The 76th Hunger Games

~Chapter 3~

I run. I dash past the sofa and around the table and before I know it I’m right by the door. I open the door so violently and so fast it nearly breaks. 

Who were those people?

What did they want?

I am standing on the grass. My hair is in a braid and the cold air is brushing against me giving me Goosebumps. I'm about to run again but I hear small footsteps behind me. Too small to be one of the capitol people. I turn around and Jared is standing behind me. He begins to say something but gets interrupted by a loud gunshot. Jared screams and ducks to the ground. My ears nearly go deaf. The gun shot echoes for about 3 seconds but it feels like a minute.

Did they try shooting my Mum or my Dad?

"You stay here, I'll be right back?" I whisper to Jared as I walk inside the house.

"You promise you'll come back," Jared replies in a quiet cold voice

"Promise! Now stay here," I say as I pat him on the shoulder.

I walk back into the house my boots which are dirty from the mud outside are making the carpet dirty. I start to sprint and I go back to the lounge room where my parents were before. But what I see terrifies me.

Dad is clinging on to my mum’s neck as she lies on the ground. Her skin is pale and her eyes are wide open but she is not moving. I look up to her head and there is a red hole... Blood is gushing out. No way she could've survived a shot through the head. She’s dead...

Dad is crying, tears pouring down his face. I've never seen him cry before…

"Katniss! You can't die! I love you! Don't leave me," whispers my dad in my mums ear.

The whole world freezes for a second…

I can't move...

My mum who raised me..

Is dead...

Shot by the effing capitol...

I break down on my knees and break into a huge sob. My visions a blur but I can make out Ethan walking up to me and seeing his dead mother. How is this happening, this must be a dream. I make out 2 figures coming up to me. I don't care about them at the moment. I just care about Katniss.

"EVE!" I hear my dad scream.

I'm a bit confused why is he screaming my name? I feel something go into the side of me. Something sharp… Something Painful. I look down and I see a huge silver knife in the side of me. Is this the end? Am I going to die? I always wish I would die of old age but you can't have everything. Something hits me hard on the head. I fall to the ground.

Then my world goes black...

I wake up in a black room. There is other kids here aging from about 10-20. We are all sitting in chairs 12 on each side of the room. I don’t recognize anyone but Brice; he’s in the seat next to me. I remember him. He’s in my class. His short blonde hair is all scruffy and is not combed. He is shorter than me but would be much stronger. His brown eyes open. He’s awake. I turn away quickly so he wouldn’t know I was staring at him but I really couldn’t help staring at him because he is really attractive.

I look around the room to see if anyone else is up but it seems like most of the kids are still knocked out but there are four kids who are up but I don’t recognize them.

“Hey, Eve?’’ a voice says behind me. I turn around and it’s Brice. I can’t believe he’s talking to me! No attractive guy ever talks to me.

“Hey... umm… Brice isn’t it?” I say trying to act casual.

“Yep, that’s me, do you know where we are?” He says leaning over his chair to mine.

“Of course I don’t! I was just in my house then these guys from the capitol came in and knocked me out,” I purposely leave out the part about my mum dying as I’m trying to forget about it.

“Same here! Do you think it happened to everyone else as well?” He says in a deep voice.

“I don’t know but I’m guessing that’s probably true,”

We don’t talk to each other for about half an hour because I’m to nervous to bring up a conversation. I just sit there fiddling with my fingers as I watch other people wake up as confused as I was when I woke up until finally everyone is up.

The door opens and a guy with blue hair with glitter walks in. His shoes are sparkly and polished and he wears a blue jacket and a blue tie.

“Welcome tributes, my name is Caesar Flickerman and you are all tributes of the 76th annual Hunger Games!” the weird man says

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