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7

We arrive back at my house very quickly considering there is a man being carried. When we get to just outside I call out to mum.

"Yes?" she says opening the door.

When she notices the man she goes from being mum, to a doctor. In her world, only she and the patient are given attention. Well, I guess I am in this little world when I help out.

The men carry Cade inside. He is placed on the table and my mother works on him. Cade is lying there groaning in agony. I want to help out with Cade, but I decide I should probably stay with Bell.

Katniss is holding her hand and watching Bell's father; Cade.

"Come on," I whisper to Bell as I grab her hand. She accepts and we go to my room.

She looks around herself amazed. I wonder why at first, but then I remember how amazing my room must be to her. She walks over and touches the soft fabric of my bed, then plonks herself on it.

"Wow, your room is very good," she says.

"Thank you," I say.

"How come yours is better than mine?" she asks.

"Well, I used to have a house just like yours, but I won the Hunger Games so now I get this house," I reply.

"Oh, you had to go in the Hunger Games?" she asks.

"Yeah," I reply.

"Is it scary?" she asks.

"Yes," I reply.

"Why did you have to go in there?" asks Bell.

"Because my name was picked from the reaping ball," I say.

"Was that you?" she asks almost in awe.

"Yeah, that was me, did you see me on the big television?" I ask.

"Oh, was that you too?" she asks connecting the dots in her mind.

"Yes that was me," I say.

"Did you kill anyone?" she asks innocently.

For some reason when she asks this I feel ashamed, because I have to answer "Yes, I did."

I watch her expression closely, I feel as though she may now be scared of me, ready to run away. Instead though, she bravely continues "Where they a baddie?"

"What do you mean by a 'baddie'?" I ask.

"I mean one of the Careers or a Capitol person," she says.

"Yes, she was a Career," I answer.

"Good," Bell says.

"W...why is that good?" I asked shocked.

"The less the better," she says as if it's nothing.

"You shouldn't say that to anyone else," I say, "You can get in trouble."

"I know. But I trust you, you're on my side. When can I see my dad?" she says.

I stand there stunned, looking at this little girl, everything she says, the way she acts, it reminds me of someone. It reminds me of Katniss.

"You can see him now if you want," I say.

"Yes, let's go," she says excitedly.

I walk back in to find my mother in the kitchen cooking, and Cade asleep. Bell runs over to him and grasps his hand in hers. She quietly sobs and tells him that everything will be ok.

I want to go over and comfort her but I know I should leave them alone.

"How is he?" I ask mum.

"Considering the whipping he got, well. He will be able to go home this week or next week, I want to keep him here to make sure nothing serious happens. At this stage I can't be sure that he will be ok without supervision," she replies.

"What do I do?" I ask.

"Look after Bell," she says.

The next couple weeks go by; I look after Bell whilst my mother takes care of Cade. They are going in half an hour so I am saying my goodbyes to Bell.

"I will miss you," she says hugging me tightly.

"Don't worry, you can visit anytime," I say.

She hugs me a little longer until Cade calls her over.

"Bye," I say.

"Thank you!" Cade yells as he walks out the door.

We gather around the TV at 7:30 because there is a mandatory programme on tonight. Haymitch has come over because mum is making a large roast for dinner, Gales family are here too.

I sit down next to Katniss, who is next to Gale, who is next to Rory. Everyone else are on the other couches.

The program starts and it shows Ceaser Flickerman he is going on about some things that are going on in the Capitol before he cuts to the chase. All right ladies and gentlemen, this year will be the 75 annual Hunger Games. That means it's our 3rd Quarter Quell. I can hear the clapping and shouts of excitement from the Capitol crowd. It fades from that into the Anthem.

"But the Quarter Quell isn't for like 3 months," I say.

I turn to see mums face solemn and quiet, as if something just dawned on her. "This must be the reading," she says.

I focus back onto the TV to find President Snow walking out onto the stage. He is followed by a young boy in a white suit, holding a simple wooden box.

President Snow gives the speech on how the Games came to be, he reminds us of the dark days and so on. Then he talks about the Quarter Quell.

When the rules were first laid out they decided that every twenty-five years the anniversary would be marked by a Quarter Quell. It would call for a glorified version of the Games to make fresh the memory of those killed by the districts' rebellion.

He talks about the previous rebellions, on the twenty-fifth Quarter Quell, the Districts voted on who was to go into the Hunger Games. The fiftieth Games had doubled the amount of people in the arena. That was Haymitch's year.

"I had a friend who went that year," mum says quietly. "Maysilee Donner. Her parents owned the sweetshop. They gave me her songbird after. A canary."

Katniss and I exchange a look. We have never heard of Maysilee Donner before.

Snow continues "And now to honour our third Quarter Quell." The little boy in white steps forward, holding out the box as he opens the lid. I can see rows of different envelopes. The person that designed the box, had centuries worth of envelopes in there. Snow pulls out one clearly marked 75. He opens up the flap and pulls out a small piece of square paper. He doesn't hesitate like Effie did when she reaped my name, Snow just reads the card.

"On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors."

"Not again!" Katniss cries. My mother shrieks but I just stare at the Television.

It takes me a second to realise something. The existing pool of victors from District 12 is Haymitch and I.

We are going back into the Hunger Games.

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