A/N: it's kind of long lol I just felt sorry for not updating in forever, and Nix had a long background story, so yeah! (: All character creation credit goes to dadakakalili sorry I changed a few things, but only because I had to! Hope you like the chapter though! Oh yeah, and by the way, I decided this song fit quite nicely with Nixie girl, so give it a listen; Hanging on-Britt Nicole

"Alright Nixie girl, you got this," Nixie Halcone smiled, relaxing herself with the feeling of her small toes squishing in the warm sand, the cold ocean water licking at them delicately.

Her fiery auburn hair blew behind her in the wind, as she closed her round almond eyes, taking in the scent of her favorite place. The sun was just starting to rise and she lugged a huge net of fish, dragging it through the very sand she stood on.

Ever since her mother passed away during child birth, Nixie's birth, Nix's father had taken to drinking, and it was up to Nixie to make sure they both survived. No one would hire Nixie, especially since her family never really was in good terms with the capital or others in district four. She was still too young as well; she wouldn't be fifteen until a few days after the reaping.

Sometimes Nix wondered if her father even knew all that she did for him, she wondered if he was even sober enough to question where all the fish came from. Her and her father weren't really on good terms, so to speak, so she never bothered to ask. Even though he never spoke the words aloud, Nixie knew he blamed her for her mother's death. That's why she did everything she could for her father, she never knew why she had lived or why she had to have been born, but she didn't question, she just work hard. Really hard.

Fishing in the ocean was illegal for those who didn't have a license to fish, and it was especially restricted to Nixie. This was why she was currently crawling through the dimly lit corners of her district, in high hopes that she wouldn't run into anyone at this hour. If she did, she knew what to do.

Lie, just lie. If they found out, she'd die of starvation. She and her father both.

She prepared the fish and stored them away, and then walked groggily upstairs, crawled into her warm bed, and passed out cold.

A few hours later, Nixie woke up to the sound of the TV blasting in the living room. The only thing her father spent money on besides booze? A television set of course.

Then it hit her. It's reaping day. She ran to her small calendar just to be sure, and sure enough indeed, it was. The most terrible day of the year.

She took a warm shower, scrubbing the dirt and salt water from her pores. Then she slipped on a beautiful bluish green romper, and white wedges. The romper reminded her of the ocean, and it felt comforting to know she could have the ocean so close when she had to go to the reaping in fear of being chosen. In fact, both the dress and shoes were a present, from her best friend Kloise, well he was her best friend, before he died in the hunger games last year. She remembered the day he left, she relived that day so much it hurt. She remembered watching his death on the screen along with a lot of the district. Kloise had made it to the final five, which didn't surprise her, but it surprised everyone else who didn't even know him.

She remembered his last words, as if he had been right there with her, whispering them into her ear.

I love you Nixie Halcone, you're my little mermaid.

"That's a shame he died, he could have won all the money and fame," for days that's all Nixie heard. Everyone only had that one thing to say. Nixie resisted the urge to scream out "No! it's a shame he died because he loved me! He told me he loved me! I loved him back worse of all! I've never felt loved in my entire life, and then he dies! Sometimes I wake up thinking about how happy I am to see him at the ocean….and then I remember. He's never coming back. Ever. And worst of all, I lost not only my loved one, but my best friend as well. He was my everything all in one, and it hurts to breath when I miss him this much. When I miss him like crazy."

Nixie found her dad on the couch, half awake with a bottle in one hand.

She walked to the reaping alone, and seemed to be the last one there. A lot of people knew her as Kloise's lover, and a lot knew her as the drunken guy's daughter, but most had never seen her in their life.

"The twist for this years quarter quell is….there will be no volunteers, for the capitol shows no mercy!" bet some people were bummed out about that, she thought to herself.

"And now! Your female tribute for district four….Nixie Halcone," Nixie didn't even register what she said until the few people who did know her were looking at her, fear and shame on their faces. For some reason, that seemed to piss her off. How were they suppose to know how experienced Nixie really was.

She took a deep breath and marched up tp the stage, people clearing the way for her. Well, she knew one thing now. She was going to make sure everyone knew and remembered her, because she was doing this thing, for real.

A/N: So, what do you think? Like her, hate her; think she's got a chance?

Well review and tell me! (: I'd love your forever if you did to be in fact!