HOLY PIESQUIDRATMOLES (THAT PHRASE IS GOING TO CATCH ON)! MY FACES THIS CHAPTER IS GOING TO BE SO INTERESTING THAT YOUR HEAD WILL EXPLODE!
FINCHES POV
It had been three days since the Feast and I needed food again. The little bit of food in the pack had run out. I had stayed neat Katinss and Peeta. They left some scraps of food behind that I ate, but now I needed more than scraps.
I watched Katniss and Peeta sneak out of the cave. Peeta looked a lot better since the day of the Feast.
They looked around for a while until Katniss told Peeta to look for berries and roots. This was my chance. I waited until Peeta went away from his pack, thinking that no one was around. I quickly ran over. I took some bread and cheese, not enough to notice, then I looked next to the pack, there were some blueish-purple berries. Nightlock. I smiled as I remembered Peeta trying to identify plants. I knew that he wouldn't die because of these berries. Katniss would know what they were.
I snatched up a handful and silently ran away. I remembered the Gamemakers did everything possible to make sure the Tributes wouldn't commit suicide. But they I guess they didn't think that someone would think to eat deadly berries on purpose.
I was about to raise the berries to my lips, but then I stopped. I didn't have to die. I could go home to Eve. We could live in a big mansion in Victors Village and never have to steal again. I could win these Games. But then I would be playing the Games. I couldn't be a piece in their Games. What would happen if I did win? Then I would be and even bigger piece in their Games. I would be letting the Capitol win. Don't let them win! Eve had called as the Peacekeepers dragged her away from me. Her last words to me. Her last request to me.
I smiled. I had outsmarted the Capitol. I didn't kill, I didn't play their Games, I just survived in this Arena. I bet even my abusive 'parents' would be proud of me now. Eve would be proud.
I hoped that Katniss and Peeta won. They wouldn't play the Games, either.
I lifted the berries again. I was sure that the cameras were on me right now. Waiting for me to die. It sickened me. One day, these people would get what they deserved.
"I'm sorry, Eve," I whispered. Then swallowed
"Hey, Capitol. Hey, Snow," I said, smirking. "I didn't play your little Games. I beat you at your own Games. I outsmarted you," I said. I imagined the horrified face of Snow as he heard the words that I spoke.
I took a deep breath and raised the berries to my lips once again. I was scared, no doubt. I put them in my mouth. They were strangely sweet.
I fell to the ground and the world began to fade around me. A white light began to form around the edges of my vision. I was calm. I wondered if this was how the rest of the Tributes felt as they died.
Then something happened. My life flashed before my eyes. Growing up. My 'parent's hitting me. Meeting Eve. Stealing. The Reaping. Meeting many people during training. Being in the Arena. All of it.
Then the white light filled my vision. I was not afraid anymore.
The light faded. There were golden steps in front of me that led up to a door. Someone was standing on them. I cautiously walked towards the figure. I saw that it was Drew.
"Am I dead?" I asked.
"Yes," said Drew.
"What will happen to me?" I asked.
"How am I supposed to know?" said Drew.
"Can I visit people? Like you visited me?" I asked.
"Yeah," he said. "When they're asleep."
"When will they go to sleep?" I asked.
"You'll know," Drew said. "But for now, come with me," he said. He took my arm and brought me up the steps to the door. He opened it.
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