Credit goes to Suzanne Collins and Kakima54
Imagine this. Foxface didn't eat the berries laid out by peeta. She made it to the final 4. Cato died, and She became the final 3 with Katniss and Peeta. Peeta too weak to fight, Katniss unwilling, and Foxface too weak, what would happen to the games?
I wake up from yet another nightmare with a start when I feel the end of my bed dip. I have a few seconds of panic where I'm sure that Clove and Cato are about to kill me, before I notice Peeta and Katniss are sat intertwined at the end of my bed. They grin at me when I sit up stiffly, trying to cool my racing heartbeat. I look at them with a mixture of confusion and shock and Katniss kicks off the conversation with "What do you think District 12 will be like?"
Images of the other districts flash through my brain- the old man shot in 11, The girl running after singing the four notes in 10, the death of the girls parents in 3, mockingjays and ominous 4 note melodies sung everywhere. And this year, 12 has a victor.
"I don't know", I tell her honestly. "People must know something's wrong, but they must also know that its too dangerous to do anything drastic".
Katniss and Peeta exchange glances and nod slowly.
"We think it'll be different this time" Peeta tells me. "When the victor has come from another district, there's been less of a reason to get behind any sort of rebellion. Now, there's not one but two victors from their district, they might feel like now is a good time to start something".
Both of them look terrified as they leave the room together. I plan to sleep for a few more hours but I quickly discover that its pointless and instead spend the rest of the night watching snow drift past the train windows. Emily wanders into my room at 8am and tells me we need to begin preparing for 12. Surely she must have some suspicions on how today is going to go? I can tell she's worried- she's pale and her hands are shaking as she cuts up her breakfast. Just before the train pulls up, I am ordered into a fur coat as we will do the rest of our preperations in the mayors house, so we smile and wave at the small crowds until we are bundled into a car.
When we get the Mayors house, Katniss hugs his daughter and they go off with Peeta to, leaving me alone with Emily and my prep team who will be getting me ready. They whisk me down hallways and into a large room with no furniture other than a small table and a full length mirror. The prep team throw makeup on my face to highlight my cheekbones and then slip me into a strapless white dress. Apparently there's a colour scheme for this district- who knew? Katniss comes to find me because we still have an hour before dinner so she can show me around a little. She says she wants to go and see the mayor so we wander up to the second floor to find his study. Its empty but the TV is playing quietly. Katniss watches the video of her and Peeta kissing in the Capitol with a blank face. We're beginning to leave the room when a beeping from it takes our attention back. The screen of the TV goes black and the words "UPDATE ON DISTRICT 8" flash up on the screen. I feel like we should definetly leave the room, but Katniss steps closer to the TV and i dont want to leave her so I step closer too. An announcer appears and begins to tell us that the conditions are worsening and a level 3 state of emergency has been called. Additional forces are on their way into the District. The video feed changes to show the square of district 8. Its a riot. People are screaming, their faces hidden in masks, the buildings are burning and the peacekeepers are firing into thec crowd without aiming. Katniss' face has gone pale. She quietly whispers "Its an uprising". She turns on her heel and leaves the room. She disappears to assumedly find Madge. I continue to wander around the Mayors House, which has some rooms full of moderately grand furniture and other completely empty with dust settled on the floor and window frames.
The dinner is as extravagant as to be expected from District 12, even if the Capitol is funding it. The party passes without much shock too, and i'm not really sure what I expected. Maybe more rebellion? Moe anger? Its very calm, small decorations and subdued guests. Katniss and Peeta spends lots of time together, along with Gale's brothers and sisters who are extremely cute. At one point, Katniss points over to me and Posy I think her name is, runs over to me and forces me to dance with her. We dance around the dancefloor together for three songs until I'm breatheless because of how unfit I am and she can't breathe from giggling too much. I sit with Madge too, discovering that we actually have a lot in common, especially a lot about our parents as I guess she doesn't see a lot of them and both of mine are dead. We talk for hours and she even convinces me to dance some more. The party begins to wind down at 1am and we are bundled out of the room. As we leave, I hear the whispered, rushed four note melodies waft through the room. Not enough to make an impact, but its still there. After seeing District 8 earlier today, I know that all it takes is a small spark. I fall asleep quickly as my thoughts drift to District 5.
I am going home.