Chapter 6 - Funeral and Unexpected
Not many people died in the attack, 23 to be exact, and of that 23, just one was a soldier.
The authorities made a simple schedule to order the funerals. It's Miller's turn.
I gather my company and guide them to the District 2 cemetery. The cemetery is located in the border of District 2, it is like a large meadow full of white squares that have inscriptions. No, they have names. I am in shock, all this squares are graves! Never in my life I've seen something like this, in the Seam most of the people die in the mines, but when it is of hunger or disease they burn the bodies and throw the ashes to the woods, only the VERY rich can afford a simple grave and this meadow is filled with them. It makes me mad in a way, but when you see it, it makes a terrible feeling of sadness.
Finally we reach a line of new graves, I see that some men are finishing caving holes, I gulped, the only idea of being in a hole makes me sick.
All my company gathers around the deep dark hole that is going to be the last place Miller is going to be. Her body is no longer on a blue bag; she is now in a simple wood coffin that has the Mockingjay's symbol, Katniss's symbol.
Plutarch stands at the front and invites us to say some words about Miller.
"I want to say some words" Fugg comes to the front and starts "I am sorry Miller… if my words are not enough to describe you, to thank you, I know they are not, but I just couldn't find a way to say goodbye." In his face you can see that he struggles with tears. He takes a deep breath before continuing. " I can't thank you enough for all the laughs and positive thoughts, for all the smiles and hope. I am sorry, so sorry that I didn't protect you, I should've seen that rebel, I should've stopped that arrow, but I didn't and I am sorry" A small tear comes down his face and he stands again in his place.
Cam stands up to the front "Thank you for reminding me how it is to have a friend, for all the listening, for all the joking, I will miss you so much…" she closes her eyes and goes back to her place.
I look around and see that nobody is coming up, so I stand up and walk slowly to the front and with all my strength I struggle to that feeling that reminded me of my father's funeral, just that I never saw his body, I just said goodbye to a lost men.
"I remember the day you arrived Miller, I remember your nervous look, your smile, your greeting." I smile to the memory, but it is a sad smile. " I will always remember your positive way to look at things, your jokes, all of the times you defended me, all of your smiles. I hope you find your family in the other side, I know you wanted badly to see them again. I will never forget about you Miller, you will always live in my memory, in my heart" I return to my place and sit down.
Two guys start to action a lever that lowers Miller's coffin to the bottom of the hole and later the filled it with dirt. Goodbye Miller…
We all stand up and return to our rooms slowly.
It is hard to say goodbye to someone, and I considered Miller my friend, so it makes it worse.
After a week everybody starts getting back to the routine, we train, take shifts to make rounds through the District.
I know that all feel the empty hole that Miller's death left; there is still a funeral air in the environment that honestly makes me sick.
"We cannot be like this anymore, we all know that Miller would've not like this" I start talking, I am sick of this emptiness " we must go on, we cannot cry for her forever!"
All my company looks at me, Fugg looks aside and then down, he is the one who most misses Miller, he was there when she died and he blames himself for her death.
I walk to be just in front of him and I rest my hand in his shoulder.
"You must be strong Fugg, for her"
"Wow Gale, you are deeper than before, what happened to you? I thought that war made people harder, not a sweet candy" All my muscles tight and immobilize me, her voice is terribly familiar. I slowly turn back and see a face that I never thought in my life I would ever see again.
"Are you still afraid of me Gale?" she asks mockingly.
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