A/N: Hey guys, here's Chapter 2 . Just so you know, I'm planning to pretty much follow the original plot and still have Gale presented as Katniss' best friend. Thhis cchapter starts with beginnninngg of Mockingjay. Thanks so much for the favorites and reviews, it means a lot!
Disclaimer: I own nothing of The Hunger Games series or its characters.
I don't quite know why, but I had to come back to District 12. Just to see it for myself really. I'm not allowed to stay long since I can only visit. It took a good amount of persuasion- begging really- to convince Plutarch to let me come. He finally gave in, saying that maybe a visit to twelve is what I need to be convinced we're on the same side.
My mind thinks back to Johanna digging the tracker out of my arm. I don't know who to trust anymore and I can't seem to make sense of what's real. Between the concussion Johanna caused and the meds they used on me, I sometimes see things that I don't know if they really exist or not.
The doctors suggested I start with the simple things I know to be true first and run down the list. I continue to sit like this until Gale's voice reaches me through the earpiece I'm forced to wear. I insist on being alone through it though. He seems to understand, especially since it was him that helped the citizens of twelve survive.
I walk toward the rubble of where the bakery owned by Peeta's family once stood. Part of me aches for him, but more so for the baby. His child, I wonder if they will ever get to meet. The rebels have been talking at me, telling me of their plans to use me as the face of the rebellion.
Would doing it really make things any better? I don't know. Part of me wants to run away, far away from any of this. Just forget everything and start over, but of course there is my family to think about. And Peeta. I'm stuck…What can I do?
I turn around at the sound of a hiss, it's Buttercup. He's in no mood to see, but the sound of Prim's name catches his attention.
Gale tells me we must go back now. I go back to grab my father's hunting jacket when something catches my eye. It's a rose with Snow's scent. I want to scream, to yell out at finding it but instead I make my way back onto the hovercraft.
Later, I'm called down to Command; where I see Peeta being interviewed by Caesar Flickerman. From what I can tell, he still looks strong and healthy. It feels good having Gale here with me now as a confidant of sorts. He doesn't try to push anything and it feels like how we were before the Games.
So far the only person that knows I'm pregnant is Haymitch and I haven't seen him since the day he told me I was. I don't know how to tell anyone else yet, but I don't know how much longer I can hide it. The morning sickness keeps me up at night and my mother looks suspicious but I don't dare mention a word of it.
Gale tells me that Peeta's calling for a cease fire to protect me that he's still trying to keep me alive. I spring up, ready to do something when Gale asks me what I'm going to do. I feel it now, rising up out of me. "I'm going to be the Mockingjay!" I spit out.
