18-THE SAD TRUTH

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Smoke casted its way up into the sky, darkening the blue color. The raging fire roared louder, covering the area in which was burning, and covered in ashes. Screams were in agony, yelling out for somebody to help-anyone. The town was in chaos, as innocence lives were being burning alive. District 12 was in its biggest disaster with the mine explosion, next to the one years ago, that took the life of Katniss Everdeen's father. And this explosion was going to take even more lives, as grief was going to spread over the even poorer district.

Nova and Peeta sat together in the meadow, oblivious to everything going on around them. They were consumed with each and only each other. Everything was going perfect, until the baker's boy saw the glimpse of smoke coming from the town. Nova stood up abruptly, knowing she needed to help. She had a bad feeling that something happened to her father, she could feel it in the core of her stomach.

The two teenagers ran towards the town, seeing the mine up in flames. Nova gasped in shock, as she screamed for her father. Peeta grabbed onto her shoulders, from allowing her to go into the flaming mine. He couldn't lose Nova, she was his everything.

"I need to go, Peeta," Nova hissed at the boy. "I lost my mother, I can't loose my father too." Peeta stared into her teary eyes, seeing the pain and sorrow.

Several dead bodies were placed to the side, their bodies covered with multiple degrees of burns, and burned to a crisp. Families sobbed over their loved ones body, hollering out in denial, praying to God that this wasn't real.

The fire was put out, as the whole town stood around, as they watched in horror, grieving for their lost neighbors.

Another body-the last one was finally pulled out. Nova laid her eyes on him, and she lost it. She ripped herself out from Peeta's grip, running towards her dead father. She pounded her fists on the ground, not accepting the death. She sobbed heavily against her father's chest, as everyone watched in despair. The blonde was in hysterics; she lost her very last family member.

Nova Mae Lambert was now an orphan.

Peeta watched the love of his life, as he captured her in his arms, rocking her back and forth. Nova continued to scream and cry out in pain. Peeta heard the strain in her voice, he wanted to do something. But there was nothing that he could do to make Nova feel any better. Her father was gone, and he was never coming back. There's nothing to fix; it was hopeless.

Nova will forever be known as the girl who lost her parents. The girl who got pity for the rest of her remaining days. And nothing will change that.
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