𝓕𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮| Mizzen x M! Reader

the zoo part one; Ryhlee

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after Mizzen and I discussed our districts and all the horrible things about them, we stared around in comfortable silence, Mizzen started looking through the crates, while I looked out the window once again in lost confusion. it was getting dark out, the moon being the lightest thing in the darkness that surrounded the train. "It must be late by now, it's dark out" Mizzen said, and I nodded my head in agreement. I had been tired from the previous night of not being able sleep (reaping days am I right), and my eyes were threatening to close at any point. "I guess it is late, time really does fly when you're having fun" I responded between yawns. Mizzen returned to his spot after throwing everything back in the crate, he wasn't very careful with it, and I'm quite certain a few things snapped in half, but why would I care, whatever that stuff was it was for the capitol. "We should go to sleep, I have a feeling we won't be able to do much of that in the capitol, and you look tired" he commented, I rested my head against the cart, but it was shaking so much I couldn't sleep. Mizzen wrapped his arm around me, and I put my head on his should, he put his head on mine. "See you in the morning" Mizzen said tiredly "goodnight" I replied before falling asleep.

when I woke up, Mizzen was already awake, he was searching through crates again, whenever he found something useful, he would put it in his pocket and save it for later. "What are you looking for?" I asked, moving towards him. "Anything really, but food would be nice. I'm hungry, and I'm sure you are" I nodded in agreement and started helping him search through "this is the crate I looked through to find band-aids for my glasses" I said, trying to let him know there wasn't anything of use in there, and we continued searching.  "Did you know that people are allowed to send us food and gifts in the arena, but it costs a fortune. One bottle of water is basically how much money everyone in district twelve has in total. No offense, of course." he told me "We can get gifts?!" I was shocked, why had they decided to do that this year, why would they change the rules? "But we have to prove that were important. my sister said that I should find allies, and I want you as my ally, you seem very trustful." he said, I felt honored that he wanted to work with me, but I couldn't leave Eliana. "I would love to Mizzen, but I can't leave my friend, is there any chance we can also team up with her?" I asked. Mizzen thought for a second, then smiled "I'm sure I can convince Coral! I just have to show here how amazing you are, and then she'll let you and your friend on board! what's her name?" he asked "Eliana, she's fifteen." I don't know why I felt the need to say her age, but I wanted him to know she was older, so she could help us more than a twelve-year-old kid. 

me and Mizzen had come up with a plan by the time we were in the capitol, and when they opened the door, Mizzen helped me down. I immediately started looking around for Eliana, and saw her with another girl, they were chatting, and I noticed how Elianas tone was happier. "Eliana!" I yelled, running over and hugging her, too excited to think straight. when I let go, I noticed Mizzen hugging the other girl. was that Coral? she looked intimidating, but I could tell she would be nice if Mizzen said I was a good person. "Coral, I would like to introduce you to my ally, Ryhlee Alves" he said, taking my hand. I shook Coral's hand, and we all started walking towards the rest of the group. "Well, I guess it's good I'm teaming up with Eliana" Coral said, and I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. "Wait, really!" Mizzen asked, he was excited as well "Mizzen, remember how I told you about that girl I befriended when I was six?" Mizzen and I were shocked, who would have thought that are district partners had an unrequited friendship? 

when we got into the cage they were using to transport us to our home for the next few days, and right before they locked the cage someone who looked to be a capitol student jumped in. He looked around awkwardly, and when he saw me, he sighed. "Who the hell are you?" someone asked, he was tall, and had a fedora on, he was sitting next to a girl who was crying. poor girl. "My name is Coriolanus Snow" he said, looking over at me "and I'm," he pointed at me "your mentor" he smiled at me, and I looked over at Mizzen, who nodded, and I spoke. "How can you help us?" I asked him. "Us? everyone gets their own mentor, so I just worry about you, and the other mentors worry about their tributes." I glared at him "if you're going to help me, you're going to help my friends, got it?" I instructed. he nodded slightly and Mizzen and I high fived each other. "Badass." Mizzen mumbled to me, I was honored he thought I was cool.

after a few minutes of people threatening Snow (lol), the door opened, and the cage started leaning down. Mizzen grabbed hold of a pole and held my waist, pulling me to his chest as Coral and Eliana tried to hold on as well. Eventually, Mizzen lost his grip, and we started falling into the cage. Coral and Eliana came falling down after us, and Mizzen held on to me. I landed on top of him as we tumbled into what looked to be an enclosure. I apologized for landing on him, and we stood up, looking around, trying to find out where we were. one of the people on the outside started asking for Coriolanus to come forward. he looked over at me and jerked his head toward the audience, I nodded, and we started walking up to the audience, but I went back and took Mizzens hand, and he followed me to the audience. "Hello, I'm Coriolanus Snow, this is my tribute Ryhlee Alves."  he patted me on the back and moved back slightly, allowing me to continue on with my introduction. "Hello, what's your name?" I asked, bending down to talk to one of the kids who had wandered up to me "I'm Pontius, it's very nice to meet you" he stuck out his hand, and I lingered for a while, thinking. if I stuck my hand out, would it be seen as a threatening act? before i made my decision, the boy stuck his hand in the cage and shook my hand, he was grinning from ear to ear with excitement "it's very nice to meet you as well, Pontius. Is this your sister?" I asked, turning my head to the girl standing next to him. "Yes, that's Venus, she's only four" the girl was holding a stuffed bunny, which was covering most of her face to where I could only see her eyes, "well I think four is a very nice age to be" I said. Venus uncovered her face and smiled shyly, I smiled back and stood up, grabbing Mizzens arm. "This is my friend Mizzen, he's a great person!" I told them. 

Mizzen and I made a very good impression for our team, and when we were done talking to the little kids who kept asking us questions, a man named Lucky Flickerman came up to us. "So, Ryhlee and Mizzen, are you two teaming up for the games, what's the plan, I'm sure the fans would love to know your story" Mizzen looked over and called out for Eliana and Coral to come over before talking. 'Well actually, were teaming up with our district partners, Coral from four and Eliana from twelve." he explained, Lucky Flickerman interrupting every so often.

"And there you have it folks, an astonishing team up with a good and bad district, let's see how this one plays out! I'll see you tributes tomorrow for a check in with the capitol!"  the camera's turned off, and I stuck my middle finger at Lucky when he wasn't looking before leaning against the bars, slowly falling to the ground. Public speaking was a nightmare for me, and I had a feeling there was a lot more to come, I would have to tell the camera's my sob story just to get some food. we were so busy talking I didn't even notice Snow being dragged out, but he wasn't there anymore. Mizzen sat down next me, holding my hand once again.

authors note; I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I'll continue this story in Mizzen's pov! make sure your taking breaks and sleeping enough, love you! 1512 words.