We made it to the square, which looked like a lot of work had been done. It didn't look like anything I had imagined. There was even a small foundation in the middle of it. A crew came towards me carrying cameras.
"Alright, so we have changed a couple of things with this promo." A girl said.
"What?" Effie said. "But her outfit."
"Will work just fine," the girl said rolling her eyes.
"We should have been informed."
"Yeah well crap happens."
Effie just took deep breaths.
"Come on," the girl said to me. "Due to the fact that you aren't good with scripts, we have just given you a guideline."
"Thanks?" I said, unsure of what to say.
"No problem," she went on. "It has been two years since the war. We need to update people and give them hope. The government is still struggling. You need to let them know what everything will be alright."
"Okay. I think I can do that."
I have been taught how to kill people and be a strong fighter, but not this. I have never been good with people. Now, I was expected to relate to them and comfort them.
"Good. We want you standing in the square of District 12 because it is your home and it has been rebuilt. It shows that everything isn't always lost and that we can recover."
"That is really poetic," I said.
"That was the point," she smiled smugly. "Now, stand here. The sun should be right behind you."
"Alright."
"We wanted the sun to rise behind you, but…" she trailed off.
"Sorry."
"It's fine. Let's get started."
She walked over and set up the camera. I tried to not stand there awkwardly. Instead, I took deep breaths and tried to think about everything Katniss had been through, everything they had been through, and what I had been through. None of this was easy and it would never be.
"Action!" She called.
"People of Panem, as you all well know, today is the second anniversary of the horrible war that changed everything. A lot of people were lost and it's hard to move on, but you will. Someday, down the road you will think of them and it won't hurt. You'll think of the small things that used to make you smile. Like how the back of Prim's shirt would come untucked," I said starting to get emotional.
"Or how she loved animals. I remember one time I took her our hunting with me. She shot the animal, then she busted out crying. She wanted to help it. Prim was an amazing, compassionate…she loved to help people. I admired that about her." I took a deep breath and calmed myself. "I like to sit by the window and stare at the primroses Peeta planted and think of her. I wonder what she would be doing now and what she would think. I might not know that, but I do know she cares about me. I know that she wants me to not be sad and to live a happy life. So, I intend to do that. Her death, and all of the others, would be in vain if we didn't make the best of the situation we are in. We should make this world a better place. If not for us, then for them and everyone after us." I finished and did the three finger solute.
The girl yelled cut and ran over to me.
"That was great! How did you do that?"
"I listened to my heart," I snapped at her, "That wasn't acting. I just talked from my heart."
And it was true. I felt for these people. While I didn't truly understand the horror they had been through, I understood loss. I had lost people in my life either by death or circumstances. I knew what I was supposed to do. Instead of destroying or killing, I was supposed to heal these people. I would have to after I killed the enemy of each Fandom. I just hoped that I could do it.