:|~|:Chapter 2:|~|:
"i dont think the guards saw us," Katniss said as we ran into the forest. "now let's get this over with."
"theres no need," I retort. "I can take care of myself1!" I take her to my house by the lake. "ssee? I've already got a house and everything and...WAHT THE FUCK?" i bellow as a giant mangy vulture with foot-long claws bursts through the roof. Others follow it, and they all head towards Katniss and I. While I flee the clearing, Katnis stays and tries to down as many as she can. "Come on you idiot!" I shout at her.
Katniss starts to run out of arrows and follows me as the vultures get tired and fly back into the house. "They're mutts. They're too numerous to kill right now. You'll have to abandon that old thing."
"BUT WHERE AM i GONNA LIVE?"
THERES ANOTHER CLEARING, my voice tells me. A MILE TO THE EAST. GO NOW.
"what's wrong with you?" Katniss says to me as I begin walking east.
I turn to her with a look of serenity. "Just follow me."
After a few minutes of walking, we step out into another clearing. The grass is greener here than it was in my old clearing, theres much more space and plenty of trees and rocks and even a cute little pond. "I want to live here!" I declare.
GOOD CHOICE!
"you might as well," says Katniss. "now what do you know about traps?"
Every day for a week, Katniss came out to the woods to help me. I built a fire and set a pot over it. After that I put up a tent that was much warmer than the drafty old cabin had been. I set up a box trap, and it took only a few minutes to catch a rabbit. I cooked it over the fire, ripped out one of the bones and sharpened it into a new knife. Katniss lets me kep it, but she also wants me to learn the bow and arrow. We set up some targets, and she shows me how to draw the string back. "yOU JUST have to think about what you're doing."
NO! DONT THINK. FEEL THE POWER OF THE STRING. FOCUS ON WHERE YOU WANT IT TO GO.
I follow the advice of my voice, and I get a bulls eye everytime I shoot. Katniss looks annoyed at first, but she soon covers it up. "Good work."
After an afternoon of practicing, I decide that I"m ready. I take the bow and arrows Ive made and go to my old clearing. "COME ON OUT YOU STUPID MUTTS!" I shout, throwing rocks at the house. The vultures fly out and head straight for me, but I'm ready. Drawing my bow, I start shooting arrows and manage to down all of them.
"about time someone did that," Katniss tells me as we eat one of the mutts that evening. "They were carrying people off. The peacekeepers weren't gonna do anything about it."
"yeah, fuck the peacekeepers. I just want to be left alone."
"you know, we've all got to work together out here. You should use your talents to help."
"i'll think about it," I say, leaning back and looking at the stars. Right now, I just want to enjoy my little paradise.
PLease tell me how I'm doing, okay? :)