Willow's POV:

I stand in the meadows, the forgotten graveyard of the fallen. Burned by the Old Capitol's bombs. We try our best to forget, but it will always be with us. The Hunger Games are gone, President Snow is gone. I used to not know, about all this. I was born is a world of peace, not realising what my parents went through but now I know. It was hard for them to explain what had happened. Why mother had nightmares and woke up screaming, why father used to grip the back of chairs and throw things in anger. I now know.

Every time I visit the meadows, I remember them. Every time I see flowers, I think of what mother said about Aunt Prim. Every time I visit the lake, I see Finnick. Every time I see a mockingjay, I sing to it just like mother and granddad. Every time I catch sight of a dandelion, it represents the promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses.


Peeta's POV:

I stand behind Willow and watch as she looks at the meadows, she understands now. What Katniss and I went through, how hard we fought to bring peace to the Republic of Panem.

'I didn't realise until now, you two must have loved each other a lot to go through all that.' Willow turns to me, 'When you where hijacked, she still loved you even though your hijacked self was convinced that she was a mutt. When it was all over, she forgave you and you were everything to her. She loved you even when she wasn't sure of it herself.'

Willow rushes over to me and hugs me tight. 'Want to go back now?' I ask softly. My eighteen year old daughter nods and we walk back to our house. 'Do you understand now?'

'Yes,' she answers, 'Why did you not tell me before?'

I sigh, 'I think it's the fact that we didn't want to scare you and Rye.'

'Are you going to tell Rye?' Willow asks, her blue eyes staring up at me

'When the time comes, then yes but not now.'

'What about Eve? Does she know? What happens if she tells Rye?'

'I doubt that Eve knows. Her parents don't really know the full details about the Rebellion like we do.'

Willow nods and we walk in silence for awhile, 'Did you always love Mum, even if she didn't like you back.'

I smile, 'Always.'


Eve's POV:

I knock on the door and I hear Rye rush downstairs to get it. He swings it open and smiles when he sees me at stand there. 'Come in!' He says invitingly

I enter the house and haul the bags onto the kitchen table. 'Here are your groceries, Mr. Mellark.' I say

'Thank you, Eve.' He says and grabs out the wheat

'What are you cooking?' I ask

'Well, you have to see later,'

I groan and he chuckles. 'Hey Eve, check out what I found in the meadows.'

Rye says from behind me, I turn around and he leads me out of the house and into the backyard. A big willow tree, surrounded by various plants and flowers fill the area. I sit under the tree while Rye searches for whatever he is looking for.

'Ah, here it is!' He cries. I get up and walk over to him, as soon as I reach a half a metre away from him, he turns around and offers the object to me, 'For you!' He shouts

I look at the object in his hand and see a droopy flower in his hands. One of the petals fall away and I start laughing my head off. He looks hurt and runs away from me, back into the house. I stop laughing and try to call him back but he doesn't listen to me.

I run after him but he is faster. He sprints into the house and bolts up the stairs, to his room. I enter the house and Mr. Mellark half smile at me. 'Did it work?' He asks

'Did what work?'

'The flower,' He answers, 'it's a gift, for you.'

'Oh, that's what it was.' I look down, I feel so bad. I thought he was doing some sort of joke that we do. I didn't realise that he wanted to give me something that he took effort into making.

Mr. Mellark approaches me and puts a hand on my shoulder, 'Do you want to apologise to him?'

I nod and he escorts me to Rye's room. Mr. Mellark knocks on the door, 'Leave me alone!' Rye shouts

'Rye?' Mr. Mellark asks, 'It's your Dad. Eve wants to say something to you,'

Rye doesn't reply until he opens up the door, Mr. Mellark pats me on the shoulder and leaves us. 'Hey,' I say to Rye

Rye lies on his bed, his blonde hair swishing in the wind of the open window. 'Hey,' He says sitting up

'I just wanted to say sorry. I didn't know you were doing something for me,' I can feel my cheeks redden when I mention the last sentence, it sounded better in my head.

His gray eyes stare at me for a moment and smiles widely, 'Apology accepted,'

I smile at him and he smiles back. I shift my gaze onto his bedside table and see the flower that he tried to give me placed on top of it. I take it and realise that it is a dandelion, 'Thank you,' I say

Rye gets up and walks towards me, 'Your welcome. I'm sorry if it's a bit squashed, my father and I were prac…' He trails off and covers his mouth, realising that he has said too much.

I laugh. I can't believe Rye practised with his Dad to try and get me a flower. Rye's face reddens with embarrassment and chuckles awkwardly. 'So… umm.' He says, trying to make conversation.

I smile and kiss him on the cheek. He seems surprised and happy at the same time but I don't wait for what he has to say because I bolt out of his room, quickly say farewell to Mr. Mellark and run all the way to my house with a smile on my face.


(Before I start the A/N. Just pointing out that the title doesn't mean this is the beginning of the END as in the end with doom and everything. The title means the beginning of the end as in the beginning after the end/epilogue of the Hunger Games trilogy)

A/N: Hey Guys! I'm back with another story, that's right another story. You guys will be like: What? Another story? I know, I know, just calm down. This is an experimental story, if you guys think this is a kewl story then fine by me and if you guys think this is a horrible story then fine by me. And anyways thank you for reading this, if you are reading this right now then you have read the first chapter of this story. Tell me if you like this, tell me if you hate this story, just tell me something cause I don't know if you are hating this or loving this! I really value your opinions! I won't be having a schedule for this story so please follow if you like dis. Sorry for the really long A/N. Have a gud day - Rage