Dear Mockingjay,
I love you Jay. Before your read any of this. Make sure you know that I love you. If your reading this right now your father and I have been captured by the capitol. I know I never told you a lot. I know you don't know why when you walk the streets people cast you dark looks and try to ignore you. I know you don't know why sometimes your father screams and shouts like he's 5 years old. I know you don't why your father has a metal leg and I have scars all over my body. But, one day you you will. I can't tell you all of it right now but...I'll try. Jay, A long time ago the capitol was a shining kingdom. It was the ruler of all the puny little districts that surrounded it. The districts did everything for the capitol. But, one day the districts decided it wasn't fair. And they rebelled. The districts fought and fought. But, the capitol fought back...stronger. 12 districts we're defeated. The 13th obliterated. The result was...The Hunger games. The rules of the hunger games are simple. In punishment for the rebellion, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything. Over a series of several weeks the tributes we're forced to fight to the death. The last tribute standing would win. ( Sorry I kinda took this part from the book I just quoted it...I couldn't think of a better way to put it) Though it was wrong no one complained. No one wanted their lives taken away just as they we're in district 13. No one complained in till...The 74th hunger games. The two tributes we're Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. Yes. Your father and I. We fought and we ended up winning. But, Jay. We did something terribly wrong. We made a fool out of the capitol. Then it became war. The districts started to rebel again and we found out that there really was a district 13 out there. Still living. After 74 years they we're still very much alive. And fighting the capitol. So they helped us. And the districts won...I guess. But, after that I was sent back to district 12. The capitol wasn't in charge anymore. District 13 was in charge. You'll meet the president soon...I think you'll like her. She's a close friend of mine. Well. That's all I can say right now. Good by Jay. And remember.
You are the new Mockingjay.
Love, Your mother
I can't help it. I start to cry. Next to me, Seth holds me tight and Primrose comes and sit's by my feet. Haymitch just sits there not really saying anything. I look out the window of the hovercraft and see a blur of fire pass by. " Gale? Tell me...I thought the capitol lost? Then how are they bombing us? " Primrose asks lightly. My sweet little sister who is trying to stay strong for me. But, really it should be the other way around. " Well. The capitol lost but, they still exist. They might not have power over any of us but, think about it. We now have power over them and what are they going to do? Their going to rebel. And what is the obvious person to target? The mockingjay. The person who started the rebellion. Your mother. But, what they don't know is that we don't really need Katniss anymore. Because she had a daughter. That's just as beautiful and strong-willed as she is. " Gale answers. I shiver a bit when he says the last thing. He acts like my mother is nothing. He acts like the districts just used her and then threw her off to have kids that would be just as " Beautiful and strong-willed as she is. "...And I know it's true. I nod and dig my face into Seth's jacket that smells like smoke. When I had gotten home Primrose and Haymicth had been standing there with a look of fear and surprise on their faces. My mother and father we're no where to be seen. Of course the first thing I did was run off to Haymitch's house. But, it turns out he wasn't there either. That's when I started to panick. Not just because I couldn't find anyone. Because the bombing was getting worse. All around me children and adults we're running around screaming and not knowing what to do. Right beside me a bomb came down killing about half of district 12's population. I had screamed and ran all the way to the only place I could think of. Seth's house. I ran in and Gale and Seth we're sitting on the couch as if waiting for me to barge in. They took me to the meadow where the hovercraft picked me, Haymitch, and Prim up. They told me what was happening. Well, Gale told me. He explained to me everything. Then he gave me the note. He said he never read it but, I doubt that's true. There's a screeching and I feel the rough hands of Gale shaking me. " Jay. Jay where here. " I jump up and rub my eyes. Seth holds the door for me and I step out breathing in the scent of clean air. In the distance I see the trail of fresh smoke. I sigh. " Where's this district 13 place? " Haymitch asks. I nod looking around for the first time. Where is everything? I only see a field of grass. " It's underground. " A gruff voice answers. I spin around and see a man a little bit older then my mother and father. He is older and he has scars and bruise covering his body. I realize he's also sitting in a wheelchair. Who is this man? I turn to Gale for help but, he just had a look of disbelief and surprise on his face. " Cinna? " " What? " I look on the ground. What's...Cinna? But, then I realize. Cinna is not a plant or a grain. Cinna is the man standing in front of me.
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