Chapter One
The bell rang. Students of The Lunar Institute milled about, rushing to classes and frantically trying to finish homework.
It was Primrose Everdeen's first day at school – Katniss had had to go to Maths and had left with Cinder a few minutes ago. Prim searched the crowds for Gale but instead she came across an old lady dressed in a white blouse and black trousers with a tight bun.
"Um, hello, I'm the new girl, Primrose Everdeen."
The old lady fixed her gaze on her, and Prim immediately regretted opening her mouth.
"Go straight, take a left, take a right, go straight and you will see the Reception." Then she marched off.
Prim tried to find her way to Reception but soon found herself lost. Feeling the need to hide from the noisy crowds she looked for a hiding place, she dashed to the nearest utility cupboard and wrenched open the door.
There were two girls inside taking pictures and chatting to each other; one had chocolate brown skin and blue braids and the other had caramel skin, almond shaped eyes, and ebony black hair.
"Oh, sorry," she apologized, making her way out of the utility cupboard.
One of the girls looked up and smiled. "Oh, hi we didn't see you there," she paused, "oh, you must the new girl, what's your name? Mine's Peony Linh." She tapped the other girl's arm, who was too busy taking selfies to notice them. She put her phone away and finally saw Prim. "Oh, hi I'm Iko," she smiled.
"I'm Primrose Everdeen, but call me Prim," she said.
Someone opened the door. She had chocolate brown eyes, dark brown hair tied up in a loose bun, and was dressed in what looked like a janitor's uniform. "If I see you two in here again I will bonk both of you on the head with a broomstick." She noticed Prim. "Oh hello, joined the club, have you?"
"Sorry, Sophie." Iko and Peony said in unison. Sophie grabbed a mop and bucket and left.
"Bet she's heading toward the Spanish classroom." Iko smiled knowingly.
"What's so special about the Spanish classroom?" Prim asked.
"Oh, just a certain teacher…" Iko giggled, "Mr. Lightwood."
"Anyway, wanna sit with us at lunch today?" Peony asked, opening the door for Prim.
"Okay." She hesitated. "Um, do you know where the Reception is? I saw this old teacher and she gave me directions, but now I'm lost."
"Oh, you poor thing. That must have been McGonagall, she can be so scary sometimes, just follow me."
They reached the Reception and Prim was given a timetable.
"Ooh, we've got similar timetables so we should stick together," Peony said.
Their Math class was in one hour and neither of them had made a start on their homework, let alone completed it. Thorne and Finnick were in trouble.
"Hey," Thorne said quietly, "I've got an idea."
"What?"
"See those girls over there?" Thorne nodded towards two girls, one with bushy brown hair and another small girl – miniscule in fact – with waist-long blonde hair. "We can get answers off them." He sauntered towards them, Finnick in close pursuit.
"Ladies…" Finnick said charmingly.
"Girls, we'd like to take a selfie with you," Thorne winked at them. The blonde girl blushed a deep red.
"Oh, Cress, don't be so hypnotised by those fools," the bushy haired girl whispered.
"But Hermione..." Cress trailed off.
"They're just like Ron and Harry, always forgetting to do their homework, then come running to me - or shall I say us - just so they don't get murdered by their parents, or worse, expelled."
"Actually, it's the other way around," Cress said quietly.
"Cress I'm trying to give you some advice here. We are giving them no homework whatsoever, okay?"
"But this is the Carswell Thorne who wants to take a selfie with us and-"
"No buts."
"Fine."
"So, girls, wanna take a selfie?" Thorne asked.
Hermione and Cress walked off, ignoring them.
"How dare they ignore this beautiful face?" He huffed, "I didn't know that was even possible for a sentient human being."
"Shut up Thorne," Finnick told him. "You're not the only good looking one 'round here."
"But this is my face we're talking about."
"Wait, look at Fred and George, they're selling something." Finnick pointed toward the twins.
They were handing out sheets and shouting, "Seven univs for two, seven univs for two!"
"What are you waiting for, come on, let's go!" Thorne ran towards Fred and George.