Ransom Note

Sophia Lele

A/N um…. Well this is my first fanfiction so it's not that good. Also, I changed it so that it didn't take years for Peeta to convince Katniss to have kids, just a year so she was 19 when she was pregnant with Marigold. Bare with these first like 2 HORRIBLE chapters because you have to get to know what is going on before the real stuff starts. I don't own any part of The Hunger Games or the characters so yeah….. Hope you enjoy!

(Marigold)

CRACK! Crap, I really need to work on being quieter. Stupid fallen branches. If I step on one again, I will be caught for sure. Well I didn't hear anyone screaming at me yet so...

"Mari what are you doing by your dad's studio?" my mom yells. I totally forgot that she can hear almost every little sound there is.

"I dropped my pencial." I call back, cringing at the thought that I couldn't lie to save my life. My mom doesn't question it though, because like my dad, I like to draw.

Alright, pull yourself together Mari. I think to myself as I continue to creep my way towards the door of the shed. How I can fit back here, I will never know. My little brother can't even fit back here! But then again, I am shorter and I weigh less than him. Don't think about your little brother now, think about how the heck you are going to get into the shed.

Right now, I am stuck between our fresh, new house and the old, rotting shed. (The house is in what I have sometimes heard my parents call Victors Village. What that is I have no idea.) The door on the other hand is not back here, it is on the side of the shed, which isn't that hard to reach. But getting there without being caught is the real problem.

My 13 year old brother Chase is playing some game with a ball in the side yard with a bunch of his school friends (half of which are older than me). Getting caugh by him would mean getting attacked by a mob of sweaty, hairy, flirts that look like they havn't bathed in weeks. Personally, I don't know why my mom lets them come over. The front yard is a much bigger problem though. My mom-Katniss (Everdeen) Mellark-and my dad-Peeta Mellark-are planting primroses in front of our door. I was told not to bother them because the primrose brings back memories for my mom and memories are one of the few things she cannot control. So my best option is to sneek there.

SNAP! Oh shut up! "Hey, did you hear something?" one of Chase's friends asks as he catches the ball and turns in my direction. I freeze immediately and I can feel my heart beat start to rase. If they find me I am dead. No one, NO ONE, is aloud into dad's studio. I have been taught that since I was 3, which was 11 years ago.

"Yea I think it was coming from behind the house!" another one exclaims as he jogs towards my hiding place. As the rest of them follow, I continue to inch my way back the way I came. Stepping on another branch, I sigh and realise there is no way out of this. So instead, I put on my best flirty voice (the only way to get the boys to do what I want) and start towards them.

"Hey guys." I say.

"Mari?" the one in front asks. I think his name is Caleb but I can't be sure. Wait, no. That's Trevor. Caleb has brown hair and brown eyes and Trevor has blond hair and green eyes. Me? I have my dad's blond hair and blue eyes.

"Who else would it be?" I ask, keeping my voice as light as I can without sounding fake. It isn't actually that hard, I usually act different than I feel.

"Why the heck are you back there?" he asks, stopping in the entrance to this small sliver of an area and making it darker than it already is.

"Why wouldn't I be back here?" In the background-in addition to the various animal noises coming from the woods-I can hear my brother asking the other boys what is going on.

"Right. You went back there to hang out with the spiders." Trevor says scarcasticly.

"Is there something wrong with having pet spiders?" Before he can make a comeback, Chase pushes him aside and glares at me. Because I have been trying to come out, I am almost staring him streight in the eye. He takes that to his advantage and grabs my arm, pulling me violently out into the sunlight.

"What in the world were you doing behind Dad's studio?" he yells, spraying spit all over my face. I finch, pull my arms from his grasp, and shove my palms into his chest-making him fall backwards.

"It's none of your business what I'm doing so just lay off Chase!" I exclaim, my face buring with anger. My mom and dad probably heard him which means I am in so much trouble. I honestly don't understand why we can't see my dad's paintings. It's not like they are going to kill us to see.

"Mom said we were never aloud near Dad's studio and you know it!" He is now back on his feet and his face is every bit as red as mine probably is. The guys around us are doing nothing but standing there and watching us like we are some type of show or something.

"Oh come on Chase! Don't YOU want to see what those paintings look like?" I ask, placing my hands on my hips. Thats when I hear footsteps behind me.

"What is going on back here?" my mom exclaims from behind me. Chase opens his mouth to speek but then suddenly closes it. "Prim?"

(Katniss)

"Just lay off Chase!" Peeta turns to look at me.

"Not again." I whisper as I get up from where I am kneeling in the dirt, planting the primroses Peeta bought for me. He knew all to well that today was the day she died. Suddenly I can see her again; I can see her laughing and smiling like nothing in the world could possibly be wrong.

"Katniss?" Peeta places his hand on my sholder and looks into my eyes. But I still don't see him, I see her. Now she is running through the meadow and towards our old house, singing the song I sang to Rue when she died. And then she is on fire, screaming my name and I know she gone forever. "Katniss!" Peeta is shaking my shoulders now, trying to save me from my memoires.

"I can't do it Peeta." I whisper, my whole body shaking. Peeta pulls me close and hugs me tight and I can tell he was baking this morning from the fresh scent of cheese buns on his shirt.

"Everything will be alright."

"Always?" I ask, looking up and him and suddenly feeling like I am 16 again.

"Always."

Hand in hand we walk towards where I heard Mari screaming in the back yard. When they come in to view, I try to act like the mom my mother was before she moved out of the district. "What is going on back here?" I yell, starting towards my screaming kids.

Chase turns towards me, his face red from screaming. And then Mari turns towards me and I freeze, my brain fighting of memories. Suddenly I turn into jello and I can barely keep myself from collapsing.

"Prim?"

A/N Yay! Chapter one is done! Yes I know it isn't that good but you need some background before the good stuff starts. :-) PLEASE REVIEW!

~Sophia