The bell ring exactly three times. I quickly gather my things and shove it down on my bag. I walk to the forest quietly, before anyone notice me. I never go straight to my house; I always stop to go hunting. I walk past the fence, grab my bow and arrow, and my hunting bag that I hide in one of the three, and put my school bag there. My bow and arrow are new, and it's specially made for me. It's a gift from my mother 1 year ago for my 14th birthday.
I exhale, and inhale as I aim it to the head of a squirrel. I hesitate for a while, when someone screams to my ear, making me deaf temporarily. "Oh My God! Have you seen his interview?" My best friend, Sierra shrieks as she scares away the squirrel.
I roll my eyes, while rubbing my ear. "Can't you just say hi like normal people do? You can't always scream to my ears every time you see me." I sigh "No, and I don't care." I say in the most monotone voice I have, I glance back to where the squirrel was. "You scared away my squirrel!"
"Oh please, you wouldn't kill it anyway." It's true, that's why I hesitated. I can't end a life. That's one of my reasons to come here every day "He is so charming and handsome and—"she says dreamily forgetting the whole topic about the squirrel.
"And not to mention a womanizer, he probably had thrown hundreds of Capitol woman to his bed." I finish it for her, and earn a scowl. I never knew the guy, but the fact that he has tons of ex-girlfriend makes me hate him. Every girl that he dumps ends up broken. One girl even goes crazy and commits a suicide. And it's not just two or three girls; he has hundred of ex.
"Celeste Rue Mellark, just because you do not like him, doesn't mean you can bad mouth him. I mean, you don't even know him!" She lectures me and I roll my eyes again.
"Of course it gives me the right! I don't have to know him to know that fact; it has been public secret for a while." We walk back to my tree, it's useless to go hunting with her; she will always scare away the animal.
She sighs, probably knowing I would not go back, after all I am Katniss Everdeen daughter. "Just forget about it. So… your birthday is coming. Are you planning something? A party? Of course you are, right? I mean Peeta and Katniss would totally throw you one every year" She rants, and I resist an urge to roll my eyes again. Sierra is my best friend, and I am used to her ranting and girly things she would talk about, I am not really interested in any of it, though.
People say I followed my mother footsteps, and my brother Cole takes after my father. I can aim well, really well. I have a temper that's worse than my mother plus her bad manner, and I can sing a little although I'm not really fond of it. Painting, and baking, and hunting, and my dad choices of words, and my dad easy-going personality is more like Cole's. I have dad's blue eyes and mom's brown hair, and the other way around goes for my brother.
So yeah like I said, I inherit my mother bad temper and in result I have a few friends while my brother has tons of friends with dad's personality. But I feel more comfortable with a few friends than be popular like Cole. I guess when your mother is Katniss Everdeen, the Girl on Fire people expect me to become something great, and I hate being in the spotlight. I mean, how can people expect me to be her, when I can't even end a life of a squirrel?
I think it is one of the things of being a victor's child; your parent's name will always haunts you no matter what. People see me as the star-crossed lover's daughter, or the girl on fire's daughter or the little mocking jay. But people never see me as me. Celeste Mellark, a fifteen year old girl who tried to live her own lives not her parent's. And I never met anyone who knows how much it sucks to be the victor's child, except for Cole who I think can enjoy a some part of it. Sure it's easy for him, he's a boy you can't compare him to Katniss Everdeen. You can compare him to Dad, but Dad's name is not as big as mother's
We both make our way to the Victors Village. The one who live there now is only a few people, by few I mean only my family and Haymitch. After the rebellion many people used the Victor's house, but after they rebuild the District 12 many people starts moving back. We walk in a comfortable silent as we go straight to my house.
"Mom, I'm home" I call for my mother, and then waited for ten seconds to hear her answer, after receiving none I jog to the kitchen where my mom usually left a note, and sure enough there is one on the counter
I'm going to hunt, be back for dinner. Food is on the fridge.
P.S. someone's waiting for you in your room.
I frown; my mom wouldn't let someone in that easily except if she knew that person really well. I frown again, trying to remember what my parent said about someone coming this morning before I went to school. And then it clicked. I ran as fast as I could up stares.
"Celeste calm down." Sierra calls and follows me.
"Trevor!" I call as I opened my door. Sure enough there's a familiar dark-haired boy in my room.
"Trevor Hawthorne at your service" He bows and gives me a cheeky grin. I run to him, and practically squeeze the life out of him. "Hey, um... Miss Celeste not that I mind but uh…"
Someone clear her throat. "Sure, sure. You're just friend." She teases emphasizing at the word friend, as she leans in the door frame with arms crossed on her chest and smirks. I always had been a friend for Trevor since we're still a toddler. People expect us to be a couple sooner or later. But my feelings for him are always the same; he's like my overly protective brother.
"Hey Trevor, where's Troy?" Sierra came in, and ruffles Trevor hair, although she has to tip her toe to do that, after all he is taller than him.
"He's out with Katniss and my father, probably hunting." He explains for his twin, Troy. Compared to Troy, I always been more close to Trevor than Troy. They are twins, but not identical one. Troy is more like a quiet person and really likes hunting. They are both from District 2, and I have known them since we're still in diapers. His father, Gale is my mother's childhood friend, and often visits after he moved to 2. After all the rest of the Hawthorne family leaves here, including Hazel.
"I didn't see him when I was there." I frowned
"They just leave 15 minutes ago, probably visit the bakery first. Hey! You went hunting, and didn't ask me?" he shakes his head and pretend to be mad, although he is failing miserably.
"Don't blame me; no one said that you're coming today!"
"So… what did you get?" he smirks "Nah! You didn't get any right? If you did, you probably cry hysterically right now, like last year." He teases.
I glare at him. Even after a year, he never let the last year event slips. "I was hunting." I avert my glare to Sierra who blushed. "When —thanks to Sierra— it got scared and run away!"
"It wouldn't be any different anyway; you're too soft to kill it!" She shrugs
So we settled in to a comfortable position. I'm in my bed sitting cross-legged, Trevor on my plush sofa while Sierra is sitting in my desk. We talked for hours about our last holiday, and school. Until Sierra brings out her favorite topic to discuss: The Capitol golden boy, Finnick Odair jr. "Trevor please, please, please tell your undeniably stubborn friend that Finn Odair is hot." Sierra said childishly point at me, like a 5-year-old.
And realization crossed over Trevor's face. "God! Finn Odair! What time is t?"
"It's two o'clock, why?" I ask slightly suspicious.
"Haven't you're mother told you? The Odairs are coming for your birthday, and we are supposed to pick them up. And their train arrived here at two o'clock" He explains, and quickly standing up and help me.
"What?" Sierra and I ask the same time although she's practically screaming.
"The Odairs are coming, so are you going to accompany me, or not?" Sierra nods eagerly and I follow them. And his words sink in. Finn Odair the guy who I always hate and bad mouth all this year is coming.
Sierra whispers something in Trevor's ear, probably telling him of the event earlier. "Hey Celeste, you can't judge him before you even meet him" He look straight in to my eyes
"Thank you!" My annoying friend said in an I-win-tone.
"Yeah I can. I don't even have to know him to actually know him" I say defensively
"No you don't. You did not know him like I do. He has his reasons."
"Wait you knew him? And you never told me that?" I can't believe my best friend in the whole world never told me that.
He rubs the back of his neck "Yeah. My family takes a visit to 4, 2 years ago and I end up being best bud with him, we still keep in touch until now."
We walked to the train station listening about Finn Odair un-useful fact from Sierra. I mean who cares about what type of pillow does he use!
It's really easy to spot them since the train station are already packed with paparazzi. We follow the paparazzi to where the Odairs are. I can see a woman and a boy. The woman look lost and the boy is the one who mostly took over the paparazzi. Talking confidently, and smile charmingly, although the smile that doesn't reach his eyes makes me curious. After a while the paparazzi start to leave and the Odairs make their way to us. Only after the last paparazzi leave does his face drop.
Finn probably recognizes Trevor and wave at him, while Sierra makes a chocking sound. They both gave a brotherly hug, bromance, and Trevor hugs Annie gently before introduces us both to the Odairs. "This is Celeste Mellark, Katniss and Peeta's first-born and her friend Sierra."
I hug Annie while Sierra looks ready to past out any second as Finn gave her a small hi, and flash a grin. I'm ready to turn around, when he caught my eyes. Something in his green orbs makes me stop my intention, and reset my opinion about him. I know that look. I know that because I sometimes still have that look in my eyes.
It's the look I have in my eyes when I tried to run from my mother's name.
"Finn Odair, so this is the famous Mellark Trevor has been talking about, eh?" He smiled cockily, both I and Trevor blushed. "No wonder you talk about her so much, she is a beauty." That makes me blush even furiously.
We walk slowly to my house. The Odairs are staying with us. The girls walk in the back while the boys walk in the front. I eyed him carefully, as he walks in the front with Trevor. Sierra glances at me and smirks. "Are you going to admit it to me now?"
"Admit what?" I jerk my head to her direction; surprised to be caught.
"That Finn Odair is Charming and Handsome and—"Annie giggles quietly and shakes her head
"No!" I cut her
"So why are you eyeing him like that." The smirk still lingers in her face.
I stay quiet, and look away. Her smirk turns into an ear to ear smile. "Told you so" She says in a sing-song voice, and start walking faster.
Because he knows what I feel like to be haunted.
So yeah um.. Hi guys. It's my first hunger games fic. I've read some 2nd generation and some of them just blow me away okay, so i feel like i needed to make one. I don't know if anyone ever did this, the 2nd generation fic that i have read don't have any theme like this, so... if there are (which have a big shot for a yes) it's just a coincidence.
I've had this idea since i read the epilogue on the book, Mockingjay. I know little Finnick is supposed to be way older than he is in here but i just couldn't help myself to think about little Finnick and Katniss and Peeta's daughter falling in love. And i tried to think like their daughter, and how it is hard for her living under her mother's name, I mean she is Katniss Everdeen daughter, no one will ever let her forget that. So I make this story.
Sorry if there's any grammar or spelling mistake. Thanks for reading! Any kind of reviews are welcomed, and appreciated!
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