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The rain pelts down as I stare. It's just not possible. We were told that the mockingjay pin was lost with Katniss' body, and that all replica jewellery was destroyed. It could be a fake, but somehow I know it's not. I realise that this was the Capitol's way of gloating. Place the symbol of the resistance leader in the middle of what she was fighting against. They didn't think anyone would take it; and when I did, they were confident I wouldn't discover its secret. I lift the badge out reverently and stare at it; then I pin it to my own dress. I will do this, and I will do it with Katniss' pin with me.
I go to Myrae and shake her awake, giving her the rest of Agata's weapons, including a hatchet, a stake, the axe and a few knives. I take her to the barrier.
"It's just us left now, Myrae, and I won't kill you. Look at these vines." I show her. There are little fault lines, that look like the sections in bamboo. "Cut the lines. We'll be able to escape. Keep your weapons ready, because the Gamemakers will realise we're about to escape and try to stop us. I take Agata's sword and I swiftly cut three of the fault lines. We soon realise that the fault is in a hexagonal shape, and we cut out the faults. We're just about to finish when a crocodile with fangs as long as my arrows lunges from nowhere; but it was hastily made; we defeat it easily. We cut the last fault and stride out of the arena. All around us, there are woods. I look at Myrae. Out here, there are no sponsors, no new allies. She nods, and as an alarm goes off, we run for freedom, the mockingjay badge gleaming with my mockingjay necklace. I will be the new Mockingjay. Gold and silver. I will carry on Katniss' legacy. She will not have died in vain.
-END OF BOOK FOUR-