Prim's pov.
So here it goes, today is the day of the reaping . I'm very anxious, but not for myself, for my brother. I'm also sorry for my mom. She doesn't deserve to lose anyone else since she already went through so much. I'm taken away from my thoughts when my father calls from downstairs telling us to come eat breakfast. I go down and eat some cheese buns, my favorite, then get my bow and arrows and head for the woods. My mom usually comes with me but today she just stayed home. On my way to the woods I see him. He is at the Hob. He is usually there at this time everyday. While I'm almost to the woods I notice that there a bunch of peacekeepers getting so I'm going to have to be more careful sneaking in the woods. Before the new president we were able to go in the woods as we pleased, but now they changing everything back to how it was before I was born. When I'm finally able to sneak in the woods I was able to catch two squirrels and a few birds. I'm feeling a lot better now that I went in the woods. The woods always calmed me down. After I get home I go into my room and some clothes are on my bed. I was about to go ask about it when mom comes out of the bathroom with a brush. I then asked, "Hey mom what are the clothes for, that dress isn't mine?" Then she said, "That was your grandmother's she gave it to me when I was your age, the day I volunteered to go in for…for…Prim." "Oh." I wasn't sure what to say, I don't know what it feels like to lose someone you love. After that we both stayed silent while she braided my hair I a style I've never seen her do before; must be something special for today. After my mom and dad get ready, since they'll be mentoring, and they get me and my brother ready, we all head out towards the square. After they prick our finger and sign us in we go separate ways. My parents go to the stage, since they're mentors. Me and my brother go with the other boys and girls. My brother stands in the back since he's younger while I on the other hand go towards the front. They start playing a video, and apparently they play it every year because my mom is mouthing the words. After the video ends Effie Trinket comes up and says her famous, "Ladies first" then all I can hear is the thumping of my heart when I hear "Primrose Mellark". I can see the hurt register on her face before she regains her composure. I make my way to the stage and I can see my brother who looks like he's about to cry. Effie then moves on to the boys and calls out the name I've been hoping she wouldn't say. She said Cinna's name. But that wasn't what caught me so off guard. He volunteered. The boy I already owe my life to just saved my brother's life. I'll forever be in his debt. He went up on stage and stood next to me. Effie asked him his name and he said, "Mitchell Hawthorne" I heard man gasps among the crowd including my mother's. At first I didn't understand why they were acting this way until I remembered, my mom told me that her hunting partner and best friend was Gale Hawthorne he was the one who saved our district after the Quarter Quell . He was also the one who created the bomb that killed my Aunt Prim. At this moment I'm not sure if I should be mad at him for what his father did to my aunt, but then at the same time I'm still grateful for how he saved me and volunteered for my brother. Effie tells to shake hands then we are escorted inside where we will say our goodbyes. My brother is the first one to come in. The second he walks in he starts crying. We just stay like that for a while until he is the first one to talk. He says, "Try to win, try to come home, I know you can do it as long as you try. Promise me you'll try?" "I promise" After that my mom and dad come, they don't say much we just hold each other as we cry, until my mom speaks up, "I want you to have this, it was the symbol of the rebellion." She then hands me her mocking jay pin. After they left I wasn't really expecting anyone else but Haymitch comes in and tells me not to get caught in the blood bath and to just run in the other direction towards the woods and to find water. After he explains what to do and what not to do I ask, "Any other advice?" And all he says is, "Stay alive."