Author's Note: This is the alternative ending I made, it picks up half way through the other ending.

Gale

I'm leading the group of people through the woods to the lake that me and Katniss use to visit, the only place I know is safe, when I realize that Madge is no longer in the group. Panic and terror fill me as I search the group. I pull the closest person aside, Prim.

'Where's Madge?" I demand.

"She went back to get her parents," Prim replies.

It fills like someone dumped ice cold water down my back. "Prim, keep these people moving. You should reach a meadow soon, you'll be safe there."

"Wait, where are you going?" Prim asks.

"To get Madge!" I reply, sprinting off.

I jump through the hole in the fence and tear down the street to the Undersee's house. I look to the sky and see the hoverplanes start to drop bombs. A building beside me blows up, sending a shard of glass from its window start into my arm. I grunt in pain but don't stop. I can see the glint of Madge's golden hair right in front of me. I'm gaining on her! Bombs are dropping all around me; flames lick my arms and face.

A hoverplane swoops over my head and releases a bomb, directed right at the Undersee's house.

"Madge!" I yell, but she can't hear me. I have to save her! I've almost caught her! She's about to enter her house, I can't let her!

I put on an extra burst of speed and tackle her to the ground right as her house explodes. Flames wash over me and burn my back and arms, but I ignore them. Madge pushes me off of her and gets to her feet.

"Mother! Father!" She bursts into tears. "I couldn't save them! How could I have forgotten about them, Gale? This is all my fault!"

I put my arms around her and let her cry into my shoulder. "This isn't your fault, Madge, it's the Capitol's, and I swear, I will make them pay for what they did. Now we have to go. We can't stay here, the hoverplanes are still dropping firebombs."

She lets me lead her through District 12 and back into the woods without a word. When we reach the meadow where the other survivors are, she finally speaks.

"Gale? I . . . Thank you for saving me. If you hadn't stopped me, I would've . . ."

I grab Madge and kiss her passionately, cutting her off mid-sentence. "Madge, I'm just glad you're alive. I promise you I will never let anything happen to you, I will fight until my very last breath to protect you no matter what."

"What now, Gale? What are we going to do?"

"I don't know," I reply truthfully, "but I'll do everything in my power to keep these people safe and I will not rest until the Capitol pays for what they did."

She nods slowly and looks towards the fires in the distance. She grabs my hand and squeezes it. "I love you."

"I love you too," I whisper back.

Right now I've got Madge by my side, and that's all I need.

That's all folks. Thanks so much for reading!