Chapter 4- The Games
A/N- OMG! What's gonna happen? The kids have to know about the games :,( It'll be hard, of course when you are 6 years old!
I sit there. I can't tell them now. No, not now. They are too young. But then they are going to wonder and wonder. I can't just let them wonder. I can't.
"Peeta!" I call. Maybe he can help explain. Prim has a guilty look on her face.
"It's okay, you can wait outside, Prim." I tell her. Prim walks out and Peeta comes rushing in.
"What's up?" He asks. I motion him to sit down. I close the door.
"The Games," I say to Peeta. "Prim said- now we have to-". He gets the point and nods.
"Alright, so," Peeta starts. "We never wanted to tell you this early, so if you have nightmares, don't worry. Just come and wake me and mommy up. So. When mommy and I were little, it was much different from now. Not many had freedom, like we have today. The Capitol was the only fair place of Panem. People were happy there. Then there were the districts. No one was happy there." Then Peeta looks at me, and I can see he wants me to continue.
"We lived in District 12. We still live in District 12 today. This is the only village that didn't get destroyed. When daddy and I were young, we lived in a not-so-nice village. Not like here.
"Every year, there would be two children, 12 and up, who would go to the "Reaping" where they would be chosen for the Games, also called The Hunger Games."
Then Charlie interrupted. "Are the Games good or bad? I mean how can Games be bad?"
I looked at Peeta. He continued.
"No, the Games are bad. Very bad, Charlie. One year, your aunt Prim was called. I volunteered, or took her place, for her, because I didn't want my sister to die. And guess who was paired up with me? Your father, Peeta." They were scared at the thought of their parents dying. "We won. Obviously, because we're not dead. Usually, there is only one winner. But me and daddy rebelled against the Capitol and said if one of us dies, both of us die. So they let us both win."
The children look horrified. Isabella runs to her room, and Charlie after. I hear them talking to each other, and crying. I turn around and look at Peeta.
"It was the only thing we could do," I said.
