User blog:Lexi13/The Quell

Chapter One
I walk through the woods with Gale at my side, and my loaded bow pointed toward the ground. I've had to hunt and cook for the past five months. My sister died, and my mother went into so much grief, she won't even move. Gale's been helping a little, though. Peeta, too, his family's been giving me some bread. I look over at Gale, and he's setting snares. I smile, and hear a faint noise. I turn around, and see a deer right in front of me. I raise my bow, and hit the deer straight in the heart. Gale comes over, and takes it. The winter cold makes my bones tingle wildly. But the only way to get food is to hunt, and exchange items in the Hob. The victory tour is in a few hours, so I have to hurry back home so I won't leave my team waiting.

"Gale, go down to the Hob and give a little bit of the deer away. I've gotta go." I tell him, he nods, and I go through the fence. I run home, and change out of my sister's old hunting clothes. I take a shower, and when I get out, they start working on me immediatly. They tell me I'm supposed to look a little older, so they dye my hair a plain brown, and add highlights. They make my fingernails perfect ovals, and send me on to Cinna. He has a blue sweater that matches my eyes exactly, and jeans. I quickly put them on, and then he puts a white scarf around my neck. I walk out into the winter cold, and see all the cameras. Peeta's standing over on the other side of the street. I run over to him, and he wraps me in a hug.

"Have you been hunting?" He mouths, and I nod. He smiles, and releases his grip on me. He runs a lock of my brown hair through his fingers like he did in the arena. Effie takes us to the Capitol train where we're fed the colorful food that they get in the Capitol. We are taken to District 11 to honor Rue, who's name I just learned, and Thresh. We get there, and there are festive decorations everywhere. Peeta and I wave as we get off the train. Peeta helps me down, and the crowd goes wild for the brother-sister duo.