alice quinella . avox [fin] cb

I was terrified. I've been terrified my whole life. I was terrified back when I lived in District Six, and I'm terrified now as an avox in the Capitol. I tried to escape District Six, six years ago when I was eleven years old in an attempt to avoid the reaping. I was close to turning twelve, and I knew that there was the long-looming threat of the Hunger Games, ready to grab me at any point in the next several years of my life.

So, I traversed beyond the borders of Six.

The problem is, I got caught. The Peacekeepers caught me. My best friend, Eugeo... well, I thought he would've tried to stop them from taking me away. We'd always done our best to protect each other over the years, but right then, he didn't even make the slightest move to attempt to stop them when it all happened. They took me away to the Capitol, informing my parents that I was being turned into an avox. Avoxes are the Capitol's slaves. They cut your tongue out and use you to do their dirty work.

That's what became my fate. I suppose I wouldn't be so bitter about it all if Eugeo had tried to stop them. Then again, maybe him not stopping them saved me, in the end. Now, I don't have to worry about the threat of the Hunger Games looming over my head at all times. I'm free of that, even if I'm far from free as a person.