User blog comment:HawkWD/The 48th Annual Hunger Games/@comment-5864747-20131206091314

Backstory :

Vivianne was raised by Olaf and Silya Meek, a very poor and mismatched couple. While Silya was a kind, warm woman, Olaf was an abusive, psycotic maniac. They lived in a small, dim flat, like most of District 3´s poor population. She and her brother Drec knew nothing but abuse from her father as they grew up, and Silya was too scared to do anything to save her children. Olaf beat them and often got home drunk after spending the day he should had worked on drinking and gambling. Olaf punched, kicked and yelled at Vivianne and Drec until they could take no more and cried. Then he laughed at them. Silya was scared to say anything to anyone about how he was treating them, she just cooked dinner to Olaf and tried to keep them all afloat. Until she could not take any more. Vivianne and Drec found their mother after school in her bedroom. She had hanged herself from the roof, and now Olaf´s abuse knew no end. Vivianne and Drec were now not only angry at their father, but also at their mother. How could she be so selfish to kill herself and leave them alone? Now Vivianne and Drec were scared of their lives every day, they never knew when Olaf would lose it and not just beat them, but kill them.

One day when Vivianne was 12 and Drec 10 Olaf had invited all his drinking buddies over for a game of Poker, and Vivianne and Drec were to serve them alcohol and food while they were playing. Or else. While Vivianne was serving, the other men started touching her, groping at her. She cried and tried to make them stop, but they didn´t. They laid her down on the poker table and raped and beat her until she was barely recognizable. Olaf joined as well. 12 years old and already as scarred as an adult. Drec came into the room and when he saw Vivianne he snapped into oncontrollable rage. He screamed at the men and punched and hit them. They just laughed at him. Then Drec grabbed an empty wine bottle and smashed it into Olaf´s skull. He fell ontop of the table and moved no more.

A week later Drec was hanged in the District 3 square. 10 year old and already a murderer, as well as a victim. Now, with her entire family dead, Vivianne was dumped at the orphanage. The other kids avoided her, her brother was after all a well known murderer. There was no telling when Vivianne might snap and kill someone as well. She was later adopted by a rich, old couple who adored her. Their name was Edgar and Emelie Goldé, and they became Vivianne´s new family. They lived in the brighter part of District 3, and Vivianne´s time with them was the happiest she had ever experienced. A whole three years of happiness. But that´s all she got. At the age of 15, Vivianne was reaped. But she hasn´t given up yet, she wants to return to her adoptive parents, and overcome the Games.