Hey guys I hoped you liked my last chapter, this one is going to be a little intense, and remember to review cause you all love me.
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"all our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney.
~ Piper pov~
Fighting, standing up for oneself, helping family, friends, a lover or your own child, that's what we're fighting for. for our own, for the will to live in a world where you don't have to fear, be scared, not fearing for oneself or ages twelve-nineteen, to go to bed with a full stomach, to stop the screams and cries of mothers, who lost there children to one little slip of paper.
But most of all we're fighting, so we can never hear the words " happy hunger games, may the odds be ever in your favor."
we're fighting for our district, and the only thing we have is hope for a better tomorrow, we've been suppressed but not tamed, they might put us in iron and chains, but there's always a key.
they think they could keep us down, extinguish the fire in our eyes but that fire's been in us for a while, and its not going to be put out anytime soon, not till we set our selves free.
They had us… but that doesn't mean we'll stop… we talk in hushed whispers, secret meetings… when we work we pass information…we steal, axes, scythes, anything that's metal and hide them away for future use.
"I'm scared, scared for being here, scared without my friends, even my family even though they were barley there for me, but also scared for the star family…. For the people who work so hard, just to feed the faces of those pigs in the capitol….. Scared for thresh… scared for my district….and scared for myself.
But even when I'm scared, I have some many reason's not to be, rue's melody that calm's our heart`, the families ties to one another, and the same dream, a beautiful dream, and I'm glade that I'm here apart of that dream.
We're working again, out in the orchards they doubled the peacekeepers, and are enforcing the rules severely, I'm lucky that the peacekeeper from yesterday, couldn't remember my face, a women with dreadlocks walks pass my tree where I'm gathering apples again.
We make eye contact she gave a node…and I return the gesture, rues also up in the trees with me and I keep my eyes trained on her, along with the rest of her siblings.
I'm not to worried about her or her brother wick. for there in the trees, but I am worried for poppy, jinx and little quelling for they were on the ground and couldn't get away quickly, if they anger the peacekeepers.
We rebel in small ways like take extra food (with out the peacekeepers finding out of course) share it with others, when the peacekeepers are out on break and there shift turns for other peacekeepers to come. in the short amount of time we hide our tools, even steal some of the peacekeepers we even managed to steal one of there guns, but yet its never enough.
I look around at the sober yet content faces of everyone, I know I started something that could change the events of this world.
but I cant help feel that this is right, shining light on these people that has lived a life of sorrow for generations, I looked up once more at rue who was humming to herself, then looked down to see poppy staring at her.
and like yesterday her eyes wandered to thresh, him caring four baskets full of fruit. "That must be heavy." piper whispered to herself quietly, well not quietly enough since she heard soft giggling blow her, looking down she saw poppy looking between her and thresh, piper made eye contact with poppy and wagged her finger at her in a disapproving manner, but that didn't stop her giggles, and to make things worse rue and wick joined in, wick just one tree over making her drop her head with an amused sigh.
"GET BACK TO WORK" a passing peacekeeper barked, we did so and as he was leaving, poppy stuck out her tongue at his retreating form, making piper laugh softly.
a long time passed just picking apples, and as it started getting dark the peacekeeper started giving out sunglasses, but not just any sunglasses, piper remembered in the book rue talked about glasses that let you see in the dark, and when she received a pair she wasted no time putting them on.
"wow this is so awesome." piper said aloud, making the children laugh and making pipers cheeks glow pink. piper could easily see in the dark as if she had cat vision. after a while she traded places with poppy who looked tired from hauling the basket back an forth, she did this about six- times before she ran smack dab into someone and fell over, on her way back from dropping off her load.
"I'm so sorry." piper said, scrambling to get back up when a hand was placed in front of her, she followed the hand to the person she ran into and to her embarrassment it was thresh, taking his hand he pulled her up.
"I'm sorry for running into you, it wont happen again." she said running off before he could reply.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid." piper kept telling herself in her mind; "why did I do that, I made a fool out of myself twice in front of him." she whispered in despair, dropping her head and heading back to her tree, she prepared for a long night.
~ Diana's pov~
days, a week to be exact since she came here, she was happy for the most part, she had a place to sleep, a job that she loved to go to, the world of her dreams and two wonderful people that looked out for her. but a small part of her was still sad, sad for her friends absence, but that had to wait right now she had more pressing matters to attend to.
She seemed to spend all her time in the studio planning; only coming out for food, or bathroom breaks, she likes being Busy and also a whole continent is in the hands of this rebellion, and she wanted to do it right no holes for it to fall through.
she got so absorbed into her work, she didn't even hear cinna and Portia come in, it was only when they were right behind her, that she was know to there presents (also scaring her to death.)
"oh you're both here." Diana chuckled trying to stop her beating heart.
" I brought Tigris those plans you told me to bring her." Portia said, with hints of pride in her eyes.
" that's wonderful" Diana praised, it was only about an hour waiting on her after there talk with Plutarch, Portia basically bounced it to the room with news of Tigris agreeing with the alliance.
now they could start focusing on ammunition, to supply the needs that the rebellion would surly need. "the question is how" Diana thought voicing her thoughts out loud.
"we should know focus on the ammunition" Diana said, no sooner had she spoken, the three stooges flavius, venia and Octavia scoured in.
Diana had the pleasure of meeting them not to long ago, they weren't bad they reminded her of what feathered headed they were in the book's.
"We got reservations to "glass onion"-(real restaurant)- you must come with us." venia all but begged in that silly capitol voice.
"it wouldn't be the same with out you all." Octavia whined.
" you have to get out of this stuffy room, let your creative juices flow" flavius concluded.
Diana thought for a moment, she really hasn't seen much of the capitol and who knows she might learn something, she looked at cinna`s face and he to was considering the offer, Portia seemed to jump at the chance.
"alright we'll come" Diana replied in an amused tone at the three's funny antics.
Portia dragged Diana away saying "we can't be seen in these old things." Portia threw a dress at Diana, she barley managed to catch it.
It was nice, a white base dress with no sleeves, the neckline stopped right above her chest, with a webbing of silver that went around her throat, and covered her shoulders, putting on a pair of shoes that match the webbing that covered her shoulders, she had to saw she didn't look half bad.
When she stepped out of the changing room she was dressing in, she was swarmed by venia and Octavia saying…"oh you look so nice.' Octavia gushed…."You must dye your skin silver, it would match your eyes" venia said in delight, much to Diana's cringing.
But like a knight in white armor cinna came to her rescue. "shouldn't we be going now." he said walking to stand beside Diana, she stared at him a moment. he wore a white plain shirt and a nice pair of black trousers, his signature golden eye liner in place. he defiantly seemed the normal of them all, even more then Diana herself.
venia and Octavia completely forgot about which color to dye her skin, instead they were making sure there wigs were straight and clothes free of stains.
"Come, come we must be off." flavius said from the door, taking Diana's arm cinna led her out the door, following after the knuckleheads, as they made there way down the street Diana couldn't help but stare at all she was seeing.
tall buildings with futuristic holograms of this years fashions or upcoming hunger games countdown, it was like that's all they did fashion and the entertainment of killing kids.
as she looked around some more she saw a women all in pink, pink hair, pink makeup, pink dress, pink leggings, pink shoes, even a pink dog, averting her eyes so she wouldn't get caught staring, she busied herself with looking ahead.
which she wished she hadn't, there on a giant hologram was none other then the tyrant himself president' snow.
His face was stony, no emotions showed. lips were set in a straight line and as Diana gazed at him, the more he revolted her.
"who would what a man like that to lead them." Diana thought scornfully in her mind.
cinna must of caught her glaring holes through the screen, cause she felt him give her a reassuring squeeze of the hand, Diana looked up at him, realizing he was a few inches taller the herself, she gave a smile which he returned.
They finally made it to this "glass onion. (again real restaurant) and walked in, it was very strange to see such a place as this one.
it kind of looked like district twelve's dinning room in the training center, it seemed to have a tropical theme to it, beautiful holograms of a rainforest on one side, a beach on the other, and up on the ceiling was a canopy.
we were escorted to a crescent shaped table, me sitting beside cinna and venia on the other. I must say I enjoyed myself all things considered, we talked fashion and some scandals that came up, about some famous model who was just sleeping with the head executive of a modeling agency to allow her to model.
And the food I ordered was delouses, flower shaped rolls, peas with pearl onions and chicken with creamy orange sauce, and mint tea. After dinner we kept talking and then the conversation turned to past victors and the approaching hunger games.
" just three more days." venia said cheerfully.
"I can't wait to see, what we're working with this year" flavius said just as excited.
"I hope we get someone with some taste to them." Octavia put her two since in.
All the while not me, or cinna, or Portia said anything. going over with our plans so much we forgot the whole reality that goes with the approaching hunger games.
Diana's stomach seemed to drop and she felt like crying. have you ever had that feeling where your disappointed to tears because you failed a test, or hated your parents for taking away your phone when your on an important call? that's how Diana felt.
Getting back to the studio, Portia left first saying she would wait on Diana's return home to the apartment.
Diana went to the designing table and slapped her hands flat on the table, feeling angry, she pushed all the extra clothes, sketch books and what not onto the floor.
she could tell when cinna came up to stand next to her, but she didn't want him to see the lost look in her eyes, and then she felt his hand enclose one of hers.
looking at him the dame broke and tears flooded down her cheeks, but cinna just tightened his hold on her hand.
and that's how they stayed almost till midnight just taking comfort in the silence.
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