Disclaimer: Okay so basically this is the first one shot in a collection of hopefully many (depending on whether you guys like it or not) that are related to the hunger games. If any of you have any ideas or requests then please send them my way. None of the one shots will be related so at the start of each one I'll put a title and the characters involved. Also the character selection that you can pick when choosing what fanfic to read will change every time I upload a new one shot. Anyway here's the first one shot and I hope you enjoy

Title: The Second Owner of the Mockingjay Pin

Characters: Madge and Gale

Basic Summary: Madge tells the tale of what was going through her mind after her one and only friend gets send of too The Hunger Games

"They let you wear one thing from your district in the arena. One thing to remind you of home. Will you wear this?"

I held out the circular golden pin that was on my dress earlier.

"Your pin?"

"Here, I'll put it on your dress, all right?" I fixed it onto her blue dress as I took one last look at the mockingjay pin that my mother had given to me when I was 12. "Promise me you'll wear it into the arena, Katniss? Promise?"

"Yes"

I didn't know what else to say, I felt like I was going to cry as I was about to lose the only person I could call a friend. It's stupid of me to be getting emotional, I'm not the one who is having to go through all this. I'm not sure what to do so I simply give Katniss a kiss on the cheek and run out the room.

When I'm outside the room I notice Gale looking down on me as he mutters something to himself. Oh let him think what he wants, he has always hated me. Ever since I first spoke to him when he came to deliver strawberries to my house for the first time I knew there was something about me that he didn't like. At first I thought it was because I was rich and he wasn't but then I realised it's because I'm Madge not Katniss. For years I watched as they would deliver strawberries to my house for my father, the way he looked at her proved my theory that he liked her more than she liked him.

As I walked out of the justice building my mother pulled me in for a hug. It felt silly though, I wasn't the one was going into an arena with a 1 in 24 chance of living. She looked me over and examined me.

"Oh darling where has the pin gone?"

"I gave it too Katniss"

"What?" My mother replied with a worried look upon her face.

"I wanted her to have something to remember me and the district by, after all that's why Maysille wore it wasn't it, so she could remember you?"

As soon as the words spilled out of my mouth I regretted it. Every time somebody mentioned my aunts name my mother would flip and go into a mental state for a few days. I would often wake up and find my mum curled up in a ball crying in our living room or her room.

Of course my mother reacted the exact same way this time and my father, the mayor of district 12 had to take her back home. I wanted to go to the train station to wish Katniss a good luck but those words wouldn't be enough. As soon as I made the decision that I should just go home and tall figure appeared from the entrance to the Justice Building.

I watched as he walked off and in the direction of the seam, however I guessed that he'd probably be going further and outside the borders of 12. I called his name a few times as I tried to chase up with him but it was no use.

I started walking for a bit in the direction of my house and as I passed the bakery I could see Peeta's mother was back to work as usual. She looked glum but then again when did she ever not. I know my mother is a bit bonkers but I'd rather her than a heartless one like Mrs. Mellark.

The wind started to pick up and I could tell that rain was about to pour. At least now I have something to cover the tears that I'm sure are about to flow. I should be happy really because I wasn't reaped but knowing that the only person who respected me is forced into the games instead breaks my heart.

Sometimes I liked to think of Katniss as a sister. I know it sounds crazy but I do sometimes. At school practically everybody hated me because I was the daughter of the mayor. The poor kids despised me because of my money and the rich kids disliked me because I acted like a teen from the seam most of the time.

I didn't like to flash what I had so I kept to myself. When others would complain about how their family were starving I wanted to offer them something, I had more than I needed. Whenever I did try to help anyone though they would simply laugh in my face at the fact that I was offering help. After a while I excluded myself from everybody, I didn't leave my house except for school and I rarely said two words to anybody. That was except for Katniss.

For some reason Katniss actually liked me. Still to this day I have no clue why. We've always been worlds apart, I have so much and she has so little. I wouldn't say we were best friends but we were there for each other. Most of the time we wouldn't even talk to each other, instead we would sit in silence as we ate together or as we paired up to work on a project.

As the reaping was over we were required to go to the Square where it was all held earlier to have a feast. Attendance was mandatory and as the mayors daughter there was no way I could possibly think of not going. After I freshened up at home I went back to the square where tables were being set up. It's sad really that we celebrate the fact that our lives have been spared for a year whilst twenty three innocent teenagers are on their way to death right now. Then again it's not a celebration in district 12, it never is. I can't imagine how sick in the head the citizens of the Capitol must be for them to celebrate this event.

After a while the square was busy again and this time some people were lively. Of course everyone was here except for the family of Katniss and Peeta. They are the only people who aren't forced to attend this feast. People came up to me to talk to me but once again I went into my shell and stayed to myself, I wasn't in the mood for talking.

I noticed Gale come up and stand next to me. I was going to say something when the screens turned on and a Capitol presenter was addressing Panem. Of course, it was mandatory that we had to watch the reapings of the other districts. I didn't want to though, at least without knowing the competition I can believe that Katniss might come back.

The first reaping was district 1 obviously which consists of two volunteers, both 17 and confident looking however I doubt either of them will make it very far as they both look like they have the intelligence of a five year old. For district 2 the girl that got reaped wasn't replaced with a volunteer at first I was surprised but then I saw the boy from her district. Even if I had been trained for these games I wouldn't want to go into the arena with him. The girl was 15 and the boy 18, despite their size difference and the fact they looked nothing alike I could tell they were similar, both deadly.

The rest of the reapings went by in a blur. I did take note of though a 12 year old girl from 11 and her district partner who looked around 18. If only the young girl had somebody to volunteer for her like Prim did.

Finally our district came up and I realised the rest of the country must be laughing at us right now, Haymitch never failed to entertain the audience. I watched as Prim was called and Katniss volunteered, out of the corner of my eye I could see Gale shift his gaze from the screen and to the ground. I know how he must be feeling as he too has just watched as his closest friend was sent of to the games.

I wanted to show Gale that he wasn't alone and that he could talk to me so I slid my hand into his and gave it a reassuring squeeze. His expression didn't change but he didn't pull away either so I just stood there as I watched my only friend disappear off the screen not knowing when I would see her again.

A/N: Thanks for taking the time to read this and please review letting me know what you thought

Also to any readers of my Clato story In the Beginning, sorry I haven't updated in such a long time I've just been extremely busy but I hope to get the next chapter up very soon. Anyway thanks for reading and check out my tumblr: dauntlessmockingjays