Deep in the Meadow

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Johanna sleeps in the guest bedroom with Asher who is in Willow's old crib. Selena chose to sleep on the couch even though Peeta offered to give her his side of the bed. She said that the couch would be fine.
Pollux headed out to his hover to sleep.

I'm pretty sure no one wants to talk about what we have to do next. That's probably why we all took showers after dinner and went strait to bed. At least Selena alerted the districts about what is happening in the Capitol. It defiantly will help if some people from the districts put in their input and tell us what they think we should do. After all, we have to do something about the Capitol citizens. I just don't know what. We needed to kill West, so why are the Capitol citizens any different? Just because they have numbers doesn't mean that they deserve a different punishment for the same threat they pose. They are just like West. Probably worse because they are working together.
So should we kill them? Would that be wrong to kill so many?

I sigh. We can't make any decisions without answers. I don't even know if the Capitol Alliance killed West, Will, and Kennedy. We just have to wait. Be patient.

And with that, I close my eyes and try to fall to sleep. But with anticipation flooding my mind and questions filing in one after the other, it takes a long time for me to fall to sleep. And when I do, a nightmare comes.

-(nightmare)
West is standing at the mansion. His silver suit glistens in the warm sun. His loyal Capitol citizens crowd around waiting for him to start talking. Some hold signs with my picture crossed out, and others chanting things like,
"Katniss, Peeta, Willow, Rye! All of them deserves to die!"
And some even cursing Johanna's name.

West raises his hands to quiet the crowd. They obey immediately shushing each other rather obnoxiously.

"Attention my people!" West yells to the crowd. They stand straiter as they excitedly wait for what West has to say.

"I have very exciting news to share with you pertaining to our enemies!" He yells. A few smiles show from various faces in the crowd.
"Katniss, her children, Peeta, Johanna, her child, and the whole Capitol alliance has been captured!" He beams. The crowd erupts in cheers and chants. Most patting each other on the backs and smiling uncontrollably.

"Ok, ok!" West calms them.
"Now! I knew you guys would like to see a show, so I'm going to give you one to remember! Right in a few moments, you will all head to your houses and turn on you screens! Why, you ask? Because I've set all the listed rebels inside the 76th hunger games arena to fight to the death! They will be forced to kill each other for our entertainment once again!" He shouts. Another round of hoots and hollers ring out.
West laughs joyfully.
"The hunger games is the best invention ever created! Katniss and her rebels destroyed it but I have always wanted it back. I have always wanted to keep it! Now we will keep it forever and no one can stop us! We kill Katniss and her rebellious friends including the Capitol Alliance, then after this hunger games, we will continue reaping from the districts!" He finishes making the crowd even more excited.
Then I'm immediately in the arena. Steamy air surrounds me. I realize I'm crying. Frantically I try to move but I'm tied to my stand. I see Peeta on the stand beside me trying to escape the ropes as well. I look to my left swiping the hot tears from me eyes. Rye is there. He is laying on his stool, untied but bruised. Very, very bruised. I cry some more as the starting cannon sounds and the ropes fall off. I start running to my baby boy but when I reach him another girl does at the same time. Selena. She holds a knife.
"I'm sorry Katniss. But if we want to survive we have to follow the rules." She tells me. Then brings down the knife and kills Rye.
-(nightmare end)

I jolt awake screaming. Hot tears still running down my cheeks and dripping off my chin. Peeta gasps awake and whips his head toward me frantic.
"Wh-what's wrong?!" He asks barely awake.