A/N: This is MAJOR AU, Finnick and Katniss meet before the actual start of her first games, while she's at training, (Peeta doesn't really matter in this, I'm not really sure what's going to happen to him in this, sorry) but instead of her forced romance with Peeta, she has one with Finnick, the district four mentor, however, she can't stand Finnick, but he wants nothing more than to get closer to her. Let's see how this goes...

Some Info to remember: Finnick is really 24 in the books, but in this version he won the 69th hunger games and this is the 74th hunger games, so he's going to be 19 years old, Katniss is 16 so the age gap isn't as large. Annie in this isn't going to be a big part of Finnick's life, he mentored her in her games, but he never felt any romantic feelings towards her, they're just friends. Annie isn't a mentor, because she isn't mentally stable, so it's Finnick and Mags that are the mentors. Peeta and Katniss never have a romance in this, it's KatnissXFinnick.

12/26/15

Prologue:

Finnick Odair smirked lazily as he watched his tributes emerge from the dark tunnel in their impressive chariot. Their stylists had dressed them in fishnets, similar to how he had been portrayed at his games, however, they weren't showing as much skin, it was much more modest. He seemed to think that they had a pretty good chance at surviving, and he was betting pretty heavily on their win, based on the cheers of the crowd when they came into view.

He leant backwards in his chair, closing his eyes and practically throwing his head backwards as he relaxed, not bothering to look at the other tributes, most of the time, after one, two and four, there wasn't much to go on.

That's when Mags, the other mentor from four, started to wildly shake at his arm, tying to get his attention.

"Mags, wha-" Finnick's words caught in his throat when he looked down at the newest chariot.

It was the final chariot, the tributes from district 12, but his eyes were locked on the female tribute. He had to admit, she was rather pretty, but that wasn't the thing that was keeping his complete attention on her, when the two tributes had exited the tunnel leading to the open area their outfits had completely lit up in flames, engulfing the tributes entirely.

The boy looked to be a little shaky, like he was nervous, but he waved to the crowd, smiling comfortably, but the girl, she was holding herself strongly, her shoulders squared and her feet rooted to the chariot, but she was smiling, and waving to the audience, even going as far as to blow kisses and catch the roses thrown from who knows where. She was on fire! Quite literally...

And Finnick couldn't stop staring.

He was completely entranced, like there was nothing else in the arena but the two of them, he didn't even hear what President Snow was saying to the tributes, he only had eyes for her.

For Katniss.

For the girl on fire!

Okay! That's that! Hope you enjoyed! I'll have more up soon enough!
Happy Holidays to everyone too3