Johanna (double)
I swear Snow was looking right at me that day.
All my loved ones were herded on stage. Each had their hands tied behind them. The Head Peacekeeper went on and on about how my family were traitors to the Capitol.
I had struggled to get up there, but more Peacekeepers (the irony of their names) held me back. Forced me to watch as each person was shot in the back of the head.
Something inside me changed that day. I had always known the Capitol could destroy us all if it wanted, but I now saw the government was merciless. It killed an innocent family. And all because I refused to do what Snow ordered. To "sell" my body. I was aware of the consequences, but thought it was just an empty threat. Something used to scare me into obeying. I found out the hard way that Snow doesn't make idle threats.
My family was so brave. Each looked the crowd in the eye. Brave. Defiant.
I refused to turn to morphling. That would be no way to honor my family. Instead, I used my family's deaths to fuel myself into defying the Capitol.
That's when Haymitch approached me.
OK, that might've been a little out of character. I tried, and we should take chances, or we'll get nowhere.