Written for the Caesar's Palace Monthly One-shot Contest :3 Prompt: illusion.
C/P Challenges by the Dozen: Level Four [write 4 stories based on your favorite songs] #2
C/P Alphabet Game 2.0: Zany
When Peeta awoke, he found himself next to a backdrop of plain, bright pink. Pink bubbles in the shape of hearts rained down gently next to him, popping into smallet bubbles when they touched the ground.
"Where am I...?" All he remembered was being injected with something, and then everything onwards was a huge fuzz. Katniss. Where's Katniss? I was in love with her, I think...?
As if to answer his question, a gigantic painting of Katniss projected itself onto a random wall. It started moving of its own accord, and the Katniss painting made a kissy face at Peeta.
Woozily, he stood up from the ground, and attempted to wobble around to find an exit to this zany place in between reality and... somewhere else.
All of a sudden, speakers appeared, and music started blaring loudly. "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you!" a male voice started singing passionately. Rick Astley had popped up out of the ground to accompany the still-blaring speakers.
Peeta started to run away, but he tripped and fell onto the ground. His ankle was twisted making it hard to get up.
"NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY, NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE, NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE AND HURT YOU!" Rick Astley and the speakers kept singing as loudly as they could, approaching the fallen Peeta.
To accompany them, sixty six weird dark green frog-like creatures dropped down from the sky and started dancing and singing along. A gold star cutout badge with comic sans lettering introduced them all as "Pepe."
"NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN, NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU!" they all continued singing, still dancing their way closer to Peeta. The boy in question started to scream in falsetto and scooch away from the singers, but it was to no avail, as his twisted ankle prevented him from hiding.
"NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY-" They were getting closer and closer to Peeta, until they were almost on top of him. Assorted memes floated in the air around them all. As well, the heart bubbles were still there too, and so was the kissing painting of Katniss.
What did I ever do for the Capitol to torture me this much?! Peeta thought in anguish, certain it was the end of him. It's just an illusion. It's just an illusion. It'll be gone soon. You'll be okay.
"NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE-" A few of the Pepes grabbed Peeta's arm. A single tear splashed on top of his arm. And then they proceeded to lick it.
Katniss! Finnick! Somebody! Anybody, save me now! Please! I can't take much more of this!
And yet, it continued on. It seemed like it was nearing the end, at least. The music got even louder, and the singing was even more enthusiastic.
Even Peeta was finally hypnotized by the singers and joined in on the last line.
"NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE, AND HURT YOU!"