The 71st Hunger Games - A Love Story COMPLETED

Chapter 12

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I stood in shock, still like a statue. In shock. Then I began to laugh.

"But .. isn't it been gone for, like, decades?"

I checked her face for signs of joking, none. I immediately stopped laughing. 

"But, why me?" I honestly was just another District 12 citizen who got reaped. 

"You were the easiest to get. They needed someone to take out of the Games to make Snow feel weak."

"When did you get here? Is my family okay?"

"Soon after the Reaping's, my family ran out of food. We can't get tesserae any more, so we went to the woods for food. We found them after days of wandering for any sign of food. We found them and they took us in. And your family's fine."

"What about Han, I mean Johanna Mason?"

She led me to a TV in a hall. Johanna was on the screen, crying and swinging the axe wildly. She killed the last ones, and won. She won with tears. She thought I was dead. So did everyone.

I stared at the screen as the announced Han as the winner. 

I watched her be carried off. She looked glazed over. She truly thought I was dead. Or she was a great actor. Well, even I couldn't tell if I was alive.

"Aven?"

I jumped.

"I'll take you to President Coin, then your family." She nodded to another hall.

I blankly nodded and followed.

I entered a neat office, in the middle sat a woman in a suit across from a man and they were both quietly discussing something obviously important.

Riley coughed and they looked up.

"Hello, you must be Aven." The woman raised her hand and shook mine in a firm grip.

"Yes, nice to meet you." I said as politely as possible.

She nodded a few times then looked at the man. He looked at me then her. He nodded too. 

'Please say something.'

"Do you think I could take a video with you?"

"O-okay. Why?"

"Snow." was all I got for an answer.

She got a man to do a camera, he pointed it to a fancy wall in the office. The camera man got lighting, set it up.

"Stand there."

Both me and the woman, who I finally guessed as President Coin.

"3, 2, 1, action." A click sounded.

"Hey Snow! Look, security isn't as strong as you think, huh?"

She held my hand up like I won a match and we smiled.

The camera went off.

"Cut." He went off with the camera out the room to send it to him probably.

"Thank you, sweetie. Your family is in room 427. Fourth floor."

I left, with Riley to the elevator.

"That wasn't that bad."

I looked at her then looked straight forward. Silence. We got in the creaky elevator to the fourth floor. She led me all the way down and I paused, took a deep breath, then knocked.

Mom opened the door a few moments later. 

"Aven!"

I flew into her arms. Riley smiled, then left us.

"Bye, Aven, Mrs. River."

Mom brought me in.

"I never thought I would see you again. I love you so much."

I never thought I would see her again.