Authors Note: This is my first FanFiction, so please cut me some slack on this one ;) It's a sixth book to the Underland Chronicles, including all main characters. I'm doing my best on it though, and I'll greatly appreciate any comments or thoughts. This is not a One-shot, and I'm planning on making this a fully developed story. Now, on with the story!

DISCLAIMER: I DIDN'T WRITE THE HUNGER GAMES, THEREFORE I OWN ZERO OF THESE CHARACTERS.

Gregor and the Prophecy of Return

Gregor sighed while he lay on his bed. No matter where he went, all he could pay attention to was the scratch, scratch, tap, and click of the mice around him. Ever since he and his family, plus Mrs. Cormaci, returned from the Underland that was all Gregor could think of. Underland. All he ever thought about was the mice, or nibblers, Regalia, and all of the people down there. But Gregor found himself thinking most frequently of Luxa, the pale, violet-eyed girl he'd met in Underland, and who he seemed to have fallen in love with.

Luxa was strong, rebellious, and brave, but sometimes Gregor wondered if she would be able to deal with the job of being queen of Regalia. After the war between the rats and humans in Underland, many of the council members in their government were killed. Even Solovet, who had lead the armies and taken care of Luxa had died. Vikus, Luxa's grandfather and only living guardian, had a stroke and was still recovering when Gregor left. That left Luxa to become queen and take charge of everything, most importantly the aftermath of the war.

While he was lying in bed, Gregor thought about what might have happened if he'd stayed in Underland. What would've happened between Luxa and him? Now that he left, he'd never know. Once again, Gregor sighed, and finally pushed himself up to a sitting position. He was sweating like crazy since it was the middle of the summer in Virginia.

'Boots is probably hungry,' he thought, and with that, Gregor walked outside to where his little sister was lying exhausted from running around in the heat.

"Hey, you. Are you hungry from all that running around out here?" Gregor knelt down and ruffled Boots' hair.

Softly, in a tired voice, Boots said back, "Hi, you. Hi Gregor. I'm hungry, yes, I am." Boots refused to get up by herself, so Gregor was forced to carry her into the kitchen, their sweat mixing between their skin.

Once in the kitchen, Gregor set boots down on the table where Lizzie, his eight-year-old sister, was sitting doing crosswords in the newspaper.

"Okay! So what do you two want to eat?" Gregor looked in the cupboard, only to find less food than there was last week. He sighed. "We have cereal - well no, we'll save that for breakfast tomorrow. There's beans, peanut butter…uh, some root beer?"

"Hey, Gregor," Lizzie said timidly. " Do you think you could go get some jelly and make us some PB&J? Well, actually no, I don't think - wait yeah, oh. But then we should wait and save -." She cut herself off, realizing she was stuttering.

Poor Lizzie, ever since she fell into Underland during the war, she was timid and never really spoke clearly. Her experience in Underland had shaken her very much. She pretty much stuck to doing crosswords and practicing the Tree of Transmission after they went to Virginia.

Gregor spoke up, breaking the silence. "It's alright Lizzie, I think we can afford to spend a few dollars. After I get the jelly and we eat, maybe we can wash it down with some cold root beer? Sound good?"

As usual, Boots was perked up again at the sound of being able to eat, and started to yell at Gregor to 'leave and go to the store now!' Even Lizzie made a small smile, but then went back to working on her crossword puzzle.

Gregor, after giving in to Boots' constant begging, headed to the store nearby with Boots and Lizzie. Not much was said expect for the occasional "How much farther?" from Boots.

It was a lonely, isolated stretch of road from Gregor's house to the store, lined with large boulders and tall grasses. They had almost made it to the grocery store when they heard a sudden rustling coming from a few large rocks nearby. The curious Boots ran over to see what it was before Gregor and Lizzie could stop her.

"Boots! Boots, come back! Be careful!" Lizzie and Gregor started running towards her, when they heard her let out a loud, high pitched squeal and then disappeared behind the rocks. Gregor and Lizzie stopped in their tracks, alarmed by what just happened. Then Lizzie started hyperventilating.

"G-Gregor! What if there's - a hobo - or - an animal?" Lizzie said between short breaths. Gregor didn't want to leave Lizzie there by herself while having an attack, but he had to see where Boots went.

"Lizzie, will you be okay? I need to get Boots. Just - just stay here, it'll be alright," After getting a short nod as a reply, Gregor ran over to the rocks.

Slowly and quietly, he crept behind the rocks holding a large stick he'd found. He listened closely for noises that were being made, and then Boots let out another squeal. Was it a squeal of terror? Or… pleasure?

"Hi you! Hi, hi you Queen!" Boots sounded… pleased? Who was this 'Queen'? Boots caught sight of Gregor, ran over to him and pulled him to a large hole in the ground. Boots repeatedly told Gregor to look inside, but he never saw anything.

Then, scratch, tap, tap, scratch, click. The mice were around him again, but it seemed there was an abnormal amount of them inside the hole. But then he saw it. A small, quick wisp of pure white hair and a flash of violet appeared from behind the stone. Whispering, Gregor said "Luxa? Is that you?"

"Hello Gregor." Slowly, Luxa, the Queen of Regalia, climbed out of the hole covered in dirt and dust. "I suppose you know what's about to happen now don't you?"

Gregor was appalled, completely bamboozled by these sudden events. Why was Luxa here?

"Luxa! What in the world are you doing here! How did you get here? I thought the only entrances to Underland were either in the ocean or in New York!"

Lizzie, who heard the commotion, came up from behind Gregor. He face was solemn, almost wearied. "Should I go tell dad? They need you again Gregor."

Then, silence. All that happened was staring, Gregor at Luxa, Luxa at Gregor, and Boots and Lizzie staring at Gregor. "If you guys need me, I'll come with you. But I want answers first Luxa, and I want them now."