Disclaimer: I do not own The Hunger Games or any of its characters.
What if Rue was never in the Hunger Games? And Katniss, Prim and Mrs. Everdeen never existed and Katniss never became the mockingjay? What if Gale and Rue met up? Well, you're about to find out…
Things you might want to know: Rue is 14
Her last name is Salvatore (it goes with everything)
Rue POV
I wanted revenge. I wanted vengeance. I wanted blood to be spilt.
After all these years of abiding Capitol's rules, I was going to break every single bloody one. I was going to bring them down, bit by bit.
The Capitol had taken my reasons to exist, all 4 of them. They had killed my brothers and sisters, because they had stolen the tiniest bite from the orchards, during the worst time of the famines.
I had done everything I could to keep them will fed, but it wasn't enough. I had given them my portions of food, signed up for the hunger games in exchange for tesserae but still it hadn't been enough. And now they were gone.
I didn't know what to do. To carry on as if nothing had happened, as if my very soul hadn't been crushed into tiny pieces, scattered on the dirt and trampled on or to take a stand.
The logical side of my brain said that one girl, barely old enough to be called a teenager, could not hurt anyone, let alone bring down the Capitol, but the other side would not listen. I had venom coursing through my veins that would only be quenched once my siblings had been avenged.
I ran away from District 11. Leaving friends and home, ran deeper and deeper into the forest. I knew somewhere in my mind I would never be coming back to the place I grew up.
I had carried my family through the District, as gently as I could, one by one, from the village square where they had been killed. I held the limp, lifeless bodies of my 10 year-old sister, Callie, of my two 8 year-old brothers, Emanuel and Enrico, of my 4 year-old sister, Ruby, in my hands. Four years of life. Her future had been snatched from her. The countdown was beginning for the Capitol. Rue Salvatore would be the end to Capitol, the destruction of the destructors.
All I had with me were safe in the clutches of my bag. A small waterskin filled with as much water it could hold, a slingshot, a pair of extra socks, a few familiar berries and roots, a dagger and hunting knife and the most previous thing I had in my possession, a drawing of my family, made by the District artist, Mad Yael. I pulled out the dagger and hunting knife and scrambled up a tree.
I swung myself for good measure, and flung into the next tree. My hands caught the branch of the tree I was aiming for and I looped around, the sky and the ground merging into one. I stopped spinning and got up onto the branch, listening to the wind like my father had taught me to.
It was an old trick, one that was long forgotten. The wind was your friend if you used it to your advantage. I cocked my head slightly to the right.
The wind whispered in my ear. I let out a gentle breath.
The wind breathed its knowledge to me. I could tell a few small animals, probably squirrels, were frolicking about 35 yards away. But something else was edging closer, about 50 yards away.
I closed my eyes and concentrated. It was large, a bear? No, my eyes flew open as I realized what it was. It was a human. I flipped from tree to tree as silently as I could, a branches rustling ever so slightly. I found myself moving towards whoever it was. Was it friend or foe? Soon my curiosity would get the better of me and I would find out, maybe at the cost of my life.
Ok so that's all for now. Hardly ever does anyone leave reviews. (Fox Berrie! You do not count. You are required to review!) So if you like this story and want more, please put down a review!
If you want more stories by me here are the ones I have done:
All over again – A Nikita story
Kill or Be Killed – A Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Hunger Games crossover
The chosen ones – A Percy Jackson and the Olympians story
The immortal hunger games – A Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Hunger Games crossover
The Stars of the Moon – A Percy Jackson and the Olympians story
The Hybrid – A Skullduggery Pleasant story
The dramatic ending – A Vampire Academy one-shot
Gone – A Vampire Diaries one-shot
So if you want me to write more please review. I don't think I'll write anymore 'till I get 5 reviews –Fox Berrie! If you make multiple accounts…- so review!
Hasta La Vista everybody
Lily J. A.