Hey. This story is for The Primrose Chronicles Competition. I hope you enjoy.
Prim woke up to chaos all around her. She had thought for a minute that she was still back in District 13. And that they were under attack yet again. She looked around for Haymitch or Effie. Or even her mother and Katniss. That is when she notices something amiss. She is outside. And the world is one fire.
Not like Katniss' fire. The fake flames that Cinna used to make Katniss and Peeta seem like they were on fire. But real actual fire.
She sees Katniss laying not far away from her. She get up and runs over to her sister. She can hear Katniss crying and cursing. She sees the burns on her sister. Not as bad as the people she passed. And for a second she wonders why she can move without feeling pain. But then her thoughts turn back to Katniss.
"Katniss," she calls out.
But he sister doesn't respond to her.
She calls out yet again with no response.
She see other people she knows. Gale runs over to Katniss. Peeta is not that far behind. Neither boy seems to notice Prim. Or if they do they don't let on that they see her.
That leads to the thought that maybe she isn't as hurt as she thought she was supposed to be. Maybe she had been thrown towards the more damaged area.
"Katniss," she calls yet again. "Peeta. Gale. Anyone."
No one responds and Prim is left to dejected trail after everyone.
It wasn't until they got back to District 13 that Prim realized something was not right. And that she in fact may actually be dead. It only took Annie Cresta to help her make this realization.
Prim was walking dejectedly down the hall after trying and failing to get her mother's attention. She wasn't watching where she was going and bumped into Annie.
Don't ask her where but Prim had heard that crazy people could see the dead. Not that she thought of poor Annie as crazy. But she knew Annie wasn't right in the head.
"Prim," said Annie in shock. Annie having just come from an unmarked room.
"Why are you shocked to see me?" Prim asked not understand anything any more.
"Prim you died a few hours ago," Annie told her. She pointed back to the room she just left. "I just finished visiting you and Finnick."
"I'm not dead," she said defensively. Then she stopped and thought about it for a while. That would explain why Katniss, Peeta and Gale didn't respond to her. "Am I?"
Annie nodded giving Prim a sad smile as she walked off.
Primrose sat down and cried. She almost jumped out of her skin, or lack there of, when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
She turned around to see Finnick O'dair standing with her father.
"Come on Prim," said her dad. "We've got people to help cross over."
Prim nodded and jumped up to get started her new job.
I hope I didn't offend anyone making Annie out seem crazy. I wanted to have someone tell her she was dead. And Annie kept creeping into the my mind as the perfect person to do. I hope you all enjoyed it. Please let me know what you think.
