One Last Time [Ems]

From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun

From the moment my life began until the time it ended, I enjoyed going on adventures. Traveling with the faries every single day, and the vamprires, the werewolves. Every single fairytale creature imaginable. All of them grew from my books. Even in the games where my life ended, I found a giant beanstalk. I'll never forget the moment that Beatrice tied me to it and made fun of me. It was the day that I grew a backbone. Standing up for myself was hard, but watching my hero lose her head right in front of me was the worse moment of my entire life. Cerise. I lived to watch Jim kill her. Thankfully, I fell after her. I didn't have to go on living throughout the games. I don't know what happend with Jim or Sticky. I wasn't there, but here I am now with my brother going on another adventure. "Ever wonder what our lives would be like right now if we weren't reaped?"

Sometimes I think about my life back home. What it was like all those years of growing up. Watching Jabber die in the games, and then leaving behind Mist and the rest of my family. Sometimes I wonder what they're doing. Would they bring me back alive if they had a chance to? It's something I'm not sure about. Something that I have no answer to. Something that I long for. Peace and quiet with the rest of the fairies. "You know, bro, I sometimes wonder that, but I've grown used to being here in the afterlife. Can't imagine what my life would be like now if I was back home." I stop for a moment before turning to him. "How about you? Do you ever wonder what it would be like?"

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ooc: Credit for this lovely graphic goes to Shrimp <3

From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun

"For one we never would have met." His words bounce through my mind because it's the truth. Had we never been reaped, I would've never my best friend in the entire world. Jim McCoy is much more than a friend. He's my brother. He was with me through my journey throughout the hunger games, and I stood beside him for as long as I could. Sometimes I wonder what Sticky and Beatrice are up to. I wonder if they're having the time of their life because I know that I am. "Anything we want it to be." The afterlife is definitely peaceful. No parents to boss me around. No government to control me. No siblings trying to tell me what I can and cannot do. If I wanted, I could turn the world into one of the stories that I read back home. Make it into a magical place for the two of us. It's amazing. I've loved sitting on the beach listening to the waves crash down. I've loved dancing around with the fairies. We've gone to war, and we've won. The thing about living in the afterlife is I can never die again. I'm free from the chains that bound me to earth. I'm free from all the pain and sorrow. It's been so long that I don't even know what it's like to feel the fear and agnoy of waiting at the reaping. This is the happiest I've ever been.

"What's say we go on an adventure Stormy? We could live on plants. Use your brain to find edible ones. Rely on me and we're dead a second time." An adventure. It's what I've wanted for so long. To grow used to living wild and free without a care in the world. I laugh slightly at his last comment. Plants was something he never understood. Something he never grasped. "Jimmo, I'm always loving adventures. I'm always loving anything that involves living on the end. Anything with the fairies. What should we do?" The largest grin spreads across my face. This is the life, and I wouldn't ask for anything else. I wouldn't ask for none of this to change because this is all I want. This a moment I'll freeze forever.

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ooc: Credit for this lovely graphic goes to Shrimp <3