Save me - A Hunger Games Story

Chapter 15

A helicopter picked me up. Once I arrived back in the Capitol, a group of unfamiliar people cleaned my wrist wound and cleaned me up before sending me to my prep team. Twil was ecstatic to see me.

'Oh my goodness, congratulations.' She cried hugging me tightly.

Cove entered congratulating me too and then all together they styled and dressed me in a pale pink dress similar to my reaping one, though much fancier and more expensive.

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I sat on the same stage as before, in the same body, but a completely different person. The Games had changed me completely. I know knew and understood things no one else would know or understand.

Felix beamed at me. 'I can't believe your here. It's so wonderful that you can go home now.' He said, shaking my hand. 'So you and the boy from your district- ' 

'Ash.' I muttered.

'Oh yes, Ash. Well you too had quite the alliance, am I right?' The crowd cheered. 'So unfortunate, his death. But at least you won.'

We continued our discussion and I barely spoke, unless I had too. 

Everything else I tried to forget: President Snow crowning me victor, returning home on the train and getting home to district 12.

The few weeks after I got home, I felt empty. I stumbled around Victors Village and my house barely speaking. Even my parents were getting worried about me. I only fully spoke when I talked to Ash's parents about Ash and went I gave his message to Lucy. Apart from that, people tended to forget about me apart from being the silent victor.

I missed Ash so much. More than I could explain. And no one could understand.

That is why I made the tough decision that changed my life. One early morning I left my home with only a goodbye note, with only a backpack and my bracelet, ducked under the fence of District 12 and strode out into the undiscovered, beautiful wildlife and unknown part of Panem, alone, with Ash always in my heart.