Chapter One
The Winner
The boy from District Two falls – falls into the pit of mutts eating at his flesh, tearing him to pieces like a rag doll. His screams pierce through the air like glass shattering everywhere and breaking when hitting the floor with a sharp noise. He's still alive, fighting the mutts, screaming, bleeding, and dying. But he doesn't have strength. It'd be better if he died right there.
The girl from District Twelve, Katniss Everdeen, the Girl on Fire, raises her bow and plucks the string back. Her partner is beside her, lying on the Cornucopia on his back, holding his leg. Katniss glares at District Two once more and releases the arrow. The arrow flies through the air swiftly. When it hits its target, no more screams are heard. The mutts take the body away and into the woods, doing who knows what. Then the cannon sounds throughout the whole arena, ringing in the ears of the remaining tributes.
Katniss jumps off and onto the ground, helping Peeta too. When they're both on the ground, Katniss hugs Peeta tightly. "We did it," she says in his ear. She pulls away from the hug and smiles, while Peeta nods his head.
The sky is dark. It's been that way for a while now. Suddenly, the host comes back onto the speaker. "There has been a mistake in this set of rule changes; in our previous rule change, it was said there was two winners originally from the same District. But it seems we had to switch the changes of the rules, as it is we cannot allow two winners for the Hunger Games."
Katniss gasps and looks at Peeta with a shocked expression. Her eyes turn dark as she grabs a bow on the ground where she tossed her bag of bows. She clutches the arrow in her left hand and aims the bow at Peeta. Something has changed within her automatically – it's like her instinct to pretend.
"Katniss, what are you doing?" Peeta asks, his face holding sadness and hurt. His breaths are heavier as he holds his hands up in defense, looking deeply into her grey eyes – the eyes of the coal miners. "I thought you loved me? Why are you going to kill me when you love me?"
Katniss' eyes narrow and she pulls the string back more, her eyes boring into his with hatred. Her chest heaves up and stays, not leaving it. "I've never loved you, Peeta. It was all for show. I'd never fall for anyone here. I just stayed with you because I thought there were supposed to be two winners, but I knew something was up. Just in case, I stayed with you. And now here we are, against each other."
"Finnick Odair, sir?"
I turn my head and I see a woman with blue-dyed hair and slightly tainted blue skin. Her clothes are a blue and white color, which suits her very well. Since I've been in the Capitol, she's been tutoring me. She's been keeping track of all my clients ever since I was sixteen, in fact, the eligible age to be prostituted in the Capitol – to gain secrets. She smiles and walks over to me.
"Yes?" I ask formally. My eyes glance at the screen, but I turn my attention back to the woman – no, Alette Assin. Her name is Alette Assin, the one who's always been by my side since these deals with President Snow.
"You have a regular who wants to see you now," says Alette.
"Alright, I guess it's time to get this over with," I mumble. I sit up from my seat and walk to the door. Before I leave the room, I hear a flick and the sound of the cannon. I smirk and trace my fingers alongside the white wall as I make my way down the hall. We turn down various halls until we come across a door. I'm about to walk in until Alette stops me by grabbing my shoulder.
"Don't you want to know who it is?" she asks in her foolish Capitol accent. Her eyes hold something like a warning. But I ignore it by shrugging my shoulders, nodding my head from lead to right.
I turn back to the door and grab the door handle. I turn it and push the door open. I take a step in and walk around the room. The floor is an oak colour with swirls carved into them. The room is dim, it's a romantic moment, I guess. On the sides of the room are two book shelves on the right and an overly large bed in the middle of the room. The blankets are red silk and the bed board is made from the floor also.
I take a look around, but there's no one. I make my way over to the coffee and open a bottle of red wine. As I pour it into two cups, I hear a voice behind me.
"Hello, Odair," she says. Her hair is slightly yellow, her face is tainted bright yellow that it looks white, and her clothes are a yellow colour too. Well, I shouldn't say clothes; she wears laced underwear and a sexual bra. Over her body is a see-through baby-yellow drape.
I smirk and walk over to her. I hand her a glass which she smiles to. "It's been a while, Marne." I take a sip of the red wine and walk over to the bed with her.
She nods her head with a smile. "It has." She tilts her head back and raises her hand with the glass. She pours the cup of wine in her mouth and laughs when the red liquid is gone. She throws the glass on the other side of the room and leans in closer to me.
"What about that secret?" I ask, placing my glass on the counter beside me. I smirk and touch the sides of her body, feeling the artificial-like skin. I trace my fingers down her back and slowly take off the baby-yellow drape, leaving her garment.
She giggles and leans in closer. She takes her two hands and cups my face. "You'll get it after this," she whispers.
"Alright, babe," I whisper seductively, putting on my winning smile. I crash my lips on hers and we begin to make out hungrily. We begin to explore each other's mouth, moaning at the pleasure. Before I realize what's going on, she's unbuttoning my pants. I wrap my arms around her and begin to take off her bra. After I'm finished, I take off my shirt and she's moaning loudly, enjoying the pleasure.
"Finnick, wake up!"
I groan tiredly and open my eyes. I'm very tired right now. After doing it for almost a couple hours, I'm exhausted. My body feels limp that I can't feel it. When everything is visible, I look up to see Johanna standing beside me, tugging at my arm. "What is it?"
"You idiot. We have to go home now, remember? We're returning back to our Districts in twenty minutes. Now, get your ass up so you can pack your stuff so we can return," she states.
Today's the day we're returning back to our home Districts. It's too bad that I couldn't watch the crowing this year. Well, I never get to watch them because I'm always busy.
***Author's Note***
So how was it? I'm deeply sorry if there are any errors or anything weird. e.e But I hope you enjoyed reading this. ^-^ Please review and favorite and look forward to the next chapter. :)