District Aftermath
I'm quite looking forward to writing this new chapter. If you don't know already, this is gonna be 12 third person chapters. By the way; the new SYOT is up now.
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District 1
The funeral for the two district 1 tributes is a small one; exclusively family and friends. Mr and Mrs Martin, Topaz's newly divorced parents, sit on opposite sides of the room while his older sister sits up front alongside Shimmer's identically dressed friends- Dove, Cherry and Sapphire- plus her boyfriend Sparks who places a star necklace on Shimmer's coffin. None of Topaz's friends are there and Shimmer's father is at the back looking away. After a minister says a brief introduction, its Shimmer's brother, Crimson's, turn to speak.
"My sister was a bad person" he begins "During the games, she killed many tributes brutally. She didn't care who she hurt. But I apologise on her behalf to Topaz Martin's family who are of course with us today and maybe we can all just hope that wherever she is, Shimmer regrets her actions. In time, the damage she has caused will heal for though Shimmer was cruel, she did not deserve the torturous fate that has befallen her" he nods sadly to the people watching, and leaves the stage.
District 2
"P-Pollux, we need to go" Maria calls to her husband.
"We are not going anywhere!" he growls from his arm chair.
"B-but it's out son's funeral. I want to say goodbye."
Pollux stands up and grabs his wife by the arm.
"That boy is a disappointment; he always was! I'm not going to his funeral and neither are you!"
"But Pollux…"
Pollux roughly pushes her to ground and she starts to cry.
"Cry like a child then; it's your fault he's dead. If you weren't such a pathetic excuse for a mother he'd be here enjoying his victory parade and-" Maria slaps her husband across the face cutting of his speech "Are you crazy? How dare you!"
"You killed him! This family has been dead for years and it's all your fault. It's always been your fault."
"I don't want-"
"No; your going to listen to what I want. What I want is for you to get the hell out of my house" Pollux stares angrily at her but Maria is unfazed "Get out!"
Pollux walks out of the house and she slams the door. Then in an act of pure resentment, storms up the stairs and throws her soon to be former husband's belongings out the window. She smiles at picture of Phoenix.
"Now I'm feeling a lot better; are you?" she says cheerfully.
Later, she attends the funeral as she wanted, sitting beside a guilty looking man in the front row.
"Are you ok?" she asks shyly.
"Me? No I'm fine. Oh who am I kidding? I'm crap to be honest. That's my daughter there" he points to the female tribute's picture, sitting on an easel behind the coffin "I always thought she looked like her mother. Not in actual looks of course; just that determination, that drive. Sorry I didn't ask your name."
"Maria Cameroon; the boy was my son. I'm sorry for any pain he caused your daughter but I thought I ought to show my respects."
"Quite right; I'm John Kale by the way."
District 3
Sara Chrome sits in the church a few seats down from Beetee, looking back and forth from each of her children's coffins. Where had she gone wrong? She had always raised her children to look out for each other; surely one of them could have got back. Every day while they were gone she'd wonder if this was all a dream; if she'd wake up at the end of the games and both of them would be right there, happy as can be. She listens paitently to the pastor's speech and then weakly leaves the room. Before she can however, she's stopped by Beetee.
"Hello Miss Lyons" Beetee smiles.
"Who?" Sara had not heard her real name in so long.
"I'm sorry; that's for another time."
"No I'm sorry but I need to go home."
"Please accept this before you go. It was made by some people around district 3 who knew your children."
Sara opens the small book she'd been handed. Inside are pictures of the children she had lost; from babies to the two she'd last seen. Her eyes fill with tears as she reads what was written by the pictures.
Baron's the smartest guys I know. Love Abby from school xxx
Branna's always been such a sweet girl. Love Mrs Mills from the book shop.
The only for stronger than the two of them individually is the two of them together. From Beetee
"Thank you" Sara whispers.
District 4
Emma Suvillian sits alone on her chair where she has not moved from 2 days. Her gaze has not left the TV since her brother bravely sacrificed himself for Amy-Leigh Gizmo. She is frozen in the moment; she hasn't eaten, drank or even slept. A sudden knock on the window finally awakens her from her trance. Outside the window stands a pale, sick looking woman, known officially as Rain Odair. Emma walks over to the window and looks at her blankly.
"What do you want?" she asks hoarsely, having not spoken for days.
"Are you Emma Suvillian? Please let me in." Rain shivers, even though it's warm outside.
Emma opens up the door and brings the woman in. She doesn't say a word but takes a seat.
"Glinda's favourite place was the lake. She loved swimming more than anything" Rain sighs.
"Danny liked the trees. I used to always tell him to get down- in case he broke his neck" Emma whimpers.
"Your brother was a good person; you do know that don't you?"
Emma nods and Sky takes her hand and squeezes it comfortingly as a way of telling her they'll both get through it. They do say time is a good healer.
District 5
CLICK
CLICK
CLICK
The curtains open and close on each click as Threom Beaker, Julie-Anne's father, watches it go in pure fascination.
"What are you doing?" Julie-Anne's exhausted looking mother asks her husband.
"She was so smart wasn't she? So inventive; she could have gone further than we ever have. Why the hell did she end up in the Hunger Games?" he murmurs to himself.
"Eh, it's not like we could have done anything. At least she stayed true to herself."
"True; our dear old bossy daughter never changed. Good thing too."
"I love you Threom Beaker."
The two share a kiss, knowing that even though their daughter is gone, they still have each other. Talia peers out the window and sees a sight that makes her rise to her feet. A middle aged woman stood in the street, drunk as ever, smashes bottles onto the ground, leaving smashed pieces of green and brown everywhere. When she's through, she spits on the broken pieces. That woman is Ruby Jackie, mother of Camera Jackie.
District 6
"Look mum!" Larisa points into the opposite room, which is empty, but still has an event going on.
That event is the funeral of Jesse Frogan. After his death, those who had been afraid in the past could finally come out of their shell. In a way, as awful as it is, many breathed a sigh of relief at his death. Some thought if he had become a victor, they would be his next kill. Larisa's mother slaps her daughter's hand down.
"Don't point Larisa!" her mother snaps.
"But mum, nobody's at Jesse Frogan's funeral" Larisa continues to point at the room.
"Larisa, I won't tell you again! We are here to mourn your s-s-sister."
Without warning Mrs Maroon bursts into tears and has to be comforted by Mr Maroon. Larisa looks at her sister's small coffin without sobbing. She'd found the only way she could do this is by knowing that her sister's death was not prolonged and thinking of all the good Sevtamira did while she was alive. Sure, she wasn't the best sister but she was no monster and I'm sure she'd be glad that her funeral wasn't empty like Jesse Frogan's. Her sister was at least liked.
District 7
Only one funeral goes on in district 7; Terro Madrime's. The only attendees are his friends Malo, Nekoni, Adri and Fuma. Fuma and Malo sit on opposite sides of the bench clearly no longer together. Fuma walks up to the coffin and puts a rose on it. When she turns around to sit back down, she sees Amy and her family enter and goes red. She saw their "relationship" in the arena. But that was over now. She had been Terro's girl in the end, right? She marches up to Amy angrily.
"What are you doing here?" she growls.
"I wanna say goodbye to Terro; problem?" Amy scowls back.
"Sorry; family and friends only. You're not family and you're certainly not a friend so get out."
"You're right; I'm neither of those. But he loved me and I'm pretty sure he'd want me here twice as much as someone who cheated on him so kindly get out of my way!"
At this point Fuma sits back down, defeated. Amy walks up to the coffin and looks at Terro's body for a long time.
"Goodbye Terro; I won't forget you" Amy blows a kiss at the body.
She runs back to her family and hugs her mum. Even though her family hadn't lost Amy physically, it'd be a long time until they found her mentally.
District 8
"Are you two nearly done?" Wonder's father calls up the stairs.
Wonder's mother and Sycamore look at the surrounding outfits. Not one seems quite right.
"She could just wear her tribute uniform" suggests Sycamore.
"No, I don't want it to look like she died in there. At least if we dress her in one of her own outfits, she'll be remembered for her creations not for what that awful boy did to her" Wonder's mother replies.
"Wait, what about this one?" Sycamore pulls out a yellow dress "Oh wait, the stitches are a little off."
"No, that's the first outfit she ever made. I want her in that one."
"Got it; I'll go drop it off at the coroner's office."
Meanwhile, in the Hathaway house, one of the former Capitolites is found hanging in the bathroom, while the other lies in their son's former bedroom, a box of pills in her hands.
District 9
In district 9, the funerals begin later, after the hanging. Four people line up; Elliot Klemes parents, his sister Lucinta and his friend Aaron, who after trying to interrupt the arrest of the Klemes family, has an ugly wound on his face. A peacekeeper leads the four up to the gallows and puts nooses around their necks. Lucinta starts to cry and her mother tries to reach her hand but is unable to do so.
"Please, let me comfort her" the peacekeepers ignore the woman's pleas.
The head peacekeeper stands up front and begins his speech.
"This family has defied Capitol law as the father has remained after being warned that he must return to district 7, his home district. Let their deaths serve as an example to the rest of you."
After a few short seconds the people drop. But they don't hang; instead they fall through the holes, stunning spectators. They're out of view for a minute or so but suddenly they break out from under the stage where the gallows stand. Then the chase begins.
BANG
Mrs Klemes falls almost instantly.
BANG
Mr Klemes, up front falls next.
BANG
A bullet lands by Lucinta's feet. Aaron picks her up and the two run.
BANG
BANG
BANG
The two aren't hit. They're approaching the fence now where more peacekeepers stand and get out their guns.
BANG
BANG
BANG
Three peacekeepers fall and Aaron and Lucinta get through a hole in the fence. They reach the forest, never to be seen again. They keep running until they reach a pond where the Hepperly family stands.
"My mum and dad are dead" winces Lucinta.
"It's going to be ok now dear" smiles Mrs Hepperly.
"You can be friends with me?" offers Tansley's sister, Marnie Hepperly.
"So what are we going to do now?" Aaron asks the two parents.
"We've got enough supplies to last a while; just stick around and try not to get caught. Sound good?" asks Mr Hepperly.
"Sounds awesome."
District 10
COCKADOODLE DOO
"Billy; shut up!" Cliff yells at the rooster, to no avail.
"He's in mourning; animals always know when someone they know is dead" Alexa sighs sadly.
"That's bullshit; he just wants to be annoying."
"He's mourning!"
"Annoying!"
"Mourning!"
"Shut up!" growls Fyn "Our friend is dead and you're arguing about the damn rooster!"
"Why'd you even call us here, Groach? Wolfy's funeral was yesterday" Cliff sighs.
Alexa begins to whimper in sadness and Cliff looks at her angrily.
"We're all sad that he's gone; I don't wanna make his death just like every other tribute's. Do you know who Hanna Dion is?" Fyn looks between the two and they both shake their heads "She was the female district 10 tribute in the 1st hunger games. She died on day 5 but like most dead tributes, nobody knows who she is anymore. I don't want it to be like that with Wolfy."
"So what do you want to do?" Cliff asks.
"You know that wall; by the school? I thought we could carve his name on there, really big since he'll be the first."
"First?" pipes up Alexa.
"Let's face it, there's gonna be more. But we can just hope this doesn't go on long enough for us to run out of space."
"Count me in!"
Cliff pauses for a moment and then mumbles "I guess you'll need someone to get the tools from."
The next day they carve Wolfgang Star onto the wall and then notice Alice Felsworth's parents coming past. Alexa taps Fyn on the shoulder.
"We should carve their daughter's name too" she suggests.
"I think I have a better idea" he replies.
Alexa and Cliff watch him go to talk to the parents. A few minutes later he brings them over. He gestures at Cliff to pick up the drill. Slowly, the two parents, carve their daughter's name.
Alice May Felsworth
They know then she will always be their daughter; it's set in stone.
District 11
"Jaci, Tomi!" calls Mrs White from downstairs.
"I'll get them up mom" Nate replies.
When he looks in, Tomi is already up but Jaci is still in bed.
"What's wrong with her?" he asks Tomi.
"I dunno; little girl stuff" Tomi shrugs.
Nate pulls the quilt off of Jaci, who's curled up into a little ball. She looks up at him wide eyed.
"Is Air back yet?" she suddenly sits up in excitement, peering around the room.
"Not yet Jaci" he pulls her out of bed.
"When will she be back?"
"I don't know."
Nate ponders whether Jaci actually realises Airmet is never coming back. His father told him not to mention it and neither of the children went to the funeral, even though Tomi knows the truth. Currently he's acting like he doesn't care but it's only a matter of time before he falls. The whole white family knows that. After Airmet died, a social worker sympathises with the situation and agreed her siblings could stay with the Whites on a trial basis. As Jaci and Tomi leave the house to go to school, the sound of sawing can be heard from another garden. That's the sound of Mrs Oaka cutting down her orange tree. Her husband rushes out to the garden.
"What are you doing Muriel?" he shouts in shock.
"That boy Metro used to take my oranges each day; now he is gone, it must go too" the woman nods to her husband as he watches her finish cutting the tree down.
District 12
A tiny fragile figure sits in a dark kitchen. The whole room is in complete silence. The silence is broken when someone opens the kitchen door, which had previous been barricaded by a weak wall of pots.
"Karla; hon are you there?" Esme Sae asks as she enters.
A squeak from the fragile figure confirms. Esme makes her way past the pots, trying not to make too much noise.
"Oh sweetness, Dallas wouldn't want you to be like this; you know that" she tells Karla.
"He didn't want to go; he knew he was going to die. I should have stopped him going" Karla winces.
"Now, you couldn't have stopped that."
Karla stares into space for a long time. As Esme waits for her to come to her senses, a memorial is going on outside. Branwen Pritchard's brother, Marco Jr, sticks an arrow in the ground as a sign of respect to his sister. Marco Sr, her father and her mother Melissa carry over a large stone, with an engraved rose and writing on it.
Rest in Peace
Branwen Di Cosmo
The Girl Who Lived up to the True Meaning of Her Name
The family wouldn't eat much this week, but it was worth it. Melissa looked around; the grassy area they were in (one of the few in district 12) was completely empty. It was only now Melissa truly saw that her daughter had only made friends in the arena. The thought was sickening.
I know that was a little boring but hopefully you read the bits that were relevant to your fav tributes so it didn't take you ages to read. Like I said new SYOT is up now so check that out. Thank you guys for all you're support! I wouldn't have kept going without you. I probably won't do a chapter like this in my next SYOT just because I don't want you to get bored.
Death List
24th: Chime Hathaway- I killed him purely on the basis, that it makes Wonder guiltier.
23rd: Dallas Cho- Not strong enough and I struggled a bit to write for him.
22nd: Camera Jackie- No real reason other than the fact I couldn't see him winning.
21st: Sevtamira Maroon- I couldn't see her winning and I wasn't very good at writing for the character.
20th: Elliot Klemes- I was debating in my head so much as to whether to kill off this character especially after writing his interview but in the end I was choosing between him and Tansley as to who died.
19th: Alice Felsworth- I had quite a few ideas for this character but her dying made the most sense, story wise. I did like the character a lot though; she was interesting.
18th: Wolfgang Star- I must be clear I had a list of a few tributes and this wasn't an easy decision. After much deliberation I had to let Wolfgang go.
17th: Jesse Frogan- Sorry Jesse, there's only room for one arrogant arsehole in this story from now on and unfortunately it's not you.
16th: Topaz Martin- You were annoying and arrogant. Yet I will miss you quite a lot and to be honest I needed someone to die to break up the alliance and I chose you; apologies.
15th: Metro Cahidra- This guy was such a sweetie and I felt bad getting rid of him but the blood flow isn't moving fast enough so I had to kill someone else and unfortunately it was Metro.
14th: Wonder Jones- It broke my heart to kill her off. I definitely did consider her winning at a point. I adored writing for her and she only died because of her relationship with Phoenix (yes I know this was my idea and I do apologise).
13th: Glinda Odair- Loved her but had to lose her. I needed to kill off another girl as I only have 4 boys left.
12th: Baron Chrome- It was sad for you to die but you died a good man.
11th: Tansley Marie Hepperly- To be honest, she'd run her course and her story wasn't going anywhere but I still loved the character.
10th: Julie-Anne Beaker- I was actually gonna have her stick around for a little bit but in the end when I thought about it, it was her time. More's to the point, karma's a bitch.
9th: Branna Chrome- I loved her but at least she died on her own terms.
8th: Terro Madrime- I love Terro but I chose the character that was hardest to write for.
7th: Phoenix Cameroon- If anyone actually has a complaint about his death then please make it. Otherwise I just wanted his death to be in an arsehole vs. bitch fight.
6th: Brynn Kale- Just to be clear, this honey was one of my favourites; but then, so was Airmet. Hence why you guys decided. Just as a by the way, Brynn had to most with 8-6.
5.5th: Branwen Pritchard- Ok I am actually peeved that I killed her now but I just felt like I didn't have a choice. It was her or Amy and to be honest the idea for Branwen's death came first. That's the only reason why she died. Please don't think I didn't like her. I loved her to pieces and that's why she came this far.
5th: Airmet W. Jumpneptune- I didn't wanna get rid of her particularly. As a character, she was lovely and had a beautiful soul but I just couldn't see her winning. I will always have a special place in my heart for this character though. Sorry for being a little creepy and for killing her.
4th: Alice Felsworth- I didn't just kill her because I resented her returning. I'm actually quite glad she came back for a little bit. In the end, I just didn't like the idea of her coming back and then winning. Sorry; it seemed a little clichéd. But I still liked her. She was ecstatic.
2nd/3rd: Shimmer Starlight- It's hard to tell which position she really finished in but I'm afraid I did have to go with conventional ending of the bad guy losing. She was such a great character though; I've loved every minute of writing for her. It was fun.
2nd/3rd: Danny Suvillian- As stated above, it came down to him and Amy. It was basically a matter of Amy sounding like a better victor but truthfully I didn't like either of them anymore than the other one.
1st: Amy-Leigh Gizmo- What can I say? I'm a sucker for the underdog. Amy has been this tough but inwardly vulnerable character which sounds really unoriginal but she is such an original character. I've had my struggles writing for her every so often but ultimately she was a character I could really play around with and I loved that.
