The Wilted Rose
I am awakened by Gale switching on the TV in my room "Katniss you need to watch this" he said. What I see are the tributes huddled in a tight bundle with several wolf mitts angrily growling as to show their teeth and the white foam around their mouths. They are completely surrounded with no hope of escape. First Finick throws his trident which Prim had dipped in poison berries the day before. The weapon hits its mark and it takes only seconds for the creature to be writing on the ground dying.
Peeta was busy fighting some mutts that had attacked him and prim on their side. Prim was really very little help in battle her skills were for the most part survival based. Peeta was hurling large rocks at the Mutts with remarkably good aim. Somehow this only made them angrier. He yelled at Joanna for some help but she was busy throwing knives at the mutts on her side.
The other tributes were putting up a pretty good fight as well so the mutts were making little headway. This only made them more furious and they tried all the harder to reach the tightly huddled group. Peeta had managed to climb a nearby tree and was shooting arrows down at the mutts. He had never been a very good shot but I had done a lot of work with him before the games and he managed to pick off two of the mutts and injure another. The injured mutt was furious and began to climb the tree after Peeta. Nobody could use their weapons since they would both miss and hit Peeta instead or the mutt's dead body falling on the branch would for sure crush Peeta or hurl him to the ground where the other two mutts waited to devour him.
Everyone was so focused on Peeta that they never noticed little Prim sneak out of the protection of the group. With all the strength she could muster she hurled herself at the mutt screaming at the mutt and pushed him over the side of the branch and away from Peeta. Finick and Joanna took advantage of the momentary confusion of the other two mutts and sent their weapons straight into their hearts. Peeta scrambled down and lifted the dead mutt of the unconscious Prim I could see tears in his eyes as he begged her to wake up "Please Prim Please wake up! Oh Prim you should have stayed in the circle but thankyou for saving my life" Prim slowly opened her eyes but her breath sounded gurgly and I could see blood and foam running out the sides of her mouth.
"Peeta when you make it home tell Katniss I love her and mother too and give your baby all the love that auntie Prim would have ok?" I see everyone in the circle is now weeping and they all have their hands on Prim to comfort her. "I promise I will Prim" Her eyes look straight at the camera and she musters a smile and says "I guess you should let me go into the first games I make a better tribute than you Kat"
Gale is holding the baby while I sob into his shoulder everything in me wants to scream "TURN THE TV OFF" But I must see the end I need to see prims last moments. Peeta is singing the Meadow song to her he is rocking her in his arms as a mother would her baby. Prim looks peaceful but for some reason she is holding on just a bit longer or is it me, am I the one forcing her to go on in this pain? Is she hanging on for me?
My room is in the same building as the game maker's room I know that Claudius Templesmith will let me talk to prim if I promise to do the interview they have been begging me to. I race into the room yelling" I'll do it ok I'll be your mockinjay I will address the rebels for you just please let me talk to my sister"
They look at each other and then hand me the microphone "Prim" I say in my most soothing voice " I'm here" on the screen in the front of the room I can see a smile light her face and see her mouth my name. "Primrose I love you so much you have a beautiful and healthy although tiny niece Prim I know you are hurting and tired its ok for you to let go now darling I will be alright. You saved Peeta's life and he is going to take good care of me now go to sleep little duck just close your eyes no one can hurt you now." I see her eyelids gently close and she falls asleep in Peeta's arms looking like the angel I know she is.
"What an amazing show Katniss" the producer of creasers show tells me" I'm sure there is not a dry eye in all of Panem" I resist the urge to punch him. Only 3 hours after Prim's death they had me all dressed up and they even sent in a prep team for the baby. She looks so adorable I have to admit in her tiny pink dress and the little bow on her head. Of course the first thing Ceaser wanted to know about was my time in the arena had I suspected anything odd was going on? I told him I had been to focused on keeping my baby alive to notice any plots forming. "So how was labor Katniss? You seemed so calm through it all did it hurt at all?" did it hurt at all? Had I just heard this idiot right? Before I can think of an answer I reach out and slap Claudius as hard as I can across the cheek leaving a huge red mark in the shape of my hand. "Try having that times a million for 24 FREAKING HOURS!" I yelled. He was of course extremely surprised in fact I had to even chuckle at his face even though I instantly felt bad after all it was not him that had given me the shot that sent me in to a labor that nearly killed me and the baby.
He laughs "I guess that's what I get for asking such a stupid question" at least he is not mad I think.
"So what is the name you picked for this little bundle of joy?" He takes no name from me and bounces her all around on his knee; She promptly spits up all over him "that's my girl" I think to myself.
"Well these Mellark women sure don't like me much today do they?" Everyone laughs and I take the baby back " I have decided to not name her until Peeta can be here to help me. We never really talked about names before she came." Ceaser smiles at me "What a faithful wife to wait on her husband like this." Well I'm sure we all know that if it were a boy his name would have been Ceaser right?" The crowd cheers. "Anything you would like to say to the rebels' girl on fire?" He asks me; I know this is the time they all want me to say the perfect thing. "Well I just want to say can't you remember what got us into the hunger games in the first place? It was rebellion! I urge you to think carefully before you go to war against the capital! Do you really want your children killed in what will become another nationwide blood bath? NO we want a ceasefire don't let the tributes mislead you as we have seen today the capital still intends for the games to go on even if they will not fight"
That night as I lay in the dark nursing the baby I finally allow my tears to flow freely. Tears of anger at the capital tears of grief over the loss of my sister tears of longing for Peeta… I know it is time for action the rebels and the capital are at a stalemate neither can make a move something major needs to be done soon! A plan is forming in my head but I will need Gale and Haymitch's help and I'm not sure I have the strength to follow through. All I know is that I cannot have let Prim have died in vain today! At long last I finally fall into a restless nightmare ridden sleep.
Hope you are all enjoying the story just 3 or 4 more chapters left now )= Sorry about killing Prim I know a lot of you were hoping I would make her live but this is a dystopian story so I gotta add in some pain. You guys are giving me awesome reviews thank you! And in case you have not noticed I edited the first few chapters so they will be easier to read and I changed a few things at the interviews.
