Chapter 10
(Katniss)
After the explosions went off, I was rescued by some rebels. They told me that they lived underneath the ruins of District Thirteen, which was destroyed long ago by the Capitol. They wanted me to become the Mockingjay, the symbol of the rebellion. A leader.
I turned them down. I didn't want to be held responsible for the deaths that I knew would take place. But then Gale told me about District Twelve. The Capitol destroyed it, because of me.
I wanted to see it. To see my District, my home. So they took me there. And I saw all the rotting bodies. And I realized people were already dying because of me. It sparked something in me. A fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I wanted to destroy the Capitol, like they destroyed District Twelve. And I wanted no survivors.
Gale rescued our families before the bombed District Twelve. He told me later that Prim wouldn't leave without her cat, Buttercup, but they couldn't bring her goat, Lady, because she was pregnant, and would slow them down.
Prim was devastated, so I looked through the District to see if there was any chance that Lady was still alive. I found goat prints leading into the woods. I walked for hours, and eventually found her nursing two kids. She had a boy and a girl. I brought them back to the hovercraft, but one of the guards, Boggs stopped me, and told me I couldn't bring them. I told him I would be the Mockingjay as long as Prim could keep her pets.
Prim was so happy when she saw them. And I knew that as long as Prim was happy, it would be worth it.
But I found out that being the Mockingjay meant I had to do a lot of acting, I had to act like I was in battle, I had to act like I was angry. But it wasn't working. The president, Alma Coin suggested Johanna Mason could do better than me. But that meant Prim couldn't keep her animals.
I told them I could do it, but I needed to fight for real. They agreed and sent me to District Eight. That's when they realized that I really was their Mockingjay.
President Coin wanted to cheer some of the people up, and so she held a big wedding for Finnick, and his sweetheart, Annie. I remember feeling a little jealous of them. Because they had each other, and I had no one.
But I didn't need love, I'd never wanted to fall in love with someone, and get married, and start a life together. I promised myself I wouldn't do it. Not after seeing what losing my Dad did to my Mom. Maybe that's why I would always reject Gale's affections toward me. That, and because I wasn't sure I wanted things to change between us.
Finnick and Johanna became some of my closest friends. Gale stopped distancing himself from me. I guess he realized I just needed his friendship. Somehow, things were getting better for me.
Prim started training to be a doctor, and I started training for the war. I would still wake up screaming from nightmares about the Hunger Games. But for the first time in over a year, I had friends, I had something to do, and I had hope for my life.
But that hope started draining from once the fight began.
Thank you guys for reading this chapter! Sorry I posted it a little latter in the day, my mom was on the computer. I'm really sorry these chapters are soo short, but I've already finished writing this story, and I can't make the chapters longer now, but I will work very hard to make the chapters for my next story longer. Tell me what you think of the chapter in the reviews!