My name is Coral. Or at least that my fake name. I don't know who I am or where I came from. A few years ago, when the revolution started I was found in the middle of the woods alone, badly injured and I almost died. A few run-aways found me and brought me to my new home. District 4. I was taken care of by Lia, that ran away from the capitol three years before I arrived. She had children once, but they were all killed by the capitol.
Since only the runaways saw me, Lia raised me like I was her child. She told everyone that I was her lost child that the Capitol capture. She told me the truth but I was the only one but her that knew that I wasn't hers.
She needed me, to have a stronger impact in th Capitol. I was the living prove or something. The funny thing is, I actually look a lot like Lia. We both have blond hair and pale blue eyes. Lia believes that I came from district 3. It fits perfectly. A few months after the whole district was blown I was found. But it is possible that I was a runaway from district 8. The only clue that I have about my past is a memory. Actually its less than that. Its a word. A word that gave me a strange feeling every time it has be said. Mocking jay.
I have no idea why, but I know its strongly relates to my past.
I come to realization that perhaps I'll never know my real name. I gave up the hope when the doctors told me there's a very slim chance I'll ever remember who I am. So, for now, I'm Coral Liir. The adopted daughter of Lia. I accepted my new identity and I have no interest of finding out who I was. My life is too good and I don't need to question it.
"Coral. We need to get going. The haver craft is waiting!" Luci yells at me.
Luci is my escort but also my best friend. Shes like a big sister to me.
She knows me better than myself, not that it such and achievement for her. Since I don't know who I am.
"Luci. I'm doing my her." I say to her, calmly while I slowly brush my long blond hair. Many of the girl back home, in district 4 are jealous of my hair.
Most of them have brown or red hair. One of them tried to die it so she could look like my. But the result was awful. She ended up with blue hair for some reason. Luci has a long black hair since she's from district 3 and pale green eyes.
She hates to dress up and wear make up and its a darn shame. She is pretty, You just can't see it behind all the dirt and freckles.
"You have been brushing your hair for the last ten minutes. For crying out loud it looks okay! Now please can we go already?" She almost begged for me.
"I'm done!" I announced after a few moments. I checked myself in the mirror one more time and look at myself, satisfied.
Some say I'm spoil. I say screw them. I am not spoil, and not self centered. I'm just happy with who I am.
"Thank god. I thought you'll never be done." She sighs. I smile to her and lean to her to kiss her on the cheek. She smiles and hugs my shoulder.
"I don't know why I am hanging out with you. Your such an air head." She mumbles.
"Well... I do have a dazzling personality..."
"Yeah.. I doubt it." She chuckles.
"Look, I don't understand why should we be in a rush. They won't start until we arrive, So what different does it make?" I try to explain to her without a success. Luci hate being late. She feels uncomfortable when people wait for her.
"Its not polite! We are here on a duty! Not to have fun!" She bites her lower lip. Thats a sign that shes about to lose it unless I what I'm being told.
"Fine. I'm coming." I grumble and follow her to the haver craft.
When we sit in our places it seems that everyone is staring at us.
"WHAT?" I yell at them. I don't like it when people stare.
"We are waiting for you to say go." The pilot says. I look at them shocked.
"Luci... what the..."
"Just say it." She cuts me rolls her eyes.
"Go?"
Right then the haver craft begins to fly in an incredible speed.
I try to understand why were they acting so strange. Than I notice that the co-pilot has a blue skin. They were ex-Capitols.
Since the revolution ended Capitol citizens have been working in a humiliating jobs and there right has been taken by the new government of Panem.
There are not allowed to drive or in my case fly, unless they being directly asked for.
The punishment will end in ten more years and until then, the consider as good as trash.
I don't understand why the government is so difficult with them. They were like little children that had no idea what they were doing. The one who should be punished is the old government the former head game makers. And they are all dead anyways. But again, I have no memory.
Maybe I've known more about my pass life I would I hate them too.
I know that Luci despites all Capitols. I glance to her, worried.
She presses her lips into a thin line and she hold the edges for her dress tightly, as she was trying to stop herself from attacking them.
I take her hand and hold it with mine. She looks at me with pain.
Though I an not supposed to know it, I heard that her parents were killed in the revolution and her older sister was killed in the hunger games.
"It okay.. We are almost there." I whisper to her. She nods she leans on my shoulder.
She squeezes my hand so hard that my hand turn red. She breaths heavily.
"I HATE THEM." she mutters angrily. I don't answer to her because I have nothing to say.
I don't have Capitols, and I am a very bad liar.
Either way it won't be enough. So I just nod without saying a word.
After a while she falls asleep and I'm grateful that I no longer have to face her sad eyes.
For a moment the guy with the blue skin looks at me. He's face have an expression I can't quite figure.
"You can talk to me, you know." I say before I can stop myself. It just that he looked so helpless and weak.
He smiles at me, but says nothing.
"I said its okay. I won't bite." I repeat in case he hasn't heard.
Then he opens he's mouth and smiles again. I look away in that instant. The look of his mouth was too much. I know some of the Capitol have turned mute, but I never understood why. Now I do. They had no tongue .He almost chuckles at my reaction. I
than realize what he's smile meant.
"Coral! We are here!" I am woken up by Luci. Have I fallen asleep?
I must have. But I didn't recall falling asleep. Either way I'm glad to see her smile again.
"Really? Its about damn time." I mumble. She nods excited. I than realize why she is so happy. She's just glad to escape the haver craft.
"Yeah! Come one, Coral, lets go!" She screams with enthusiastic voice. But all I can see in that moment is the way she looked in the haver craft.
"Luci, are we going to talk about it?" I say pleasantly. She avoids any eye contact with me when she says:
"I have no idea what you are talking about."
And fortunately for her, at that moment a few guard and a tall woman with tipsy brown hair welcomes us. She introduce herself as Mally. We small talk for a while, 'the weather has been so strange lately. Its like global warning all over again.' and such.
After a while they walk us to a big building made out of a white marvel.
"Here the place where we make our weapons." Mally says.
I am ashamed to ask why so we even need weapons now that the was is over. But I keep it quiet and smile.
After four hours we enter a wide room full of machines. At the middle two people stand.
One looks like Mally, but has a longer hair, pulled up with a hair band.
The other one is a man. He has an olive skin and black messy hair.
He looks at me with a strange look. Somehow I know he has gray eyes.
"Its great to have you here Ms. Liir. I hope you'll find district 2 very welcoming." the woman says in a dull voice.
"Thank you. Your very polite." I say quietly. The man suddenly jumps right off his place.
"Madge?" He whisperers.
I look around, confused. Who was he talking to? I am not Madge, neither is Luci.
"Madge! Your alive! Thank god..." he cries. I than realize he was talking to me.
Before I could deny or say anything he ran to me and hugged me tightly.
I am shocked. I was never hugged by a man. I don't know how to react.
"What the hell ate you doing?" Luci yells. Than he's being pulled by two guards.
"I'm sorry for that Ms .Liir. You see. This boy is an idiot. He probably thought you were someone else." The browned hair girls says in an angry voice. "No I didn't!" He yells and releases himself from her grip. "Why aren't you saying anything Madge?" He whispers, almost begging. I look at him, trying to remember. Nothing. "I'm sorry. You must be confusing me with another girl. My name is Coral." I say. But my heart starts to rush. Could it be that this is my real name? Madge?
I hope not. Madge sound old.
"I told you." The woman say to the man. She than whisperers something else I can't hear.
"No, its okay. It wasn't he's fault. Whats you name anyway?" I smile to him.
"Gale. Gale Hawthorne? " He asks hopefully. Nothing. I nod.
"Well Gale, it has been lovely to meet you." But I need to know more.
Could be? Did that boy known me once? Suddenly I'm eager to hear more.
But I can. And that made me want to scream. At that moment I decide that my real duty is finding out who is this boy.