09/27/2013
Chapter Two
I do not own the hunger games! Just Sophia Jackson! Enjoy reading! :D
Right after we were done shaking hands, peacekeepers can and started to walk us to a big building, the justice building, as we get into the building we are separated into two different rooms. I walk into the room and I hear the door slam shut behind me, I sit down on the dark green couch, I feel like I am waiting forever to leave this very boring room until the door opens and in walks the small blonde girl I volunteered for, Primrose, and her older sister and an other older woman who could be their mother.
"Thank you!" Was the first thing that came out of the girl who told me where to go for the sixteen year olds.
"No problem," I say in a slight question tone in my voice.
"I'm Katniss Everdeen, Prim older sister but why did you do that?" Katniss asks in a quiet voice.
"Hope," I reply in an also quiet voice.
"Wait, what do you mean?" Katniss asked.
Before I could answer her question one of the peacekeepers tells them to get it and that their time is down. Before all of them go, I tell the quote my Mom told me when she was alive. Grabbing Katniss and Prim's hands I whisper to them, "Hope the only thing stronger than fear."
After that being said they and their Mother walk out of the door, I wait bored for something else to happen. The door creaks open again but it is no visitor just two peacekeepers. They tell me to stand, I do as I am told and being walked out of the building and I'm pushed into the car. The door on the right opens and in comes, Peeta Mellark, the blonde boy who will be part of a rebellion he doesn't even know about and probably never had that thought, rebellion. Well he better get used to that idea fast with the plan I had that would move all the districts.
The car starts to move to the train station, it comes to a screeching stop and were told to both get out of the car. When I get out of the car I'm blinded by a dozen of lights and cameras taking our pictures, naturally I smile knowing i need to get a lot of sponsors to get me out alive and start a rebellion.
I see the train but before I get in i wave and send a wink to the cameras. My breath is taken away from the beauty of the dream but that thought is quickly gone and filled with anger, how can the capital be happy with themselves, have they seen the starving children every year that go into the horrible thing they call a game. I wonder what Effie thinks about picking two children every single year for their painful death.
Not this year though, with my plan that will steer rebellions in all the districts, a small spark, hope. A small spark that will burn into a large fire that the capital will not put out. We will win this war! This war that no one knows about expect for district 13. We might have lost the first one but we will not let go of hope or freedom.
Without even realizing, I'm in a room, well my room probably for the time until we are in the Capital. I hear knocking on the door and following right after that I hear the high pitch voice of Effie Trinket, "Dinner time!"
Groaning I get off the bed to the door and I open the door and see her bright wig. I slam the door shut and push her with my shoulder to get her out of my way. "That one doesn't have any manors, no matters I will have to fix that!" she says.
I slowly turn around and give her the best glare I can muster up and say in a voice that even gives me the shivers, "You're not the one that might die in the next two weeks, so the last thing on mind is stupid manors. Unlike you I have to worry about killing and to be killed so if I were you I would shut the hell up right now."
Effie looks down right scared and about to cry. Good, a taste of your own medicine. I walk to away from this scene right now before I do something I really regret before I even the plan really starts and I start to try find the food.
I walk down a hall, there is a door at the end of it and I open it up to see large pills of food everywhere. I feel sick to my stomach again seeing this while in a lot of districts don't have any food. I glare at the food, and grab bunch of different food before to stuff myself full than be hungry before to games even start.
Once I sit down I notice I am the only one here, as soon as that thought enters my mind it leaves it, in enters Peeta Mellark.
"Hello Peeta," I say in an even voice.
"Hello Sophia," he says back to me and looks surprised I said hi to him and even remember my name.
He grabs a plate of food and sits down beside me. "I need you to do me a favor," I say quickly so if there are any eavesdropping ears they wont' hear what I'm saying.
He looks confused but who wouldn't be when someone is asking for a favor a couple weeks before the games even start. Before he can ask any questions, I quickly tell him, "Meet me in my room after." After that is said, Effie comes into the room I give her my best death glare, which makes her sit in the furthest seat around the table.
"Where is Haymitch?" I asked confused because he is part of this team and only way to get out alive is having a stable mentor.
"Last time I saw him he said he was going to take a nap," Peeta says.
I finish my food quickly and leave the room to find the drunk of a mentor, I basically open every single door in this train to find him and basically the last door I open I see him passed out on his bed with a wine bottle.
I don't blame him after what he had to go threw; this is just one way for him to deal with this pain. But he has to be sober for this to work out the way district 13 and I want it to.
I walk over to him and try to shake him awake but that doesn't work because he doesn't even budge. I walk into the bathroom to look for something that can hold cold water. After looking for five minutes I find a big cup. "That will do," I mutter to myself.
I fill the cup with water and walk over to drunken man and pour the water all over his neck and back. He springs awake with a very sharp looking knife, I jump back right away.
"Who are you?" He snarls angrily at me.
I don't say my name. "I am the Underdog," I announced to him.
He looks a bit surprised I said something like that instead of my name. "Well Underdog, may I help you with something?" Haymitch barks out.
Rather than saying it I wave to him to come closer to me, he does and I go close to his ear and I whisper instantly, "Rebellion."
He has a look of surprise on his face and I shake my head don't ask anything yet.
"Be sober Haymitch, you swear?!" I demand of him.
"Yes I'll stay sober enough to help you…." Before he finishes his sentence.
I interrupted him, "And the boy."
"Why the boy," He questionably asks me.
"You will find that out later," I say to him.
I walk out the door and I run into Peeta by accident. "Oh sorry," I mumble to him.
"Its alright," He smiles at me making me feel something in the bottom on my stomach. Stupid feeling first time actually meeting this boy and I feel that.
I grab his hand and somewhat run to my room. Where I know it will be safe to talk to him with what I have to say that will change the whole of Panem.
I push him on the bed and lock the door behind me.
"What are you doing?" He asks confused.
"You are very important Peeta. You need to know that something will happen between us in the time we are in the Capital then in the games, just be ready," I tell him as much as I can.
"Wait what are you talking about?" He asks even more confused.
"You will know when it happens but you need to go along with it even if you don't want to you have to. Trust me Peeta," I tell him needing him to trust me, which is crazy because this is the first time we ever met before.
"Okay but how will I know when this happens," He questioned.
"You will just know, it will be very obvious," I say because I don't want to spoil too much of what is going to happen. Before he can ask anything else I pull him off the bed and tell him to get plenty of sleep before the tortures come once we get to the Capital.
He gets out of the room and says goodnight.
I get changed into comfy pjs, brush my teeth and jump into the bed. Just thinking over what has happened over the past 24 hours.
I decided to be the change for all of Panem.
I walked all the way from district 13 to 12.
I volunteered for the games already saving someone life.
I have the help on my mentor and now partner.
I am only 16 years old.
I am Sophia Jackson.
I can save all the districts from the horrible government and games.
I am the Underdog.
When I'm done going over everything that has happened, I think of one last thing before I fall asleep, I remember what Effie Trinket said at the reaping which seems so forever ago, "May the odds before in your favor." And a better future for everyone after this war is over and with that done I fall into a deep sleep.