The Hunger Games – Fan Fiction

Chapter One – Realization

I'm running through the crowded streets of the Capitol. The stench of blood and roses overpowering my senses. I'm running towards Prim, trying to get her attention - trying to warn her. I see her bend down to tend to a wounded child, her hands covered in blood and dirt.

"Prim!" But it's too late. I see them fall. The glistening black orbs attached to tiny parachutes, falling to the ground like birds, heading straight for her.

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I open my eyes to find Greasy Sae closing the door to my kitchen.

"Mornin' Katniss." She says trying to sound cheerful. "Peeta sends his regards." I scoff.

"Don't be like that Katniss. He's a nice lad." I haven't spoken to Peeta since the rebellion. I have to admit to myself that I'm scared of him. After seeing him strapped to the white gurney in district 13, all I can picture is Peeta as a mutt, snarling and spitting plotting my demise. Although he got better and was allowed to move back into the house next to me, I can't bare the thought of him not being my Peeta.

The words, "Squirrel Stew?" wake me up from any daydreams I may have been in. I nod my head reluctantly, not wanting to dismiss any possible company.

"Heard anythin' from Gale?" She hit a nerve.

"No." I say quietly. No, I hadn't.

"Well, he'll be very busy dear."

Gale had become very elusive and he hadn't been to see me since he got a job as a government official in the Capitol. Peeta and I were also offered a job, but we declined. I couldn't bare the thought of being near the place of my sister's death. Not that it matters. It wouldn't make me think about her more than I do now.

The loud clanging of pots and pans make me feel like finally something productive is being done in my house.

"How's your mother?" Greasy Sae chirped. I wouldn't know. She'd busied herself with working in hospitals and teaching Capitol Doctors herbal remedies so she wouldn't have to face the fact that she authorised Prim's transfer to the Capitol. I only shrugged. It was my turn was my turn to ask the questions.

"How's your granddaughter?"

"Very good, thank you. She's a wizz at the knittin'- Oh that reminds me." She strode across the room to the bag she had dropped by the door.

"She made this for you. To say thank you for the knitting basket." She pulled out a long grey scarf with a white zig-zag pattern knitted through it. I smiled. I was glad she had remembered me. It was nice to feel like someone cared.

"Thank her for me Sae. It's good to know it went to someone who would use it properly." Greasy Sae beamed and moved back towards the stove. She stood in the same position for almost an hour stirring and mixing before plating up the squirrel stew with a loaf of fresh bread.

"Where did you get this?" I held up a slice of the bread. Greasy Sae looked down. PEETA

"It's not poisoned Katniss!" I could feel my face turning red.

"I don't want it in my house! I don't want him in my house!"

"But Ka-"

"No! Just get rid of it!" After I said it I felt terrible. She had been looking after me for weeks and I hadn't asked her to. No-one had. She had felt obliged to help me after I came back from the Capitol. Possibly, it had something to do with my previous loyalty to the Hob. Greasy Sae left the room for a few minutes with the plate of sliced bread in her hands. She returned with the plate empty.

Before handing me a bowl of stew, a glass of water is placed on the table beside me. Greasy Sae roots around in a cupboard looking for something.

"Katniss. Where are your pills?" I knew this wasn't going to end well.

"I got rid of them."

"What! But Dr Aurelius gave them to you for a reason Katniss!"

"I don't need them though!"

"Katniss. I've had enough of your stubbornness! Get off of your high horse and deal with what you've been dealt with! It's not just you left scarred by the Capitol!" She meant Peeta. I know this because she left after saying it.

I'm alone.

Again.

Somehow I can't help but blame my recent outburst on the Capitol. They made me this way. And I don't think I can ever be changed.

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