I can say anything"
I walk towards him and sit down setting my bow by my side as I speak. He watches me wearily, patiently I wait for him to do something.
"It haunts me." he says as he closes his eyes again, "The Games, all my life I thought that winning was the only thing that mattered. I was so wrong," he pauses to take a deep breathe and wipe the tears that had managed to escape, "I see them everynight in my dreams, the children that died by my sword, the little boy who reminded me of my little blown to bits before my eyes, and now instead of the little boy I see my brother, barely alive and whispering monster before he dies." He stops but he has said enough, sighing I stand and hold a hand out to him.
"Come," he looks at me before slowly taking my hand and standing. I lead him to the cabin that I was headed to before I found him, hunting along the way, when we reach the cabin I start a fire in to cook the animals I caught, handing him a knife he is silent as he helps skin the animals. After a while I begin to tell him about my family, my mother, Prim, even my father, he smiles at some parts and then frowns at others. He laughs and then he is quiet during others, while he cooks the meat I head to the back of the cabin to gather some herbs we could use.
As I walk back in he looks toward me " you know hunting is illegal right? So then why do you do it?" I look at him " Even the peace keepers starve here." For a while I said nothing. "My father was the one who provided food for numerous people here in district twelve, and when he died everyone went hungry for a while, at least until I started to hunt in his place." Taking the cooked meat I make us a small meal. He hesitates but soon his entire plate is empty not even a crumb left.
"I never got your name you know, My name is Cato, Cato Ludwig, whats yours."
"I think everyone knows your name Cato, my name is Katniss Everdeen."
He smiles and looks at me, " A beautiful name for some one like you, Katniss."
End Flashback
Before he left Cato introduces me to Haymitch abernathy, District twelves only surviving Victor. He told me that Haymitch agreed to let me stay with him so Cato could call me while he was away, I agreed, but only if I could have my sister with me, and soon after that Prim and I were moved in to the house.
Two nights later I had a call from Cato, telling me about a nightmare that he had and to tell me what district 11 was like, it would continue like that as he reached a new district he would call to tell me what it was like, and about any nightmares he had. When he reached the capitol he laughed as he described what some of the people wore, he said he met a humanoid tiger while there.
Everything was fine until the next years Reaping, everything changed after that, but not for the better.
