A/N: So this is my first fanfic ever (yay!) so I hope you like it. Also, (unfortunately) I don't own The Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins does.
Takes place six months after the Rebellion, Katniss finally returns home.
I finally reach my home in the Victor's Village and open the door. It feels so empty. Mom's in District 4, starting up an hospital and Prim's gone. I sit on the stool next to the door and when I'm about to slam the door shut, I see a hideous ball fur and realize that it's Buttercup. He came all the way back from District 13. His head is facing the door so he thinks that she's coming back. I slam the door shut. He looks up at me confused.
"She's dead you stupid cat!" I yell "She's gone! That means she's never coming back!" I start to bawl, so I sit on the couch. A few moments later, I feel him jump and snuggle on my lap. He looks up at me, with sad eyes. I start to stroke the fur on his back.
She's never coming back, I think.I think about how Annie's copping with Finnick gone. Prim, Peeta,Finnick, and many others are gone. Both mom and Gale are in different Districts. I think about visiting Haymitch, but he's probably passed out or wasted.
I realize that I'm tired too, so I decide to visit him in the morning. So I go upstairs, and change out of my current outfit and into more comfortable clothes, and go to bed.
The next morning
I go down stairs and see Buttercup sleeping by the front door. I grab a slightly stale cheese bun and rip part of it off and eat it. I start to think of Peeta. Then, for some reason, I start to think of Gale. I immediately erase the thought of them out of my head and remember I said that I'm going to visit Haymitch today. So I brush the crumbs I go upstairs and change into my outfit for today. I go back downstairs, avoid stepping on the still sleeping Buttercup, go outside, close the door, and walk to Haymitch's house. When I get there, I start to knock on his door and he immediately opens the door.
"Good morning sweetheart." He says in a rather too pleasant tone.
"What's wrong with you?" I ask completely puzzled at his tone. We walk to his kitchen table and sit down. I notice that it doesn't smell that bad as it did the last time I came here.
"Nothing" He says in the same tone "I just thought you might want some cheering up."
"Well I don't need it."
"Good because I hate using that tone. So what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing"
"Yes there is. I know you too well. You want to know something."
"What do you think that might be?"
"You want to know if the trains are working again so you can visit your mother or Gale."
"I don't know, I guess."
"I know you do. The earliest train leaves at noon."
I glance at his kitchen clock it's 11:30
"Better get going if you want to make it." He says
I immediately run out the door and start packing a bunch of my clothes into an old bag of mine. I grab the rest of the loaf and run near to where the Justice Building used to be. I go and find the train and get on it. I sit down at a seat and see that I'm the only one here. I sigh and sit down at a seat and try to decide who I'm going to visit.
The train stops at District 11. No one comes on. Hours later, the train stops at District 4. I decide that my mother is too preoccupied with patients in the hospital, so I decide to visit Gale. I wait until the train stops a District 2 and I get off. I look around the see the rubble of the mountain we exploded six months ago.
I walk to see if anyone can give me directions, but everyone I make eye contact with looks at me with either pure hatred or terrified. I finally spot an old lady who reminds me of Greasy Sae and I ask her where Gale Hawthorne is she says he's probably home and gives me directions to his house. I make a mental note of them and thank her when she's done. I follow the directions she gives me and find where I think his house is. I take deep breath and knock on the door three times. The door opens, and my eyes meet pair of Seam-grey eyes.
"Hey Catnip" He says
So that's it. Please review and give me critique. I really want to hear your thoughts and opinions. Please tell me if I should keep going (and remember, this is a Katniss/Cato story, not a Katniss/Gale story). Again please give my thoughts and critique.
