Hey everyone !(:
This is a fanfic of what if gale would've been picked for the 74thhunger games . .
Though it will be different than the other ones . . First thing it is in gales P.O.V . And 2nd, well if I tell ,you would know everything won't you ?
Anyway , sorry if there are any grammar mistakes . .
Last thing make sure you check out my other fanfic's !
And now to the fanfic . . lol
"Rory Hawthorne " . No . This isn't happening .My little brother isn't going into the freaking Hunger Games with my best friend . This is all a dream . Yeah I wish . everyone in this freaking world knows I will never let Rory face The Hunger Games, just like Katniss will never let Prim. "No" I whisper and try to find myself in the crowd as I let go of the everdeen's, getting closer and closer to the stage .I can't find a path though, but I can't do it too late, I see katniss looking at me , hurt in her eyes as she knows what going to happen next . "I volunteer !" I scream , afraid no one will hear me , but when I look at my mum I see the tears in her eyes getting bigger and bigger ,she knows I'm not coming back . She knows I won't be able to live with myself if I let Katniss die in that damm arena. She knows I will do anything to make sure she comes back to her family.
As I walk myself to stage I hear Rory's voice "No ! No!" he screams "I want to go ! I want to be the tribute !" he says . Peacekeepers walk me to the stage and a few more take him "No!" he screams again , tears in his eyes .
"Rory let go" I tell him in such a low voice that only he can hear . He lets go . "Wow!" Effie Trinket says , or more likely , Squeals , "Two volunteers for district 12!" Oh I hate her so much . "How exciting !" I hate her more than a fat kid hates vegetables "What your name ?" she asks me .
"Gale" I say in a low voice . She looks at me with a face that says 'go on' . "Gale Hawthorne" I say in a louder and colder voice as she keeps on talking about how great it is having two volunteers from district 12. Me and Katniss just make fun of her without speaking. 'What a great start of the games this year !' Katniss mocks her knowing that's the next thing she will say. As all years . The mayor stops her asking us to shake hands , Effie asks for applause , but never gets them . The district goes silent ."OK everyone !" Effie looks like a those dolls they years and years back. 'Barbie dolls' I think they were called. Plastic, fake and ugly ."See you next year !" she says and peacekeepers walk us to the building and we go into the goodbye rooms .
I sit there . watching the room , that the furniture here is worth more than my house. I hate the freaking Capitol ."Gale" my mum comes in after 36 breaths ,and hugs me , the kids follow her into the room . "Don't cry mum" I tell her "It'll be OK" I barely whisper. No it won't ."Why did you do that ?" Rory asks holding back the tears "I could've handled this !" .
"Shut up kid" I tell him "No you couldn't" he comes to hug me , now with tears ."And you can?" he chokes so quietly that only I can hear him . "Better than you" I say with a smile .
I sit back down and my mum sits next to me ."Take this" she puts a necklace with a shark tooth in my hand " It was your fathers . I always keep it with me just incase the worst happens and either of you will be picked". She looks at me with a smile and another tear slips on her cheek . "Thanks" is all I say .
"Will we starve ?" Vick asks me . I knew this one will come . "No " I say " No you won't" I pause as realty hits me. "Greasy Sae will take care of you , please just if you can give her something back" I pause."I'm sure prim will give you cheese from her goat ." I stop and look at Rory "Rory" I say "You do not take extra food . Am I clear?" I ask . He nods . "Only if you really have no choice, only if that is your only option. Also do not go into the woods , the only the last choice too. Do that before the extra food .And if you do remember what I taught you , don't get in too deep in the woods." I finish .
"Hey calm down Gale . We will be OK" Rory says "you only take care of yourself now , there won't be anything you can do all the way from the Capitol". I choke ,because that will be the first time in years I won't be taking care of them.
"Take care of yourself please" posy asks "For me?" .
"I will" I will take care of myself ,for posy if not for anyone else . Though we all know I'm not coming back .Peacekeepers come in . "Mum ! Mum" I say for the last time " If it gets too bad don't let them watch don't " before I can finish my sentence she's out the only thing I hear is posy's screaming "Gale ! Gale!" and she runs to hug me one last time . then she's out .That was the last time I will ever see my family . I can't even believe it myself .
After about two minutes (350 breaths since I got in the room) ,three girls from school , from town Ariel , Belle and Zoe , "That was so brave" Belle says and puts her arm around me . I take it off quickly .
"Yeah I can't believe it !" Arial says " You are so brave !" . "Everyone will love you !" Zoe says .
"Thanks" I mumble praying that they will leave already . "Just don't forget us when you come back" Ariel says . "Yeah you will finally have time for us when sheis gone" Zoe says . Bitch . I can't believe I dated her even if it was for like what ? 3 days ? "shut th-" before I finish 2 peacekeepers come in and take them . For the first time in my life I actually feel hope when I see those white uniforms .
I wait for a few minutes (401 breaths total) ,then my friends , Jacob , Sam & Adam come in. Jacob and Sam are from town but hang out mostly with people from the seam . I even saw them a few times in the Hob. Adam lives 4 houses from me . "I will look out for your family , you know , make sure they have food on their table " Sam says with a smile. "Me too" Jacob tells me .
" I would if I could" Adam says and we all laugh , his family doesn't have a lot of money either , but enough to make sure he doesn't starve . "I'll help out the girl's family too" sam says .
"Thanks" I say knowing I won't be able to help them either . "Stay strong and all that shit OK?" Adam asks me . I nod . "We'll miss ya buddy " Sam says .
"Just please tell me that if she doesn't make it" Jacob says "You will" he pauses "for you family's sake".
"Don't worry" I say .They are pretty much my best friends . I will miss them . Two peacekeepers come in and take them "By the way" Jacob says " I still don't get what belle sees in you" . I laugh "She's all yours" I say . He laughs and the door shuts .
I wait for a few minutes knowing that no one else will be coming . Until, after 532 breaths after I got in there, Madge ,the mayors daughter walks in . Madge ?What the hell ? "I'll look out for them" she says . I have a confused look on my face, since we all know I'm not her favorite person in the world, maybe Katniss asked her . "Your family" she says with a smile .I
"Thanks" I choke .We sit in silent for about two minutes until a peacekeeper comes in . She walks towards the door but turns around before she gets out ."Just" she pauses "Take care of yourself" .
"I will" I whisper and she walks out . But I can't take care of myself . No one can take care of themselves . It's the freaking Hunger Games .
"Come on" a peacekeeper says to me and walks me out . We go on a car , I have never been in one . "The sponsors will love that !" Effie says "Two district twelve volunteers ! Wow" she says . I don't notice whatever she keeps saying I just look as district 12 passes by on the way to the train station .
As we get to the train station we are led strait to our rooms. I go to the room Effie told me is mine . Katniss follows . "Sick ha ?" I say as I sit on the bed . She closes the door . "We barely make it through the day and they just do whatever they want. Buy whatever they want . Did you see the size of this train ? The amount of food they have here ? Its sick" I say . She looks at me in a face that tells me exactly what she wants to say. 'Heard that before' . "Just" I pause "Forget it" .
"No" she says and sits next to me "I won't .your right. I'm just still in the moment" . I give her a little smile . "It's just . . How do I say it" she says "Insane ?" we laugh. "Everything that happened today . I'm still waiting for my mum to wake me up" .
"Yeah I'm still waiting for posy to wake me up . Crying that Vick and Rory are teasing her or wanting me to play with her" she smiles.
" You will come back" she says . "No" I say "you will" .
"You have 3 siblings to take care of" she says .
"You have prim" I tell her "Your coming back" . "No" she says "You are" . "how do you think I will be able to come back knowing that because of the fact that I'm alive you aren't coming home? I won't be able to face no one. " I ask .
"How do you think I will?" she asks "We'll see" she says ."It's amazing how even in the craziest times we still find something to fight about". Got that right.
"You two go get washed up and come to eat !" Effie says trough the door . Katniss walks out and I go into the shower . I take my shirt of as I close the door . Get inside trying to turn on the water but the first button I press takes out some liquid , I think shampoo , we don't have it back home we only have the normal soap and we shower in this big bucket like thing . I press another button and water comes out , the water turn black from the dirt on my body . I try to get out as quick as possible , and go to a dresser in the room . I take out some shorts and a brown shirt . As I walk out I hear katniss's voice "Aren't you supposed to be our mentor ? You know , help us?" she says .
"Help ? you know what" Haymitch , our mentor , says "Accept the fact that in a week , you will probably be dead " .
"Hey!" I yell . "Oh pretty boy is finally here" he says .
"What did you ask him ?" I ask katniss . "How to find shelter " she says .
"You won't" haymitch says . "Shut up" I tell him and sit down . "Well?" katniss asks . "How do you find shelter ?" I ask him as he pours some white liquor in his glass . I take it from him "How do you find shelter?" I ask again . "Give me that boy" he says. I give it to Katniss .
"Well I think we finally got some fighters Effie" he says and I look at Effie putting more make-up . "Later" Haymitch says and takes the bottle . I look at him . "Fine Fine ! "he says . "You either build one , climb a tree or find a cave" I look at Katniss . "I'll help you tomorrow" he says . We give him a sharp look. "Fine ! I'll be sober enough to help you . OK ?" I smile and we eat .
Well there's the first chapter !
A few things my friend asked me when she read it
First , yeah gale actually did have a life that didn't include Katniss , like he said in catching fire
2nd the thing with the girls is because the book says that girls are all over him ,and well ,who wouldn't ?!
And last , Gale doesn't always think about his crush on Katniss so I didn't write a lot about it now.
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