The Lullaby
The world is dark apart from Katniss, my sister. I see her turn into a human fireball in front of my eyes as the same thing happens to me. The cold, comforting darkness drags me down but I tell myself to stay alive for Katniss. In the end it is too much and I allow the darkness to swallow me.
I wake up in a brightly lit hospital with a drip in my arm. The pain soon hits me and I stare at my skin that doesn't look like skin- it is pink and blotchy and parts of it are shiny. This brings back the memory of Katniss and how it is impossible that she has survived. I cry for a while and then I hear a lullaby that Katniss used to sing to me when I was ill:
"Deep in the meadow, under the willow
A bed of grass, a soft green pillow
Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes
And when you awake, the sun will rise.
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you."
I look up, hoping to see Katniss but she isn't there, she will never be there again. A wave of sadness overcomes me and I cry again. I want my mother, I want my father but above all I want Katniss so she can comfort me and reassure me that everything will be ok.
I do what Katniss used to do when she was confused.
"My name is Primrose Everdeen. I am fourteen years old. My home is District 12. There is no District 12. My sister was the Mockingjay of the revolution. She brought down the Capitol. President Snow killed her. Now I will kill him. And then the Hunger Games will be over..."
A nurse approaches my bed to check up on me. I ask where we are and she replies that we are in what used to be President Snow's secret bunker. Only a handful of people know that I am alive. This does not include my mother. As we speak she is mourning my death. I don't ask about Katniss as I am pretty sure that she is dead. I want to be with her. I miss her. I miss my big sister…