"You still mean everything to me, to me"
"But I wanna be free."
Miraya Hannett, 35, Capitol Citzen/ Rebel.
If anyone could see us right now, they would say that we were the perfect Capitol family. All three of us, siting at the dinner table, with little Sierra sleeping on her crib next to me. How wrong would they be, though?
Tobias, ahead of me, still has his plate untouched and is keeping his eyes down, probably because he is avoiding something. Or something. I want to ignore that feeling, the one that tells me that something is wrong and that I should pack my bags, take my children and leave for the Districts, but I can't.
I can't, because my son and the little girl sleeping next to me are a constant reminder of what I have to do. Of what I have to be for them, to make a better future for me. And that is something that not even Phinius can take away from me.
But for right now, It's time to play my part. I turn to my husband, a little smile on my face. "So, darling, how was your day?" The usual family stuff. Something that will keep him from knowing what I have been truly doing in the past few months.
He smiles, with the wicked smirk that I used to love so much when we first met. How could we everturnto this? Ruining each other, from the inside out, never knowing which one of us will be the winner, when our children are at stake?
"Wonderful. In fact, I got to make a few alterations in this year's arena. Everyone will absolutely love it. In fact, I even asked the President if I could bring Tobias to work with me in a few weeks, once the Games are done. Since he wants to follow his father's footsteps, it's only good that he starts to know how the job works, don't you think?"
Like hell you will. I would rather die than let him take my son into that world of pain and make him become a monster. But instead of showing my real opinion, like always, I put on a smile and agree with him. Next to me, Sierra wakes up and starts crying. Probably because she's hungry. But like always, she saved me from having to listen to any more of this non-sense.
"Excuse me." I say, and take Sierra from her crib, walking to the kitchen. As I feed her, I can't help but wonder how two people like me and Phinius make something so precious, so innocent. When she looks up at me with those big blue eyes that she got from her grandfather, I know I would rather die than letting anything happen to her. My baby girl is too precious, too innocent to ever live in this world.
If it wasn't for her and Tobias, I don't think I would even be alive by now. I would have throwed myself out of the highest window in the Capitol, and I would have died happily. But now when I have my children to protect. Once all of this is over, we'll go away.
I know Tobias might not want to go, but once I explain everything, I'm sure he'll understand. We might even move to District One, if he wants, since he has that school boy crush on Cashmere. That was something else that I was horrified about when I found out. Phinius selling Cashmere to our son, and introducing him to that world.
He had already started making a monster out of my son, and I never even realized it. But right now, things are going well. I will have our rebel soon, and when I do, we'll tear the Capitol down from the inside out. And, with much pleasure, I'll watch Phinius beg for mercy.
The door bell rings. I frown, wondering who would be. It's 10 pm, after all, and people here in the Capitol don't have the habit of visiting anyone this late. My fellow rebels know to not visit me at this time, so who could it be?
As I walk into the living toom, about 10 Peacekeepers walk in. I freeze. It couldn't be. How would they know?
But I know exactly what they're here for when Phinius turns to me, and ripsour daughter from my arms. Sierra starts crying immediately, and I try to reach her.
To hold her one more time. But Phinius just turns away and gives her to our maid. "Make sure she stays away until my wife is gone." And with that, my daughter is gone.
"NO! NO!" I try to get to her, but something holds me back. The Peacekeepers handcuff me. I turn to Phinius. "Please, please, don't take her, please, she's all I have." I realized that I'm crying already, but I don't let that stop me. He just have some humanity left. The man I loved must be somewhere in there, right?
"You should have thought of that before you turned into a traitor. I won't let them kill you, baby. You'll spend the rest of your miserable live in jail, knowing that I turned your precious children into what you fear the most. A monster."
From one blind moment of anger, I spit on his face. "Root in hell."
Before I can do anything else, Tobias comes rushing one and hugs me, tears streaming down his face. "I'm so sorry, ma. I love you."
I touch his face "Take care of your sister, and please, please don't become something like him."
His face is the last thing I see before everything goes dark.
Tribute List:
District One:
Male: Aidan Lainell, 18.
Female: Alexa Cadwell, 18.
District Two
Male: Nikolai Faustus, 18.
Female: Sadie Ariste, 18.
District Three:
Male: Blaine Parker, 17.
Female: Nerinea Aravis, 18.
District Four:
Male: Jasko Quinn, 18.
Female: Tiena Pensiere, 18.
District Five:
Male: Kaneki Idris, 16.
Female: Katarina Morellee, 18.
District Six:
Male: Preston Hewitt, 17.
Female: Ryella Duval, 18.
District Seven:
Male: Hex Fillian, 13.
Female: Sedna Orwell, 18.
District Eight:
Male: Fabian Tanaka, 17.
Female: Brooke Devoir, 16.
District Nine:
Male: Oliver Craddocks, 16.
Female: Niamh Gregora, 16.
District Ten:
Male: Coulter Xenophon, 16.
Female: Leila Rorie, 17.
District Eleven:
Male: Bastian Steppes, 17.
Female: Amina Conlan, 17.
District Twelve:
Male: Tyson Moretta, 18.
Female: Amaryllis Carmellia, 16.
A/N: "I'm a Ruin" by Marina and the Diamonds.
I want to aplogize to those that aren't accepted. I recieved over 40 submissions, and while I want to accept almost all of them, I could only accept this twenty-four that you see up there. Again, I'm truly sorry but at least you have a tribute to submit to another story now!
Congrats to this year's tributes, though! They're all absolutely fantastic,and I can't wait to write about all of them. Blog reviews are very much appreciated! XD Blog link is on my profile.
See you soon!