AUTHORS NOTE: Hey everyone! So if you haven't checked out my other one shot, go ahead! :P lol. So I hope you like it. I am going to write this based on a song named, Alyssa Lies. I really do like this song and you can find it on you tube. It's about child abuse and I would appreciate it if you watched it. I liked the song and it was really sad.

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Also in this story both Marvel and Katniss are 7. Okay I'll just let you read the story :D

She Doesn't Lie

Katniss wakes up after a little over two hours of sleep, preparing herself for the next beating from her father. She hears the door open and slam shut, the lock of the door seems to echo throughout the tattered house.

"Katniss! Come here now you ugly little rat!" He father yells in fury. Katniss obeys her father and walks up to him, slightly drawn back. She knows what might happen next. And she doesn't like it at all.

"Yes father?" Katniss asks him innocently, yet she can't bare to let her imagination show her what might happen next.

"Well apparently you have to go to school. Or they'll take me to jail. I want to make things clear before you go though. You will not eat or give me any lunch bill. You will not tell anyone about what happens in this house. You will not tell anyone." Her father repeats, his teeth clenched in anger. Katniss nods obediently. He takes her up to her room by her hair and throws her on the ground.

"Get dressed." He tells her and spits at her feet.

"Clean that up to." Then he walks out of the room. Katniss finds a long sleeve shirt and pants, cleans up the spit, then runs out of the door to avoid her father. She runs all the way to her school and stops to admire the engraving that marks, District 12 Academy, then slowly walks up to the play ground. Lot's of kids are outside and she sits down by the fence. She hears the gravel crunch from under someone's shoes and she looks up, flinching slightly when he touched her arm.

"My names Marvel." The kid sticks out his small hand. Katniss, thinking she will get hit again, flinches back. Marvel immediately lowers his hand and hugs her lightly. Ever so carefully.

"It's okay. I won't hurt you." He tells her sweetly. Katniss smiles weakly before looking down.

"My name's Katniss." She tells Marvel. Marvel smiles and sits down beside her. But when Marvel reached out for the fence to lower himself down, Katniss's sleeve went up. Marvel gasped and immediately paid all of his attention to her arm.

"What happened to you?" He asks as he carefully touches her arm. Tears slip from her eyes as she explains. Maybe no one has to know about this. Certainly not her dad.

"He hits me." Katniss cries. Marvel's shocked as he cradles the little girl his own age. How could someone do this to her?

"Help me." She squeaks. Katniss is terrified to see what new sick plan her father has for her as he waits.

"I'll try." Marvel tell her as he hugs her fragile, bruised body. They play on the play ground a bit more until their teacher decides to have class outside today. Katniss smiles that same fake one everyday, when all that is left in her are a bunch of unshed tears and broken bones.

"Katniss, dear. Why don't you introduce yourself to the class?" The teacher asks nicely, unaware that that is probably the first gesture like that she has ever received. Except for the situation with Marvel earlier. Katniss smiles and walks up to the swing.

"My name is Katniss Everdeen. My mother and sister died in a car accident. So I only live with my dad. We don't go outside much because my dad says it's to dangerous." Katniss tries to hint at the obvious. The teachers and students, all but Marvel, don't catch it. She doesn't want to go home to another beating. She doesn't want to be called names or locked in the cellar. She's afraid to be alone. And now that someone knows her secret, maybe they can help her get away. Maybe.

Later that day Marvel gets home and thinks about what happened. He thinks and thinks and thinks. He really wants to help Katniss with her dad but he doesn't know how to do it. Should he tell his dad or another adult? Will they believe him? Will Katniss get in more trouble with her dad if he does get help? Marvel finally gets up and decides to tell his dad about the situation.

"Daddy Katniss lies." Marvel tells his father at his study. What he is really saying is that she is lying about her father being kind and nice to her. Marvel also thinks that her dad killed the rest of her family. His father looks up from his work and peers over his glasses at Marvel for a second before asking,

"How does she lie son?" He asks back. He raises his eyebrows as he sets down his pen and turns to face his son fully.

"Well she lies to the teachers and the classroom daddy. She needs help" Marvel tells his dad worriedly. His father just brushes it off because he didn't realize how important it really was. And how important it was to help Katniss. Later that night, when Marvel's father tucked his son in bed and went to leave, he heard Marvel say a prayer so soft and sweet.

"God bless my mom and my dad. And my dear friend Katniss. Lord I know she needs you bad because Katniss lies to the classroom. Katniss lies everyday at school. As she tries to cover every bruise." His father listens a bit more before he knows exactly what he had to do. But when he got to school on Monday they heard the news. Marvel asked his father why everyone was so sad and he felt the tears run down his face. One by one he felt and heard all of the tears of the children and teachers hit the desk and floor.

" My boy, she doesn't lie, anymore in the classroom. She doesn't lie, anymore at school. Katniss lies with Jesus and there was nothing anyone could do." He tells his son, Marvel, as tears run continuously down his face. Marvel shakes his head as if he can't believe it at all. Marvel asks his dad why over and over again as the lump in his father's throat grows larger by the second. Marvel runs out to the play ground. He goes to the fence immediately and cries.

"Katniss?" He questions as he pokes his fingers through the holes of the fence. He slides down the fence. Then he looks up to the sky and talks to her as if she was beside him.

"I will miss you. Even If I only met you a couple days ago. You're a really great friend Katniss. Please don't forget me and please wait for me up there." He talks to the sky. A tear slides down his face and something wipes it off. No one is around him. But he can see a faint outline of an angel with the braid slung over her shoulder. The angel seems to point beside him so he looks. He feels the wind blow and in the sand beside him, something is engraved.

Marvel,

I will miss you as well. I am free. You were a great friend for the few days I had left. I want to thank you and one day we will reunite in heaven.

Katniss

Marvel smiles sadly down at the message. His father slowly walks up to him, but he sees his son just staring at sand. He doesn't see the words. He doesn't believe as much as Marvel does. Marvel smiles down at the words.

His father wonders about it for a second but then decides to give Marvel some time. That must have been the place they met. Marvel's father hops into the truck and watches as his kid speaks to the sky. Though he can faintly hear his words.

"God please take care of her until I come." He tells the sky. And he smiles. Marvel's father smiles sadly with him, as they both look up to the sky. One day they will all meet again. But now Katniss is free. She's protected and painless. She's happy.

A/N: Okay I hoped you liked this story :D

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

I need you all to check out, Annie2813, and her stories! It would mean a lot if you did!

And there is a tremendously awesome guy out there that I would like for you all to check out also ;). His name is, Literature Major, and he is cool. I love his story, Lovvy Dovvy. You all should check that out ;) It's seriously is amazing. So please do so. I made this for you all. Just for you guys ;) I would love it if you all checked out my other stories. Make sure you read all of the chapter to them before you judge. That is if you would take the time to read them :D