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Chapter 8: A Surprise
I was walking and trying to stop my flowing tears. Oh my dream was a blessing and a curse. I was happy in my dreams but the dream had awaken a weaker side of me. It made the pain crash down on me all over again. As if the first time wasn't bad enough. Stop it Rue. Stop it now. You're making yourself seem weak. Oh who cares? It's not like I was going to get any sponsors at all. I remember the last thing I said to my father. I cried out to him, "No! Daddy please don't go!" Then I whispered, "Daddy I love you." I still remember his response. His response is the most heartbreaking thing he could've said to me. It was like a million knives stabbing me in my heart. He just looked at me with very sad eyes and said, "Goodbye Rue." Did he even care at all? He could've said that he loved me. He could've told me that he would watch over me and protect me. He could've told me he would be back soon but no. He told me the worst thing of all. He bid me farewell and crushed the small hope I had that the peacekeepers would spare him.
All of this flashes through my mind when I hear a sudden noise. I'm caught off guard and the boy from District 10 walks by me. He doesn't even acknowledge me although I know he knows I'm there. How could he miss me unless he's blind which I know he isn't. Unless he wants me to speak to him first. I call out to him. "Hey! What are you doing?" He looks at me like I'm crazy. He replies, "What do you mean what am I doing? I'm walking. Is that unacceptable behavior for you Miss Rue?" I blush and say, "No. It's just why are you just walking by me without even worrying that I might try to kill you?" He looks at me bewildered and says, "Oh my!" then he does a fake gasp and says, "You would never do that would you?" I laugh and hate myself for doing it because this is a serious situation. Then he mutters, "Damn it! I'm so stupid! She CAN kill me with that knife of hers and I'm unarmed. What was I thinking?" Then I say, "Oh my!" copying him. Then I add a fake gasp and say, "What language?" Then it's his turn to laugh. "Goodbye Rue." He says. I flinch. That's the last thing my dad said to me. Then to prove that I knew his name too I say, careful to not say goodbye, "Farewell Lucas." I watched as he limped away. If only everyone here was as nice as Lucas. It must be terrible for him to be here with his crippled leg and all.
Then I feel really weak. What can I do? I am so weak. I will probably die even before Lucas. My head is spinning and I can't seem to get a hold of anything. I feel myself slipping to the ground. I lay there for a while until I hear footsteps. They sound light and swift. I get up but I am too late and there she is before me. Katniss the girl on fire is here. What does she want? Will she kill me?
She is panting and stops to catch her breath. I think about running but she can probably climb trees like me. I can run away but something stops me. I just can't. Is it because she volunteered for her little sister even though she thought she would die? Or was it because of the mockingjay pin that she is wearing that reminds me of my home? Either way I stay there and I feel my hands haven't even gotten the urge to reach for my knife. No I cannot just trust her like this. Can I? She looks at me and speaks up, "Do you want to become allies?" I stand there, shocked. Why would someone like her want to be MY ally? No it is a trap. I ask, "Why would you want to be my ally?" She replies, "You're quick, you can climb trees and jump across them." She pauses to laugh then continues, "You can survive and you're a good observer." I consider this. I finally agree. She asks, "We should split our supplies. What do you have?" I'm embarrassed because I do not have that much. I even ate the bread. I show her my stuff. Then she shows me hers. She asks if I have any burns. I do in fact. It's on my leg but I haven't paid much attention to it. She gently applies this cream, obviously made from the Capitol, on my leg. Ahhh it soothes my leg. Then I ask her if she got stung by the tracker jackers. When she replies that she indeed had, I feel pleased because I can offer her something this time. I take some of the leaves and chew on them. Then I apply them to her right arm. First she tenses up. Finally she relaxes. She then says enthusiasticly, "Ooh! Ooh! Next my neck!" I feel like I just accomplished a huge thing. It made me feel good inside to not be the one who needed the help for once and that I was the one who was helping her.
Then she offers me food. She has a turkey. Mmm and she even offered me a whole drumstick. I've never had one whole one before. It takes me back to that day again. Why does everything here in the arena remind me of my dad? I eye the turkey leg skeptically. Then I ask, "Oh is that all for me? I've never had a whole leg to myself before." Katniss urges me to eat it. I finally agree and eat it. Oh it tastes so good. Then she offers me the other one. I haven't been so full in a while. Then Katniss asks, "Isn't it cold at night? With no blanket." I nod and she says, "You know the sleeping bag's so large it can fit both of us. Do you want to sleep with me?" What? This is much more than I thought she would give me. Katniss is treating me like a younger sister. For once I feel some of my burden being lifted. It's like I have an older sister. I agree and we go to sleep. I lean my head against Katniss and fall asleep immediately.
My dream is by far the most pleasant one I've had so far since the day of the reaping. I come home from the fields and my mom and my dad are waiting for me. Katniss is there too. She smiles and gives me a kiss on my forehead and says, "There's Rue." We go inside and my mom prepares a full meal. There's this extremely delicious soup with pork and lamb. Then there's something called lemonade. There's also a huge turkey and rolls. I ask Katniss, "Katniss what are you doing here? How can we afford this?" She replies, "Silly Rue! Why wouldn't I be here? I live here! And of course we can afford this! The rebellion has been over for a while now." Rebellion? Live here? I ask, "What do you mean you live here?" Katniss responds, "I'm your sister!" She's my sister? I eat all the delicious foods and then I go outside. I expect the peacekeepers but we're in a grassy field and the sun is shining. I smile and breathe in the sweet air.
Then I wake up. It's the crack of dawn. I climb out of the sleeping bag and go to search for a breakfast. A robin's nest catches my eye. I grab two of the three eggs and I return to the tree where Katniss is awake. She looks around scared. Then she says to me when she sees me, "Rue where were you?" I show her the eggs, feeling proud. She smiles and I ask if we should cook them. She says we shouldn't risk a fire. Wow Katniss is so smart. I look up to her. We quietly slurp the raw eggs. Katniss asks, "Have you seen the careers pile of supplies?" I nod. I remember I saw it earlier. While I was in the trees. I had thought it was odd that the careers piled the food and left it there alone or occasionally with the District 3 boy. I think the boy might have reactivated the mines. Is it possible though? I know that I can't. Not with my knowledge about mines. Katniss asks, "Have you noticed anything strange about it?" I nod and tell her what I saw and my assumption about them mines. I hope she doesn't think I'm insane. Katniss doesn't interrupt me while I am talking. Then she nods when I'm done and agrees about the mines part. Then she just stares into the sky for a while. Then she speaks up, "I think I might know a way we can destroy their supplies." Then she tells me her plan. My eyes widen but I agree to do it.
Katniss goes off to the pile of supplies. I go into the edge of the forest and make the first fire. I am supposed to make three fires to distract the careers to come over to the forest while she makes the supplies blow up from the mines. I wonder how she will do it. I remember not to stay here too long or else the careers will be here already. Then I run away to another spot in the forest where I will light the second fire. Then I light another fire. I keep running again. Then I stay at the third spot and I catch my breath. I think over my instructions from Katniss and I begin making the third fire. I have some trouble getting the flame going. I use my match but the fire doesn't light. I finally catch a small glint. Darn it! I have no sticks. Great. Katniss is counting on me and I let her down. I have an idea. I cut a piece of the fat from a piece of a turkey I got from Katniss. Then I add it to the small flame. The flame grows. Then I grab a small stick and add it. Then I feed larger and larger sticks to the fire. Yes, I did it! Then I find a mockingjay.
A mockingjay is a bird that was never supposed to exist. During the rebellion, the Capitol made Jabberjays which were supposed to hear the rebels conversations and repeat them to the Capitol. Too bad for the Capitol that the rebels caught on and really fast. So they spoke lies. Then the Capitol found out. They left the jabberjays to die but the jabberjays mated with female mockingbirds. They had created a whole different species called mockingjays. Mockingjays can repeat songs if your voice is good enough. My voice is pretty good so they copy me. When I was done and I was safe I was supposed to sing a 4 note tune that I sang at the end of the work day back home so that Katniss would know I'm safe. I remember Katniss' mockingjay pin. It was what made me decide to trust her after all. She even offered to give it to me but I refused to take it.
I open my mouth and sing the tune. The mockingjay catches on really fast and soon all the mockingjays are singing it. I hear a sudden blast. Was that Katniss blowing up the supplies or was that the cannon? I'm not sure but I keep walking. I hope Katniss is done soon. I'm worried that she will get hurt. I continue walking until I hear footsteps behind me. I pause and so do the footsteps.
I slowly spin around to meet the cold, amused stare of Cato. "So we meet again." he says with an evil grin on his face.
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