Chapter 1: The Unusual Happens

(A/N: Well this is my first crossover. Hope you guys enjoy. And PLEASE review.)

Katniss' POV

This day is probably the best day ever! First, on my way to go hunting I find 5 dollars on the street. Second, Gale and I almost instantly caught six fish at the small lake. Third, I shot a freaking deer! And Fourth, Gale and I found some extra time to go swimming, and when I say that I mean I swim and Gale is just standing there neck-deep in the water. It's still fun though.

Wow, when was the last time I said that? Fun. I haven't used that word for so long it didn't even sound like a word anymore.

Gale and I began a splashing war, and now he's losing. Mostly because I had the tendency to go under water and slap the front of my feet sending continuing waves at his head. Gale manages to stop me because I can feel his hands grab my ankles, he almost gave me a heart attack because I wasn't expecting it.

I immediately come up and gasp deeply for air, and when my vision clears from the water I find Gale laughing his lungs out. I spray him again with a wave of water automatically getting his attention.

"Are you insane!" I tried to sound angry but soon enough I start laughing too. We just keep laughing, like we can't stop.

"Do you hear that?" another voice in the woods asked. Gale and I instantly stopped laughing, probably stopped breathing too. The footsteps coming towards us didn't help our terror.

I can't even look at Gale for help, because I am frozen with fright. Just then a hand places on my shoulder and I scream. Wow, there's another thing I never do. Then Gale comes in front of me, and I relax. We go under water to hide from the approaching possible enemy. As my lungs shrink from the lack of air my mind races and my heart beats fast enough that I think Gale can feel the ripples it's making through the water.

Who could be up there? Maybe it's a peacekeeper, the voice was female but too low and mature to belong to little Prim whom's only 11. Heck she can't come here, she's afraid of the thought of poaching. Plus the footsteps sounded more than just one pair of feet. There were two people in our woods.

I guess I get my answer when the two pairs of boots finds their way at the edge of the lake, and now I can see their faces. One is a girl who looks about a few years older than me. She has long dark blonde hair which is pulled back that kind of matches Prim's, she also has gray eyes that match Gale and I's. She wears an orange shirt that said 'CAMP HALF-BLOOD' with an animal that's a mixture of a bird and a horse, blue long trousers, and boots that come over her ankles.

Next to the suspicious girl is a boy who looks the same age as her. He has black hair like Gale's and I's, and sea green eyes. He's wearing the same shirt as the girl with blue trousers and boots also matching the girls. I look at Gale, but he just shrugs.

I watch the pair's every move. Right now they're talking, like they're arguing, and by the looks of things the girl is winning. I give a respectable nod. Then the girl points at Gale and I's clothes, kind of embarrassing. (A/N: For those with dirty minds they are not naked! Gale is in shorts, and Katniss is in an under shirt and shorts. So take that!) The girl, who's like Ms. Inspector, picks up my father's hunting jacket. I wasn't very happy about that. She showed it to the boy and they started talking again, then gave each other disgusted looks.

They did a hand gesture that resembled a game. The girl made a fist and the boy put out two fingers, then the girl brought her fist down on the boys fingers. Then the girl put out her hand flat, and the boy made the fist. Then she covered the boy's fist. Again they play this strange game, the girl put out two fingers and the boy put his hand out flat. She spread her fingers apart and put the boy's flat hand in between them.

The boy, I think, sighs then goes back in the woods while the girl heads for the town. Once Gale and I are sure they left we swim up and gasp deeply for air.

"I wonder what they're after," says Gale.

"Yeah, well I'm not waiting to find out," I say back. I haul myself out of the lake and start to dress myself (Okay questionable statement, but I didn't mean it like that!) "So let's scare that boy off, if he finds our stash of traps and weapons he might run his mouth to the Peacekeepers."

Gale nods approvingly, and we follow the mysterious boy's tracks.

Over the years that I've known Gale we've gotten rid of bobcats, wolves, almost every kind of killing worthy animal you could think of. Except a lynx, but that's a whole different story. One I'm not necessarily proud of. Anyway, after years of looking death in the eye and the adrenaline pumping every minute of my life this is probably the scariest moment of my life. Because if Gale and I get discovered as poachers, Prim, Rory, Vick, Posy, and our mothers won't survive that long. Without Gale and I our families will starve, and Prim will be sent to a homeless shelter because our mother isn't fit to take care of her anymore after our dad died.

Trust me, I've seen so many kids from the homeless shelter at school. The depression that's permanently slumped their shoulders, the marks of angry hands across their faces, the blank stare of loneliness in their hallow eyes. That's no place for Prim, my little duck. Who cries when I cry before she even knew the reason, who brushed and braided our mother's hair every day before school, who still polishes our dad's shaving mirror every morning because he used to hate the layer of coal dust that covers everything in the Seam. The homeless shelter would crush her like a bug.

I guess I was too deep in thought because the next thing I hear is, "Katniss, look out!" suddenly I'm tackled to the ground and once I regain my focus I see that the tackler is that boy we were trying to hunt down, and now he looked hostile even more than me! And that's saying something. He pulled out a pen that turned into a bronze sword and cut me across my hand with it, it's like he's trying to kill me. I try to flip him from me but he's too heavy, but thankfully Gale picks him up and throws him over his back. I pick myself up and quickly draw my bow with the arrow for his head.

"Wait!" he yells. He raises his hands in surrender but I still don't lower my bow, "I don't want to hurt you, I need your help!"

Okay now I lower my bow, "What are you talking about, because a few minutes ago it seemed like you were trying to kill me our something!" I hold out my hand for him to look at.

The boy rubs the back of his neck, "Yeah, sorry about that. I was just testing if my sword would cut you or not."

This is getting crazy so I raise my bow again, "Why wouldn't it cut me! It's a freaking sword!"

"Because it can only cut de-...special people. But you have to leave this time and come to the pre - past to help a lot of people."

I lower my bow again and look him in the eye, "Look pal, I can't go anywhere that's outside of these woods or the district. I have a mother and a sister to feed!"

"Your sister can come too! Please the entire past depends on you."

I'm still not understanding this but I think I got some of it, "So, your saying that if I don't come with you life will end for all we know?"

The boy nods frantically, "Yes!" he glances at his watch and a sweat drop runs down his forehead, like he had something important to get to.

I look at Gale for help, and he just nods, "Do what you gotta do, Catnip," he says. Then he just walks away, weird.

I look at the boy again and he snickers, "What?!" I say louder than I had intended.

"Catnip?" the boy just keeps laughing.

"Shut up!" I snap at him, "I didn't choose that nickname , he gave it to me."

"Whatever you say," he laughs again, "Catnip."

I draw my bow at him again then fire. It lands beside him, but his face is still as white as a ghost.

"If you call me that again, I promise I won't miss," I grab his hand and pull him up.

"Well, I'm Percy, Percy Jackson. What's your name?"

"Katniss," I answer, "Katniss Everdeen."

"It's nice to meet you," Percy pulls my arrow out of the dirt and handed it to me, "Now we have to hurry, the time portal will be coming soon."

The what!? Before I could question that statement, Percy grabs my wrist and we head deep into the woods. This is definitely the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me.