"The hunger games is on evil place where they put teens in there to fight to the death. The Capitol always have a laugh coming out when they see how hard those teens try to survive, but fail. I know there are these games since some of us used to travel up to District 12 and sneak under the fence to buy clothing. When we saw our very first game brought the horror in my eyes. It was terrible to see each one fall dead to the ground."
My great-grandma Ada told me this when was about eight. She looked straight in my eyes like I understand every pain that she felt, but I didn't. I sat on my bed trying to concentrate on the mind reading power. This is one of the few powers I have difficulties with. I breathe in and out slowly trying to find that source of power inside me. I felt my body twitch and felt the tingling sensation in my nerves. I smiled in relief feeling the power throughout my body. I heard a voice, but it was muffled, barley audible. I concentrated more on that one tiny little voice trying to pull it closer to me. One hand in front of the other like I'm pulling a rope bringing it closer to me with ever tug. I hear the high pitch voice and right away I knew it was a girl's voice. I feel her voice moving around in the air trying to find an opening to my mind. I let my mind grab the voice and bring it towards me. Once it was on my head I heard the first two words that came into my mind. "I wonder.." Then there was a knock at my door losing the voice I tried so hard to get. "Sweetheart breakfast is ready." my mother's voice called to me. I groaned out of frustration since I knew the voice in my head was hers. I should have known that she would be wondering what I was up to. I got off my bed and rolled my shoulders getting the ache off my muscles. I pushed the wooden door opened and walked into the kitchen.
"Ah that smells good." I sniffed the air of waffle goodness. My mouth was watering with saliva, ready to chow down. My father walked in with his axe by his side. He kissed mom on the cheek. He whispered in her ear which made mom smile of course. He walked towards the front door looked behind him to face me.
"Goodbye Alex take care of your mother and yourself for me. Love you." He blew a kiss in my direction and left leaving a cold breeze in the doorway. I rolled my eyes not daring to put my hand on my cheek and smile delighted since I wasn't. My father and I never got on the same terms. After what happened that day when I was eleven I could never see him as the same person he once was. He tries to get back into my trust, my happiness since he knows that saying is the reason why I dislike him. My mom placed the plate right in front of me and she got her plate as well sitting across from me. She took the first bite and I started to eat, stuffing my myself.
"Alejandra?" She put her fork down and look me straight in the eyes. I swallowed my food down and placed my fork down also.
"Yes?" I asked fear kind of rising up in my throat. All of the horrible ideas coming to mind. Then the one extreme one does she know about my powers?
"What are you up to today?" She had curiosity burning in her eyes. I had an urge to wipe my forehead out of relief. I picked up my fork and stabbed it in my syrupy waffles.
"I'm just going to hang out with Gabe and pull pranks on people." I stuffed the waffle in my mouth, "The prank part is a joke mom." I said while chewing.
"You and Gabriel have been together a lot lately." I almost choked on my waffle. I looked up at her with wide eyes. Oh let's hope she's not saying what I think she's saying.
"W-what do you mean?" I stuttered a bit at the what. She looked at me serious.
"I mean are you two having..."
"Mom! Gross! No! We're just friends." My cheeks were burning and I put my head in my hands hiding from embarrassment.
"I'm sorry darling but I need to know if you two are planning to or not."
"Mom could we please not talk about this." I groaned.
"I just need to know." She said stubbornly.
"Fine, no we're not having the big S and no I don't plan to. He's just my best friend and nothing more. I don't think of him like that." I explained myself sighing in the end. This was all too embarrassing. Thank goodness Gabe isn't here yet.
"Oh I thought you liked Gabriel." She had something else to say. "You are close to the age where you have to get married." She finally said to me. I looked at her horrified. Why did she have to bring this conversation up at of no where.
"Mom please could we talk about this another time." I begged, ready to get down on my knees if I have to.
"Okay, Okay." She put her hands up in defeat and smiling big. I rolled my eyes at her and sighing. Right at that moment Gabe walked in smiling like a little nerd.
"What's for breakfast?" He sat down at the table next to me. He looked at me and his eyes got big from my glare.
"No hi and not even a hug, get out!" I yelled at him, but my tone was playful. He gave me a bear hug lifting me up off my chair.
"Hello weirdo." He whispered into my ear. I giggled and slapped his arm. "And good morning Rosario. How are you?" Gabe went up to give my mom a hug. She smiled at him and pat his head like he was a little boy.
"I'm doing just fine." She replied with a smile. "Here are some waffles Gabriel." She gave Gabe a plate of waffles. He nodded his head in thanks and sat down putting on butter, and syrup. I started to chow down into my food again and so did Gabe. Mom sat across from us and looked at us disgustingly.
"What?" We said in unison with our mouths full. We looked at each other bursting in laughter, spiting our food all over the table. Mom flinch back staying as far back from our spit up food as possible. We started laughing harder. My sides started to hurt and my cheeks were getting tiring. Finally, our laughter had died down.
"Nice one." I said and gave Gabe a high five. He smiled and eat his last bite of waffles. I looked down at my plate and notice there was no more food. "Aw it's all gone." Mom rolled her eyes giggling a bit.
"Well since your done lets go on an adventure." Gabe said enthusiastically. I got up kissing my mother goodbye and grabbed my boots heading out the door. Gabe followed behind silently. We walked side by side not saying a word till we were far beyond the town. When we finally reached into the forests limits I grabbed Gabe's hand and started to ran hiding ourselves behind the ever greens. We stopped catching our breaths and started to laugh once again.
"Ha ha okay I see your very anxious to get in the forest." he pointed out.
"Well of course I am. We haven't left the village since last week." I explained. I sat down on the ground soaking in the earth. I breathe in the forest air and let it out smiling.
"Uh do I need to put on your boots for you or are you going to that yourself?" Gabe asked me. I looked at my feet and saw the dirt on them. I wiggled my toes and smiled.
"Nah boots are ick I like my feet to be free!" I sing-song. Gabe chuckled.
"Nice, but aren't we going to travel to you know where?" he whispered. I sighed and started to but on my boots.
"Yeah, but only this once. To buy certain stuff and..."
"And to watch the The Hunger Games." He finished the sentence for me.
"Yeah that too." I whispered quietly. I put on my boots. I got up jumping in the air like a nerd. "Well lets get going." We started to walk to District 12.
"Can't you know just poof us there or something?" Gabe asked having his hands inside his pockets. I glared at him and huffed out air. "What?"
"You mean teleport that's what we use to call it back then and I don't know I never tried it." I said looking up at the sky.
"Well let's try it now." I stopped in my tracks and looked at him intensely.
"No." I simply said. He pinched his eyebrows together.
"Why not?" he asked.
"Because if we just teleport , we have no clue we're we might end up at. It's a very complicated and dangerous thing." I explained.
"Maybe it's not dangerous. Please could you at least try?" He was doing the puppy dog face, my signature move. Well it's not going to work on me.
"No, and that's final." I stubbornly said and crossed my arms to prove that I'm not giving in. His face fell and he looked at the ground.
"Fine." He sighed and started to walk away slowly. I rolled my eyes.
"You know that walking away slowly and acting sad doesn't work on me. Your such a horrible actor!" I hollered at him. He turned around smiling in defeat.
"Darn you caught me red handed." He put his hands out from me to cuff him. Again I rolled my eyes.
"You only know that word and gesture from me." I lightly punched him in the arm.
"I know. Well let's get going, girl who wants to walk instead of teleporting." He linked my arm with his and started skipping dragging me with him. I skipped with him and giggling all the same in the spring's air. I looked at Gabe and at that same time the sun hit his light brown hair making it look like a halo appeared around it. A sense of deja vu sneaked around in my nerves. I looked at him again noticing the scar across his shoulder. I frowned remembering that day. The day we met each other. It was like fate put us together. He was runaway from one of the Districts and it was a blessing that I found him so quickly.
5 years ago
I was twelve years old and it had been a year since Ada's passing. It was a normal day like any other day, in winter form though. I sat outside embracing the coldness. The grieving stage was over in the village, and we are making a success in the moving on stage. I wasn't really. I was still re-living those memories with Ada. I close my eyes and dream, but when I dream sometimes my powers get a little out of my control. I've been practicing my powers now and everyday there is a new power for me to challenge. Anyways I was laying on the snow swinging my legs and arms back and forth trying to succeed in making a snow angel. I remembered how to make one from my past lives. I got up and looked down at my creation. I smiled delighted of what I accomplished. My stomach started to grumble, demanding food. I frowned at my stomach for making those noises since they bug. I turned my body to the direction of my hut, my house and started to walk. Before I could even reach within the limits of my home I heard the mocking jay's echoing a loud growl and right after that growl came a piercing scream. My heart was pounding in my chest for no reason. My legs started a sudden twitch. Adrenaline kicked into my system and I started to run towards the woods. I have no clue where I'm heading. I'm just letting my legs take me to that sound. My breath was getting heavier with every stride I take. My legs are aching from running so long, but I kept moving with unfamiliar surroundings.
Finally, my legs stopped moving. I was able to get my breath back. I heard a stick break on my left side. I turned around fast, my eyes widen in fear. There in front of me stood a wolf. The wolf's blue eyes look deep into my purple ones. I swear on my life I saw the wolf smile at me. The wolf smiled and his eyes were saying I got the job done. I cocked my head in confusion and the wolf step aside letting me see the victim. I gasped covering my mouth in horror after I did. There was a young boy probably my age, laying in pool of blood. "What did you do!" I screamed at the wolf. The wolf put his head down ashamed. I ran to the boy checking for his pulse. His heart was beating slowly. I started to panic not knowing what to do, but I calmed down a little trying to remember what doctors did in my past lives. I looked for the wound and saw the blood gushing out of his left shoulder. I took of my jacket and ripped it. I got the one side with more fabric and tied it around his shoulder tight to stop the bleeding. I grabbed his hand and felt how cold it was. I picked up his body and pulled him into my warmth. I glared at the wolf and the wolf whimpered. The wolf's eyes looked at mine and they were saying 'I thought he was going to attack you. I didn't recognize his scent.' I sighed and looked at the wolf again demanding for it to leave. The wolf left leaving just me and this poor boy. I looked at the boy noticing his face in pain. If only I could heal his wound. That clicked in my head like a light bulb, I knew what I had to do. I laid the boy's head on my lap. I took off the poorly made bandage and threw it in the snow. I put both my hands on the wound making sure I had enough pressure on it. I closed my eyes and concentrated trying to locate that source of power inside me. I felt this rush of energy go through out my body and I knew I found it. I tried to push some of that energy to go trough my hands and onto the wound. I was having difficulties with the energy going to a certain way. With a lot more tries I got frustrated and pushed the energy harshly towards my arm. I felt it leave my body and go inside the wound. I let my hands off his body and opened my eyes to see if I succeeded. I stared in shock seeing the wound heal so fast. It left a long pink, reddish line. The boy slightly moved and groaned while moving. He opened his eyes and blink a couple of times. I stared at the beauty of his eyes, they were turquoise. He squinted looking at me.
"Where am I? Are you here to take me back?" He groggily said, but I heard the fear in his voice.
"No I'm not here to take you back from where you came from and your in the woods. I just saved your life. I'm going to take you to my village okay?" I whispered softly to him. He nodded his head. "Can you walk?" I asked he nodded his head again. I slowly helped him get up and I slinged his arm around my shoulders to help him walk.
"Who are you?" He asked staring at my eyes.
"I'm Alejandra Griego, the girl who saved your butt. You?" I simply said, smiling softly.
"I'm Gabriel Andrews, the guy who got attack." He mumbled. I giggled a little. He looked up and grinned.
"What brought you here?" I had to ask it was eating away at me. He frowned.
"I runaway from home." He whispered.
"Why is that, wait are you from one of the districts?" His eyes widen at my words. "No, I swear I won't take you back. To be honest I'm not even part of a district." I stated.
"What do you mean? Everyone is part of district. I'm part of District 11." He told me.
"Wow you traveled far. Well you'll see." His eyes were reading confusion. I pushed away leaves from my face and walked into our village. His eyes widen and was taken everything in. "Welcome to Nueva Vida. My home." He looked at me again confused.
"What does nueva vida mean?" I smiled.
"It means New Life. You could start living a new life now." He smiled in relief
"Oh thank you." He hugged me hard. That is how our friendship begin. The whole entire village accepted him like I predicted. He was my first true friend and still is. It all started out because I was the one to give him that wound. I wasn't controlling my powers when I was making the snow angel. I accidentally told the wolf to attack any strangers. When I told Gabe this and how guilty I felt. He told me to not worry about it that it wasn't my fault. That it was bound to happen eventually. He's such a good friend that he knows what exact words to make me feel better.
Present Time.
Gabe stared at me waving his hand in front of my face. "Woo who is anybody there?" I smacked away his hand.
"Yes I'm here I was in la la land." I explained. Gabe smiled.
"Of course you were, you always are." Gabe stated. I stick my tongue at him and he laughed, then stopped. "Look there's the electric gate." He pointed. We sneaked towards that gate and I threw a leaf at it to see if the electric fence was on. We both heard the sizzling noise and saw the burnt leaf drop to the ground. "That's a first." Gabe said.
"Yeah I wonder whats going on." I put my thinking face on trying to figure out how to get through here.
"Ooo are you going to make us go through solids or even better fly over the fence?" Gabe asked excitement filling his eyes. I sighed in defeat.
"Looks like we're gonna fly over." Gabe's face fell at the not being able to go through it, but went back up with a light at the flying part. I grabbed his hand and concentrated on the wind making us float up and up. I felt the wind pushing us off the ground and going high enough to go over the fence. We landed on the other side with not even a noise. I opened my eyes to see Gabe's face in amazement.
"That was cool." He said. I shurgged like it was nothing. I started to walk to the market place or area. Gabe caught up with my stride. Once we reached the middle of the town I stopped in my tracks and Gabe ran into me. "Owe why did you st.." He didn't finish his sentence since he knew why I stopped. I couldn't believe my eyes. I couldn't believe it happened so fast.
"No." I whispered out.
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