The 76th Hunger Games

~Chapter 2~

I wake up early in the morning probably because the sunlight woke me up. I look out my window and it's a beautiful day. I open the door and walk out of my room. I walk into the dining room and I see my dad sitting on the table eating some toast. He's flips over the page of the newspaper and ponders over something. Last night is not getting out of my head, what are the games? What is the war?

"Mornin Eve," my dad replies in a voice slightly deeper than usual. I walk over to him putting my hair behind my ear. "Your hair is getting to long, I think it needs to be cut," he continues.

"Why? I like my hair long?" I reply.

"Your gonna end up looking like rapunzel!" he says as he playfully pinches me, I do a little fake girly laugh in reply.

"What time is it?" I ask him as he turns the paper of the newspaper.

"Just half past nine why?"

"I just wanted to know," I don't know if I should talk about last night or not. "Sorry for coming into your room last night," I think I'm going to have to ask him about the games and the war....

"It's fine Eve, you were only worried about your mother,"

"Dad...."

"Yeah sweetie"

"What games and War were you talking about last night?"

"So you stayed and eavesdropped? What did I tell you about-"

I didn't hear him finish I just ran into my room and slam the door shut. I take off my clothes and I turn the hot water in the shower on. I hop in the shower and stand there thinking. What could my parents be hiding from me? What are the games and the war? So many questions I just can't answer. My parents tell me everything. But now I can't trust them.

I stand in the shower for a good five minutes until I hear my dad knocking on my door. "Hey Eve, Katniss and I are going to the hob would you like to come," he asks, his voice filled with sadness in his voice.

"No!" I reply and I feel very mean. It's not his fault he has secrets and I just stormed off from him.

"Okay then, I'm sorry about before," he says. I don't reply and wait for him to walk off.

I walk out of the shower and dry myself. I get dressed into jeans, boots and my mothers hunting jacket. I never go hunting even though my mum would like me too. It's just not my thing. Everyone says I'm more like my father Peeta. I put my long blonde hair into a braid. I stare and look into the mirror. The bags and sleep under my eyes make me look really tired.

The doorbell buzzes which makes me stop looking. I go to walk to the door as my room is next to the door but my mum is already making her way over. She opens the door. I peer over and look to see who's at the door. Two men bigger than my dad are standing at the door.

The two men are all in black and have Capitol logos on their shirt. The Capitol apparently used to be some rich district but now it's struggling in poverty. I asked my teacher why but she says no one knows why there in poverty but I think she's hiding something.

They have black masks with two small gaps for the eyes so I can't make out their features. The sort of thing robbers where in all the stories I read as a child They are nearly twice the size of me and twice as strong. "May I help you?" my mum starts.

"Where here for Eve Mellark" the guy on the left says in a deep computer generated voice.

I'm to stunned to move. My mum says something but I can't quite make out what it is as the other guy aims a knife at my head. I scream and duck down as it hits the wall next to me.

"RUN!" my mother screams.

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