Gold

Gold and precious stones. That's all that I needed in life. Well, that and food. Most of my clothes had a gold colour on it somewhere, and all of them had rubies, pearls or diamonds decorating them. Those scraggly sticks from District 12 have probably never heard of gold. I can see the little girl from 11 looking at my interview dress enviously. I look gorgeous and everyone knows it. My district partner doesn't seem to like me though. I didn't bother to remember his name because he's an idiot for trying to ignore me. Everyone's supposed to love me!

Love

My only regret for her was that she never knew love. She had her fair share of boyfriends over the years, but they were only interested in her looks. She was beautiful, my daughter, but no one seemed to pay attention to what she was like on the inside. Everyone assumed she was stupid, that she wouldn't understand what was going on. My daughter was intelligent, she wasn't top of the class, but she knew enough. I didn't like her going to the training sessions because it reminded me that she might die before me. My love was her downfall.

Idiot

The girl was an idiot. She claimed to know how to use a bow and arrow, but it painfully obvious how awful her aim was. She was slowing us down. We needed to find the weaker tributes quickly during the night. She couldn't run as fast as the rest of us and she was louder than the lover boy from 12! She said she had had training in weapons, but I bet she doesn't know one end of a sword from the other! District 1 always sent in air heads, some could fight, but none of them had a brain.

Mend

You could mend a broken kite or a toy car with missing wheels. You could mend someone with a splinter or a grazed knee. You couldn't, however, mend someone with a knife sticking in their back. The District 4 boy lay at our feet, spluttering up blood and hacking spit onto the floor. He had fallen on the side and tried to curl into a ball, but the pain from the knife prevented him from moving far. The boy from 12 stood by the cornucopia, holding another knife, shaking slightly. This game wasn't a game anymore, you couldn't mend death.

Maladies

It felt like someone had thrown boiling oil over my skin. My fingers shook and my head jerked back, the poison was taking over. I was a career, I was supposed to win! A buzzing filled my ears and I bit back a scream. The alliance had left me; that was the plan from the start. "If anyone gets hurt, we leave them behind." I had agreed with that, but now I was in this position…The stings were swelling up, I could feel them pulling at my skin. I could feel the poison throbbing through my body, killing me slowly.

Even

"Is my dress even?" Glimmer pulled at the shimmering material with one hand.

"Yes, of course it's even. Why would your stylist put it on at an angle?" She was really starting to irritate me, we hadn't really spoken before the games, I didn't really want to start talking to her now.

"Well, maybe I caught it on something and it was pulled over. I want to look perfect!" She was shrieking in my ear now. I pushed her away and rubbed my ear gingerly.

"Just shut up! I can't take your whining anymore!" How could girls be so annoying?

Remember

She remembered her. I watched her, from my VIP chair at the front. She was standing awkwardly next to her boyfriend. They didn't know what love was. The love between Glimmer and I was stronger than that of the bonds between diamonds. There is nothing stronger than what we had. She was my sister, she deserved better. In a few years her name will be forgotten, just like everyone else's. The mockingjay however, she would go down in history. Her lover boy would be remembered too. I just hope they're tormented by the memory of my sister haunting their dreams.

A/N: -Sheepish wave- yeah, I'm still alive. Hello :) I'm really, completely, totally, utterly sorry for the delay which ensued the last chapter. Life + Exams + lots of writers block = late chapters. But I checked out my poll yesterday and people had voted! I can't deny the public what they want :P If there are any Doctor Who viewers out there, feel free to check out some of those stories because they're updated a little more often seeing as the series is on now :D Please review! (and sorry for the massive author's note)