Chapter Two
Get Ready
It's been one year since the death of my older brother, Jeremy. It's time for the 68th games, but I don't care if I'm picked. I want my brother back. It would be good if I died. That way I can be with Jeremy. I'm almost willing to volunteer, No. I tell myself. You will go if you are chosen. You will not volunteer, You will try to win. Jemima and Jerry have tried to replace Jeremy with 10 month old twins, Josh and Jonathon. They will never replace Jeremy. Never.
14 times. 14 slips say "Johanna Mason." 5 because it's my fifth year, and nine times for Jemima, Jerry, Josh, Jonathan, and me. Jeremy's name is in 0 times. Zero slips say, "Jeremy Mason".
I banish thoughts of Jeremy from my head. I hope they will never return. Jeremy's stab in his neck continues to cling to me like a magnet. It's a funny thing about memories. When you think about banishing them, you think of them and then you can't banish them. Ever since the death of my brother, I've become... vicious. I'm fierce and I don't get along with people. I normally take it out on Josh and Jonathon. I've become better with axes and sometimes whack other people with them. I don't kill them, I just hit them enough to make them fall down.
I'm not yet finished with this chapter, but I wanted to post it anyways!