The Mockingjay

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“I remember everything about you,” says Peeta, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear “You’re the one who wasn’t paying attention.”

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A White Flag That Doesn't Mean Surrender {Everlark}

It was far too hot to sleep and he woke to see Katniss already awake, sucking on a piece of the cacti. It frightened him to think what would have become of them if it weren’t for the cacti. Even in the early morning, the heat was almost unbearable but Peeta had never been good with the heat.

Peeta waved timidly and moved to sit next to Katniss. Things still weren’t quite right with them but they were getting better. To Peeta, Katniss’s friendship was better than nothing at all. The silence felt stilted, all around them the empty, desolate landscape made him feel like they were completely alone on an alien planet.

Peeta could tell Katniss was thinking of something, probably Prim, it showed in the way her shoulders drooped but her grip was strong on her bow. It was lucky she had the bow, it was the only weapon with distance between the three of them.

He searched his pockets for his own collected pieces of cacti, the heat was already sweltering and dehydration was a constant danger looming over them. “Do you remember the party at Snows? There had to have been about fifty different types of drink” the words blurted out of Peeta’s mouth before he knew what was happening. He had actually been dreaming about that night, but more specifically the dancing. “Under the circumstances, that was a fun night.” he looked down in his lap as he spoke.

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Katniss offered a small smile as Peeta moved to sit next to her, and she nudged her quiver of arrows out of his way. She hadn't been able to do much shooting as of late. Catching rabbits and lizards wasn't really a talent made for an archer, and snares weren't the easiest to set up without any trees. But, ultimately, she felt a lot safer having her weapon (though it wasn't her weapon - that was safely hidden back in the Victors' hotel) with her, and she knew Peeta and Haymitch still felt the same (though Haymitch still slept smugly with his knife).

It had been thirteen days, and Katniss began to fear losing her mind and humanity. This was only one of four tasks they had to complete, and they'd already gone two weeks in the first one, and without a single hope of sighting one of the lucky white flags.

Her mind began to wander to Peeta, the baker sitting beside her. How was he coping? How had he been? They hadn't spoken much aside from professionally. Katniss had tried to keep her distance. Not because she wanted to, but because that's what was better for him, and she and Haymitch (and Peeta must know as well, mustn't he?) knew it for certain. She could live a thousand lives and never deserve him. Her distance is what would keep him happy, not the game she unintentionally played, the Game she had unwillingly been dragged into.

When he spoke, Katniss' head turned slowly and she stared at him for a moment before a small smile found its way to her face. She laughed lightly and shook her head. "Thirteen days in the dry heat of an endless desert," she said, looking back out to the open sand dunes, the sun just barely making it's appearance. "And you're remembering a party thrown by Elaine Snow." She smiled and looked down. "I don't think I spent a lot of time there, to be honest," she said, and faced Peeta again. "I think between the amount of different drinks and Holden Weiss, I didn't have much of a reason to stay besides you."

A White Flag That Doesn't Mean Surrender {Everlark}

Katniss sat cross legged, her back leaned against the large boulder they'd decided to take shelter behind. The air was brisk and the weather was dry - she couldn't stop herself from licking her chapped lips, hoping in vain for some rain or water. She cradled a rounded piece of cactus (skinned of it's bristles), inside of which was some of the hydrating liquid (it was too sweet to be water, but it seemed to quench your body's thirst just as water would) that could be found in the cacti scattered around the arena. It had been a lucky catch: Peeta had spotted another (still nameless) victor filling up on it early on. While there were enough cacti around, they savored the juice, drinking it slow and making it last. They didn't want to take any chances.

She felt slightly guilty for their current predicament. Katniss knew that if she hadn't been so stubborn (though, she still thinks she was in the right), they could have been with other Victors, more protected. But they were alone, the only living Victors from District Twelve.

One of them a drunk, the others star-crossed-lovers with a recently tragic ending.

For a moment, Katniss' mind went to Prim, and her stomach twisted. She bit her tongue. After everything that had happened to them, after her volunteering, after finally feeling safe, after being brought back to the Capitol... And she was gone. Primrose Everdeen would never again take another step on this Earth, learn about another herb, ask for another lullaby. It seemed impossible.

Katniss' left hand had traveled to her shiny new bow (donated by Plutarch Heavensbee, with which the only contact she had was a note from him offering condolences about her sister) without her consent, and she gripped the handle.

#I don't even know with the title #xD #everlark #E V E R L A R K #but anyway #this is a short and shoddy para and i apologize

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Haymitch?

..I walked to the edge of the Arena. And I.. I found a forcefield. I used it to my advantage. I won the Games. Snow didn’t like what I did. So I became the warning.

So you used the Capitol's own trick against them, and they punished you for being smart? Er... Smarter than them, at least.

If... If you were the warning, what am I?

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Haymitch?

Killed everyone I loved. My mom, my younger brother, he gulped down the rest of what was in his glass as it was hard to talk about even still. And my.. My girlfriend. Everyone I knew.

Why? What did you do to them that was so bad?

.....

She has a point Haymitch. I don’t see us getting on well with any careers, they are vicious and much more keen to come first.

We will be fighting for us. Team Twelve comes first.

Alright, calm down. Can’t we all just get along?

Yes, we come first. Well, you two anyway.

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No. We all come first, Haymitch. We're a team.

.....

Can’t we all just get along? I’m not entirely sure about Nancy but I’m sure Artie would be fine with us, I guess?

Just sayin’, sweetheart. Now. Nancy? I’d be surprised if she didn’t, though you know she will do anything to protect the rest of Seven and pick them over us any day.

"Just saying" isn't proving any point, Haymitch. I would've been happy to make alliances with people like Carrick - you only talked about careers and... savages!

Then we better make sure we fight for ourselves, too, while we're with them.

.....

Yeah, I’ll talk to him. He’s smart. I’m sure he knows something.

I’m glad you too are the sociable type. I know you wanted to team with some of District Seven, do you still want to?

Oh, so now you’re willing to make other alliances other than just Seven, are you sweetheart? Haymitch sighs and runs a hand through his hair. Teaming with Seven will still be good. So, yes.

#by us she means me #but she doesn't want to sound like a downer #she does enough of that already

Haymitch, fighting now isn't going to get us very far, so it'd be better if we all just tried to stay friends while we're here. Do you think Nancy DiCarlo would let us in? The last I talked to Johanna, she seemed happy to have us.

.....

I - I didn’t ask. He isn’t much of a conversationalist. I have a feeling we aren’t going to find a water supply. I think the cacti can hydrate us, they told us at the training center.

This definitely isn’t my thing either. Peeta, can you get him to talk?

I hate to say this Peeta, but you do seem to know him better than Haymitch or I. I would try, but...

But you are. We can make an alliance with him if we haven't already. We could use a few more people.

.....

Yeah, Carrick. He’s smart and a great shooter from what I saw of his games and trustworthy. Peeta leans over and whispers, Please don’t call him halfface, they wouldn’t let him keep his mask.

He’s a fantastic shooter. The best, I’d say. Haymitch barely nods. I know. I won’t.