The Sun's Rays

Dreams

I backed up against the corner, in the barren room. President Neige loomed over me, with Haymitch and Dale behind her.

"How dare you betray us." spat Dale.

"How could you kill Mom and Dad." snarled Haymitch.

"I-I didn't." I wimpered.

"Don't even try that. We saw you." said Neige.

"I didn't, I swear." I said.

"You're no sister of mine." Haymitch said with malice in his voice.

I slid down the wall and started to cry.

"You disgust me. Your execution will be tomorrow at noon." said President Neige.

"No! You go the wrong operson! I didn't-"

"Wake up." said Dale.

"What?" I asked.

"WAKE UP!!!!"

My eyes burst open. My pillow was drenched in sweat. I moaned. I sat up and crashed into something solid.

"Ow!" I yelped and clutched my head.

I looked up to see Dale doing the same thing. I grinned sheepishly.

"Finally." said Dale

"Hurry up. the morning assembly is about to start."

I gave him a nod, and groggily got out of bed. Dale retreated to his room, across the hall, and I ran to get the days clothes. I opened the door to the small, white tile bathroom. I threw my clothes on the closed toilet seat, and took off my PJs. I ran through the shower and hastily put my clothes on. I started to walk out of the room while doing my braid. I hopped out the door into the bare hall, as I finished putting the elastic into my hair. Dale took my hand and pulled me down the hall. I sprinted with him to catch up with his long strides. We came barrelling into the final hallway, and slipped through the closing, metal doors.

This has become a daily routine for Dale and I. I was supposed to share my room with my mother, but because she was so busy with the war council, she never was in my room, anyway. There was no alarm clocks avalible for us, down here, so we were expected to get the hang of it. I was having too much trouble from staying up late from nightmares, that I slept in nearly every day. The only days I wake up early, is when a nightmare leaves me screaming in the early morning, that leaves me too rattled to fall back asleep. It has been this way ever since we arived this way, two weeks ago.

Where is "here," you ask? We are currently in an underwater palace/civilization/city/weird place that smells like fish. We are about fifty kilometers off the shore of District two. Apparently, the rebels have been working on this place, ever since the games were announced. So, basically, there are three buildings. The first, is for the food, recreation, and schools. The second is the battle training and weapons building. The last is the living quarters, where we sleep, bathe, ect. All of these buildings are connected by see-through hallways. Trust me, it was more than a shock when there was a giant squid passing by, as I was walking to school. Most people call this place 'Atlantis' after an old legend that told of a city under the sea.

We couldn't reinhabit 13 because A) The capitol already knows where it is and it's secrets B) We were in the actual district 13 for the games and C) There wasn't much left of the headquarters. I am told that this place was a lot more interesting than District 13 was, but it can't get anymore simple than this. I basically, get out of bed, take a shower, throw on the same black V-neck shirt with black jeans, run to the daily assembly, eat breakfast, go to morning classes, eat lunch, practice in the weaponry, eat dinner, and go to bed. Once in a while I do recreational activities like ultimate Frisbee or baseball, but not often.

Dale is in all of these activities with me, because the leaders thought that it wouldn't do to separate us and that we needed "moral support," whatever that means. The leaders are a band of fifty adults that man the whole rebellion. My mom and dad are part of these people, because they were in the last rebellion. Dale's Dad was too. His mom, wasn't, though. I've only seen his mom once, from far away, and even then I could tell that she didn't like me. Rye is here too. I saw her after I was released from the hospital field in the weaponry building. She was so excited to see me. It was a little different to talk to her, but we worked it out. We have filled dozens of paper with our conversations. Rye was only in a couple of my morning classes. I try to spend as much time with her as I can. Her parents are also busy with the rebellion, so we normally hang out when Dale is with his mom.

The council is always hard at work in the war effort, so I never see my parents. I think that the last time that I have seen my mom was about a week ago, and she was dead asleep then. Haymitch has been distant, ever since we got here. He has been often seen by himself, gazing out the window in deep thought. No matter how many attempts Dale, Rye, and I have tried, we can't get them out of his state. I believe it has to do with Amy.

The longest conversation I have had with him so far was the first day we came here.

"Why? WHY DID WE HAVE TO LEAVE HER?" he screamed in the air.

I told him that I didn't know. We both knew that the hovercraft had to leave immediately because the capitol had sent several waves of missiles. We were all in so much shock of what happened, that we haven't given it much thought. Now, doubt has started to creep into my mind. Five seconds. Why couldn't they have waited five more seconds? Amy would of been with us, not who knows where...

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I let my mind wander as the head of the council, Stultus Salvator, droned on about the current progress being made, and how we're doing the right thing rebelling against the capitol. I'm all for taking down those bastards, but Stultus makes me want to flip the bird and go kill Neige on my own. I know I can't do that yet, I need backup and supplies. I listened to this talk, the first couple of days, but now I can't listen to this guy's boring lecture more than once. I feel Dale nudge me from where he was sitting next to me. He looked so different, when you take in the pale, peach background of the boring room around us. I shifted around, trying to get comfortable in the gray folding chair that I was seated in. If I could crane my neck far enough, I could see the wooden podium, and the top of Salvator's white comb over.

Dale nudged me again. I was torn out of my thoughts as he put his thumb in a thumbs up position. I took my thumb the same way and took it in his. We wrestled, with Rye watching us. Dale held my thumb down in triumph. He always won. After the boring assembly, we went to eat breakfast, which was oatmeal and a bit of fruit. It wasn't the best breakfast in the world, but it was enough to keep me going until lunch. Dale and I ate in silence, as usual. I went to my first morning class, which was a type of mathematics. I took my seat as the teacher began the days lesson.

"Okay class, today we will be learning the different slope lines in a graph..."

Today was going to be a long day.

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SORRY!! My teachers had loaded me up with work, from the science fair, to western journal entries. It has been a really long time since I updated, so I apologize once again. btw the fault in our stars trailer MAKES ME HURT!!!!!!! EVERYTHING IS NOT OKAY

~Eat_sleep_swim04