The 72nd Hunger Games

by CharlyMac

District 7 has quite an interesting reaping. Brother and sister reaped in the same games, knowing at least one will have to die? Adalyn Farron is reaped for the 72nd Hunger Games, where her life will change forever.

21. Epilogue

Epilogue

Three years after I participated in the games, a girl named Katniss Everdeen ended the games for good. If I hadn't been reaped when I was, if David hadn't either, I would never have had to suffer the drama that was the Games. I would never have had to witness my brother die.

I am now thirty six years old. I participated in the Seventy Second Hunger games twenty two years ago, yet the memories haunt me to this day. I am watching my son, David, who has just turned seven. I also have a daughter named Emma, who is three. She is lying in my lap, picking at a daisy.

I have done as David had requested - I married Jason, who was Karl Walker's brother. In a way, he understands how I feel. When I had returned to District Seven, he had supported me through my breakdowns and bad days. Though he was in the grade above me, we remained determined friends. When he asked me to date him, I honestly didn't want to. I thought he would remind me of the Games - he didn't, weirdly. Whenever I remember my time in the arena, he supports me. Whenever I cry for my brother, he is there instead. Someone has sent him for me, and I am sure it was David, my angel watching over me. I wish he was here, the pain hasn't dampened at all after all these years.

Jason is playing with our son, who inherited Jason's hazel eyes and my scarlet hair. I'm laughing; he just fell over into Jason's affectionate arms, and is now being spun around.

My mother and father have never been the same since the Games, and I don't blame them. I still speak to them, but rarely, as naming my son after my brother makes them upset whenever they see him. I can only hope one day they will recover.

Jason is now smiling at me, just the way Karl smiled when he got an answer correct in our English class. Is it strange that I remember that?

I am holding Emma tightly as I walk over to my family. The perfect family David gave me. I am forever thankful to Katniss Everdeen, the girl who saved my children from the games.

Only, she was a bit too late to save us all.

I would like to dedicate this to my friends, who I based the characters upon. Without all your whining and nagging, I probably wouldn't have finished this as it is incredibly depressing to write about you dying. Love you guys!

Anyways, that's a wrap!