Hello everyone. The Hunger Games movie is coming out later this month so since I am a fan of both How I met Your Mother and this book series I figured a crossover is in order. Now I know the characters of both series are not owned by me so I decided to create different sort of families for the cast of How I Met Your Mother since it's somewhat fitting for my story. The only made up character in it however would be Cassava Hilwood and yes the character's last names would be different as well. It begins in District 11
Lily Wintsment AKA Lily Erikson- Marhsall's girlfriend and friend of Cassie's amongst the cast. She is a teacher.
Robin Sherwood- AKA Robin Schboxy Forgive me I can't spell her last name for the life of me. Member of the group. She works in the Picker's newletter
Barnard Fredstilson AKA Barney Stitson- (Friends call him Barney) the womanizer who has a secret crush on Lily and Robin. He is the mayor's son. The group somewhat despises especially Cassie because he trades his body for food for the poor ladies. He claims he only does it when they reach 21 age.
Thedwick Weatherspoon AKA Ted Mosby- best friend of Marshall's and ex boyfriend of Cassie. He's an architect he helps build homes. He looks after his young nieces and nephews.
Marshall Hilwood AKA Marshall Erikson he is a past victor along with his sister. He is one of the head pickers.
Cassandra Hilwood (Everyone calls her Cassie) She is also a picker. Since her brother is the head picker in their sector she gets off earlier so she can hunt in the fields for their food.
Trevor Woodsword- Past victor.
This takes place in the second book of the series. Starts before the quarter quell is announced.
Prologue
Cassie's point of view.
I wake up alarmed as the screams start. I pant as I hear his screams quiet down to soft whimpers as I hear him scream almost every night since he won the Hunger Games when we were younger. Thankfully Lily is now is his girlfriend so she manages to quiet him down. I don't know how she handles the screams but she loves him that's all what matters to me. Marshall and Lily sleep on the second floor of our victor's house and I sleep in the downstairs. No matter how hard I try I can't fall back to sleep. So I get out of bed and tip toe on the kitchen floor and was about to get to the door.
"You know he worries when you leave during the night." Came the tired voice which startles me as I open the door.
I turn around and sigh in relieve when I see Lily on the top floor.
"I have been doing this for years Lil…"
"And we both know where you go off to."
"It's not like he minds…"
"You're his ex-girlfriend don't you think it is kind of hard to see him every night."
I stare at my bare feet. I shuffle them.
"We are friends Lily…." I said quietly
"You broke his heart Cas…" Lily scolded.
I sigh and run my hand through my hair.
"He listens, and he is there…: " I said.
I don't say that I need him. He always listens when I babble or stays quiet when I don't say anything.
Lily shuffles down the steps and hands me some papers.
"At least while you there, give him this. Rose left her homework back at the school again…" She hands it over.
I couldn't stop the smile that comes across my face.
"Giving her an extension?" I tease
Lily shrugs and hands It over. I fold it over and put it in my pajama pants pocket.
"Just be careful, you know Marshall worries about you." Lily said with concern
As soon as she finishes we hear a loud snore coming from the top of stairs. I try to repress a giggle.
"Oh yeah like he is so worried that he can't sleep." I said sarcastically.
Lily rolls her eyes and before she says anything more, I dart outside.
A blast of cold air hits my face as soon as I step outside. There is a nip in the air and I relish it's briskness of it. I head off downward to the main part of town where the middle class resides.
We used to live in the poor area until Marshall came back with his victor from the Hunger Games. My parents however didn't relish the wealth for long because two weeks afterwards the they died in the forest fire that came up in the Summer heat. Ever since then Marshall is the head of the house but it is more like a joint effort now since I'm twenty six but during that time I was only ten. Since then he has been way overly protective of me. Well it goes as far until I was in the Hunger Games myself, he couldn't protect me then.
I walk briskly down the road, it is only a ten minute walk if I move fast. The Peace Keepers pay me no mind as I walk down the road towards the Weatherspoon house. or the Weatherspoon Lair as Marshall used to call it when we were kids. The house is old, one of the oldest in town and Ted has been dying to restore it to its former glory but his bosses refuse to let him get near the blue prints of his house. The house in owned by the city and he lives in it because it was issued to his parents when they got married. Of course now they are dead but he lives there with his small nieces and nephews.
I see a faint light off in the Fredstilson place, either Barnard is getting lucky off some poor female or his Father is going over the plans for the Quarter Quell. I go for the lesser part of two evils because I refuse to put that image in my mind of Barnard and some poor defenseless woman.
I reach Ted's place and knock on the door which of course immediately opens. A very sleepy looking Ted is at the door. He doesn't say anything, he just nods me in. I walk in sheepishly. I go to the table, Ted goes to the stove in the kitchen and warms the kettle up for tea.
"You have to stop coming over here." He mumbles. I barely hear him. But I am sure he says that.
I shrug my shoulders as I sit down.
"It's either coming here or staring at my ceiling all night long." I mumble as I stare at the kitchen table. I trace the grains of it with my finger.
"I vote for the lather." Ted chuckles sleepily.
I shrug again. Ted sits down.
"So what is it this time? Screams or nightmare?" He asks annoyingly
I sigh, I run my hand through my hair then stop it in my tracks because the habit is getting old.
"Screams. Marshall's screams are hard to deal with." I mumble.
"And your afraid to go back to sleep because you might get them." Ted concludes.
I didn't say anything, I stare down at the table. Ted waits until I respond. I refuse to say anything well my actions speak more than words anyway.
Ted sighs and rubs his eyes annoyingly. The kettle whistles. He quickly gets up, stumbles and then gets to the kettle.
"Ow! Damn it!" Ted exclaims and waves his hand that just got burned.
I jump, and then quickly race over to him and to cover his mouth so he doesn't wake the children. I get ice from the ice chest right next to the stove. Then wrap it in a towel and hand it over to him. Ted grits his teeth in pain as I quickly wrap it with the towel. Our eyes met, I stare into his deep luscious brown eyes and my heart quickens. I so much want to kiss him at that moment. Ted grabs my hand that was about to touch his cheek.
"Cassie…" Ted's voice snaps me out of the fog and I return to the present.
I quickly step backward.
"Sorry…" I said quietly.
I remember the reason why we broke up. The one reason that ruins all our lives. The Hunger Games….
TBC.. Please read and review. I want to be sure if this is gonna work out.
