Authors Note:

This is my first fanficton ever and it would really be appreciated if you were able to give me some feedback, I do not know if people are going to want me to keep continue this story so if you do please tell me.I would enjoy feedback good or bad it would help me to improve my writing.

Disclamer:I do not own the hunger games but I wish I did

Today would probably be my last day I would ever get to go hunting. After today I would no longer be Katniss Everdeen the 16 year old hunter from district 12 who lost her father in a mining accident and had to find a way to support her family; I would have to forget who I was, what I liked and who I loved. Even though the only think I care about in my life is Prim, I can't even think of ever abandoning her. Prim, Prim, Prim she is all I can think about now. Would Mom be able to care for her or would she go back into the state she was and still is a little after my father died. I try to push all those thoughts to the back of my head while I continue to wander through the woods, but I am unable to find the peace today that I have always found in the woods. I finally get to the rock that Gale and I always sat on "our rock" , a single tear slides down my face.

Gale he was like a brother to me, I loved him so much, but I know I won't be as lucky as he is because I know I don't have a chance to stay in district 12. This year every 16 year old girl in districts 7-12 will be sent away to district 1-6 to meet the person she will be forced to live with for the rest of their lives and girls from districts 1-6 will come to district 7-12. Every year it switches, so next year the 16 year old boys from districts 7-12 leave and boys from district 1-6 will come and take their place.

Suddenly I hear a noise coming towards where I sit. I quickly stand up and raise my bow only to notice a solid familiar figure walking towards me. I instantly drop my bow and wait to hear it collide with the ground, and sprint towards the figure. I jump into its warm arms and he tightly embraces me; Slowly I look up and smile when I see Gales familliar face. I have not seen him in months, he only gets Sundays off and he normally spends it with his wife who is now pregnant with their first child.

"How are you doing Katniss?" just the sound of my name that comes from him brings another single tear out of my eye, not out of happiness or joy but out of anger.

It is extremely quiet for a really long time so I finally say. "I'm doing amazing; leaving 12 forever is just what I want." I can hear the sarcasm in my voice, I do not want things to be like this between us but they are. My best friend who was destroyed by the capitol, the one who said it would be impossible to like, if ever love the person who the capitol forced on him. There is now a giant space between not only our bodies' but in our friendship too and I can't take it anymore.

I swiftly turn away to leave but he catches my arm. "I know it's hard, but don't be like this with me." He says angrily.

"Why do you even care, you have a perfect life so just leave me alone, okay." His face suddenly drops and I can see sadness in his eyes. I walk away angrily, I don't know why I was like that but I do know that I'm pissed at him. I'm pissed because he abandoned me. He is no longer my brother just a person from my past like everyone else will be very soon. Once I think in far enough away I sit down and pull my knees to my chest and start to cry. After about five minutes an arm wraps around my waist and my body instantly goes stiff. I need comfort but I don't want it from him, I want him to leave me alone, forever.

"Katniss talk to me, Please." He says my name again and it only makes me angrier because it only makes me feel like we are farther apart than I originally thought. I get up and am about to walk away when he yells

"STOP!CATNIP STOP." It is absolutely not the way I want to hear it but he says it. He is basically yelling at me and I do not like this side of gale, I've only seen it a couple of times before, Which what now feels like years ago,When we used to spend every possible minute hunting together, But whenever I do all I want to do is run because I know it won't end good and I am not going to be able to leave like before. I close my eyes for a second and when I open them I am able to see him giving me a death glare.I don't like him being able to see me so venerable, so I put on a brave face and ask him.

"What do you want? I really need to get ready to leave remember; I'm leaving, FOREVER." I turn to leave but I see a tear fall down onto his face. I feel bad for a second but quickly get over it.

It is really quiet again before he says "I'm sorry…"

I'm really confused so I ask "For what?"

"Everything…Leaving you mostly but also everything." All the feelings inside me are quickly building up I need to leave. Soon.

"It's okay but I really do need to leave. Good-bye Gale." I say sadly. Why are my emotions like this right now I'm still super pissed at him?

"Would you mind if I walk with you?" He asks. I really don't want him to right now, I want him to leave me alone. But apparently we are no longer able to tell what each other is thinking like before. I turn away and start to walk; He quickly follows me and is beside me before I get that far. He tries to grab my hand but I quickly pull it away before he has time to get it. What is going on with him first he was angry and now it's like he is my best friend again. Uggg why are boys so confussing? I know you can't just let my best friend go like that but that is all I want to do right now because I know there is no chance of us ever seeing each other again.

I realize that I left my bow and arrows lying on the ground in the middle of the forest but I don't want to go back because I know I won't ever get a chance to use it again. Today I'm leaving the woods with no game, but I can't do anything about that unless I want to hunt with Gale, which I don't. It is probably around noon and I have to be at the square at two so I pick up my pace and Gale easily follows. We are at the fence in less than 20 minutes and still have not said another word to each other I turn to Gale.

"Good-bye Gale, I will miss you." Which is only partly true because I already miss him now because he is always so distant.

"Bye,Catnip." He finally says as he gives me one final hug. I quietly walk home to pack the few things I'm allowed to bring with me. Once I'm home I pull out the list that I received and start to pack I packed 3 dresses,4 pairs of underwear and socks,3 pairs of pants, a pair of shorts,4 shirts and 2 pairs of pajamas ones shorts and a tank top the other sweats and a long sleeve shirt. Your allowed one thing to remember your district by so I bring my father's hunting jacket.

After I'm done packing I go to take a bath. Once I'm done I walk into my room to find that my Mom has laid out a dress for me to wear. (The dress she would of wore for the reaping)I slip it on and go to the family room where my Mom is sitting. She offers to do my hair and I let her, she does it in a really pretty braid. I tell her that she is not allowed to leave again because she has to stay for Prim, she agrees. I think I sounded a little mean when I told her it but she needed to know I meant it. Before I'm about to leave I grab my bag and go outside to see Prim who is with her goat lady and buttercup. The cat hisses at me but I just ignore him, I'm sad to say this but I think I might even miss him a little, just a little.

"Good-bye little duck." I say sadly.

"Bye Katniss, I will miss you so much." This brings tears to my eyes again but I hold them back because I don't want prim to be worried about me. I tell her to behave and to try her best in school. I give her one final kiss on her forehead and walk into the alley. When I get to the square I sign in and go and stand by Madge Undersee. She is the closest thing to a friend I have. She is wearing a light pink dress with a circular gold pin on her chest.

"Are you ready for this?"She asks I slowly nod my head I am not ready and I don't want to go. She does not try and talk to me again. I am able to see all of the boys waiting for the girls to leave. I really don't understand why after all the girls leave they are told who they will be forever stuck with it is really not fair at all, why we girls are not able to know.

"Hello District 12, I am very happy because today is a big, big ,big day!" A lady with pink hair screams excitedly. The mayor who is also Madge's father comes onto stage and talks about our history. How we are live in a place once known as North America, he talks about the dark days. Finally Effie comes back on stage and I am a little happy because the mayor was getting really boring and it's funny to see how happy she is. They start to call names and the only one before mine I pay attention to is delly I don't know why, But it is probably because she is always so nice to everyone ,I really hope that she is happy in district 4.

Effie finally calls my name. I make my way to the stage and she says.

"Katniss Everdeen, district 2" I make my way to the train and hope that Madge will also get district 2. One of the last people to load our train is Madge. She comes and sits by me quietly. We are told to pick one girl to share a room with so of course I ask Madge. Later that night we quietly go to the kitchen to get a snack she picks out some delicious looking strawberry's and I grab a cookie, it looks good and I am really excited to try it, I have never had one before because they are always to expensive to buy at the bakery. After that we go back to our room and I crawl onto the top bunk. We talk about if we think that they will still let us be friends and if our new husbands will be nice. I still don't like the sound of that because I know I will never be truly happy here, only because I had to leave prim.

"Night Madge." I say

"Good night. See you in the morning." And with that I fall asleep. Surprisingly I sleep really well considering the situation we are currently in.

The next morning we are woken up by a knock on the door "Wake up girls we have a big, big day ahead of us" Effie says happily. I pull myself out of bed and make my way to the bathroom which I notice had everything you could possibly need. My braid still looks nice so I just pin back the couple of hairs that are out of place. I wash my face and apply a lotion that makes my skin feel funny; once I'm done I leave the bathroom to notice that Madge is already up and dressed. We switch places I put on a plain grey dress that all the girls will be wearing. I wait for Madge to be ready and we head to go get breakfast. I am not that hungry so I have a glass of milk, which tastes funny but only because the milk I drink is from Prims her goat Lady.

Soon enough we are in district 2. There are far more girls on the train now. I grab Madge's hand and say one simple word "Together." She nods her head and we get off the train, we find two seats beside each other and sit down. All the boys hear look so much different back home the only boys who stood out were the merchants, The rest had olive skin, dark hair and grey eyes. There are so many different features about everyone here but one thing I do notice is that they all seem strong, even the tiny ones.

Before I know it Madge's name is called she stands up and so does a boy with copper hair who looks really fit, His name is Rayden Caverly. But it is not the boy who I notice it is the boy sitting next to him he has blond hair and striking blue eyes, he is staring directly at me and it makes me feel extremely uncomfortable. They go up and sign a piece of paper and then take a seat on the bench together that is at the back. When I look back at the boy, He is still staring at me; after a couple more names are called I hear mine I stand and the boy who was staring stands up too. All I can think is that this is going to be a very very long day. I find out his name is Cato Dalton. I make my way to the stage and sign the piece of paper that officially makes me a citizen of district 2 and Mrs. Katniss Dalton. Once were done he forcefully grabs my hand and practically drags me to the bench. We sit down; I'm in-between him and Madge's husband Rayden.

She gives me a smile and a look which I don't know what it means; I give her a confused look back. I take a look at the boy who I will have to live with for the rest of my life and for the rest of the time I fiddle with my hands unable to look up because I'm to scared that if I do something I don't want to happen, will.

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