The Mellark Family, the first child -K

Chapter 8

Chapter 8 😱😲❤

Yesterday went by as quick as lightning since we ended up doing nothing and so did the day before after that concersation. Those days we just ate and talked a little and enjoyed each other as a family. Now on our way back to annie's my mother follows since her shift has ended and we all go back for the reunion.In the car rue was put to rest in my arms with peeta next to my and my mother sat infront of me. Apprently my mother told me that effie and johana had planed a welcome back reunion and invited the same people that had come to my baby shower. She decided to tell me now because they all knew i would refuse to anything but when i found out i was to calm to object by watching the happines glow on peeta and rue peacefully sleeping in my arms with no nightmares like me and peeta have.

When we reached the house i saw ballons and decorative things in the color of pink and and sepreate ballons in the color of fire because im still the girl on fire to these people. The people that thought of me like this, and we saw at the entrance, were my friends from the rebelion, the ones that went through lifes hardships to save peeta and i from the capitols clutches, the remaining victors from the hunger games. My prep team who made me beautiful to the capitols audience. And the most shooking guest or guests that made even peeta what to faint in confusion, happines, and .... An undiscrible feeling.

I was baffeled when i saw them tall and skinny compared to when i last saw them in the quarter quells. Speechless when i saw there faces that seemed like a dessert, barren. I was happy and content they were alive. Yet confused on how and why. How did cinna and portia surivive ex-presidents snow's control? Did they get tortured like peeta? What took them so long to come underneath there shadows? Weren't they supposed to be dead?All these questions came flowing in my mind like a rapid river that if you dont control yourself in it you will lose yourself.

Even peeta had a hard time concintrating on the fact that cinna and portia are here. They looked like they have been living underground. Yet there mental state seemed perfect. They were mingling with other guests having fun and enjoy themselves but what i noticed that distrubes me the most yet gave me more joy was i saw cinna and portia kissing and holding hands when we entered the door.

I had even forgoten i had rue in my hands until she strted crying an wailing that seemed to turn everyones head around and then they all came swarming to see the new baby. I handed her over to my mother as curiosty overcame peeta and i so we both went toward cinna and portia. They seemed to have read our thoughts therefore they backed away from the crowd and opens the backdoor which lead to the beach. This is were we will continue to talk so no one distrubs us, were the wind will blow out voices away and no one can hear us and were we can let out any emotion were no one will see us. Once the door was closed we walked more toward the water up until were the waters waves would reach our ankles.

We turn around and face each other, cinna holdin portia's hand with her head layed ontop of cinnas sholder and peeta holding my hand. It was rough to start the conversation since we havent seen each other in a long time especialy between me and cinna. Cinna was the one that turned me into the rebelions symbol, he was the one that turned his emotions into beautiful undiscriblable clohing, the one who had to hold in a lot of pain because of me an the one who made me feel normal during the hunger games. Therefore peeta just starts out wit a simple hello and portia follows then cinna and lastly me. We have greeted each other yet we dont know how to begin explainin out adventures to each other.

"I... We cant belive you guys are here.... Didn't the capitol kill off all the sylist?.... How did you guys survive? ....What took you two so long to emerge back into our world?" I say imedeatly since these are the questions that have been eating me up until know. Peeta just holds my hand tighter has to tell me to calm down but portia and cinna dont mind because they know we were worried about them. So they just give us a gentle smile and they tell us to sit down because it is a lot to take in.

" cinna would u like to start?" asks portia " sure sweetheart." States cinna , peeta n me both get shocked at how calm they are. Cinna starts of by saying there glad there alive because its true they killed of very single stylist from the quarter quells exept them. Then with vivid details he exlained us what happened.

" first of all katniss i missed u soo much and im glad u guys won the rebelion because i was part of that secret club thingy that pulartch had set up in the capitol. President snow had ordered the peacekeeprs to take us to a prison cell underground the place peeta had been hijacked, after they had us unconsious and u guys had entered the arena. He never knew we were there yet we were able to hear his screams. Unfortunate really." cinna then stops and it seems his mind as wondered off until porta picks up were he was left from.

"During our stay we were tortured and everyone of us would refuse to talk then .... " portia trails of and burys here face into cinnas chest,cinna continues" they killed each and everyone of us infront of each other and with diffrent methods. Some got hanged, some shot, some got poisened by nightlocks or others suffered a horrible death. We were able to survive because by the time we were supposed to die president snow decied that portia and mine's death should be more unique. Therefore we were forced to watch u guys in the quells and watch the rebelion "fail" while they would starve us, give us a cup of water once a month or sometimes they would forget. In thr meantime we also watch each other suffer by having these indescribable nightmare.." Cinna's eyes start to get filled with tears as he talks "But we survived them in that enclosed prison like you two did. As the closer you came to the rebelion's conclusion our food sources were cut off entirley until one night portia and i escaped and we went into the woods and used all the knowledge we gathered from books or watching you katniss. It took us so long to come back with society because, first of all, when you snow finally relized you were goin to kill him he left us to rott in the prison and only 1 peacekeeper stayed but half the time he would be asleep. Second of all, we never really knew when was the right time to escape until we learned that you had killed coin and snow died on his own. Finally we never really knew were anybody lived omly you two so we went to 12 on foot but everyone told us you gus were here so surprisly we came just in time for this reunion." cinna ends with a shy smile but know the main question itching in the back of my head,and i could tell i peeta's as well, was that hadn't portia been killed infron of the entire audience of panem? Peeta read my expresion and understood what i had wanted to ask so he gave my a nodding aprrovel and i asked causiously.

"but portia-" her head lifted from cinnas chest and she is all read as if she had been quietly crying so now i feel like i shouldn't be asking this. Then i look at peeta and he stil wants to know so i continue. "- didnt president exicute you infront of the whole nation in the capitol?" portia gives a grin and responds confidently " true but no that was an actor presiden snow wanted us to suffer more so he did that but the prep team ... That was real" she says with tone that make you want to star crying almost immideatly.

After this little talk the skys were becoming colorful and darker as it was time for sunset it was long time we had out here. It was plesent yet ... Odd. We were glad to know there alive. Cinna still had that special golden eye liner on him and portia needed to become her natural self because of the few resources and she looked beautiful. Her dirty blond hair let out loose, long and wavy, and she had gorgeus ocean green eyes like finnick's.

Peeta and i turned our faces around to stop our view of the ocean for we had gotten disturbed with the sound of laughter commig from portia and cinna they seemed like a perfect couple and out of the blue peeta says what i was thinking. " you two are perfect together. I can see why you guys ended up together cinna"he says with a grin. They smiled and we continued looking out into the ocean until my mother had come out with the baby flailing in her hands. She said she could put rue to sleep and she tried everything she can so she wants me to try peeta and i both get up and reach out for rue. Our hands seperate since i had to cradle rue into my arms.

We decided we liked the breeze out here in the beach so we stayed with cinna and portia lying on the sand trying to make rue sleep. Then peeta told me to sing toher and i didnt want to at first since i hadnt sang in a while but he convinced me to. The first song that popped to my mind was deep in the medows so as i rocked her to sleep in my arms while singing, even the ocean's wave became calmer and the winds less stronger. This was natures way of acting like a mockingjay when they fall silent to hear my voice. Cinna and portia turned around and walked closer to us to watch the baby. When i finished my song it was almost dark so we all headed back inside and i put rue into her tiny bed.

(a/n well so far so good? Comment / vote / share plz. Well more to come. This is my favorite chapter i just love cinna and portia :)