Hey everyone! Okay this is the last chapter for Acacia Lily Yarrow: My Hunger Games, this makes me sad….but I am excited about the sequel! Acacia Lily Yarrow: Igniting Fire is the title for the second story and I cannot wait to share it with you guys. Hopefully you like it and the ending of the story. Thank you for reading and supporting the story, it means a lot. To everyone who's left a review a huge THANK YOU! =D
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*~KelsNicole~*
Abigail is all smiles as we eat our final meal together on the train, she is telling us what her favorite parts were in the Games. Odysseus is playing with his food and he looks a little sad. Everyone just sits here and listens to Abigail go on and on about how horrible it is that she can't return to the Capital until we do. It must be killing her to have to stay in District Thirteen until after the victors tour, which is just a terrible thing to have. We have to go from District to District and basically shove it in their faces that their tributes-their family-their children died.
Once we get back home we have to live in these huge houses until we leave for the Capital. These houses are in Victors Village, which used to be where the victors lived after they returned home. Alwin and I are holding hands under the table, we smile at each other. Both of us want to get away, we want to be alone without having to worry about each other being killed.
We both sneak off to my room and smile at each other, but my bedroom door opens. Both of us turn to see who it is and what they want. Lillian is staring at me with wide eyes and I walk over to my desk, silently I hand her a notebook and pen again. She looks down and starts to write, I watch as her hands shake. Alwin walks up to me and stares at her.
"What's going on?" He whispers to me. "Ace…why is she here?"
I turn back to look at him, its time for me to come clean. "She knows my father, he's alive…"
Before either of us can say anything Lillian hands me the paper back. We stare at each other for a minute before she lets go and I see a fear in her eyes. Taking a deep breath I look down at the piece of paper.
There is talk in the Capital, they are saying that you will pay for what you have done. You have done what no one has done since Katniss Everdeen and they fear that you will do what she did. They are saying that they will destroy you before it gets that far, but that they have to do it in a way that would not be obvious. Be careful Acacia Lily Yarrow. Hale is afraid for you, your father is afraid that they will destroy you. You have to do everything in your power to not let that happen.
I look over at Alwin who is staring at Lillian and I take a deep breath. Alwin hasn't looked at what she wrote, I hand it back to her before he can. Lillian stares at me and I nod, she leaves the room and I turn to a shocked Alwin. He stares at me and looks back at the door as Lillian disappears.
"What…" He shakes his head for a minute as though he can't make sense of what just happened. "What was that?"
"Nothing." I say and I smile for him, something that I've learned to fake while in the Capital. "She just said that she was happy that we won, that we are both alive…"
He stares at me and I can tell that he's not sure if he should believe me or not. I feel the train coming to a stop and smile a little wider, we are home. After all of these days on the train and not being able to be alone with Alwin we are finally home. Odysseus walks in to the room and ushers us out into the hallway. We both stare at him and he just shrugs, he walks out of the train. Cameras are flashing and both of our families are there.
"ACA!" Dula's voice is the loudest and she is in my arms a few seconds later. "You are back! I knew that you'd come back!"
Alwin and I are separated for the first time in a while, our families are hugging us both and telling us how much they love us. We meet up again in the middle when we trade off on our families, our hands touch for a split second and we smile at each other. I can't think about what the Capital is going to do to me, not now at least. Right now I just have to be with my family and friends.
We are escorted to Victors Village and little Dula is all jumpy. Alwin has one of her hands and I have the other, she is happy to have both of us back. For some reason Alwin is one of her favorite people now.
Alwin goes to his house and I go to mine, we agree to meet up tomorrow, but that we both needed to be with our families tonight. My family does not stop hugging me all night long, all of them are shocked and happy that I'm home. Well home for now…our new 'home' will be the Capital, something that none of us like.
Everyone goes to bed and as I lay down in my bed a weird feeling takes over me. Before I know it I'm walking down the stairs and there is only one thought on my mind, my mom is heading toward the stairs while I walk down. There is a frantic look in her eyes when she sees me reach the door.
"Acacia?" Her voice is low and I know that she's afraid that I'll never return, that this was just a lucky thing. She's afraid that I'll disappear like my father, but she doesn't know that he's still alive, that he's still fighting. "Where are you going?"I open the door and look over at my mom, our eyes lock. "Mom…I have to see Alwin. I know that you probably won't understand-"
"Go." She says with a small smile on her lips. This is the first time that I've seen her smile in years and it brings a smile to my lips. "I do understand…you need him and he needs you."
I smile as I shut the door and walk over to Alwin's house, just as I reach his front door it opens. We are face to face and I see that he smiles when he sees me. Both of us know what we want, what we need. Alwin steps out of the way and lets me into his house and I smile a little. But I turn and as the door closes I see Ethan. He's standing across the street, just staring. I see the hurt expression on his face and it makes me feel a little guilty, I didn't even go see him….he is or was my friend. The door closes and he's out of view. My hand meets Alwin's and we walk upstairs to his room, where we lay together and face the nightmares together.
Thank you for reading and please leave a review! (The first chapter for Acacia Lily Yarrow: Igniting Fire will be out on the first! Thank you for reading and please check out the second story. If you like a Prim and Rory story I am writing one, so check that out too! =D)
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Here's a few things that I just wanted to let you guys know, some of the things I did look up like names, flowers and the meanings of them. I think that you might like to read it, so...here you go! Haha, I wanted to keep the flower names in there so a few of the characters names are flowers =D, have a look!
Acacia (I liked the name of the flower and decided because of the meaning of it that it would be perfect for my main character. Plus I wanted to use a flower name like in The Hunger Games. Her middle name is Lily and I think that you know why.): The symbolic meanings of acacia flowers are friendship, secret love, beauty in retirement and chaste love. Yellow acacia flowers symbolize secret love. Acacia is a genus of pod-bearing shrubs and trees. The leaves typically have a large amount of tannins, which are astringent substances that play a role in the ripening of fruit and aging of wine. Most species of acacia are native to Australia. Acacia seeds and shoots can be used for food. Acacia honey is considered to be a delicacy and acacia is an ingredient in a number of soft drinks and chewing gum.
Alwin: and the meaning of Alwin is elf or magical being, friend.
Calendula: (I love the name and what the flower looked like, this is the meaning of the flower.) The flower symbolism associated with the calendula is grief, despair and sorrow. Calendula blossoms in wine are said to ease indigestion. Calendula petals are used in ointments to cure skin irritations, jaundice, sore eyes and toothaches. The marigold is also part of the calendula family.
Gloxinia (another flower, I just wanted to keep going with the flower part and made some of the names flowers, that I felt made sense with the story and characters.): Love at first sight.
Ethan: firmness, long-lived.
Alyssa: rational.
Victor and Victoria- I wanted two of the people to have the meaning winner in their names, so I chose them.
Mors Neutro-I looked it up while trying to find something else to call the reaping and it means, death either way.
-I just thought that I'd share why I named certain people certain names and the meanings. These are some of the ones that I could find again, I should have saved the things and I'm sure that I'll share more with time. Hope that this was interesting to you! =D