Safe and Sound

by Emma Panda

You know The Hunger Games, right? Of course you do. The only problem is that they're all lies. It's not the most accurate source of information. Sure, it was a good story, but Katniss only wrote it to make herself look good. She didn't win. She was never the Mockingjay. I won, and I was the rebellion leader. Who am I? I'm Clove, and this is my story. (On hiatus)

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Immediately Cato jogs over to me.

"Clove, what was that? Where's Christina? Who was that girl? Why did you-"

I cut him off. "Cato... Cato, I'm going to die."

Cato realizes what's really going to happen. "Clove... Clove, don't leave me. Please."

He sounds desperate.

"Cato... I don't want to leave you either."

"But one of us has to die."

We are both silent for the rest of the train ride.

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I wake up to Cato kneeling on my bed, shaking me.

"Clove!" he says. "Clove, get up!"

He is already dressed and ready. Figures. He was always an early riser.

"Ugh..." I groan. "It's early..."

"Yeah, but you can see the capital!"

I immediately run to my window. Cato capital is amazing.

The buildings are high and colorful. The fashions are zany and out of this world, a thousand times worse than Liza Truun. Cato and I collapse on the ground laughing at the way they are dressed.

Collapsed on the floor rolling around and laughing.

That was how Enobaria found us a half hour later.