The Hunger Games (Fan Fiction) Book Two

Chapter Four

"No?"

Waverly looks at me with the most shocked look ever. I fold my arms and look at the Lorin. "No." I repeat. "I don't want to risk killing anyone else." I turn to leave the room. This was a mistake. I shouldn't have left District 12. Gale was right.

"Prim, some people will sacrifice themselves so good things can happen. If you be our leader, I promise something incredible will happen." He says. I shake my head. "If someone has to die for there to be something good, then I will never be apart of your rebellion." I say. Waverly sighs and grabs my arm so I can't leave. "Alright, forget what I said about people dying, the only person who will die is President Snow. But, Prim, you're the only one that anyone will listen to. Everyone in that room is afraid to take action. Say anything. But, if you become our leader, they'll listen to you. You give them something to believe in." I roll my eyes and slowly shake my head. "I just don't see how me going on the hovercraft would start a rebellion. How did I rebel against the Capitol?" I ask. Waverly smiles.

"I thought you knew? Because you went onto the hovercraft, Snow thinks you're defying him. He thinks that you believe that the Hunger Games are whatever. That the rules that the Capitol has had for years means nothing. You're ruining what he built." I lower my head in shame. Waverly looks at me. "Prim, you're giving us a chance to get rid of the Hunger Games." He says. I look up at him suddenly. I'm giving us a chance to ruin the games? Get rid of it forever? I sigh and turn back around.

"Alright," I say, knowing I'll regret this. "I'll be your leader." Waverly smiles and hugs me. Lorin joins in and giggles, before running out of the room to tell the other people that I'm leading the rebellion. A blur of voices comes from the room, and some of the people come in and tell me that they'll help, and that they can't wait to take down Snow. My mind is spinning. What if I'm not the right person to lead the rebellion? What if this doesn't work? What if all of these people who think I could change things get hurt? What if they turn against me? Waverly wraps an arm around me and looks forward. "Prim, I think things are going to change because of you." He says. I sigh.

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" I whisper. Waverly looks at me but doesn't say anything. I'm afraid he heard me. He sighs and leaves the room to go talk to the other people. I sit in the chair and put my face in my hands. Ok, so I'm the leader. But, I can't stay here forever. I have to get back to District 12. Gale, he has to know that I'm the leader. Maybe he'll join. Maybe he won't be mad anymore.

"Waverly!" I call out. I run out of the room and upstairs. The downstairs room is silent and everyone watches me run by. Once I get upstairs, I run to Waverly, whose sitting at the table looking through the papers. He looks at me concerned. "What's wrong?" He asks. I sigh. "I have to get back home." I say. "I want to go home for a while." I'm not sure if I should tell him that I want Gale to join us. He might say no. "Why?" He asks. His voice is a little angry when he says that. I bite my lip. "Because...what will my mother say? She has to know that I'm here." I say. Which isn't really a lie. My mother does need to know. What if she doesn't like the idea of me being here? Waverly looks at me unsure. I roll my eyes. "I can't keep this from my mother. She'll be worried. I have to tell her." He hesitates for a moment before reluctantly saying OK. He takes me down stairs again and through another door that leads to a hovercraft. I shiver at the the memory of being in the Capitol's hovercraft.

After an hour or so, I run through our front door. My mother is on the couch bawling her eyes out. When she sees me, she rushes over to me and almost squeezes me to death. Her face brings me to tears. I've never seen her so upset. Not since I was chosen to go into the games.

"Prim! Where were you?" She yells. She doesn't really like to yell, so I'm hurt when she does. Her face starts to turn red, and when I don't answer, her skin fades back to her regular color, and she places her face in her hands. "I was just worried about you." She says. I wipe a tear from my eye. "I know." I whisper, my voice a little shaky. "And I'm sorry, but I left for a good reason." She puts her hands to her hips. "What reason?" She asks. I curse in my head. I don't want to tell her. I shouldn't even have brought it up. "Because....I'm leading the rebellion against the Capitol." I say. I don't look at her. It's silent for what feels like hours, and when I finally look up, she's not even looking at me. She's looking behind me at the door. I turn around and gasp. Snow stands there with Gale next to him. The look on Gale's face makes my heart crack. Snow takes slow, threatening steps to me.

"It's true. You are the leader. And to think I thought Gale was going to be the rebel." He says in a low voice. I look over at Gale, and he has the same look on his face. I can't look at him anymore. "I just found out-"

"I'll be putting an end to you and your rebellion," He cuts me off. He glances at Gale before looking back at me. "And Gale will be included in this." He gives me one more menacing look before leaving the room. Gale walks up to me and doesn't say anything. I feel the tears start to come up again. "Gale.." I start, but he's already out of the door before I can finish. The tears fall down my cheeks and I don't bother to wipe them. "Gale!" I call after him, but he never comes back. I turn to my mother, and she sighs and wraps me in her arms. "Don't cry." She whispers. "Don't cry." But I continue to cry and cry. By the time I'm done crying, it's almost dark out.

After a couple of days, Gale still hasn't talked to me. He won't even look at me when he drops off our sack of food. I keep trying to say something to him, but he leaves before I get the chance. I have no one to talk to anymore, and I stopped going to my fort, because it doesn't feel the same without him in there next to me. All I do now is sit next to my window and wait for him to come and let me apologize. Months pass. I don't even remember what Gale looks like. He started giving my mother our food when I was at school, instead of when I was at home. The weather starts to change, and everyone's getting ready for the Hunger Games to come again. Snow canceled this year's victory tour so I haven't seen Octavia, Flavius, or Cinna since before December. I haven't even heard from Snow yet. I sit in the living room quietly when our television turns on.

President Snow sits in his chair with the special box of cards in front of him. I sigh when I remember this year is the Quarter Quell. That means the person that I'm mentoring will have to go into the games with a twist. An awful, sick twist. Snow tells everyone the previous Quarter Quells before opening the box and quickly snatching a card. I feel the hairs on my neck start to rise as he reads the words printed on the white paper.

"For this years Quarter Quell, to prove that even with family and friends standing by you, you're alone in the games, the latest tribute will be entered along with their closest peer." Snow flashes a small smirk, that I know is for me, before the set turns off. I look back and see my mother standing behind me. He did that for me and Gale. He knew we would be entered. I try hard to hold back my tears but am unable. Just as my tears finally falls out of my eyes, Gale opens the door. He looks at us without saying a word. I know that he watched it. And I know that he knows he's going into the games with me. I can't believe it's happening. After I swore it wouldn't.

I'm going back into the games.

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I'm sorry for not updating yesterday! I really am!! It was midnight when I got back from zip lining in vegas. (Sorry, but it was really fun!) SO, since I didn't update yesterday, I will be updating tomorrow for you guys. I hope you liked this chapter, and if it's too short, I'm sorry! Night!!(: