"Keesha,Keesha wake up." She turned over groaning. She was so tired. It was 3 in the morning. Opening her eyes felt like a chore as bad as doing the cooking. But she felt better when she saw who it was. "UNCLE GALE!" She called out wrapping her arms around his neck. Gale put his finger to his lips. "Dont wake your mother Keesha." Keesha smiled she could see Gale had a soft spot for her mother. She thought about how to respond. "What about father?" Gales expression hardened he hated her father Peeta. Keesha could tell but she had to say she didnt know HOW Gale could hate Peeta. Gale grabbed her hand and led her into the woods. Keesha had wanted to learn how to hunt for ages. But her mother had no time because of Peter her baby brother. But when they got to the woods they were in for a suprise. "Mother." Keesha called out. Gale turned away from her. "Katniss. He said nodding his head. Katniss looked at him and kissed him on the cheek."Gale." Gale started to smile. Keesha and Katniss laughed. "Uncle Gale's gonna teach me how to hunt." Katniss passed her a quiver full of arrows and a small bow.
Soon Keesha was hitting all the targets. Katniss and Gale were acting like they were 16 again. When they sa y a tree to rest Keesha went to go and fetch food. She found nuts and berries. She was certain they werent poisonous. She sat on Gale's lap as her mother cooked the food. She slowly drifted off to sleep. She awoke to hear Gale and Katniss taking about Prim. She sat up "Who's Prim?" She saw the pained look on her mothers face and Gales to. "Prim was your mothers sister." Keesha looked at her mother she thought about what Gale had said.
"Was?" Katniss looked like she was about to cry. Keesha knew that she shouldnt have said that. Peter usually started crying when she was about to tak but now there was no Peter to serve as her distraction. "She was killed in the rebellion...bombs." Katniss said. Keesha had never heard about the rebellion before. Gale stepped forward. "How old are you Keesha?" Keesha knew why Gale was asking she sighed. "I'm 12 Uncle Gale." They looked at eachother.
"If it wasnt for your mother you might have been in a fight to the death at the moment." Katniss hit him. Blushing and smiling. " So my mother survived the hunger games and stopped them." Gale chuckled. Katniss glared at him. Keesha laughed at him. "She survived it twice." Keesha said happily. Gale nodded. Katniss blushed she was nervous. Keesha heard a wail then heard a male voice calling for Katniss. Katniss began to rise. Gale pulled her down. "Let him sort it." She sat back down.
"I've just realized something we've been here for ages and have NO Game!" Gale said standing up. He placed an apple on a tree stump. "Shoot it." He said to Keesha. She aimed and released the string. She didnt shoot the apple she got the deer behind it. He called for Katniss "CATNIP Look." She came running.
Katniss stared at the deer all the way back. She only said one thing and that was "We've got a huntress in the family."