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Chapter 1:
Gale's words finally hit me. There is no more District 12. The impact is so sudden and I feel like I can't breathe. The same feeling I felt when I heard Prim's name be chosen for the 74th Hunger Games. Gale is holding my hand and looks at me with sad eyes. I manage to get the words out, "Everyone there?" Gale looks past me and says softly, "I couldn't save everyone. I only managed to get a couple of hundred people out. I got everyone past the fence and into the woods. Then a hovercraft just appeared and they took us in." I'm reassured that Gale got my mother and Prim and his family out in time but what about Madge? Or... Peeta's family? I ask while keeping back my tears, "What about Madge and Peeta's family?" Gale replies, "Madge and her mother made it out of District 12 but Mayor Undersee had stayed back trying to help evacuate the district. Katniss, he's gone." I think of how Mayor Undersee always bought our strawberries. Of how he was sad when I was going to the Hunger Games. And of how he actually stayed back to help. He was a brave man and I added him to my list of people of why I would want to fight the Capitol. Gale pauses and avoids my eyes when he says, "Mrs. Mellark wouldn't leave her bakery. She was too stubborn and the rest of her family kept trying to persuade her to go. She ended all of their lives because she wouldn't leave their bakery behind." I let Gale's words sink in. The silence seems to go on forever until Plutarch walks in.
He doesn't even acknowledge Gale. Plutarch says to me, "Now that you're up, there are some things that we need to discuss." He doesn't even wait for me to respond when he says, "First off, all the districts except 1 and 2 are in full scale rebellion. Second, if we are to win this war, we need you to be the Mockingjay and to lead the rebellion." Plutarch stops briefly to watch my face. I've had enough training during the Games to keep my face expressionless. Then he says, "Lastly, you must except the fact that Peeta is most likely dead." I keep my face blank and I don't say anything. Finally Plutarch walks away. Gale stares at me for a while. I tell myself to stay strong but I still end up trembling. I hate myself for showing weakness but I can't help it. Peeta is gone. Peeta is gone. I keep telling myself this but it just doesn't seem possible. I feel helpless and then I feel something warm on my cheek. It's a teardrop.
I haven't cried since I was 11. I feel ashamed that I am crying now, especially in front of Gale. Gale walks over and opens his arms. I easily wrap my arms into his. This feels so normal while everything else in my life is a mess. He smells like burnt wood and ashes... and the woods. The woods. I think about the many years I've spent with Gale in the woods. I bury my head in Gale's shoulder and start crying. I let all my years of holding it in come out. Gale lightly strokes my hair which is surprisingly soothing. At last my tears are all gone. A doctor comes in and makes everything extremely awkward by staring at me and Gale. She comes over and tells Gale he has to go. Then she injects something into my arm. I lie down and try to sort out my mind.
I still feel hopeless and I don't think I can be the Mockingjay. But then I think about Rue and Prim. I think of how they're the reason I must fight. Just thinking about Rue gives me strength to fight against the Capitol. Now that I know that I have to be the Mockingjay, for Rue and Prim, but mostly Rue, I need to sort out my feelings for Peeta. Now that he's gone, it must not really matter but for me it does. I know I loved him, just was I IN love with him? I almost figured it out when I hear the door open. I lift my head up to see Madge slip in.
She smiles when she sees me and walks over. She asks quietly, "Do you know anything about where we're going?" I nod and reply, "District 13." Madge's eyes widen and her brows furrow and she asks, "District 13?" I nod. Madge just sits there quietly. I don't mind because I prefer not talking right now. After a while Madge gets up. She silently waves goodbye. Before she leaves though, I say, "We'll all miss your father." She pauses for a moment and then replies, "Now I know what you felt when the mine accident had happened." Then she leaves.
I close my eyes and eventually fall asleep. In my dream the Capitol is torturing Peeta by cutting his limbs off one by one. Then they tell him that I hate him and then for the death blow they stab him in the stomach. I try to stop them but I can't move. Then they pull Prim out and cut her tongue out and make her an avox.
I wake up screaming. Nobody is there to comfort me. I suddenly miss Peeta holding me in his arms. I know he's gone but I miss the comfort and the warmth. I try to go back to sleep but it never comes.
In the morning we land in District 13. A lady who calls herself President Coin leads us down an elevator. My stomach churns and I see Gale is a bit uncomfortable in the elevator too. He holds my hand and it calms me down a bit. Even though it's much sturdier like the elevators in the Capitol, I still think about the mines. I see a number on the left top corner in the elevator. It says "-245" when we stop. President Coin tells a few guards to take us to our rooms. My room is right next to Gale's. I see Gale's family led by another guard. When I open my door, the first thing I see is Prim. She looks up and sees me. She smiles and says, "Katniss!" I walk over to her and sit down next to her. I look at her face and see bags under her eyes. She looks so much older than she really is. She's only 13 and she has already gone through so much. My mother walks in from another room and says quickly to Prim, "I have to go to the medical room. Would you like to come with me? The District 13 guards informed me that the medical room needs me to help tend to the patients." Prim nods eagerly. I don't know why but I don't want Prim to go. She seems too young to already be tending the wounded and sick. I don't say anything though. Mother and Prim leave. I wander around and see my room. I'm about to take a shower when there's a knock on my door. I open the door to find Gale. He says, "We're needed in the Control Room." The Control Room? What's that?
I arrive to a room full of unfamiliar people. The only people I recognize are President Coin, the security guard that led me to my room, Plutarch, and Haymitch. Haymitch? Haymitch looks sober and says tiredly, "Have a seat you two." I sit down in an empty chair next to Gale. Plutarch immediately asks me, "So how do you plan on being the Mockingjay?" I feel a little annoyed that he assumed I was going to be their Mockingjay. I was already a piece of their Hunger Games, I didn't need to be the Mockingjay just because they asked me to. I say, "What makes you think I'm going to be the Mockingjay?" Plutarch opens his mouth but no words comes out. He closes his mouth and then Haymitch grumbles, "Because otherwise it would've been a waste to have broken the arena and gotten thousands of people killed. Ring a bell sweetheart?" I feel anger boiling inside of me but once again, Haymitch was right.
I sit there and half listen to what everyone is saying. I can tell that Gale is also bored out of his mind. I hear Plutarch talking about visiting District 1 when I say, "So what is your point of having us here?" President Coin clears her throat and says, "We need you to lead the rebellion and convince District 1 and 2 to join the rebellion." I respond, "Under a few conditions." She raises her eyebrow but I can tell she isn't surprised. She asks, "And what would those be?" I say, "You find out if Peeta is definitely alive or dead. And if he is alive, we rescue him." This actually makes President a bit surprised. She says, "Sure. But you must do everything I say alright?" I don't like the idea of someone telling me what to do and being forced to do it. I say, "Not unless it is out of reason and I don't want to do it." President Coin replies, "If it involves hurting you or risking your or someone you care about's life." I nod and I shake her hand. Then President Coin dismisses me and Gale. When we walk back to our rooms, Gale says, "What if he's not alive?" I slowly respond, "Then I will forget about him and focus on the rebellion." Gale seems unconvinced but we keep walking. When we get to our rooms, Gale says goodbye. He lightly kisses me on the cheek and then he goes into his own room.
Then I enter my own room and take a bath. After I come out and am in clean clothes, I sit on the couch. I think about what I told Gale. If Peeta was truly dead, I would forget Peeta and focus on the rebellion. I don't think it would be possible to forget Peeta but I know I would focus more on the rebellion. Then I made myself promise to myself that if Peeta really is dead, I will try to forget him and he will be another reason why I have to win the rebellion.
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