A fate worse than death~~A Finnick Odair story~~

16. Coronation

Elizabeth didn't know how she did it. It was as if she flipped a switch every time something important happened. During the days she was absent and barely answered questions, stayed mostly in her room and just counted down the seconds until she would be able to go back home to four, to her family and her friend.

But, then during an interview or when she met someone who  wasn't a part of her team, she was changed. She was happy and loved to answer enny and every questions, she was even bold and took liberties she never even dreamed of before the games. But then she stepped off the stage or said goodbye to the people and then she was back in her shell again.

Mags was understanding, she let the young girl be alone, brought her food sometimes, nothing more nothing less, but Elizabeth knew the older lady just let her take her time. If she wanted to talk Mags would be there and Elizabeth appreciated that.

Finnick however, oh boy Finnick. He couldn't understand her, how she just turned her feelings off and on. Elizabeth was driven mad by all his attempts to get her to react, he had talked to her about everything, her family, four, her games, at one point he had even tried to teach her how to behave in the capital. To survive he had said. Fuck them! Elizabeth was already behaving impeccably, she had made the whole town love her in a week and it was exhausting!

Mags who won her games 55 years ago understood better what Elizabeth was going through than Finnick who won last year!!

But then again, maybe that was the problem. Finnick tried to get her to behave as he thought was right, in a way that kept him alive.
When in reality Finnick wasn't at all ready to train and support someone else, he probably hadn't even had time to process his own games, lett along understand her feelings and behavior!!

God being a victor was exhausting!!

But she had to think positively,
her game was ower, and soon this would be too, she would be crowned today, and after that, after the victory tunes in 6 months, she would be insignificant.
The capital would soon have a new victor and she would be able to return to a normal life.
Right?
Right, exactly one year of this, then a lifetime of freedom.
That's what you get if you win, that's what you win, your freedom.

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She hadn't been pimped out like this since the first day she set foot in the capital. Her nails were lengthened and painted, her skin scrubbed and perfumed, her face given a long facial before makeup was applied and her hair washed, dried, curled and styled, all before she even got into her dress.

And the dress, what a dress it was! It was white, with long arms that gathered at her wrists, but most strikingly, it was covered in flowers. Elizabeth couldn't tell if the flowers were real or not, they stretched up her waist all the way up her skirt and were so beautiful it brought tears to her eyes.

Or, at least that's what Silvers thought.

But in truth, Elizabeth's tears were not for the dress, indeed it was beautiful divine even, but the tears were for the memories it brought. The flowers that brought her back to the arena, the meadow that had been outside the cave and Jamie, Jamie who would have stood there now instead of her, who would have proposed to his Sara, the Jamie to whom she had made a promise.

A promise she could now keep.

Then she was on the move.
Beeng escorted by several peacekeepers.

The coronation was quick, she sat on a throne, the president gave a speech and then he placed the crown on her head. It was nothing unexpected, she had watched the coronations on film ever since she was little and Finnick and Mags had prepared her for anything that could happen. Still, she wasn't prepared when the president leaned in, a little more than necessary, and whispered in her ear. "See you in 6 months Miss Whitmore."

A lump the size of an iceberg grew in Elizabeth's stomach at the words. She had known they would stay in the capital during the Tun, but to hear it in words, to hear it from the president, that hurt.

After the coronation, she was whisked off the stage. They were on their way to the train, Elizabeth, Mags, Finnick and Evernis, and too many peacekeepers to count. She would be home soon. She had behaved impeccably, done everything Finnick and Mags said, indeed she had been a sight to behold during her interviews, a real delight. But now, now all the hard legacy would be paid off, because now she would finally get to go back to four, to her family. The hard work she put into being perfect would now pay off, in the form of 6 months of freedom.

But of course it wasn't that easy. No the bastards, the bastards was a collective name Elizabeth came up with for everyone who was in or worked in the capital, was rebuilding the brain pathway or something, she didn't shine very carefully, so now it would take her 3 days 3 fcking days to come home, because now they needed to go the other way, ie past 12, 11, 10 and so on just to get home!!

Safe to say the girl was boiling when she set foot on the train. So angry that she wanted to scream, but that wouldn't do while she was still in the capital. No she would save her anger for the pillow last night, the pillow in her room that she had to get because it would take her 3 fucking days to get home!!

Or you know what?
Elizabeth wasn't angry, no Miss Whitmore was boiling hot, screaming, whanting to swear, cock-sucking pissed off.

Yes, that was a better description of her feelings.

So in short, she was no longer angry. Infact, angry was probably no longer a word that found a place in the young girl's vocabulary.
No, it had become too small to describe her feelings, so from now on, she would probably stick to fucking furious.
Yeah, fucking furious was good.

A/N

Okay so I'm aware we haven't technically reached the Hunger Games part yet, but I didn't know how else to describe it

I think that some chapters from now on will be a bit like a summary of x number of years so that you are prepared for that. Maybe even so that I can start writing it a little "funnier" and if not more interesting parts :)