This story will have some changes, first it wasn't Annie who won the 70th hunger games but Annie will maybe appear on my fanfiction depending how it goes. The looks are on my polyvore account and all your reviews will make my day.
Chapter 1
I ran throw the woods looking for some place where I could hide. I felt my stomach rumbling with anger but as something I was used to back in my district. I missed home. I missed the smell of the florets and the grass. I miss going out haunting with Gale and Kat. The always bubbly Prim. Taking Roy, Vick and Posy to school. I even miss the smell of food that I couldn't eat. I even miss the Seam. I miss it but I don't know what I am capable of doing to return.
"There are you little girl." The boy from district one tells me as I hold to my knife since I couldn't get to the bow. I'm 15, he's 18 there is no way I can stand against him so I ran and as I see a tree I climb it (thank god for the tree). I see the tall boy trying to climb but I aim to his leg putting the knife straight into the knee as he felt growing in pain.
It was only him, me and the district two male tribute. I could actually go home. I listen to the sound of foot and I hide as I see the district two male appearing as he sees the other one raising and they fight with each other as the sword cut the head of the district one tribute and the cannon goes on and I hide from him as he passes by me be without realizing but the image of the head and the death body laying close to me were still on my mind as I try to hold my terrifying breading and everything starts to go grayish and I look at the deep red on my hands: blood. Blood I caused.
"You're a murder. You're a murder." The haunting voice tells me as I scream.
I wake up elevating my body as I hold my chest felling the heart pump and the fast breathing as I wake up for the 4th time this night. It was the day of the year I feared and hated the most. I was five years ago all over again. To me and other more 24 teens, kids. It's the Hunger Games.
"Morning cupcake." Haymitch says obviously already drunk as I try to look for water in his table. We could have a house to each other but honestly neither of us actually even considerate leaving apart. I remember the first year when I won I would come over and talk to him and since either of us has very healthy ways to deal with the games I never moved to other house. He never told me anything and I never said anything. We just live together.
"You know Mitch most people aren't drunk this early in the morning but having in count the day I will let you get drunk." I tell him as he looks at me surprised. "Just don't embarrass yourself in front of the cameras again."
"Of course not. Why would I do such thing?" He says and I roll my eyes walking away since I had done my job of waking him up even if I will probably do it at least two more times today.
Finding Katniss wasn't hard as I saw her and Gale in our (illegal) place. The place was where Gale and I meet Katniss 4 years ago. Well I knew Katniss but we never really talked with each other expect when we were like 5 since I am older than her and started school first. Gale and I were a completely different story; we knew each other all our life I can't remember I moment of my childhood when he wasn't in.
"I brought food." I tell them making them both turn to me as I walk and sit next to Katniss opening the bag reviling the bread.
"Oh my god is that real." Katniss says as I give one to her and other to Gale.
"I brought more for your families too, maybe more people." I say showing the bag with 20 breads.
"You shouldn't." I see Katniss tell me. I knew her all my life and while she doesn't let me help her that much sometimes I am able to do it. Or give it to Prim so that Katniss can't say no. I give bread to Gale as I get close to him.
"Happy hunger games." Gale says showing his bread as you do it when you're making a toast.
"And may the odds be ever in your favor." Katniss says mocking the Capitol accent ask I relax on Gale's shoulder.
"How many times is your name in it?" I ask him softly as I ever year fear for the worst.
"42" he says and I close hug his arm tightly and I see Katniss worry look. "I guess the odds aren't exactly in my favor." He tells us both as he kisses my hair.
"I should have help."
"Lena we already talk about this. We don't actually starve." Katniss tells me but it still makes me feel bad since I had more money than I could spend but I still help them hunt, not only because can let them doing it by themselves but because of how the looks and the smell of the florets it makes me feel me. Sane. Yes, sane is the best word.
"How many times was your name when you were reaped?"
"28."It a number you never forget. I was 15 and my name was already there 28 times before that time that it was me and Caleb, my older brother, but he died in the mines just like Gale's and Katniss dads. Most of my nightmares he's in it. It's the scariest part. "I should probably go; Effie probably wants to play living doll with me." I say as I see Kat giving me an understanding look. She dispraised Effie and everyone in the Capitol, most of the times I was with her except for a very little group of people.
Gale walked me to the Victors Village as we both walk in a comfortable silence after we separate at the Hob.
"Katniss told me she didn't want kids." This makes me stop and look at his beautiful face. I have meet a lot of men (more than I like to admit) during the years I have been leaving as I victor but Gale had to be one of the most handsome man I've seen.
"Can you blame her?"
"No, have you seen the world we leave in?" I know what he meant. Only if he knew how corrupted and evil it actually was. What was going on? What I had to do to keep the people I loved safe. But I know he's referring to the Seam and for that I should be helped them more.
"Lena, you can just give the money to everyone and draw to much attention." He tells me. He always can read me so easily. He always knows what I am going to say.
"If I helped you more your name wouldn't be there 42 times."
"If you helped me they would have something to use against you." See Gale knows things. It is like he knows what is going on. What I have to do. But if he truly knew he would never look at me the same way and I didn't want that. He already looks at me different since I return home after my games.
"We were talking about Katniss and speaking of her when will you grow a pair and tell her?"
"Things are not that easy."
"Please. You are both young, alive, you obviously have been going this dance around each other for a while now, just tell her." I cover up a while now and didn't tell the actually time he started to look at Katniss in a different way: 4 years ago. The year I became a victor.
"What if we don't work? She's my best friend." He tells and I look at him pretending to be hurt. "You're my annoying older sister and speaking of friendships that could be ruined with romance that almost broke us." The tone on his voice showed some remorse and I wasn't sure if it was about having a relationship with me or actually the fact it broke. I hoped for the good of everyone it was the first option.
"Gale." I say putting my arms around his neck and I feel his arms around my waist and the familiarity comes back to me.
"Have you ever wondered what would happen if you…"
"Wasn't reaped?" I finished and he nods. The true is that I think about it every day. "Yes. But we wouldn't work. I was 15 and you were 14." I always liked to point it out.
"You like the fact that you are older than me even if I look you always looked younger than me, especially back then."
"It's not my fault you are so tall. And you would fall for Katniss anyway."
"You don't know that. Any of it. We might still be together. We could made it last." He says lowing his voice at each world as I look at his gray eyes and I see the fire. The fire I once had. Then I noticed our closeness and I stay a back a little bit.
"I should go Gale. I need to deal with Effie and prepare for the Reaping."
"Good luck."
"I am not the one who needs it the most." I tell him sadly.
"The reaping day. One of my favorite days of the year." I hear the high pitched voice of Effie Trinket. Sometimes I really want to snap at her but I know it will only make it worst besides I had to keep appearances after all I was a Capitol Lover. Obviously sarcasm. I saw Haymitch and I knew he was thinking something close to what I was.
"Helena darling shouldn't you be getting ready. These clothes you were are not fashionable at all. You should be wearing something shinny." Of course they aren't shinny. They were my hunting clothes: black pants, grey top and the leather jacket and black boots.
"We don't want to get the attention out of the Tributes."
"Look at you such a darling and nice girl. You know how important it is for them, the spotlight, well I better go. Haymitch you should learn some things from Helena." She says as we hear the clink of her high heels leaving.
"Will she ever know when I am being sarcastic?"
"I doubt it darling after all it's Effie." He says as I start to walk also to the door.
"Deep down, really deep, you actually like her."
"Cupcake you hit your pretty heard strong while you were out."
"Whatever you say Mitch. Now get a shower and change I will be back soon."
I walked into the justice building as I saw Haymitch already there with a drink is his hand. Typical of him.
"Congratulation cupcake you actually don't look like a slut."
"Oh Mitch you always know what to say to a woman." I tell him as I pass my hand to the fabric of the printed blue dress. "Cinna made it for me."
"That explains a lot. Now come on the reaping day is here." He says with fake excitement as he comes close to me whispering so that I was the only one who could hear. "I would hide that necklace because as much I'm sure the cameras would love to see you wearing a heart necklace and who gave it to you, Snow not so much." He says and I put my heart-shaped neck under the dress as I looked at my bracelet and I see Haymitch rolling his eyes. "Really?"
"It's just a bracelet."
"Of course it his." He says not buying it as he drinks his glass.
"Do you always have to be drunk?"
"It's part of my charm." He says leaving me as I touch my silver bracelet. It was one of my favorite accessories, not because it was shinny, or expensive or because of the 1 carat diamonds it had. It was because it had meaning: from the 4 diamonds to the silver knots connecting the infinity symbols. It was a symbol of love, something a cheery, it was a reminder of the real me.
I say everyone entering the square as I sat next to the mayor's family. I felt my heartbeat raising as it did every reaping for the last 5 years. I seriously don't know how Haymitch deals with this for 25 years. I know alcohol is always the answer for him but I know that no matter how drunk you are it always affects you. Knowing we are delivering 2 kids to their death. As my eyes look to the crown I see Prim entering scared. I feel so bad for her then I see Rory. I remember the day he was born. Our families were leave next to each other and we were always close. I know Gale's mother more that I will ever be able to pay. Obvious either Prim or Roy had they name more than a normal boy or girl with their age was Gale and Katniss would never let it happen and neither would I. Then they grey eyes I was looking for meet mines and I see the concern on Gale's face.
"Are you ok?" he murmurs to me and I move my head but just a little so only him would realize it. The truth is that I was not ok. This is not ok. It's unfair all these games. I remember the time Katniss, Gale and I would talk about this with the time Gale and I were the most vocally about it but now I have to be careful about that I say.
Effie them comes showing the damn video about the games and the story everyone already knew very well. I see Gale looking at Katniss as he makes fun of the video and I see her smiling. I feel my heart tight a bit yes I was jealousy not because he was obviously in love with her but because I can't have that in my life. Being in love with someone. Who are you kidding you're in love you just can't show it. When I look back to Effie she is already going to reap the names.
"Ladies first." She says and my heart tight more as I feel the heartbeat raising then she says with her accent. "Primrose Everdeen."