So We Meet Again: A hunger games fan fiction

Chapter Two: A Winner's Token

Brigid's P.O.V

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I just go reaped for the Hunger Games! My mind hasn't processed it completely yet. I pace around the room in the justice building coruped in my own thoughts. How? How out of all thoes hundreds of names  did I get picked? I colapse onto the plush red sofa and stroke the velvet. Tears threaten to pour out of my eyes as I look for osmehting to distriact me. I notice the carvings on the wall beside me. They are names. The word tributes is carved in the wood and below it is a list of all the tributes from district thirteen. I read the names on there. A few i recognize like 'Abigail Releis.' She was in the top two, but the game makers sent in a wild pig mutt wich speared her in the heart, giving district two yet another win. 

I heard that the district two mentor has gold fangs for teeth. I'm not sure if that's true. With a loud thump the wooden doors open and standinf in front of them is my mother. Her eyes are red and puffy and trails from tears stain her cheeks. I slowly get up and walk towards her. She wraps her arms aound me and I let the tears spill. She hugs me tighter, not wanting to let go. I don't want to leave. Then a peacekeeper burst in and takes mother away from me

"No!" I scream at the top of my lungs. I hear mother scream as well. The peacekeepers don't care though. they drag her out of the room. I can't hear her any more. I colapse on the red rug and curl up into a ball and let myself cry. The wooden door opens again and hits me in the head. 

"Ow," I say even though it didn't really hurt.

"Brigid what are you doing?" says Katniss. Oh yeah I forgot she is my mentor now. She picks me up and hold me in her arms. We sit on the couch and she sings me a song about a medow and how everything is peaceful there. I loose myself in the sweet sound of her voice. Katniss has always been like a second mother to me. Ever since father had died she has always helped up stay alive. She once had to take care of me for an entire week while mother almost abonded me because she was so upset. Katniss always told me that she will get back to normal sooner or later. Katniss said that she went through something like this when she was younger. "Brigid," says Katniss. I wipe the tears from my eyes and look into her grey ones. "You are alowed one thing in the arena, one thing. Will you wear this for me?" she hands me a pin. The little bird on it is holding an arrow and is surounded by a gold ring. "That's a mocking jay. It will protect you in the arena. It is said that true victors wear the mockingjay." I remember learning about mockingjays in school, and how durring the second rebellion the rebels used it as a symbol against the capitol. A peacekeeper comes in and tells us it's time to go onto the train. Katniss and I get up and head to the train station. As we walk down Toby catches up with us. He is very quiet, and his eyes are red from crying. I never have talked to him much. He two years older than I am. Sometimes I see him working at the shoemaker.

Fuvila is at the door of the car when we get there. Dozens of camera's suround us and microphones pop out every which way. People must really want to know about us. I step onto the train and Fuvila ushers us all in. My eyes widen as I look at the cart. The green paint looks like it's glowing under the crystal chandelier. Glasses and plates are set up for us and tables of cakes and sweets line the perimeter. I have never seen so much food in my life. I don't even know half of them, but I want to eat all of it. 

"Children this is all for you," says Fuvila. She smiles through the layers of makeup, and Katniss gives a slight nod. I rush to the table and grab a plate. Where to start? I grab a pastry with some kind of pink cream on top, a cookie with dots of muliticolored candies baked into it, and a bowl full of somekind of stew I saw Katniss eating. I go back to the table. Toby is picking the seeds off of a cresent shaped roll,and Katniss is slowly eating the stew. Fuvila is sitting in the chair next to me. She looks like her dress is chokeing her. I start to eat the stew. It's delicious. The flavors ar like none I've tasted before and it's so rich.  The meat is perfectly cooked, and... are thoes dried dates? Who cares this is excelent. Katniss can tell because she is smiling at me , Fuvila is too.

"Katniss, mother told me that you love this stew," says Fuvila.

"Yes I do. How is Effie?"

"She is good. She is still the escort for twelve." 

"Effie? Who is Effie?" asks Toby. Katniss cranes her neck and looks at him. Fuvila gives a small chuckle.

"Oh dear, Effie Trinket is my mother, and the escort for District twelve," says Fuvila. 

I am about to eat the cookie when I see one of the servents is bringing out a roast pig with an apple in it's mouth. I get up and get some of it.  When I get back, I notice Toby has taken my plate and ate my cookie!

"Toby!" I shreik.

"What. It's not like you were going to eat it," he says. His mouth full of the pink pastry.

"Children, mind your maners," says the escort. Then the Panem Anthem is on the TV and we all go and look. Fuvila squeals with excitement. She is saying something about seing the reapings. We all settle down on the couch. My stomach feels like it's going to explode. I have never had that much food in my life! Ceaser Flickerman is on the screan. He gives a breif anouncement and then the recaps of the reapings is on. Like always they start with District One.

The escort for District one calls the male. A boy steps out of the seventeen year old section and steps onto the stage. His blonde hair shines into the sunlight. I notice the mentor shake hands with him. After the second rebelion there were only seven victors left. The capitol decided that the remaining victors would mentor their home district (except for twelve whose mentors were split up and put into diffrent districts) . The remaining mentorless districts would get a capitol citizen for a mentor. It's a blessing and a curse. Sure they have skills, but they have never actually been in the games. 

The female is called up, Rosealean Snow. Katniss practically jumps out of her seat. 

"President Snow's granddaughter!" she shouts. "Stay away from her." she looks back at Toby and I. The escort's eyes are glued to the screen. Katniss sits back down but then jumps back up when the male from two is called. 

"Hero Cray," says Fuvila.  The girl, Harlow, is called and Katniss's lip quivers. District three passes by and, again, Katniss jumps up when the name of the male is said. This happens quite often. Katniss jumps up, says somekind of statement about the tribute like 'stay away from him or her,' or 'You have to be allies with him or her' I'm starting to think she's crazy.

District eleven is shown and a little twelve year old girl is picked.

"Rue," whispers Katniss. The boy is a giant! he is at least six and a half feet tall. "Thresh," Katniss whispers.

District Twelve is passes by, and Katniss smiles when her husband, Peeta Melark, is shown on screen. When my district is shown I look away. I remember this as clear as day, and don't exactly want to see it again. 

The recaps are finished, and a knock is at the door. Fuvila answers it and squeals with glee when she comes back. 

"Children, I have the files," she says.

"What files?" asks Toby. He took the words out of my mouth.

"The tribute files silly," she says back. I am still confused. We all huddle around the floor as fuvila plops a thick folder in front of us.  Katniss opens it and we start to look through.