My Everything
A Peeta/OC and a Katniss/Gale love story.
The official summary:
Takes place during Catching Fire, instead of the Quarter Quell we know, what if... It didn't happen like that? What if the card read one pair of victors AND the normal reaping? And what if it also read that anyone alive after ten days gets to go home? Katniss realizes she isn't in love with Peeta; the country is devastated their "Star-crossed lovers" were no longer. What they don't know however is that there are two Cornucopias; one full of weapons and another full of supplies. Follow Katniss Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne, Peeta Mellark and Ayanna Amanhe through their perilous journey of love, betrayal, heartbreak, and death... Death... Death and death... And after that? Some more death.
I ran through the dense woods, a bow, already strung in my hands, a quiver full of arrows on my back.
"Where are they?" I hissed, running from the wild dogs.
I turned, seeing three beasts behind me.
"Oh my God!" I whispered. As I ran, I pulled an arrow, and launched it at the lead dog, getting it cleanly through the eye. It went in deeply, imbedding itself in the animals brain, killing it instantly.
Footsteps joined mine, keeping pace evenly.
"Well Anna, looks like you're in a bit of trouble." I rolled my eyes at Gale's nickname.
My full name is Ayanna, Ayanna Amanhe.
"Hi Gale, how are you?" I bit out, looking behind me once again
"Peachy! Sooo... How'd you manage this?"
"Not sure... It was kind of random... I got one, though, through the eye."
"We saw, Katniss doubled back and is going to meet us under the tree in the meadow."
"Want to kill one of these?"
"Greasy Sae is going to be happy."
"You know it."
To my unhappiness, Gale grabbed an arrow from my quiver and shot one of the dogs as I shot the other.
The two went down and we stopped, panting slightly.
"Nice shot." I said, grinning at my friend.
"It was, wasn't it?" He said, a mock-snobbish air to his words.
"You took down one. I took down two." I retorted with a smile.
Both of us looked at the dogs.
"Sooo... You sure you don't want to tell me how this happened?"
"I'm telling you-"
"Hey! You two! Pick up your filthy beasts and let's get these to Greasy Sae! The reaping's today!" Katniss shouted.
Gale and I sighed. Katniss had to go back into the arena because of the Quarter Quell... It was bad to watch her first Games... I don't think Gale and I could watch her risk her life again.
A few hours later we were standing next to the stage.
"Good luck Katniss..." I said, hugging her quickly, my dark chocolate hair in a high ponytail, her gray eyes staring back at my blue ones.
"Thanks... It sucks though! The people I'm going in with are probably going to be incompetent losers who can't handle themselves." Katniss grumbled.
She checked my knee length purple dress, rolling up the sleeves to my elbow.
"I still don't see how you're wearing heels, Anna." Katniss commented making me look down at my shoe choice.
"Unlike other people I know, I have balance." Katniss rolled her eyes and I grinned at her as she got up on stage next to Peeta and Haymitch.
"Alright, let's start with our mentors first. Katniss of course is going but... Will it be Haymitch or Peeta?"
Gale and I looked at each other and then at Effie Trinket, our escort.
Gale was supposed to be safe from the reaping, but since he was born a few days after reaping day, he was still technically 18 and fair game in the Capitol's eyes.
"Haymitch-"
"I VOLUNTEER!" Peeta shouted. Gale and I looked at each other.
"Asshole." He muttered.
"Agreed."
"And for the girls-" Gale grasped my hand.
"Primrose Everdeen." Gale's hand tightened around mine.
Katniss sought us out in the crowd when I cried, "I volunteer!"
Gale and Katniss looked at me.
"Oh! Fantastic! Well then, we can... Um... Come to the stage dear and introduce yourself."
I pried my hand from Gale's. "I'm sorry... I couldn't let her-"
I walked onto the stage.
"And what is your name?"
"Ayanna."
"And why did you volunteer? Didn't want your little sister getting all the glory?"
"She's not my sister... She's one of my best friends... And she's thirteen... She shouldn't have been reaped... Again."
"How sweet! Isn't that sweet?"
No one in the crowd reacted.
"Well then, time for the boys!"
I held my breath as Effie's hand reached into the boy's bowl.
She retracted her hand holding a slip of paper. Unfolding it quickly she read, "Gale Hawthorne."
I clamped a hand over my mouth and so did Katniss. We exchanged a look and turned to see Gale walking up the steps.
"Well, tributes shake hands..."
I hugged Gale and Katniss walked over.
"Anna-"
I hugged Katniss fiercely and whispered, "Incompetent losers who can't handle themselves, huh?"
"Now that I know it's you..." Katniss trailed off as we separated.
"Guess we're going all out, huh? The hunting trio, a drunken mentor, and a blonde guy. This'll be good." I said with a grin as Gale hugged Katniss.
"I resent that!" Peeta spoke up, entering the small group.
"Hi Peeta, I'm Anna."
"Hi Anna." We shook hands and I felt a tingle go up my spin. Peeta and I locked eyes and I thought I would be lost in his ocean blue depths.
Gale cleared his throat and shook Peeta's hand as well.
"Come on, we should get you to the Justice Building-" Peeta started.
"No time, we want them in the Capitol ASAP." Haymitch said, dragging us to the train.
On the train, Katniss' room was next to mine, and Peeta's was across the hall from mine with Gale's next to him, across from Katniss.
At the dinner table, I noticed that Peeta kept staring at me when he thought I wasn't looking. That wouldn't be good for their "romance," I thought wryly to myself. The meal was a quiet event; with Effie trying to rouse Haymitch no one forced us to be social.
I could see Gale trying to catch Katniss' eye throughout it, but she refused to look at him.
When Haymitch stumbled in, he didn't seem to be as drunk as I would have thought. He took his seat next to Peeta.
"So. What can you do?" He grunted at Gale.
"I can hunt. I'm alright with the bow, and I can set traps," He said, looking Haymitch straight in the eye.
Katniss' head snapped up. "Alright with the bow? Haymitch, he is amazing with the bow, and a genius with traps. He can climb a tree almost as high as I can, and he can wrestle."
She looked at him.
"Don't underestimate yourself, Gale," she said, with some undecipherable emotion in her voice.
She looked at him intensely for a moment, and then dropped her gaze. I could only guess what was going through her head.
"And you girl?"
"I can use a bow, hunting's a strong suit, I can get just as high as Katniss if not higher and my snares are shaky, not as good as Gale's probably about par with Katniss."
Haymitch nodded. "Looks like I have four competent people going in... And all of you can come out. Congratulations, it's a once in a lifetime occurrence."
We were dismissed to bed and I fell into mine, not even bothering changing my dress.
As we pulled up to the Capitol, the next morning, I waved out the window, blowing kisses to the crowd, grinning. I was fresh out of the shower, wearing a dark sapphire shirt with a pair of black shorts and black and blue sneakers.
The crowd obviously surged and Haymitch pulled me from the window.
"Listen kid, that was smart, as a consensus, the other three want to keep you alive. They've all but held me at gun- arrow point." I chuckled a little as Haymitch caught himself, making his serious statement punny.
"Katniss and Gale tell me you're fast and have impeccable endurance... They say you can use a bow. I told Katniss last year not to go to the archery station. This year, it doesn't matter for her, she can do what she likes."
Haymitch sized me up. "Gale said that he is going to act like he's getting instructions from Katniss."
Haymitch was quiet for a moment. "I want you stay with Katniss or Peeta, I want you to stay with them and worm your way into the other Victors' hearts. They'll love you. The other tributes, they'll see you as an incompetent child up until they see you with a bow. Blow their minds."
"So... What you are saying is that I should use a bow and arrow to impress the victors and to try and not get my ass handed to me by any other intimidating tributes selected?"
"Exactly! And you're so much smarter than Peeta in his first Games. You're like the perfect combination of them."
I shook my head. "I am not nearly as smart as Peeta was in his Games, I can't blend in with anything... I can shoot a bow and run! Haymitch! That is nothing compared to Gale! Or Katniss! Peeta is so much stronger than I am-"
"Exactly, that's why they want you-"
"I don't want you to support me Haymitch! If I get some money in my account... Great! Put it towards something we all need!"
"Ayanna... Do you know-"
"If- If- If someone is dying and the money is in my account... You'd give it to them... Right?"
"Ayanna-"
"RIGHT?" I shouted as the train slowed.
"Right... But-"
"Don't carry me through... Not if I am close to doing it on my own." I insisted.
"Sure Anna."
"Thank you, Haymitch..."
"Yeah, okay..."
As we sat down to dinner that night, Peeta and Gale sat on either side of me.
"Hey Katniss? Can I sit next to you?" I looked at the blonde on my right and the brunette on my left. "Too much testosterone."
She grinned and I lifted my chair, carrying it to sit next to her.
"Effie," Haymitch started, "How much would say these chairs weigh?"
"Hm… I would guess upwards of twenty pounds... Why?"
Haymitch shot me a look. "No reason. Just wondering."
I slapped my hand to my face. This is going to be a long dinner.
Katniss and I were instructed to wait in a large room in the remake center, sitting on a plush couch.
About twenty minutes later three… Overly bubbly and oddly colored people burst through the door yelling Katniss' name.
"Oh! Who are you?"
The only dude, I'm pretty sure he's gay, with orange hair and purple lipstick, asked addressing me.
"Flavius, this is Ayanna… Ayanna Amanhe, she's been my best friend since I was-"
"How nice! Let's get to work!"
"My body hurts." I moaned an hour and a half later.
"Agreed." Katniss said through grit teeth as the door opened.
"Hello ladies." Cinna said, entering the room.
"Hey Cinna." Katniss greeted.
"Hey!" I said smiling with a wave.
"How do you two feel about fire?"
"..." I was silent as Katniss grinned.
Cinna pulled two bags from a closet and placed one on the table as he called Katniss over
"Katniss... The girl on fire." He whispered. He helped her into a dress that covered her neck to toe, her arms covered in black silky fabric that grazed the floors.
"Raise your arms just as you're leaving the building." Cinna said, looking at her. Katniss nodded and Cinna turned to me.
"Ayanna... What are we going to do with you?
He pulled the dress from the bag and it looked like Katniss'.
"Twins?"
"Ayanna, we're giving you a different name... The princess of fire."
"Princess? Why a princess?"
"Because, Katniss-"
"Because Katniss is the girl on fire. Girl. Not queen. Not princess." I protested.
"Too bad. That is the name Effie released to the press already, she thought it would 'be more dramatic and bring so many more sponsors!'." Katniss trilled in Effie's annoying accent.
I sighed.
"Same goes for you princess. Raise your arms just as you're leaving the building. None of you should be smiling or waving. At all." Cinna said.
We nodded as we walked down to the chariots.
Katniss and I were laughing and joking as we stood in the elevator with Cinna.
"Katniss I think this is the nicest I have ever seen." Cinna commented with a sly grin.
Katniss rolled her eyes.
"He has a point Catnip."
"Shut it Anna."
"Hurtful!"
Katniss and Cinna chuckled. As the doors open Cinna produced something from his coat at stopped me.
"A tiara for a princess." His whispered, placing a small black crown on my head as Katniss walked out of the elevator.
"Beautiful."
"Agreed." Three voices chorused.
I turned to see Katniss, Peeta and Gale standing next to each other.
"Aw! Guys! You're all going soft on me! Thank you!" I held up my hands forming a small heart.
I walked over to the last chariot and began stroking one of the horses.
"Hi, I don't think we've met before, Finnick Odair, district 4, tribute extraordinaire."
A tall man with bronzed hair, a tan body and sea-green eyes walked over to me and gave me a charming smile. He held out his hand and asked, "Sugar cube?"
I plucked one from his hand and brought it to my lips, eating the small cube.
"So, what's your name beautiful?"
I fought the urge to laugh.
My eyes never left his when I said, "Ayanna... But my friends call me Anna."
"So Anna, it is so terribly tragic that you have to suffer through the ordeals of the arena, maybe you can stop by my room later and I'll let you pay me in secrets... You can jump to the front of the line."
My eyes became down cast until I realized all he was wearing was a net, strategically knotted so that he couldn't be call naked... But he wasn't fully clothed either.
My eyes snapped back to his and I once again I fought the urge to laugh before evasively replying with, "I'll tell you my secrets if you tell me yours."
Finnick looked down at me, grasped my hand pressing the sugar cubes into it, and bent to whisper in my ear, "I'm paid in them and I am sure you wouldn't like my secrets, Anna."
He straightened and walked towards his own chariots.
Gale, Peeta and Katniss were at my side in seconds.
"What was that about?" Gale asked
I shrugged and looked down at my hand, noticing the three sugar cubes sitting on my upturned palm.
"Sugar cube?" I asked holding out my hand.
Katniss looked me in the eye and I held her gaze.
Katniss nodded and grabbed a sugar cube. Peeta looked at me and frowned ever so slightly.
Peeta and Gale both took one and I wiped my hand on Gale's suit.
"Really? Come on, Anna."
I gave Gale and innocent look. "I wove you, Gale!"
Gale shook his head and Katniss smiled.
"Tributes! To your chariots!"
Katniss and Gale got on the first chariot and I got in with Peeta
I thought it slightly odd but shrugged it off.
"Anna?" He asked and I nodded, "What did Finnick say to you?
"Words?"
Peeta sighed, "I don't know why Gale and Katniss thought I would be the one to get information out of you..."
"... Like I'm a criminal?" I asked as our coal black horses drew our chariots forward. I grabbed Peeta's hand and raised our arms.
I heard Peeta gasp. "Your dress. There's a Mockingjay on the back... Like Katniss' pin.
Katniss' dress had the same reaction. When I looked over at Peeta and then Gale to see their suit jacket backs doing the same as our dresses.
The Capitol crowd began screaming their heads off, screaming Katniss and Peeta's names. When they noticed Gale and I they looked at their program's shouted our names too.
I tried not to smile. I caught a glimpse of us on the giant screens. We looked beautiful. Like gods... Untouchable. It wasn't until then that I realized that Peeta and I were still holding hands.
I tried to keep my face devoid of any emotion. I slipped my hand out of Peeta's but he grabbed it again. "Please?" He whispered out of the corner of his mouth.
I barely nodded.
We pulled up in front of President Snow and Katniss and Gale looked over at us, seeing our hands clasped. Katniss had a smirk playing on her lips while Gale's eyebrows furrowed.
President Snow was talking and the cameras were trained on us, flicking over to Snow every once in a while.
As the chariots took one last lap around the square all of the focus was on district 12.
As we waited for the elevator, a woman wearing a tree, Finnick and an old lady came over to talk to us. I hiked up my dress so it was barely above my ankles, removing my shoes, bending down to pick them up.
"Anna! Dear! You were fabulous! Great job for your first chariot ride!" Finnick said walking over, making a big show of his praises.
"Finnick! Darling! You were conceited as always! Congratulations on that!" I said with a smirk, rocking back and forth on the balls of my feet.
My response pulled a good-natured laugh from Finnick, the old woman, the female tree, Gale, Peeta and Katniss. I laughed along as well.
"Seems like the princess of fire is quick witted."
"... I'm also deadly." I responded, climbing into the elevator. The tree, Gale, Katniss, Peeta and the old lady got in with us.
Finnick stood there for a second before getting into the elevator. Even though there were so many people in the elevator it was still quite roomy.
The tree woman sighed. "Hey fire princess can you unzip me?" I nodded and she turned. I grabbed the zipper at the base of her neck and pulled the zipper down.
The outfit dropped and she stood there, stark naked for the collection of people to see. Finnick and the old lady got out on the fourth floor.
"Excuse me?" I asked, holding the elevator, "But what's your name?"
"Mags." She garbled her name with other words.
"Bye Mags!" I said cheerily, waving at the elder.
She grinned back, placing a kiss on my cheek and walked away.
"She's sweet." I said leaning against the wall of the elevator.
"Keep that up and she'll favor you more than she does Finnick and Finnick is like her grandson." The woman said.
"What's your name?" Katniss asked, trying not to acknowledge the fact she was naked
"Johanna Mason, 7." She looked at all of us.
"Ayanna-"
"Amanhe. 12. I know." She shook my outstretched hand. "You look a little... Weaker than Katniss... And Katniss' sister."
The doors opened and she stepped out, carrying her costume. "See you tomorrow."
The doors closed and we shot up to the twelfth floor.
"Oh my God! You look amazing! Here take these!" Effie said excitedly, handing us each golden objects. She gave Katniss her Mockingjay pin, she placed a headband on my head that settled in, wrapping around my head.
"They call it a Bohemian Headband." She said excitedly, tapping it, the Mockingjay on it, the Mockingjay sat in the center of my forehead, gleaming.
She placed a cuff on Peeta's right wrist and a cuff on Gale's left. Both of them emblazoned with a Mockingjay.
"Seriously?" Peeta and Gale asked.
"Of course! I have a necklace and Haymitch has a cuff too! It's a team symbol!"
We nodded rolling our eyes
"Oh! Katniss and Ayanna! You'll be sharing a room! Peeta and Gale same for you."
I walked to my room that I shared with Katniss and stripped to my underwear, finding a set of clothes and taking them into the showers.
"Finally! A modest person!" Katniss shout as I got out of the bathroom, smelling like chocolate.
"It's okay Katniss... Some people just aren't as... Pure."
"Oh come on Anna, don't tease me! I already heard it from Gale and Peeta!"
I snickered, walking out of the bathroom wearing a black camisole with a built in bra, and a pair of shorts, my headpiece remaining on my forehead.
I walked out of the room I share with Katniss and sat down at the dinner table on Effie's left an empty chair.
Peeta came in and sat next to me.
"That suits you." He said simply, acknowledging my golden band, sitting next to me. Katniss and Gale walked in next to each other laughing.
"Thank you." I whispered almost inaudible.
As we ate dinner Haymitch walked in. "Anna, I need to talk to you for a second."
"What is it, Haymitch?"
"... It's important. Please-"
"Out with it!"
"Your father and brothers died in a coal mining accident!"
I felt like I was breaking inside. "If... If you'll excuse me-"
"Of course." Effie cut me off.
I walked, with all the dignity as I could muster, out of the room. The second I was clear from the dining room I ran to my room and collapsed onto the bed, tears flowing down my cheeks.
My father, Aaron, and my brothers, James, Mason and Grayson.
I don't know how long I was there... Katniss never came in.
