The Other Mockingjay

Chapter 7

Chapter 7:

I awake in the meadow of District 12. I sit up curiously when I notice my sister beckoning me to follow her. I smile. We walk through the forest together. She shows me her favorite places.

It's all fine until she collapses on the ground. I scream. I repeatedly yell her name, but she seems to be in some sort of trance. That's when the hovercraft appears. I feel my body go into panic. I shake her and yell. That's when everything goes dark.

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My eyes bolt open and dart across the room. I try sitting up but I then realize I'm strapped in a metal chair. I then remember the forest and begin to panic. I'm somewhat comforted when I see the needle in my arm, knowing my sister is alive, but then of course I remember that she's off to face her death.

I seem to be in some sort of lab. Gale lies in the chair next to me, still unconscious.

The door then opens, and a capital worker comes in. He looks right past me as if I were just another piece of lab equipment. The man checks the computer screen next to me, but I can't tell his emotion.

Surprisingly, he unlocks my straps and yanks me up. He turns to Gale, who, is starting to awake, and does the same. I feel uncomfortable in just my loose hospital gown, but then again, I'm not exactly looking to impress these people.

We walk through many hallways and up and down many stairwells. He then takes us into a room in the remake center. I'm brought into a different room by some squeaky voiced, aqua haired capital woman.

She makes me where a giant fluffy white dress sort of thing with roses lining the edges. She then has me put on heeled red leather boots at least 4 inches high. I struggle to walk in them and I can just tell I'm going to twist an ankle.

She lines my eyes with a silvery eyeshadow and a similar colored eyeliner. To top it off I wear a giant white flowered headband crown, which reminds me all to much of Snow. I can barely recognize Gale. He also looks like the capital threw up on him.

When we leave through the back door and get to the road, I realize why we're supposed to look this way. A disguise to try and mask the capitals cruelty.

We stand on the platform of the train waiting for it to take us back to our district. I still have so many questions. I don't know what the purpose of the simulation was. I'm just relieved to be going home.

As my eyes wander around me, I realize the chariot in the distance. But soon after that I see another. Then more. That's when I realize today is the parade. I see one in the back and notice the faintest outline of fire.

I know that it's got to be Katniss and Peeta. It's painful to know that this could be the last time I see both of them.