Chapter 2
Hermione
Katniss looks miserable. "If only we could reverse time…" she says quietly. I realize there's a solution for this, but a complex one at that. "I can reverse it." I say quietly. "You're just saying that to make me feel better." she mumbles. "No! We can actually reverse time! But we'll have to be careful because we can't see ourselves or else they'll attack us." "You mean we can save Rue?" She jumps to her feet, looking determined. "How many hours has she been gone?" "About two." She says. I grab her and Harry together, take out my time-turner, and turn the hourglass over three times.
Katniss
Everything goes black, and I think I'm having hallucinations. The place where we are standing is how this place was two hours ago. "Come on! We've gotta run to the place where Rue is before you in the past reaches her!" Hermione yells, and I grab her and Harry's hands and run to the place where Rue had been caught in the net. Rue is running like her life depended on it. Then she trips.
Hermione
Rue, as Katniss calls her, gets stuck in a mesh net. Harry ,Katniss, and I run over to her side. I yell, "Wingardium Leviosa!" and the net floats up, freeing Rue. Rue runs over to us. "KATNISS! KATNISS!" She embraces Katniss tightly if they were lifelong friends. Then she realizes there are other beings here. "Who are you?" She asks nervously. "It's a long stor—HIDE IN THE BUSHES, RIGHT NOW!" I yell mid-sentence. Harry, Katniss, Rue and I jump into one of the bushes as the Katniss in the past runs across here. Katniss is so shocked her mouth drops open. I breathe a sigh of relief. "You can come out now." I say.
Katniss
A person who looks exactly like me runs past the bushes. My jaw drops open. Then I relax. Must have been a mutt from the Capitol to fool us. "You can come out now." Hermione says. "Who was that?" I ask. "That was you from the past." Hermione says. "WHAT!?" I yell. "Shut up!" Harry and Hermione say in unison. It's strange, how they're both so different, yet the same. "Um, what are you talking about? What do you mean by Katniss in the past? You two aren't tributes, are you? Are you from the Capitol?" Rue asks.
Author's note: Yes, I decided to save Rue. I got so worked up about her death that I decided to let Hermione bring her Time-Turner.
