Hunger Games New Beginnings

by miss mary mc

Follow Katniss as she learns to live again following her sentence back to desolate District 12. What truly happens when she gets home... will she love again? Will Peeta come back to her? Please read New Beginnings and tell me what you think. This is new for me but after watching/reading the series this is how I felt things should go... I will keep going :) Hope you like

1. Chapter 1 District 12

Hunger Games – New Beginnings

Chapter 1: District 12

Katniss has just returned from Capital following the assassination of President Alma Coin. Follow Katniss as she works through building her life again after such a traumatic war.

Katniss POV

How long have I been here? Days? Weeks? The time has slipped by since I came back to District 12 following my tribunal over the death of President Alma Coin. Why did they let me go?

I had every intention of dying in the garden that day. I would have succeeded if it weren't for Peeta. Peeta, why did he save me? He knows I shouldn't be here… he made very clear following his hijacking. Prim is dead, my mother has left to live in another district, and Gale has moved to District 2. There is really no reason to be here. I miss Gale from time to time but it is hard to look at him without thinking of Prim. Those final moments stuck in my memory. Her hair floating in the breeze before the remaining bombs went off. My life was over at that moment…why am I here?

I remember being brought with Haymitch from the capital to live the remainder of my life. I am reminded to contact Dr. Aurelius a few times a week but I am not to that point yet.

Peeta came to District 12 this past week. He planted some Primroses in memory of Prim outside my house in the Victor's Village. Rebuilding has begun in District 12 and it is hoped that soon we will have some sense of normalcy in the District.

Haymitch has visited every few days to make sure I am okay but he knows it will take a while.

I am taken from my thinking with a knock at the door.

"Katniss" a voice calls… I know it is Peeta. Greasy Sae moved out a few days ago and since I have been working to get the house more comfortable Peeta has moved into a room at the house so that others returning to District 12 can have a place to stay… Haymitch, well he can continue to have his same home as no one really wants to become his roommate.

"Katniss, there you are" Peeta looks at me with a few loafs of bread in his hands. "I found the Bakery, most is gone but I found out the oven wasn't too far off. I might be able to build a make shift Bakery until we get something up and going"

"That's great" I say with all the smile that can come up with. "Is everything okay?" Peeta asks growing concern on his face. "Its fine, just thinking" I say quickly. "Do you want to talk about it?" Peeta asks. "No, why don't we work on the book for bit" I say changing the subject. "That sounds like a plan, work for a bit and then I will make supper?" Peeta asks. "Okay" I say.

We work for a few hours until it begins to get dark outside and the light in the garden makes drawing near impossible. "Katniss, I will go in and work on dinner… I brought home some bread and Greasy Sae said she left some stew for us". "Okay, need me to do anything?" I ask. "No just relax dinner should be done in a few minutes" Peeta replies.

When the time comes for bed we both say good night to each other and slowly walk into our rooms. It doesn't take long to fall asleep as I am still exhausted with everything that has happened. By midnight awake screaming… Peeta runs into the room.

"Katniss, are you okay?" Peeta asks. "I can't get the image out of my head… I did this… I killed Prim, I killed many people… I should have died… I don't deserve to live…she was good and I am a bad person. Why am I here Peeta?" I cry inconsolably. Peeta comes to my bed and lays down. "Katniss, I know I am still working on my memories but I know you are a good person… you did not kill your sister, bad people killed your sister." I continue to cry as Peeta wraps his arms around me. "I am here always" I look up to Peeta's face looking into his blue eyes. This was the boy who gave me hope with that bread. He saved me multiple times in the Games and even when he was captured by the capital he still was defending me. He looks at me and suddenly I feel a tightening in my stomach. We look at each other for a few seconds which seems like all time has stopped. One second we are looking at each other and the next we have begun kissing. The world fades away until it is just him and me. We two are one person and we move with one another. Peeta begins to reach for my shirt but then stops.

"Katniss, I am so sorry" Peeta says with a look on his face conveying that he is relaxing. Peeta asks to leave the room for a second and go and get water.

Peeta POV

I walk to the kitchen and find spare glasses. The glass fills quickly and then I take a moment to compose myself. "Peeta, what are you doing? You came to help her and now you are trying to take advantage, geeze" I mumble to myself. I really hope she hasn't followed me to the kitchen. I was wrong to do what I did but I think she was there too. No that is not possible and most likely it was due to the situation we were in. I am just happy I stopped myself.

It has been hard working through the memories but when I kiss her all those memories from the capital just fade away. I know I loved her, it is just hard getting back to that moment. She probably thinks I am weird. Okay I will just go back to the room, offer to stay until she falls asleep and then go back to my room… no fail plan. That is what I will do. I need to just not think about it.

I slowly walk up the stairs, when I get to her room I freeze in front of the door. Here we go I think to myself, and take another sip of water before I enter.

Katniss POV

Did that just happen? Is he back to me? I remember those moments in the cave and on the beach when we were at this point but this was different. Those times we thought of each other but we also realized people were nearby and usually we were quickly stopped. This time, he stopped. Why did he stop?

Peeta comes back in the room and brings a glass of water and puts it on the night stand. "Katniss, I will just stay for a bit and then I will go back to my room". "Peeta, that is not necessary. Stay with me" I reply. "If I stay I will just sleep beside you" Peeta replies.

Being as I know my nightmares have not subsided I know I can't allow him to leave. "Okay" I reply. "We will just sleep" I say. I dream of the games filled with mutts, floating parachutes, and a boy with blonde hair who I can't see fully but I know it is Peeta. I won't let him get away from me this time.