{COMPLETED} Catching the Mockingjay ~ Mockingjay's Flight Sequel (#Wattys2017)

Train Tears

I wake. The air is cold, and my cup of water is nearly ice. I get up. I've been sleeping on the pull out bed that the couch downstairs has. I walk to the TV and turn it on. It's always been staticy and slow, but that's the way I like it. The newscaster has a stern look on his face. I climb back under my warm covers and watch the TV. "And so. The following names are the Ersol tributes. Thea Eli, Meric Lya, Lyrica Musa, and Austin Mithic. All tributes are coming to the Capitol today. Including Panem's own tributes." The newscaster Signs off.

I stare. Austin. I bite my lip. How. Why is the Capitol torching me like this? It's no purposeful is it? I get out of bed and walk up stairs. I open the small closet door, outside of Jewel and I's room, and pull out some clothes. I get dressed in the bathroom downstairs. Soon, my eyes catch the snow outside. I look at Peri. "You have to go home now." I say tears forming in my eyes. I pull on my warm jacket, and grab my house key. I turn off the TV, put the bed back under the couch, and walk out the door and let Peri free.

I lock the door with my key, and slip it under the broken pot by the doorway. Peri looks back at me, then runs in the direction of the forest. I walk to the Train Station, trying to hold back thoughts of Peri leaving me so quickly. I clutch Jewel's ash necklace and walk faster. Soon enough I reach the large train station, that is nearly deserted. About 35 people stand around the train station. I push through the crowds, and up the stairs. I walk into the train station office, to see Effie Trikent standing there.

"Hello Crystal." She smiles. I wave. Kal sits, his hands behind the chair he sits in, watching me. I sit down across from him. "You remind me of Jewel too much. You got mad at my sister for no reason. I hate you Crystal Everin." He hisses. "You two! Now is not the time to take out your anger on each other!!" Effie shouts. I kick the chair. "If you hate me, kill me in the games. I don't care. I have nothing to live for." I shout at him. "ENOUGH!" Effie shouts. I nod.

Effie looks at me. "You don't want to be like your sister do you?" She asks. "Hmm?" I say confused. "You don't want to win, and live in the glory." She says. I nod. "Exactly." The room falls dead silent. After a while, we board the train. "Things sure have changed." Effie tingles. "No more Mentors, no more parade, no interviews, no training, just going into the arena two days after you come."

I look up. The train is quick, and very nice. I sit down on a chair and look at Effie. "I was quiet fond of your sister you know. Where is she now?" Effie smiles. I stare. She doesn't know. How doesn't she know? "She's in a better place now." I whisper. Effie gasps. "I'm so sorry." She moans. "You don't accutally care do you?!" I shout. "The Capitol killed her!" "I am truly sorry, I tell you!" Effie says. I storm out of the train car, and to another car.

I lean against the wall. Tears form in my eyes. I don't want this. I don't want to be the girl who screams at everyone. I want to be the kind, loving girl who makes friends quickly. I stare, keeping tears back. Why me? Because the Capitol hates my family for some reason.

The only way I can live any more, is to find a way to be happy. The problem is, is that I can't be happy anymore. The only people who love me are gone or far away. I was chosen to die, and if that's the way it is, I will die with love in my heart. I don't care if I have dozens of people hating me, I have myself to listen to.