The Mockingjay Lives: An Everlark Story

Chapter 4

Okay, the video above isn't the actual trailer for part 2, but it's a promotional video from lionsgate that I recently found and YOU NEED TO WATCH IT) Now on with the story!

"Tonight turn your weapons to the Capitol. Turn your weapons to Snow!" With the sound of a gunshot, I fall to the ground. The man has shot me. Am I going to die?  I open my eyes, only to be met with another pair of eyes. Not human eyes. No, these eyes belong to a Capitol-created creature. A mutt. A lizard-like, green mutt. I reach for my bow, but it is no use. Just as the creature launches to finish me off, a three sharp tongs puncture its neck, killing it. I grab my bow and begin to rapidly fire arrows at the disgusting mutts and run to the ladder. It's no use for Finnick, he cannot escape the mutts. "Nightlock. Nightlock. Nightlock." An explosion of both human and mutt flesh fills the air. I run. Run as fast as I can, until I see her. "Prim!" I yell, but that's when the parachutes fall. Marvel. Cato. The man from district 11. Boggs. Finnick. Prim. The eternal list of people play in my brain over and over. Then I feel a weird sensation all over. I am on fire. The girl on fire burns on.

I awake with a start.

"Katniss! Katniss, it's not real!" Peeta says, trying to calm me down. "It's not real." He wraps his strong arms around my body, warding me off from the danger of our past and I shut my eyes tightly. I try to tell my brain that this was the past, but the past haunts me.

"I- I. Finnick. and- and Prim and-" He wraps his arms tighter and I begin to sob uncontrollably. As I begin to stop, he loosens his grip to wipe tears from my face. I look at our surroundings and come to the conclusion that I must've fallen asleep during our picnic because we are still in the meadow.

"Katniss. There may or may not be another cheese bun in the basket, calling your name." He smirks and I laugh, moving to the basket. I stand up and retrieve the bread from its container and begin to eat my beloved comfort food.

Right as I finish, Peeta grabs my hand and pulls me to the other side of the meadow. "Katniss," He says. "You love me, real or not real?"

Without even hesitation I answer "Real." He tucks a stray hair behind my ear and gently caresses my face.

"Katniss, I've loved you since the day I first laid eyes on you. I loved everything about you back then, I was just too scared to say anything. In our first games, I felt like both the most and least lucky man in the world. I finally had you, but at least one of us was going to have to die. In our second games, I was finally sure that you returned the feelings to me that I'd had since you had two braids instead of one. All through my torturing in the Capitol, I tried to think of your smile and tried to hold onto my love. And lastly, when I first asked you that question, that was the greatest moment of my life up to that point. I want you to know that I love you and will continue to love you forever."

My mouth is dry. I try to speak, but I cannot say anything. "Stay with me?" I finally get out.

"Always." I press my lips against his and suddenly all the pain of this world, all the pain of the past is gone. When I am with him and he is with me, we are invincible. Nothing can separate us.

I don't realize my eyes were closed until he cuts off the kiss, abruptly. My eyes shoot open, only to find Peeta, on one knee with a small box opened. In this box is a ring holding a small diamond and a pearl. Not just any pearl, but the pearl he gave me in the Quarter Quell.

"Katniss, Will you marry me?"

That's when it happens. Every single moment since the day Effie called Prim's name flashes before my eyes. Every tear cried. Every drop of blood spilled. Every word said. All of it was finally worth it. There are no longer any Hunger Games. There is no longer the constant fear of not being able to eat. There are no longer any wars. And most of all, there is no longer any Snow. And in this moment, there is just me and Peeta.

"Yes," I say and he slides the ring onto my finger. I cannot even begin to express the love I feel for this man. It's as if our love is wood and we are a raging fire. With that metaphor, this moment is gasoline. Nothing can stop us now.

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Oh my gosh I finally updated! Sorry I haven't in a while and I'm sorry this is a short update... I've been busy and have been focusing on developing original stories to eventually post (comment if you want me to tell more about that and I might post the descriptions next update). Also, a reason why I decided to update now...MOCKINGJAY PART 2!! Can we just take a moment to like... FEELS!

Here's a list of my thoughts and mixed feelings:
-the movie was brilliant and very accurate to the book
-It was a great conclusion to a great series
-the cast was amazing and did not fail to impress
-JENNIFER LAWERENCE IS AMAZING OMG (she did an incredible job of portraying Katniss's thoughts and emotions and was just absolutely amazing)
-every moment was just as I imagined it would be
BUT...
-it's over hunger games is done peeps
-PRIM AND FINNICK AND BOGGS OMG TEARS :(
-I want more hunger games

So overall it was amazing and as you can tell from my list, there were no negative things besides the fact that the series is over and well, to be blunt, death. Anyway, please continue to read and I'll hopefully update more. Comment your fav MJ part 2 movie quote in the comments!!!