After Mocking Jay

Gale and Madge are both in district 2 and yes, she IS alive!

Chapter 1

Gale's POV

Alone. I am alone. Not one person in this world cares for me.

Katniss left me for Peeta –Mr. Likable- Mellark.

I have been trying to busy myself with my work on rebuilding The Nut but sometimes it just isn't enough.

Luckily, district 2's woods come to my rescue and sometimes I might even spend 6, sometimes 8, hours out there, but I usually will just give the game I catch to the butcher here, Mitch.

"Thanks for the turkeys Thorne," Mitch says to me calling me by the nickname he gave me when I first arrived here.

I just grunt in return while I walk away.

I shove my hands in my pockets and stroll aimlessly down district 2's streets and find myself at the train station.

I see someone step off a train from The Capitol.

I expect this person to be dripping in expensive and unnecessary jewelry, clothes, and make-up, but notice that this person looks normal… almost familiar, but she takes one look at my face and runs off at top speed in the other direction.

I decide that she was probably just surprised at how "dull" this district is compared to The Capitol.

I end up shoving my hands back into my pockets and stroll my way casually to my house. It has only just begun to get dark so I decide to sit outside in my small backyard.

The houses here in district 2 are all pretty big and have better than average bedrooms but it isn't home, and it never truly will be to me.

2 hours later

I watched the sun set and went inside.

I took a quick shower and climbed into bed in, what I hoped was a clean pair of boxers.

After a few minutes of staring up at the ceiling, I fall into a semi-awake sleep.

I dream tonight, which is an improvement to the nightmares that haunt me normally.

I dream of my home, in district 12, and my family, Mother, Posy, Vick and Rory.

Rory hasn't wanted to speak to me since my bombs killed Prim but in this particular dream, instead of shouting profanities at me, my entire family is with me and we are all happy.

Even my dad is here and nothing could ruin our family reunion… that is not until the sun starts blinding me through the slats in my window.

It's Saturday today so I don't have to work, but Saturday means I can hunt all day.

I grab my worn out boots, game bag, a thick jacket, and my bow and arrows.

After getting all my gear together it is 5 in the morning and I am walking towards the dense woods I have come to know as my own.

I wander past the line in the ground where district 2's fence once stood.

I trek through the trees and over rocks and eventually get to a fast flowing stream.

I sit down and remove my shoes, roll my pants up to my knees and let the cold water run my troubles out of me.

SNAP! I whip my head around but see nothing.

I hear crackles off leaves and when I look up I see the branch above me wiggling around but then settle.

I carefully and quietly grab my bow, aim…FIRE!

I hear the whimper of prey as it gets hit but, this whimper… it, it sounds…HUMAN!

All goes quiet but then the branch starts to move again.

I step out of the way just as the body comes falling out of the tree, right onto where I had been sitting.

I stare at the person –the girl, who fell out of the tree.

She has long, tangled blonde hair. Her eyes are closed so I can't see their color. She is wearing ripped clothing and boots that seem to hug her feet.

Suddenly I remember where I had seen her before. She was the one to get off the train from The Capitol.

As I look closer at her face I recognize her from somewhere else also.

She… is Madge Undersee, mayor's daughter, presumed dead, the person I hated for most of my life, and the person I just shot with an arrow.

DISCLAIMER: unless you're completely stupid, you know that it's not mine