ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴇ - ᴛʀᴇᴇᴄʜ

26|ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇʀᴇ

   One of the many horrible things about the districts were the fact they had to watch people be hung, The Levine's and Priscilla were standing in front of the tree where people got hung for their actions, Treech held Priscilla's hand knowing this was her first time watching a man be hung.

Suddenly a trio of vehicles made its way, out of the first old car that would've been classified as luxury before the war, Stepped District 7's Mayor Ledger, Followed by Macy Ledger who was 17, she had brown hair with brown eyes like the rest of her district, The commander and peacekeepers out of the second, then the final vehicle, swung open a pair of guards jumped to the ground then turned to help the prisoner out, heavily shackled the tall, lean man managed to stay upright as they escorted him to the platform

with difficulty, he dragged his chains up the steps and the guards position him on one of the two trap doors, placing the rope against his neck, Priscilla softly gasped at the sight of the man, beaten up, Treech then gripped the girls hand

"Last month, Two peacekeeper and three lumberjack men were killed by a tree falling on top of the three, we retrieved the axe from the scene, we tested it for DNA and the results proved found that this man Artemas Curran. Is guilty." The commander spoke "So watch all of you. This is what happens. when you challenge the capitols rule of law."

"He's innocent!" A woman shouted, everyone turned their hands to look at the woman, suddenly the woman screamed as another man who looked similar to her, Priscilla assumed was her brother started grabbing her trying desperately to calm her down "He's innocent!"

"No.No" Her brother said, but the woman didn't stop, she screamed trying to stop the capital from killing her husband

The peacekeepers started then to grab the woman, Artemas face registration first surprise then horror as he saw the peacekeepers grab his wife

"Run! Run,rose! Run! Ru—" The clap of the trapdoor release, subsequent twang of the rope cut him off mid-word, drawing a gasp of horror from the crowd, Treech then pulled Priscilla in his arms trying to get her from stop listening to the yelling but nothing helped hearing the shreks from the woman

The brother grabbed his sister, he managed to cover her mouth but the peacekeepers pushed him off grabbing the girl

"No.No.No" The brother begged desperately but it was to late, they had already grabbed his sister

"No!No!" The woman shouted "No! Artemas!" She screamed as the peacekeepers dragged her away "Your murders!"

'Run! Run,rose! Ru—" the words repeated, Priscilla looked up seeing the birds, mockingjays. she remembered them mentioned in the Academy

'Your murders!' Along with the last words of the man were the words of the woman, Priscilla just looked up at the birds as they repeated their words, as Treech rubbed her back from the scene that just occurred.

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   "To much?" Adelaide asked spinning around her red dress, it wants much but it was her mothers old dress she just to bring to the dances

"I think you look beautiful" Priscilla smiled at the girl, then continued to finish her makeup, Priscilla wore a dress she owned she tried to wear the less fancy dress she had but she was from the capital so it still looked really expensive

"What's that stuff you're putting on your face?" Adelaide asked softly not wanting to wake her younger sister who was sleeping

"It's makeup, it helped my face looked better" Priscilla spoke before adding her lipstick

"But your already beautiful" Adelaide spoke looked at the girls face, Priscilla knew she wanted to try it

"Thank you, now why don't i try some on you?" Adelaide smiled before sitting on her chair