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HungerGamesOwl
Homecoming
In the afternoon my prep team comes and prepares me for the victor party. I wear a dress which is blood-red and black, just like my shoes and my Make-Up. I have to say I look pretty good.
I´m ready and Blight comes in. "You look awesome" he says and smiles nervously. He isn´t used to have a winner. We go to a big room in the house which is full of people who I don´t know.
Blight leads me to a crowd of people and introduces me to all of them, which is a bit annoying because I won´t remember the most names of the other victors anyway.
"This Enorbia from District 2" Blight explains and I shake hands with a pretty big woman who looks very unfriendly.
"I´m Johanna" I say.
She nods shortly and then without saying another word she leaves. Bitch.
Blight looks a bit ashamed, then he clears his throat " And this is Haymitch from District 12", "Aren´t you this guy who is always drunk?" I ask interested.
Blight shoots me a look but Haymitch just laughs,
"Yes, that´s me. If you need anybody to get drunk with, I´m always there"
"I think there´s a big possibility that I´ll accept your offer some day"
"Johanna" Blight rudes me.
"What?" I ask innocent
"You can´t -" Blight begins but I stop him.
"Yes, I can. So does anybody know how long I have to stay at this boring party?"
"Quite a few hours" Haymitch answers.
"That´s it if Snow doesn´t want you to have your first costumer today" I look at the right side where Finnick Odair now is standing with a dark expression on his pretty face.
Haymitch looks at him with some kind of pity in his eyes. I´m confused. "Today already?" he asks. "Oh yes" Odair answers. "Two" he adds.
"What are you two talking about?" I ask.
"You don´t know yet?" Odair says "By the way, I´m Finnick, District 4"
"Johanna, District 7" we shake hands. He seems to be completely different from what I thought he was like. He doesn´t seem so self-confident and cocky like he was on TV.
"So, what were you talking about?" I repeat my question.
"I think Blight should tell you. He´s your mentor." Finnick replies.
Blight looks around uneasily and then explains: "Look, the sponsors you had, you have to thank them in some way – that´s what Snow says – so you have to, erm, spent a night with any of them"
I stare at him in shock "Wait, what ?! I have to sleep with them?"
"What? Did you think I sleep with all this Capitol women because I want to?" Finnick snorts.
Now it makes sense why he is so completely different than on TV, but …
"What if I refuse?" I want to know.
"Then he´ll kill your family, friends, everybody you love" Finnick replies.
"He wouldn´t" I say shocked. But if I must be honest I can pretty good imagine that Snow would do something like this.
"He would, believe me" Finnick say and his face darkens.
My mother.
But wouldn´t it be better if she died? I could be free. But what about Brandon?
After a moment I say slowly "I´ll refuse"
Haymitch sighs, Finnick shakes his head and Blight is shocked.
"You can´t!" he says "Think about-"
"Who?" I snort "My father and my brother are dead – killed by Snow – and my mother hasn´t done anything for me after Eric´s death" I don´t mention Brandon. Don´t think about him!
"Before the Games you wouldn´t have thought like this" Blight says quietly and shocked.
"The Games change you" I answer "especially you should know this."
He just looks at me but doesn´t say anything, just like Finnick and Haymitch and there´s an arwark silence. It was broken when Snow came to us.
"Ah, Miss Mason, so nice to see you" he says with a big smile on his face. So bad that I doesn´t have a knife right now...
"Hello, Mr. President" I answer awark and don´t know what to do.
Finnick saves me. "It´s a pleasure to see you again, Sir. How are you that nice day?" he says. Now he´s wearing this cocky smile what is shown on TV and looks like he enjoys himself. I have to say I´m a little bit impressed how fast he changes from himself to the "Golden Boy" everybody wants to see.
"I´m fine, my boy" Snow answers "And you? Are you enjoying yourself so far?"
"It´s a great party with fine dinner. I like the chocolate cake."
"Your completely right, my boy. I tastes delicious. But if you excuse me for a while, I wanted to have a little talk with Miss Mason" Snow says and looks at the other victors.
All of them nod and begin to walk away. Bright looks at me with an expression that seems to say "Good Luck" and then he´s also gone.
"Now, Miss Mason, I hope you enjoyed your life as a victor so far" he begins.
"Yes, thanks, Sir" I answer shortly.
"The party is nice, isn´t it?" God, I hate this man!
"What is it?" I ask him.
"I guess I can´t follow you. What is what?" he pretends that he doesn´t know anything. Nice.
"I`m not here to make smalltalk and I think you want something from me, so just say it."
He looks at me coldly. "You have to be beware of your place, Miss Mason. Nobody talks to me like this. But I´m willed to ignore your little mistake because everything of this is new for you, but this shouldn´t happen again"
When he finishes his speech, I don´t answer and just stare in his cold blue eyes.
"However, you were right. I wanted something from you: I think you´re beware of the fact that in your Games you had sponsors who were really nice and maybe you would have died without them. So you understand that you have to show them how grateful you are..."
I knew what he meant, it was just like Finnick said. But I played innocent.
"I´m afraid I don´t understand how this works" I reply.
"It´s nothing bad. You just have to be at their home, party with them. Maybe one, two nights..."
he explains.
"No" I say coldly and he stares at me.
"You better have to think about this again. Maybe we can talk tomorrow again-"
"No" I interrupt him "I won´t do such a thing"
He replies just as coldly as me "I thought you were clever, you don´t know the consequences of this"
"I know the consequences and I´m willed to accept them"
"It is how it is" he says and then he goes away and leaves me. I´m relieved when he´s gone. The rest of the night I just dance a bit and then go to sleep. Tomorrow I´m going home and let this hell behind me.
Not for long. I sigh. Next year I have to mentor two children who are going to die and the year after the same will happen. What a happy future, isn´t it?
With these thoughts I fall asleep.
The next morning I leave the Capitol. During the train ride I sit next to Blight but we don´t talk.
When we arrive in District 7 there´s a huge crowd of people who wink and clap.
After an hour everything´s finished and I go to my new house in the victor village. There I get the message that my stepfather, my stepsister, my mother and my cousin all died in a tragic "accident". Snow.
It hurts more than I thought it would. I don´t feel sad about Susan and my stepfather but my mother was my mother. And Brandon was the only person I cared about.
I turn around, leave the house and head towards the forest. I missed the smell and the quiet.
I just stop when I´m sure that nobody is going to find me here.
I look around: everything seems so peaceful. It was the perfect place.
After I found 2 big stones I take them and lay them on the ground, just two little things that remind me of my mother and Brandon.
Suddenly I notice something wet that is on my cheek. A tear. Quickly I wish it away. Be strong.
I calm down and then swear to myself that I never was going to love somebody again. When I don´t love anybody he can´t hurt me.
Snow. I get angry.
I look to the sky and speak the words that will always be in my heart.
"One day, I´ll kill you Snow. Just wait, the time will come. One day."
Thanks for reading! Everybody of you. Sorry, that it took so long. I wrote a half of this chapter a long time ago but then didn´t know how to continue...
I hope you enjoyed reading it.
HungerGamesOwl
