A/N: Okay this can't really count as a chapter but I wanted to get something out today and I don't have time (or motivation or energy) to write an entire chapter, so we got this like two hundred work interlude. I think it's pretty okay.
Enjoy!
Chapter 23.5 – In the Districts
In District 1, Dollar Quinneton wonders which of his siblings will come home victorious, hailed above all else.
In District 2, Wonder Hammerfort waits for his sister. He knows that when she comes home, he will finally be safe. And so he waits.
In District 3, Alden Tammel cries. He cries, and he'll cry forevermore.
In District 4, Stella Winters grabs her shoes. She doesn't know when (or if) Ariella will be able to steal them.
In District 5, Ant Willodean doesn't know where his sister is. Wren should have been back by now, shouldn't she? She knows not to stay out for so long. Mom and Dad won't be happy when she comes home.
In District 6, Infiniti Mercedust is heartbroken. Tesla had been through so much. She didn't deserve to die like this. …Ford Canters doesn't even know that his daughter is dead.
In District 7, the trees are silent. The birds don't sing. The squirrels don't chatter. No one makes a sound. They are all wondering where the girl who climbs with them has gone.
In District 8, no one is worried about Avia. It will be better if she's gone, won't it?
In District 9, Nutmeg mews. She mews and she mews and she mews, but Valentine never comes to comfort her.
In District 10, Bull Phyronix can't hold off the trapping trip any longer. He wonders if he will know if Lammy dies, or if he'll find out his only child is dead when he returns to town.
In District 11, Laiya Caffler can't understand why everyone is so sad. Nora is happy now, isn't she? With that girl from the table and Snumbus and all those people who had to go away?
In District 12, the square is crowded. Liana has a chance, and that fills them with hope.
A/N: See, I told you. Short. But maybe I'll get a spike of motivation later and I'll post something else. I don't know.
-Amanda