Chapter 1: The Fall
My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am sixteen years old. I chose not one week ago to go into the Hunger Games. Into almost certain death. For the sake of my younger sister, Prim. Not I fall into the Games and I keep falling. A part of me is convinced that this is happening because I am meant to die in this fall. Just hit the ground and die. I think of Prim and never seeing her again, but I always knew that would the case. I also think about my District partner, Peeta Mellark and his enigmatic confession to Cesear Romano. For a moment I wonder if he meant it. Then I hit the ground. A man stands over me. A man with red hair and golden eyes.
"Welcome to Volterra, Mistress Everdeen." He says with a self important smile, "We've been waiting for you."