So I decided to go a little more serious with this one. I know some of you wanted another Katniss/Prim so here it is. Read at your own risk. Some suggestive material in this chapter. Will update when I can. I'm going to update Strange Nights soon. Please tell me what you think.

A deer grazed along a stretch of trees after the rain had ended. The animal was almost hard to spot but Katniss Everdeen had an eagle eye and canine like hearing so not to let anything pass her. She crouched in the tall grass, bow ready in her hand, arrows at her back. The deer turned its head but by the time it saw her it was already dead. She never missed because she never flinched, she never second guessed herself.

At 16 she became the sole provider of her family and now at 23 she was the best hunter in her district. She dragged the body by the six point antlers. She didn't take it home to skin it, she took it to a campsite she built herself, a crude cabin and makeshift items she would use. Prim was going to accompany her one of these days, she promised her that on her 18th birthday she could because their mother would think of her as a woman and not just some girl.

It was a good thing she wasn't there today because this deer was getting skinned and Katniss was sure that would be too much for her to handle. Another week and she would be 18 and the only other person in the world Katniss would trust with bringing here.

Tying up and cutting into the deer was no problem for the young woman, it was work and the only work she knew.

The day arrived and Prim was happy, actually looking forward to it. Katniss had gotten her clothes to wear that would be more appropriate for going out.

"You make sure nothing happens to her, Katniss," their tied, weery eyed mother cautioned, "Not to a hair on her head."

Prim defended herself by saying, "I'm not a girl anymore, Mom. Remember?"

Ms. Everdeen looked at her youngest straight and then frowned when she looked up at Katniss. "Be back before dark." She went into her bedroom, not to sleep but to sit in solitary like she did when she felt bad for herself.

Prim followed Katniss deep into the forest, they were going so far there was no recognized path. They came to the fence, an electric barrier to keep the people of District 12 in their own community as instructed by the Capitol, the rich, technologically advanced city that 'looked after them'.

Katniss pushed some shrub out of the way revealing a hole in the fence. "We're going beyond the fence?" Prim's eyes couldn't have looked more like the last scared deer Katniss shot.

Katniss reached for the confused girl's hand as she crouched down, "I've been going in here the past five years. It's safe I promise you." Prim hesitated but Katniss' smile assured her enough so she ventured into the unknown.

Prim had always admired and looked up to Katniss and not because she was more than a foot taller than her. She did not have her hair in a braided ponytail like she did or the dark brown hair, she was certainly more like her mother and her mother probably liked it that way because she clearly wanted at least one daughter to be like her.

After their father had died in the mine incident their mother was never the same and Katniss made sure they never starved. Neither of them were frail or malnurished, they maintained meat on their bones.

Prim's face opened up to the campsite, to her it was the coolest thing and her sister made all of it. "Wow, I'm the only one whose been here? Not even Gale?"

Katniss came to a stop ahead of her. She must've struck a nerve. Gale was the strong and handsome young man in their district that everyone liked because he was so charasmatic. His and Katniss' relationship over the years had been nothing more than platonic. Prim never understood why Katniss kept everyone at a distance.

She never did answer about Gale, she took Prim over to the cabin and showed her inside. One bed and a small wood stove.

"It's a wonder you never just lived here," Prim said, stepping in the middle of the cabin.

"I'd never leave you," Katniss smiled, "Come on, let's see how good you are with a bow."

Prim knew she wasn't as strong as Katniss, she probably never would be; she didn't have the same stomach for blood either but she didn't want her to know that.

Outside Katniss had already set up targets. She got behind Prim and helped her steady her arms. Prim was distracted by these strange lights in the sky. Red and flying around. Katniss helped her pull the arrow back, Prim's body pressing against Katniss. Then release. The arrow pathetically struck the ground no more than four feet in front of her. Katniss kept encouraging her. Prim tried and failed again and again.

"It's no use," she sighed, "You make it look easy."

"Here...," Katniss took hold of her again, her warm breath on the back of Prim's neck. "Take a deep breath." Prim did so. "Release." The arrow shot the target dead on.

"Holy shit!"

"Prim!" Katniss acted surprised. "Ok. Lucky. Let's see you do it again." Katniss stayed behind her and took another arrow. Prim was more confident this time. She pulled the arrow back on the bow, eye fixed on the target. Deep breath. Release. The arrow hit a tree, bouncing off and disappeared.

"Ah!" Katniss nearly fell in top of Prim. She went around her and over to her wood pile, keeping herself up.

"Katniss, what is it?!" Prim cried.

"Something got me! Ah!" She was speaking between her teeth in great pain. Prim's worst fear before coming out there was killing or maiming herself and her sister. When she looked at Katniss' back she didn't see the arrow thank God, in fact she saw nothing at all.

"I don't see anything. Where does it hurt?"

Katniss patted her ass but that just seemed to make it worse. Prim couldn't believe she was doing this but she had to be sure. She pulled her pants down and looked over her rosy cheeks. She thought she could see small holes like a snake bite.

"I think something got you...I uh..."

She knew exactly what she was trying to suggest, "Do it!"

Prim closed her eyes and tried not to think about it. She had her mouth around the bite and sucked. She kept at it but nothing. No venom and no blood. She stood back up as Katniss pulled up her pants and turned to face her, seeming back and maybe better than normal.

"Thanks, Prim. What would I do without you?"

"But, Katniss I didn't do...," Katniss put a finger up to her lips.

"Don't even say it," she smiled. Something seemed off about the look she was giving her. Katniss adjusted Prim's jacket collar and got a little closer.

"Um, are you feeling alright?"

"Me? Yes. Great," she looked her over, "I can't believe how much you've grown."

"Uh, thanks?" Prim lifted an eyebrow.

Katniss held onto Prim's hands gently. "Times like these I guess I just realize how fast time goes." Prim was trying so hard to make sense out of what was happening. "I'm not going to get any younger and the more time I waste the more I realize I can't deny how I feel."

Prim just stated at her, unsure what she could be getting at. "Feel?"

"Whenever I'm with you I never want to let you go. I never want to leave. No one understands me like you do."

"Oh, Katniss I..."

"We're really not so different. Look at how our fingers fit so perfectly." She said as she closed her fingers between hers. "We have a special bond."

"Well yeah I know," Prim laughed nervously.

"And I never want anyone coming between us to break that."

"Yeah..I think I know what you mean."

"I want us to be closer," she said softly, running her fingers across Prim's face.

"Closer than we are now?" Prim joked out of desperation.

Katniss smiled, "I want to take us to the next level."

"Next level?" Prim frowned, "The next level of what?"

Katniss chuckled, "I guess I need to be more forward."

She leaned in and kissed Prim softly on the lips. Prim did not move. When it was over, Katniss breathed a sigh of relief. "I have always dreamed of these lips."

"Katniss...Katniss?" Prim couldn't put into words what she was feeling.

"Yes, little duck? Sorry, I mean my Swan I should say."

"Why are saying all of these things?"

"I love you but not just as a sister."

"As a what then?" Prim had this scared look on her face.

Katniss' mood shifted, "We should be heading back. You know how she'll be." She let go of Prim and gathered their things.

"Wait...," Prim was still at a loss for words.

"Come on, slow poke!" Katniss was ready to go with or without her. Prim wasn't sure what just happened or how to deal with it. When she caught up to Katniss at the fence, Katniss stopped and smiled at her. "Don't tell anyone what happened. Ok?" Prim nodded, her jaw hanging, "Until next time."

They headed back home.

To be continued.