President Snow

Kate,

Something's happening. In the Capitol everything's quiet and normal, nothing new there. But in the districts something's happening, I can see it. I know right now that I'm going to struggle getting this letter to you because of it. But we need to talk. I'm keeping this letter short because I want to explain everything better in person. Meet me in the usual place at the usual time on the usual day. I'll see you soon.

Finnick

Kate opened the crumpled piece of paper and read the newest letter that Finnick had sent to her. Ever since Kate had won the Hunger Games and met Finnick, they'd been great friends. He'd helped her in her time of need, so obviously she was hardly going to completely ignore him after she returned home alive. Though they didn't speak frequently, they sent the odd letter back and forth and they always met up whenever either of them were in the Capitol or each other's district; this included the Victory Tour, the Capitol Party, the fashion show that Kate holds in the Capitol every year and when they're mentoring for the Hunger Games. Nobody knows of their friendship, besides Haymitch. Somehow they had managed to keep it quiet for the 6 years that's past since Kate won the Hunger Games. But really she wouldn't mind everyone knowing, since for some reason she was lately starting to see Finnick as more than a friend. She and Finnick were both currently loved by the capitol, so why wouldn't they be the perfect pair? The Capitol would love it. But then again, they both hate the Capitol and the people who live in it, so why would that matter?

Sighing after Kate read the note, she quickly ripped it into tiny pieces and threw it into the bin - this way nobody would be able to read it. Sending letters to people in another district isn't usually allowed, but because of the endless amount of money she and Finnick both have, they somehow managed to get it to each other by befriending and bribing peacekeepers. Though, like Finnick said, it's becoming harder to send letter's to each other as things were changing in the districts. There had been whispers in District 12 that an uprising was beginning. Obviously this could just be rumours,.. But Kate was definitely curious to know more about it, as she would jump at any possibility to take down the Capitol once and for all. Despite being loved by practically all of the Capitol, she loathes everything in it. The clothes they wear look ridiculous and they're all self-centered, oblivious, arrogant, wealthy people who don't give a crap about the poor people dying in the districts. Kate herself was one of those people once, which is why her hatred for them is so strong.

Back 10 years ago, around the time that Finnick won the 65th Hunger Games, a coal mining accident happened in District 12. Though they were always very frequent there - as the mines were dangerous and the worst job you could possibly have - that accident was the worst so far since it had the most casualties. Kate's father had been a casualty in that accident and had sadly died a few days later, leaving her an orphan since her mother had died when she was born. At the time, Kate should have gone to an orphanage since she had no money and wasn't old enough to live by herself. But the Everdeen family had been kind enough to allow Kate to join their family, since and Mr. Anderson had been great friends since they were young. Katniss, who was 5 years younger than Kate, immediately become friends with Kate, which was strange for Katniss. This was mostly because Kate was the one who took over 's job of teaching Katniss how to hunt. Together, back in those days, they had always gone out hunting together to provide food for the rest of the Everdeen family, since straight after had died the family had been starving for a while. Ever since, Katniss and Kate had always been best friends and though neither of them would admit it, they saw each other as sisters.

Because the Everdeen family saw Katelyn as another member of the family, all of them were extremely upset and distressed when Kate was reaped to take part in the 69th annual Hunger Games. Katniss had only been 11 at the time and Prim only 7. Back then, Kate still saw Katniss as being two young to go out into the woods on her own, so when Gale visited her to saw goodbye she made him promise to go help Katniss retrieve game from the woods since Gale was 2 years older than her and more experience. Her reasons for this were mostly down to the fact that Kate didn't believe she would actually ever return to District 12. But of course, because of Finnick, she did. Though the games still haunted her to this very day and even after 6 years, she still had frequent nightmares every night where she would wake up screaming. Nobody knew about them as she lived alone in the Victors Village, but she didn't want anyone to think of her as being weak. Kate was a strong girl. But even the strongest can't truly survive the games...

One thing that had annoyed and angered Kate a lot was the fact that when she did return home from the games, she was forced to move out of the Everdeen house and they weren't allowed to move with her since they weren't blood related. Though Kate was still classed as an orphan, Panem - for some strange, stupid reason - saw her as having enough money to live by herself and disallowed her from letting the Everdeen family stay with her. Though Kate still went out to hunt with Katniss and Gale, she could only sneak money to the Everdeen's and the Hawthorne's every so often, since if anyone found out then she would be arrested. Kate had always felt - since she was 11 - that she owed her life to the Everdeen family as she would have probably never survived in an orphanage, which is why it infuriated her that she couldn't repay them back with the money and home she'd been given after winning the games. That was until of course, Katniss won the hunger games herself.

Mentoring Katniss with Haymitch for the 74th annual Hunger Games had been one of the hardest things she'd ever had to in her life. Every night Kate had, had to cry herself to sleep since Katniss had volunteered for Prim, which was something she hadn't done since her father had died. Though Kate was glad it was Katniss going into the Games rather than Prim - because Prim wouldn't stand a chance at surviving - Kate still wished that it had never have had to happen to the Everdeen family. They definitely did not deserve to lose another member of their family. Finnick had been there at the time to comfort Kate about the situation, but that had hardly helped. Nothing could have helped at the time. For days she'd tried her hardest to train Katniss as much as possible, just like Finnick had trained her. Luckily, to her great relief, Katniss and Peeta had both won. But that was the big problem that was sending the Districts into outrage, their had been Two Victors and they had defied the Capitol. If a mere 16 year old girl could do it then why couldn't the districts?

Finnick

I know something's wrong since I can see it too. It's being happening ever since Katniss and Peeta won the games. I really doubt this letter is actually going to make it to you but if you are reading this, then I promise to be there. See you soon.

Kate

Kate scribbled down the note in her usual scrawny hand writing, then folded the letter into a small envelope, not bothering to write Finnick's name on the front of it. Grabbing her furry coat off of the coat rack by her front door, she headed out and down District 12 towards the peacekeepers head quarters where she would get the head peacekeeper to send it down to District 4. District 12's peacekeeper, Cray, had always been very lenient and was a friend of Kate, since he was always the one who sent the letters for her. Kate had no idea how he actually managed to get the letter to district 4, but somehow he always did. Though Cray was infamous for buying younger women for the night, he had never showed any sign of this to Kate and he'd always been a friend. She believed this was mostly down to the fact that her father and Cray had been good friends.

The errand didn't take long and Cray was in his usual place so he was easy to find. He promised to have it delivered by the next morning which was when the Victory Tour would commence in District 11. Kate could sense that this Victory Tour would be the worse yet as the other Districts weren't happy with Katniss and Peeta and would probably try and cause trouble while they were there. Though Kate knew it would be more stressing for Katniss and Peeta themselves, she was extremely worried about them. Katniss was no doubt going to be put in danger if the riots didn't quiet down and Kate didn't want to lose the girl who was practically her sister.

As Kate headed back to Victors Village, she suddenly realized that the camera's would be coming today to film Katniss and Peeta's reunion. During all the worrying about the uprising, she had practically forgotten about it all. So figuring that Haymitch would definitely not be awake and probably have a hangover, she decided to head over to his house to make sure he was ready for the 'most exciting event' of the year so far - or so the Capitol believed anyway. Kate knew that Katniss couldn't understand why the Capitol were so obsessed with her and Peter's love story, but Kate could. Victors were always classed as big celebrities in the Capitol and if you played your cards right then everyone would love you there - Kate herself was loved in the Capitol because she held a fashion show there, even though she only did it now because it gave her another chance to meet up with Finnick.

Haymitch's house was no different to hers as all of the houses in Victors Village were an exact replica of each other; they each had the same furniture and same design. When she entered the house without knowing, Kate looked straight ahead and found Haymitch asleep on the table with empty bottles around him. Ever since the 50th Hunger games, before Kate was born, all Haymitch had ever done after that was drink. He would never change. Though he and Kate had managed to form some sort of friendship, which usually included throwing insults back and forth at each other.

" Haymitch! Get your lazy ass up, it's showtime soon!" Kate shouted at him, circling around the table Haymitch was asleep on. As usual, Haymitch didn't wake or even bat an eyelid even though the whole street would have probably heard Kate. Rolling her eyes, she walked over to the kitchen and filled a large glass of water before returning to the dining area and throwing it over Haymitch, chuckling as she did.

" Arghh!" Haymitch screamed, his eyes shooting open. " What the hell did you do that for?" Now sopping wet, he was stood up from the table and glaring angrily at Kate.

" Well I didn't want you to miss the fabulous reunion that I know you've been so excited to see!" Kate exclaimed sarcastically, holding back another giggle as the water dripped from Haymitch's shoulder length blonde hair.

" You didn't have to give me pneumonia to wake me up!" Haymitch shouted again.

" Of course I did! What would be the fun in shaking you awake? God Haymitch you can be so boring sometimes," Kate said, winking at him playfully.

" And you're a 21 year old with a 5 year olds mind!" Haymitch threw back, obviously not yet awake enough or sober enough to come up with a good insult to throw back at Kate.

" Cut the crap Haymitch and get dressed. If you want someone to baby you then get angel Peets to help," Kate said with a smirk planted upon her face.

" Help with what?" All attention was turned to Peeta as he walked into the dining room with a confused expression.

" Just make sure the babies ready for show time Peets," Kate told him. Ever since he'd first been reaped for the 74th Hunger Games, Kate had always called him 'Peets'. She didn't really know why but once she said the nickname once, it stuck. Katniss had always found it funny.

" Ok," was all Peeta replied dully as Kate walked out of the front house slamming the door behind her. Next stop, the new Everdeen household. Thanfully, after 5 years the Everdeen's had finally been able to move next door to Kate's house, meaning she could live with her family again. It was easier now that Kate didn't have to sneak them money or food since they now had more than enough to feed the whole of District 12. But Kate wasn't going to the Everdeen house to help Katniss get ready as she knew this would be pointless and boring, she was going because she wanted to go hunting with Katniss before they left for the Victory Tour. It would no doubt calm Katniss' nerves down and Kate knew it could be the last time they ever hunted there again.

" Katniss! You ready to go -" Kate called while entering through the front door, not bothering to knock. However she was interrupted before she could finish her sentence.

" Katelyn what a lovely surprise! What brings you here?" Mrs Everdeen interrupted her in an oddly bright voice that she never usually spoke in. A frown formed on Kate's face as she froze at the doorway.

" Where's Katniss and what's going on?" She asked in a more serious voice now, slightly worried.

" President Snow decided to honor us by visiting our house," Mrs Everdeen replied and Kate froze in shock. This was no doubt to do with the riots, meaning that President Snow was going to threaten Katniss. However, before she could dwell on that thought, the door of the study opened revealing President Snow.

" Ahh Miss Anderson, what a lovely surprise. You were just the person I was wanting to see," President Snow spoke very politely, keeping his voice controlled and elegant.

" President Snow. It's a great honor to see you again. You wish to speak to me?" Kate spoke in the same polite, posh voice she used to speak to people in the Capitol. While living or visiting the Capitol she was never herself, she always had to put on an act and think about what she said before she said it. This she had learnt over the 5 years since she had won.

" Yes, shall we return to your house?" Snow suggested, gesturing towards the door.

" Actually it would be better to stay here as afterwards I am going to help Katniss choose an outfit for tonight's reunion. With my fashion expertise she wished for my help as well as Cinna's," Kate replied. She tried to hide the fact that she was lying through her teeth but President Snow was smart enough to know she was lying. He always knew when she was. However, he didn't object and lead her through into the study which Katniss was just leaving. Kate smiled reassuringly at Katniss - as she had an extremelly panicked look on her face - before Katniss left the room, closing the door behind her.

" I have a problem, Miss Anderson," President Snow spoke first after a few moments of silence. The projector on the desk was currently playing the scene of Katniss and Peeta with the berries over and over again. Instantly Kate knew what this problem was but pretended to be oblivious.

" A problem, sir?" She asked with fake confusion.

" Either you have seen or being told Miss Anderson that I have a problem with the Districts. A problem that started after Miss Everdeen and Mr Mellark threatened to eat the berries in the arena," Despite obviously being angry about this, President Snow managed to keep his voice calm and collected as if he was talking to an old friend.

" I don't know what you're talking about sir," Kate lied, quickly forming a frown on her face.

" Don't lie!" President Snow snapped, for a second losing his peaceful demeanor. " I think we've known each other long enough now to be able to tell each other the truth," And just like that, his true colours were hidden yet again.

" The Districts have been uprising. I've heard whispers about it," Kate admitted, looking away from President Snow's face.

" And do you know why Miss Anderson?" Kate pretended to think for a moment before shaking her head in answer. But again, this was a lie as she knew exactly what was causing the riots. Katniss Everdeen herself. She defied the Capitol. Nobody defies the Capitol. " People have hope. Katniss Everdeen has given them that hope. Do you know how I'm going to stop this Miss Anderson?"

" By killing her and everyone she loves to prove the Capitol's strength?" Kate suggested, her polite voice wavering. This thought had obviously been swimming around in Snow's mind otherwise he wouldn't have been here. The only thing stopping him was the fact that therevwould be an uprising in the Capitol if Katniss died.

" I don't want to kill her. I want us all to be friends and if not friends, acquaintances Miss Anderson. I'm sure Miss Everdeen is going to do everything in her power to help. Which brings me to the problem I have with you, Miss Anderson?" Kate instantly froze when she heard this and stared at President Snow for a second, who still had the malicious but innocent look in his eyes.

" Me, sir?" Kate asked in, yet again, a confused tone.

" You see Miss Anderson. I have eyes everywhere. You and Mr Odair are becoming a problem for me too. A problem that could continue the uprisings even if Miss Everdeen fulfills her promise," Snow said, pressing a button on the monitor. The scene suddenly changed from Katniss and Peeta, to Kate and Finnick sitting closely together on the roof of the tributes living quarters. Kate held back a gasp as she saw this and stayed silent, trying to diminish the fear swimming in her mind.

" I've never had chance to thank you for helping me," Kate,on the screen, spoke softly, her voice filled with terror. The pair were sat closely together, their arms brushing as they sat watching the stars.

" Oh don't worry, I figured all your sarcastic comments were your way of saying thanks," Finnick said and Kate chuckled to herself.

" I'm not that heartless you know," Kate said, glancing at his face where she spotted his deep green eyes sparkling in the dim moonlight.

" I know. You're scared and sarcasm is your defense mechanism. Although its not very good sarcasm, I might need to train you more on that when you win," Finnick said, smirking arrogantly to himself. Though Kate had already learnt that Finnicks arrogant act was a fake one. He was much generally quite sweet.

" Fear is a bad thing. It means I have a less likely chance of coming back which means you won't be able to teach me your awful sense of humour,"

" Poor me," Finnick replied sarcastically causing Kate to giggle. " You're strong Kate but your not fearless. The careers have no fear, which makes them arrogant. But you... Fear makes you brave, which is what makes you the strongest," A small smile formed on Kate's face as he said this. Nobody had ever said anything as sweet as that to her before, in ways it reminded her of the compliments her father use to give her; always changing her bad qualities into good ones.

" Wow. That was soft-hearted for an arrogant career with no fear," Kate said. " Hey that rhymes," She muttered to herself afterwards and Finnick laughed at her stupidity.

" So I say something sweet that came from the bottom of my arrogant heart and you use sarcasm to thank me? Typical..." Finnick said, shaking his head and Kate placed a hand on his shoulder.

" I'm sorry. That was very sweet and I will definitely bare that in mind when someone kills me," Kate said seriously this time. For a moment Finnick stared at the hand on his shoulder before he lent in as if he was about to kiss her, but instead put his mouth to her ear. In those few seconds Kate's heart beat faster than it ever had be for and warm tingles spread throughout her body, a feeling that she had never experienced before.

" Nobody's going to kill you, girl who glows. Your the Victor," Finnick whispered softly in her ear before kissing her on the cheek and pulling away. Flushing a bright red, Kate stood up as Finnick did and brushed the dust off her 'Capitolised' - as she liked to call it- clothes. " Now get some sleep otherwise I'll have to kill you myself. You can't be tired for the even of the year tommorow," Finnick's voice changed back to its usual cheery and arrogant tone as he strutted his way back to the door and down to his room.

The monitor turned off and Kate stayed silent in awe. Snow stared at her with a triumphant smirk upon his face, a smirk that greatly annoyed Katelyn.

" That was 5 years ago. He was trying to seduce me like every other woman in the Capitol," Kate objected after a few moments, knowing that she could only try to convince Snow that there wasn't something going on between them, but Snow would never believe her.

" I thought we agreed not to lie Miss Anderson," Snow responded, his voice turning angry and slightly violent. " You and Mr Odair have met up in secret and have been sending letters back and forth to each other for 5 years, Miss Anderson,"

" How do you -" Kate started but again she was interrupted.

" I already told you Miss Anderson, I have eyes everywhere," Snow said, tilting his head slightly to the side to await her reaction. " If you wish to comply then I suggest you and Mr Odair do not contact each other and if you don't comply... then you already know what will happen," Fear and anger both entered Kate's eyes at the same time as she glared at President Snow hatefully.

" What does mine a Finnick's friendship have to do with anything?" Kate snapped, abandoning her polite voice as the anger raised within her.

" The two of you are the strongest, unlikeliest Victors to have ever survived the games Miss Anderson. If the two of you publicize what will soon be a new relationship then it gives strength to the rebels. The two people who are most loved by the Capitol cannot defy the Capitol by starting a relationship that will never be allowed, as you are both from different districts, without giving strength to the rebels. Which is why I suggest you comply otherwise there will be severe consequences," Snow threatened, in the same angry tone that Kate had used to speak to him.

" Your system must be very weak if it can be destroyed by two pairs of lovers," Kate commented as she contemplated this agreement in her mind. She would have to tell Finnick and warn him when they arrived in District 4 for the Victory Tour.

" It is. But when broken it will equal thousands upon thousands of your people dead Miss Anderson. And neither you nor I would want that," Snow said.

" Agreed,"

" That will be all Miss Anderson as you no doubt have to aid Miss Everdeen in choosing her dress for tonight. Do remember this conversation while you're visiting District 4," Kate froze again as he said this and stayed as still as possible as he gracefully fled from the room, bidding goodbye to Mrs Everdeen.

How the hell did Snow know about mine and Finnicks friendship? Was what fearfully ran through Kate's mind as he left.

Thank you so much for reading the first chapter! I really hope you enjoyed it and like the greater insight to Katelyn's relationship with some of our favourite Hunger Games charecters! Next chapter, for the first time, you will meet Finnick in the present! Update will come soon! Please review and tell me what you think and if you've enjoyed reading so far then please follow and favourite!

-DareToDream