Finn's POV:

I watch as the small boat enters the harbour, 'Who does that belong to?' Seacliffe asks, 'Is it one of our ships?'

'I don't know…' I answer. I look closely at the coat of arms on the sail, a red cross with blue and white surrounding it. 'Is anyone familiar with its insignia?'

Everyone shakes their head, 'What should we do?' Fluctus asks

'We are going to see how it is,' I say

'Shall I call for the Capitol's assistance?' Mare asks

'Yes.'

'What should I tell them, Captain?'

'Tell them we have a visitor.'


My crew and I wait for them to cast anchor and tie their boat to the mooring posts. The visitors look different, pale skin and funny haircuts. 'State your name, where you are from and what business you have here,' I command

There are only around eight members in the boat, 'Please.' One says desperately, 'Alfie needs medical assistance,'

His accent is weird, sounds like Effie, one of my mother's friends, but weirder. 'Where are you from?' I state again

'We are from England,'

'England?' I repeat, 'Never heard of it, is it a District from the Old Capitol?'

The young man looks at me in confusion but shakes his head, 'We are in need of your help,' He tries to step out of his boat but a couple of soldiers point their guns at him

'Don't move!' A soldier shouts

'Alfie is sick, he is going to die if he doesn't get help.'

A medic rushes past us and hops on board with a rag covering her mouth and nose. She attends to Alfie and shakes her head, 'It's too late now.' She whispers to the young man

The young man moves towards Alfie and kneels down beside him. A couple of other crew members crowd around him as well. 'Is this all you are here for?' I ask, 'Medical assistance?'

The young man shakes his head, 'My name is Jack Tully, I was sent on a mission to discover the outer lands for help,'

'What is it you need help with?' I ask impatiently

'England is in deep crisis, war is still raging on in our land. We tried to rebuild after the Great War and succeeded for eighty years in peace, until the King was assassinated and the politicians grew corrupt. Poverty now runs the streets, chaos is everywhere. People turned crazy and destroyed the peace. It's everyone for themselves now, stealing, fighting, destroying.

Some of us remained sane and built up a group called the Hope and started saving and recruiting members who wanted to escape the violence. The rest have gone mad, I don't know what is at play here. We don't know who assassinated the King and how the people started turning in rabid creatures, all we know is that we have to survive. This is why we need your help, we need to train all Hope members and teach them how to fight back.'

I nod thoughtfully, 'Do you think that is the right thing to do?'

'What is?'

'Training people to kill people, do you want war?' I shout angrily. 'This is exactly what my mother told me about. This is not the answer, violence is not the answer!'

'Then what are we going to do?' Jack shouts back, 'My whole family is dead because of them! How can we live if we can't fight for peace?'

I chuckle slightly, 'You know your situation is a bit similar to what we had thirty three years ago. We had a corrupt government who sent kids to fight kids in a death games. We fought back against them and innocent lives were lost. We fought for peace and lost so much. You know what is different to your situation? You are the ones sending kids to possibly fight other kids. You are like the Old Capitol. Those people you want to fight against, are they the enemy?' Jack doesn't answer, 'Are they the enemy?' I shout

'I… don't know,' He says with his head down

'Exactly, you don't know… Now back to what you said about your King. He was assassinated, why? Was he a bad person?'

Jack shakes his head, 'He was a kind person, I don't know why anyone would want him dead.'

'Now you are getting it. The person who killed him, probably wanted war, he probably wanted destruction. And do you know what we are going to do about it?'

'What?' Jack asks

'We are going to find that person.'


Katniss's POV:

I hear a knock on the door and Rye comes bolting downstairs and opens the door. I turn to Willow and she rolls her eyes at Rye trying to make conversation with Eve. I feel like some happened yesterday that I didn't know about. I was in the woods with Willow after she came back with Peeta from the meadows. Usually Eve stays at our place on Tuesdays for dinner but when I came back it seemed that she didn't stay for too long.

Rye was acting weirdly at the table last night, he was smiling while eating his meal. Peeta was also smiling as well and Willow seemed like she knew what happened. I didn't ask though because I will figure out sooner or later.

'Good evening, Eve. How is your mother?' I ask when she comes in

'She is well, how are you today, Mrs. Mellark?'

'I am well, thank you.' I answer

'Seems like you couldn't stay for dinner last night,' Peeta says to Eve with a grin, 'Missed out on my apple pie.' Eve groans in disappointment. I can't lie, Peeta's apple pie is the best in town. 'But I did save you a slice before Willow could reach it,'

Willow frowns in mock anger and Peeta hands a paper bag to Eve, 'Thank you Mr. Mellark!' Eve says hugging Peeta

'No problem,' He says

Eve sits next to the fire eating her pie and Rye comes and talks to her. I can tell by the way she looks at him when he is not looking that she does in fact care about him. I smile, my little boy is growing up. I look at my family, the people I love most. They are all growing up, even Peeta and I. I know that he is there for me and I am there for him.

A knock on the door wakes me up from my thoughts. Peeta goes to get it and opens the door, waiting outside is President Paylor.


A/N: Hey Guys! Here is chapter two! I hope you are enjoying the story. Just to clarify, Eve and Rye are 14-years-old. Willow is 18-years-old. Finn is 33-years-old. Katniss and Peeta are 51-years-old. Paylor is 65-years-old. This story happens 11 years after the epilogue. So thank you guys for reading this chapter! Have a good day - Rage