I step off the train, walk to the center of my new district. My father's old home. District 12. My father was working in 2 when my mother, Queenie Odair, from District 4, came to District 2, my birth place, to help in the hospital. They met, fell in love, I was born, then a few weeks ago, there was a fire.
"Hi, can I help you?" asks a man. He's older, but I've seen him before.
"Yes, I'm looking to the home of either Hazelle Hawthorne, or Katniss Everdeen." I say. The man nods.
"Who are you?" the man asks.
"I'm Primrose Hawthorne. My father is Gale Hawthorne of District 12, and my mother was Queenie Odair from District 4. There's been a few dangerous incidents lately in 2 and my father wants me somewhere safe." I explain. Then the man's face hangs open in shock. I pull my gloves and sleeves so they cover my arms.
"I'm Haymitch Abernathy. Let's call a meeting of both Hazelle and Katniss and Peeta too." He says. I follow him to a small house where an older woman opens the door.
"Hello Haymitch." She says.
"Hazelle, this is your Grandaughter. I'll be right back. Keep her here." Then Haymitch disappears. I walk into the house. The woman who appears to be Hazelle pulls out a chair and invites me to sit. We are quiet and a few minutes later Haymitch comes back with a confused couple, around the age of 45, two years younger than Dad. The woman has long dark hair, and what Dad calls the Seam look. She looks like Dad, with gray eyes and olive skin. Her husband has blue eyes and light hair. They walk in and sit at the table.
"Okay, so, who are you?" the blond haired man asks. I twirl my dark hair, focus my sea green slash gray eyes on the male.
"I'm really sorry, I'm probably intruding. But my father, Gale Hawthorne said I would be safe here. I'm Primrose Hawthorn, or Rosie as Dad calls me, or Rose, which is what Mom…called me. My mother was Queenie Odair from District 4, the younger sister of Finnik Odair. A few weeks ago, there was a fire. I lost my mother to it, I went in to get her, but I stayed in to long, almost suffocated. Dad got me out, but Mom didn't make it and I got severely burned." I take off my gloves and roll up my sleeves to reveal burns. "My father couldn't handle taking care of me, so he sent me here." There's tears in my eyes. By this time I'm looking down.
"I'm Katniss Everdeen. I used to go hunting with your father. Your father designed bombs killed my own sister, Primrose Everdeen. This is my husband, Peeta Mellark. We were both contestants in the Hunger Games. We have two children at home, Lily and Trevor." Katniss says. "Lily is 13 and Trevor is 10. How old are you?" I swallow.
"I'm 13. I hunt with my father, I use a bow and arrow. I know about the Hunger Games. In 2, we…well…they made us do them again in 2. 12 girls and 12 guys competed. I won…they said it was to teach us about it, but those other kids really died. Please, I have nowhere else to go. Except for District 4, but I only have my Aunt, Annie Cresta, and my own cousin, Lawrence. My mother's dead, my father's falling apart, and I'm….I just don't know. That's the problem."
"You hunt?" Peeta asks. I nod. But what infuriates Katniss is that we had the mock Hunger Games. I'm trembling, and I get a flashback.
"Rosie, if you ever need to leave me, go to District 12. Ask for Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. If they need convincing, tell them I named you Primrose because it was my fault, and that I wanted to give them a new Primrose. Tell Peeta the better man won. And call Katniss 'Catnip'."
"Dad sends a few messages." I say suddenly. "He says he named me Primrose, so that you could have a new one. He said to tell Peeta the better man won. And….he said 'I'm sorry, Catnip." Then I ask to use the bathroom.
I come back and get ointment for my burns from my bag and rub it on my arms. Then I go outside and sit on the stone step. I watch as children play, giving my odd looks. School soon lets out, and two kids come over and look at me. The door opens and Katniss and Peeta come out.
"Prim, my sister…she would have wanted us to help you. She would have taken you in herself." Katniss whispers.
"Your going to stay with us." Peeta says. I smile.
"Thank you." We get up and get my bags. We walk to their house and they open the door. It's off to the left of the town square. There's a sign up that says 'Victor's Village'. I follow Katniss up to an empty bedroom with a bed, a mattress, a dresser, closet and nightstand. I start unpacking my bags and put the stuff away in drawers. My face is the only thing that wasn't burned by the fire, besides my back. It really only got the sides of me. I look up when I hear a noise. There's a girl in the doorway. I scream. She runs into the hall. I'm on my back crying when Katniss comes in my room.
"Shhh…it's okay. She's not going to hurt you. That's Lily." She soothes. I quietly stop crying and finish putting my clothes away. I get up and think for a second.
"Katniss…there's this place, my father told me about it. He calls it the lake. Can you show it to me?"