Malachite Shard

“ '''The capitol sucks, anyways. Let’s just enjoy this moment. Our moment.''' ” - Mal, to Fennec.

Backstory
As a kid, Mal was always easygoing, but always tense, with different views. She got angry a lot, and was awkward socially. She was a simple worker in district eleven, always working in the most dangerous trees and orchards, as the peacekeepers decided it would be better to have the smaller cats doing these jobs. In a few cases, they were very wrong. Her family was on the poor side, but Mal managed to go to school, and get education in reading, writing, science, math and fighting, as well as the history of panem. She had never quite been able to relate to anyone in her school though. She was bullied by her fur, and although it was impressive in beautiful shades, she was the odd one out, with mixes of dark and light with strange eyes. She had always been close to her family, weather it be her parents and brother, or Hurricane, her cousin, and a good friend.

Later on, she met Jade, while Mal thought she was bi. She was wrong, however. Jade was rich, coming from the capitol as the daughter of an ambassador. Mal instantly began to crush on the cat, which she neglected at first, but realized that was most certainly true. This was around in between Malachite being thirteen and fourteen, and she didn’t really know how to maintain a relationship. Mal and Jade were happy for a bit, Mal not realizing the obvious signs that Jade didn’t care about her, and simply wanted to manipulate her, as well as the fact that Jade was cheating on Mal. One night, there was a fire, trapping the two in a ring. Mal looked at Jade, eye’s burning, and Jade, not baring the heat from her capitol life, pushed Mal in and laughed with a smile. Mal’s leg was burned there, and later, Jade was blinded in one eye by Mal and returned to the capitol, however, from being in the district for about a year, and having been there for what would eventually be a reaping cycle, she qualified as a citizen and could be reaped in the future. However, she was not.

Over time, Mals gang slowly developed. Starting with a group of friends, later gaining more recruits. They had simple missions, but sometimes complex, with dynamic traps and tricks, and often resulted in the death of a peacekeeper or two, their goal. They caused chaos, and that chaos brought a sensation of peace throughout eleven. Some notable characters in her gang were Wren and Oleander. Oleander was a strong cat, and was reaped in round three, much to Mals dislike. However, the gang continued to work while Mal was in the games.

The next year was dark for Mal, hearing news rippling about a hunger games, whatever that was. Mal brushed it off, probably some capitol rumours. At this point she was hunting for her family, and around this time Tyler came. A cat from district twelve with knowledge of explosives, liked Mal and befriended her. They both liked each other a lot. And then the reaping happened- two names were called- Hector, she thought- Fennecs brother. Fennec, unbeknownst to everyone, who would be the victor. Hurricanes brothers name was also called, and Hurricane volunteered. but Mal didn’t like remembering if he volunteered or not, and didn’t like being reminded of his death at the hands of the capitol. And in the first round, as well. Mal hoped the games would not continue.

And Mals wish was not granted. Quite the opposite, really. She was reaped. She was going to the games. There were other cats, of course, but she was going in, and she hoped she would win. She said her goodbyes and gave something to each family member- a small, braided leather bracelet. Simple, but durable, with a malachite leaf charm, hand crafted by the Shards. And then she left.

Training
Training went well for Mal. She was already skilled in fighting, agility, speed and climbing, and was great escapes and solving problems and setting traps, but they didn’t have a station for explosives, unlucky for her. However, this gave her an advantage, surprise. She didn’t show the gamemakers, either. She took on training with ease and made quite a few allies, growing fond of Ivy. The two had met in training, and both instantly began crushing on eachother, though quite out of the blue. Mal dismissed it, she couldn’t have any interests during the games- that would be stupid. However, her feelings grew, eventually allying with the large, intelligent cat, as well as Raptor, whom she loved like a brother, and several others. Her training was going good, and it was fairly easy.

Malachite never got the chance to meet the other cat from her district, Quill. She also met Hawk, and allied with the calm, easygoing cat, knowing he would be a help, unbeknownst to her even as he was dead he was kind, constantly reassuring and helping all the remaining tributes, similar to a cat that went by Rain, who Mal didn’t get to meet many times. She saw a few cats who seemed strong, but not trustworthy. Mal developed her survival skills with fire and shelter over time, though she was already a very skilled hunter. She soon began to start putting on a show for the capitol, being not only polite but charming whenever the cameras focused on her and her odd pelt, which became popular around the capitol, with capitol cats mimicking the drastic changes in shades in bright colours, particularly blue and green. Mal disliked this. It was strange to see but, also nice. She was almost adored by the capitol, complimenting and being generally likeable, though she didn’t like doing it. It made her feel weak. It made her feel like she was more of a capitol pawn, but it would help later, she knew that.

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Relationships
Jade - former gf, broke up - when Mal was thirteen, district eleven on a shift.

Tyler - former gf again, - met when Tyler was transferred to eleven.

Ivy - huge crush for a bit, broke up. - during the training of round two

Acacia - manipulative relationship, now they have a crush on eachother :)) - during round two

Del Segna - friend - during round two

Palm - good friend, Hurricanes brother - literally when he was born

Hurricane - good friend - literally forever

Fennec - Mal had bug crush and they both liked each other and then fennel grr - beginning or round two

Various capitol cats - while being forced to work - after round two

president Snow - not friends, she has talked to him several times, however - after round two

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