AN: I remember reading that clove has two sisters so I just gave them the name of the actress (Isabelle) who plays her and her little sister. So Belle and Madi for short
Flashback
Diamond ran down the hallways, not daring to look back. She clambered down the stairs and dashed into a room. There she behind a bookcase, until the peacekeepers left.
Once they left, she let out a breath. She held up a key and smiled.
She then hurried to the garden. She made sure no one saw her and then simply disappeared into the roses.
She pressed the key into the keyhole and slipped in.
There she was met with a knife to her throat.
"Who are you?"
Diamond smiled. "Put the knife down, Clove."
Other weapons were pointed at her but Diamond simply walked on. She led them through the maze of doors and hallways pausing to gather other tributes.
"Do you wish to escape?"
"Why should we trust you?"
Diamond peeled off her shirt where they saw a rose carved into her body; it was faint, but there. The scar was a painful reminder of what Snow had done to her. "This enough proof?"
Clove traced it lightly.
"Snow has explained why you are alive right?"
"To one day protect the capital."
"Tributes are picked for a reason, they are the strongest or the weakest. They are fighter or lovers. Snow wishes for you to kill your families, if the time comes. There is a war now. Katniss has started a rebellion."
Diamond could see the tribute's faces.
Her eyes landed on one of them.
"Cousin, your niece kicked off the whole thing. It was your pin that became the symbol. A Mockingjay."
Maysillee looked at Diamond. "That's my girl."
Her eyes landed on Rue. "Your sisters are safe. They led everyone to safety in the trees. They whistled when they saw the Capitol planes and many escaped.
She looked at Clove.
"Your younger sister, Belle, is alive. She was taken to the capitol but we got her out. She won't be there, where I'm taking you, but she's fine. Your baby sister, Madi is safe, last time I heard."
Diamond continued on talking.
"I wish to offer you a deal. You help me, and once the rebellion is over. You and your families will be safe."
Diamond laid out her plan. It took a while but they agreed. Then she led them out Snow's mansion and through the sewer. Once they were all out, they found themselves in a house.
"House in the hills. No one will find you unless they know how. There is a shield so no plane can detect you. You will be safe here. There is a capitol doctor who is on our side. He will check you to make sure that Snow didn't mess with your bodies too much. Trust him. I'll try to visit, or send someone to check on you every now and then.
Cato wrapped an arm around Clove who was holding Rue's hand.
"Thank you."
"Just keep your end of the deal."
One of the victors touched her shoulder.
"Diamond."
"I'm Acacia Winters now."
(Months later, when Finnick is killed.)
Acacia grabbed Madge.
"Princess. Cover for me. I'm taking him to the tributes."
"Be careful."
She nodded and hauled Finnick's body over her shoulder. She slipped back down into the sewer system and began the long walk to the House in the hills. It took longer than usual because she had to duck into other tunnels, to avoid getting caught. She finally reached the house and she ran her wrist over the rock, spilling blood and identifying herself.
Jackie and Thresh were in the kitchen playing Go Fish with Rue and Glimmer when the door opened. Their eyes flew open when they saw the bleeding body of Finnick.
"Get May."
Rue was up in a flash getting Maysillee. Considering whom May's best friend used to be, she knew a lot about healing.
Maysillee came running in with Cato and Clove on her heels.
She began ordering the boys to carry Finnick up the emergency room.
"May, save him. Use the shot if you have too."
The shot. It was the one thing used to bring people who were dead or dying back to life. It was what Snow used on the tributes. Acacia had broken into Snow's doctor's lab and had stolen everything. It was Madge though, who had figured out how to recreate it.
Acacia stared as May began attending to Finnick.
Once she saw he was stabilized, she turned to leave.
"Explain to him. You guys can't leave until everything is over."
She turned and fled.
Madge looked at Acacia and nodded. She had gotten a message from Clove earlier that Finnick was stable and dying to see Annie. They had also gotten a message from Sophie saying that there was to be a game.
She shifted on her chair as other teenagers looked at each other.
They had been in their chairs for a while arguing.
"I'm telling you. I haven't seen him in a week. I went to his house. They are all gone."
"They were killed!"
"The Mockingjays took them."
"This is your entire fault! Your dumb plan."
"Her dumb plan in the reason we are alive and so many supposedly dead people are too!"
Madge sighed and held her fingers up to her mouth, whistling the shrill whistle Gale had taught her.
"Shut Up! Us yelling isn't going to get them back. Look Sophie said, there is to be a Hunger Games for us the capitol kids. And everyone missing is the right age, give or take a few. So they are probably at the mansion. What we need to figure out what we are going to do for the games."
Acacia spoke first.
"Simple, we give them a game to remember."
Other voices joined in.
"How we do that?"
"We know for a fact that Molly/Holly will be called."
"Someone has to volunteer."
"I think we should volunteer for anyone under the age of 14 that gets reaped."
There were nods of agreement.
Acacia spoke. "One of my biggest concerns is you Princess/Madge. How do we trick the scanner into thinking you aren't Madge Undersee."
"We don't. We can't. It's impossible."
Madge titled her head.
"Maybe we can bribe the official."
"Not unless the official is one of us."
"Maybe Sophie and her group can help."
Madge spoke up. "Names were rigged. So chances are that names will be rigged for this game."
"What are you saying"?
"I'm saying, that Molly will definitely be picked and if my name pops up, I will get picked."
"But..."
"They won't tell Katniss or anyone from my district. More dramatic. Their reporters are from the Capitol. They still have that love for drama."
"Cressida isn't like that."
"We don't know if she's the reporter."
"You can't go up."
"Someone will volunteer for you."
Madge watched as they argued over whether or not is she should be in the games if she was picked.
Finally she had enough. Gale's whistle came out of her mouth again.
"My name alone will cause turmoil. Peeta's best friend? Katniss's best friend? Gale Hawthorne's lover? Everyone will freak, regardless if I'm in the game or not."
"If I go in, it will hurt them. If I don't, they will try to figure out which of us is Madge."
"We can use that as an advantage- a distraction."
Suddenly Madge stood up and she tilted her head.
"Do you hear something?"
While, she was not like Katniss and Gale, she had been to the woods with them enough, and had learned to listen to every sound.
Others tilted their heads and then they looked at each other in horror.
Acacia whispered.
"Scatter. Get the kids and get out."
There were eight different ways to leave not counting, if you climbed the fence, or went through the tunnels. Or if you were crazy enough, the stairs leading to the roof where you had to jump about ten feet down or climb down the tree.
Madge nodded as the signal was given out and then she was off. She began climbing the fence like crazy. She could hear the loud sound of stomping boots behind her. She could hear yelling and screaming.
Once, she reached the top, she turned to see what was going behind her. She saw hordes of Mockingjay soldiers grabbing her friends.
She watched as Lela was grabbed and thrown over someone's shoulder. She couldn't help but smile as the man dropped her.
"She bit me!" Lela took off only to be caught again and this time the guy flipped her over. Madge saw Fox and Lynx make it past the soldiers.
"Princess!" She waved to them and jumped down.
Only to land in someone's arms.
Gale Hawthorne nodded to his team. Several of their targets were in the courtyard. They were all gathered around a fire pit, laughing and eating. Yet, they were all whispering and yelling. Then he heard his whistle. He shook his head.
He gestured to the eight different entrances and the soldiers stood in front of them. He thought and realized that no one was watching the fence.
He told Andrew where he was going and his friend nodded.
He told them to go ahead. Then he froze, he heard a chair scrape.
Silence. They knew.
He hissed out, "Go!" and took off running towards the fence.
He heard screams and yells. He turned to see a girl get hauled onto the bus. He then continued on. He stopped near the fence and saw Princess Winters climb the fence. He saw her pause and take in the scene. He flinched as he heard the soldier's cry of pain as Lela bit him. He saw that Princess was about to jump and dove to catch her.
Madge gasped.
Gale had caught her. She began to struggle but he held her tighter. Then Madge knew what to do. She placed her head on his shoulder and began to kiss his neck. She bit him and teased him.
Gale tilted his head. Princess had caught him by surprise. Her lips made his neck burn and he jerked away from her. He couldn't get distracted. Then he looked up to see Acacia on the roof. He jerked his head and Madge took off as he dropped her.
She and the escapees ran around trying to lose the soldiers chasing them.
She ran to her house and yelled out.
"5 minutes to pack and go. Mockingjays are here."
The kids and Summer scrambled and began grabbing their bags. They had packed days ago. Molly grabbed Aurora, while Madge grabbed Stella-Maris.
Silver, who, was not at the meetings began directing everyone into the secret tunnel. Molly refused to go until it was just she, Madge and Silver.
Silver went in first and took Stella-Maris and handed her to Summer. She then took Aurora and told the kids to go.
"Madge. I'll close up."
"Molly."
They heard boots and Molly shoved Madge in. She was about to go when the door flew up. She closed the door and Gale picked up Molly and she screamed.
"Princess run! Mockingjays!"
She screamed and kicked but Gale simply threw her into the arms of one of the soldiers. They shoved her into with the others. Lela grabbed Molly and held her close. Molly trembled with fear.
Gale was upset, about twenty people ,the Winter sisters among them, had escaped. He told Andrew to take the bus back and that he would search for the rest.
Gale and 10 others began to tear the place apart. After nothing and nobody turned up, Gale shook as he saw that their belongings were gone.
"They were prepared!"
He punched a hole into the wall and saw a tunnel.
He called out to his team and in ten minutes they are already inside the tunnels. They split up halfway to take the different paths.
As time passes, his communicator would tell him that someone had gotten caught.
Gale had luck on his side. He had found Clove's sister and called for someone to get her. She had lashed out like crazy and gave him a good bruise or two.
He makes a note to bring the younger sister of Clove to reunite the siblings.
He and two other soldiers continued on.
Gale then motioned them to freeze. He had heard the sound of an infant.
He moved quietly and heard Princess Winters.
"Shh, my little bird, Mommy's here."
He couldn't believe it. The plan got complicated. Princess had a baby, now he couldn't pick her up and throw her over his shoulder.
He crept closer and he watched her rock the baby. He gestured to one of his soldiers and they nodded.
He walked quietly and then wrapped his arms around her. His soldier plucked the baby from her grasp and she went crazy. She began kicking and screaming and crying. Gale carried her this way all the way to the bus and dumped her in.
They had everyone, but Acacia.
Gale had a feeling however that she would come to rescue her family and was prepared.
He loaded Princess into the backseat of his car. Her daughter was put in another car with his soldiers.
His heart ached every time as she screamed and cried for her daughter.
As soon as they got to the mansion, he carried her inside.
He looked around to see all their captive huddling near each other. The younger kids were in the middle while the older ones were close to the front.
He gently shoved Princess to them and he watched her look for her daughter.
"Where's Stella-Maris? " Her voice rose as she searched for her daughter.
"All but one are accounted for, sir."
Haymitch nodded as he surveyed the group. Katniss entered and everyone tensed and many tossed her a dirty look. Peeta followed and he looked at the group sadly.
"Good work, Hawthorne."
He shivered as dirty looks were thrown his way. He looked as a tall red head man wrapped an arm around Princess.
She was still crying.
Peeta walked over to her, and everyone tensed. He held took her hands and looked her in the eyes.
"What's wrong?"
"They took my daughter."
Gale seaw Peeta tense and then whirl around.
"Where is she? Where is her daughter?"
Peeta looks downright dangerous. His hands are clenched into fists and he is shaking. Katniss whimpers quietly.
Gale nods to one of his solider and then hand Peeta the little girl who hands her to her mother.
Princess holds her daughter close and is rocking back and forth on her knees, stroking the girl's hair.
Gale notices that the girl has brown blonde sun streaked curly hair. She is wearing a ribbon in her hair and he is suddenly reminded of Madge.
He looks at Princess holding the girl and realizes that the baby is only about a few months old- 9 at the most.
He watches as Clove's older sister Belle (Silver) grabs another baby from a soldier, this child looking like she is 1 year old.
They all huddle together and Gale is shocked to see how defeated and broken they look. Their eyes are angry and sad but their bodies are tired.
He steps toward them and Princess flinches and he admits, that hurts him a lot.
Although he isn't sure why.
He isn't sure why he has the urge to wrap his arms around Princess.
Why she reminds him of Madge.
Only she's not Madge. Madge died in the fire, he reminds himself.
He stares at Princess.
"Escort them all to their rooms."
He watches as they are all led to their rooms on the 12th floor. They are using the tribute homes as to where the capitol kids are staying.
All the groups had their own floor.
They were divided by ages, with the younger ones on the first floor and the older ones on the 11th floor. The 12th floor was the where they would sleep for now until they could place them on the correct floor.
He follows them to make sure they don't try to escape.
When they get to the 12th floor he is shocked to see that all the other groups were there. They were cries and screams and he watched as everyone hugged and kissed each other.
When he whistles to get their attention, they all jump. All the young kids are pushed into the middle followed by a few girls. The other girls and all the boys surround them. It's a good strategy.
"We are not here to hurt you."
Clove's sister Belle laughs bitterly, her arm around her younger sister Madi.
"Oh please, we aren't stupid. We know. We know that there is to be a hunger games. Most of us saw the interview or were at the assassination."
Everyone nods and Gale sighs. He was afraid that they knew and of their reactions.
"Don't get settled in. We will be moving you tomorrow once we check you all in.
"No."
Lela glares. "We are all staying here. All of us."
"There is like 200 of you."
"We can manage. In a few weeks 23 of us will be dead. We are not missing out on valuable time with each other. I want to make every second count."
Everyone nods and people hold on tightly to their siblings or partner.
Princess steps up.
"23 of us will die, leaving behind siblings, children, and partners. Most of our parents died. We are orphans. Some of us after the games will have no family left. Will you really be so cruel as to separate us?"
She holds on tighter to her daughter. Everyone is gathered around her. Madi is shaking and Bella is holding onto her. Lela is holding on to Fox's hand. The twins are next to Molly. Everyone else has gathered so tightly. They are a united force.
Peeta walks into the room, smiling. To Gale's surprise Princess relaxes. As so does everyone else.
Peeta looks at Princess and something flashes in his eyes.
Gale notices it, it looks like recognition. But then it's gone.
"I brought your babies milk."
Madge gasped as Peeta looked at her with a knowing look.
"Thank you."
She begins to feed her daughter.
Katniss walks into the room and everyone tenses. Her eyes are on Peeta who is looking at Princess.
"What's her name?"
"Stella-Maris."
"That's a beautiful name."
Peeta touches the baby's blonde hair and Gale see Princess smile.
He whispers something and Princess stiffens.
She holds her daughter closer and steps away from him.
She joins the others who were all whispering.
The younger kids left to go play with some of the older boys following.
The rest of them stand there in silence awkwardly.
Princess is rocking her daughter while, Bella, is rocking the other baby.
Katniss finally speaks up.
"I'm sure you are wondering why you are here."
"No, we aren't wondering."
Everyone looks stunned by Princess's hostile tone.
"We know."
She hissed out and Gale raises his hand to tell his soldiers to stand down.
"You kidnap us, force us to be here, we are going to be in a games. You say down with the capitol, but you are just like them. You think we are nothing, that because we are from the capitol or because we are the mayor's kids or in a high position, we are just like them. We are not like them. We are not the capitol, but you don't care. An eye for an eyes right?"
She turns and walks out of the room and the rest of the capitol kids follow.
Gale, Katniss, Peeta, and the soldiers are left stunned.
It's impossible to think that someone so small, could hold some much anger.
Madge sits on the bed and buries her head in her hands. Fox had grabbed Stella-Maris and set her on the floor to play.
Lela crosses over and wraps her arms around her. "Sweetheart."
"He stills sees that damm line. Town and Seam. I'll never be good enough for him. I want to tell him who I really am, I bet he won't care. I'm not his precious Mockingjay. I'm just a Jabberjay. A Town girl. A capitol girl."
Madge takes a deep breath.
"I'm fine. We need to focus on the plan."
She flips her hair back.
"Find out who is guaranteed a spot. If you wish to volunteer for the games, let me know. Look around for hiding spots and form alliances with the Mockingjays. The more they trust us, the easier it is to end it all."
They all nod and Belle whispers quietly, "Jabberjay." They repeat it and then they leave the room.
Madge ignores Gale even though he is following her.
Her daughter is being held by Fox.
She goes to get some water and is annoyed when she can't reach. She jumps when someone presses up behind her and she freezes when she recognizes the arm and the scene and the warm presence.
It's Gale.
"Let me get that for you."
She nods and turns around to find herself way too close to him. Their eyes meet and neither can breathe. They are drawn to each other.
She looks up and realizes that he hasn't shaved in a while. They are so close to each other. Gale is hit with a scent, he can't place it until he smell the strawberries and draws back murmuring. "Madge. Berries."
Madge is stunned to hear her name come out of his lips she almost reveals herself. Gale walks out of the room with strawberries in his nose and blonde hair in his brain.
Madge is left shaken and shocked.
Tears gather in her eyes and she forces back a sob. She can't. She mustn't. She needs to focus on her job, ending the rebellion and getting rid of the capitol once and for all.
She has a job, to finish what Katniss started, what she started. She was no fool, she knew that when she gave Katniss the pin, things would rebel, she just didn't expect it to be this way. She had counted on going to the Quarter Quell where she would end it all.
She was a product of the capitol, she was supposed to end the games. Show the capitol that one of their own would die. One of their own was the Jabberjay, the original product.
It was supposed to be her.
Now however, it could be either her or Acadia. Both were products of the capitol. Both were killers.
Both were broken girls who lost so much.
Both were mothers.
They were Jabberjays, the original capitol toys.
And only one would survive.
In order for the war to truly be over, a Jabberjay had to end all thoughts of rebellion and anger.
Madge knew, however, that Acaica was the real Jabberjay, the one to go into the games.
Acaica lived in the capitol and had worked for Snow. Everyone knew her name.
It was her job though to lead and unite everyone not in the games.
Madge smiled grimly and her façade appeared.
She was no longer Madge Undersee, she was now Princess Winters.
Princess Winters, a girl with no past and possibly no future.
And done. So now you know a little bit of what each person is doing in terms of the rebellion.
The next chapter is more of a peeta/madge chapter just because I love their friendship. After that, Acaica makes her appearance and then I will flashfoward to the reaping.
Not sure when the next update will be but I am writing it.
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