By the time Johanna was eleven she was out battling her brothers who were twice her size. Red spent much of his time now breaking up fights with his children that always ended with Johanna pinning any of the older two, to the ground. Blake and Zephyr were lucky that Johanna doted on them, the twins were born when Johanna was 4 and Marigold had a perfectly little helper in Johanna. As they all grew older Red figured the bonds would dissolve into normal sibling relationships, however this never happened. Johanna's role as their protector ran too deep in her for it to fade into being just a sibling. Jax and Jonathan knew better than to pick on the younger two boys, for fear of their sister's wrath. When John turned 15 and received a job at the farm Johanna got madly jealous. As a child she had been the one spending her days at the side of their father taking down trees and learning the trade. Now that Jonathan had a job there she would terrorize him endlessly. Finally Zack offered her and Jax a job after they trained with Jay every day.
Then the year Johanna would turn sixteen came and the whole world for the Mason family changed. Red heard his daughter's name being called through the loud speakers and he grabbed his wife so she didn't crumble to the floor. Red heard Jax scream and start fighting in his place among the other children. He watched the screens, where Johanna reached her hand out to her brother clasped their hands together and kissed his forehead. She whispered something and let the boy go. She watched him go back to his ranks, he put a hand on the shoulder of each of the twins. Johanna turned to face the stage again and lifted her head up, walking toward the dominating stage. She stepped up next to the overly flamboyant man who had just called her name, he threw his arm around her.
"Johanna Mason the female tribute for District seven!" He yelled and smiled to the crowd. Johanna heard Blight growl behind her, she looked out at the crowd her parents and John stood at the back, her father holding her mother up, John staring at her looking solemn. She spotted Zack and Jay who looked visibly shaken, then she spotted Mabel and Jacqueline, both were openly crying. That's when Johanna promised herself she'd be back, she would be back to her family.
Johanna had no idea what that would truly entail.
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A/n: Please feel free to tell me of any mistakes or just a review, I have no beta so mistakes are all mine and sometimes hard for me to catch. Hope you're still enjoying.