Time After Time
A Hunger Games Fan Fiction
The account of Peeta's torture in the Capital
Hi! This is my first fanfiction, although I've written stories in the past. I'm kind of nervous, but I hope you think it's okay!
I don't own The Hunger Games or any other story I write about.
Prologue
It's a trap. They took her. But where is she now?
Footsteps begin to crash through the trees, coming towards him. His head swivels around, heart beating fast.
What's going on? Where are his allies? And most importantly, where is she?
He begins to run, searching for her. His metal leg crashes against the jungle leaves, his footsteps loud and uneven. Behind him, his enemies are even louder, their growling and hunger for his death reaching through the trees, threatening to bring him down. But he won't let that happen. Not yet at least.
"Katniss!" he calls, not caring that they can hear him. They already know where he is. All he cares about is where she is, and whether she's okay.
"Katniss!" he screams again, stumbling. Where is she? What did they do to her?
Then he remembers the cannon blow from minutes before. His breathing is rapid now, and his head light with worry. Who was it for? Did they already get to her?
"Peeta!" A frantic voice cuts through the trees, crying out to him. He pauses, listening. Could it be . . . "Peeta! I'm here! Peeta!" she screams.
"Katniss," he whispers quietly to himself. He immediately races in the direction of her calls, not stopping to wonder why she was drawing attention to herself.
"I'm here! I'm here!" she screams again. Yes, she's alive.
Suddenly, the grunting behind him becomes painfully close. He dives behind a bush and watches as they race past him, heading instead in the direction towards the lightning tree, where Katniss's voice was coming from. No . . .
"Peeta!"
He gets back up again, but can feel the slowness of his pace. He won't make it. But he can try.
Enobaria and Finnick reach the tree. Another cannon goes off.
He groans in frustration and howls, "Katniss!" What is she waiting for?
It can only be seconds now until the lightning strikes. He pauses, seeing a glint of gold near the tree. His mind begins to spin. What did it mean?
He takes a step forward, but stops again, spotting a head in the jungle leaves. Her body begins to come out, rising to a full stand, blood dripping down her arm. She raises her bow, the arrow notched, a gold strand trailing from it.
He's walking at a slow pace now, his face turned up towards her, entranced. Her arrow isn't pointed at Enobaria, so what is she aiming for? Suddenly, he realizes what the gold strand is. Wire. And it's aiming for the force field.
Before his mind can react, the arrow is flying through the air, weaving it's way through an invisible target. He can only open his mouth before the world explodes around him.
I hope you liked my prologue! I'll try to put in chapter 1 as soon as I can, but a warning: I'm not very good at doing things as soon as I can. :)
I appreciate reviews and feedback!