Chapter Four
"Where are we then?" Peeta asks.
"I don't know," I panic.
"Let's ask that guy?" Rue suggests, pointing to a young guy about twenty-years-old with brown layered bowl-cut. He had a mischievous look in his brown eyes.
Standing beside him is an older girl who looks like his sister. She has the same brown hair and doe-eyes.
"Excuse me?" I go up to them.
"Yeah?" he says in a weird accent, I'm assume that's how people here talk.
"Is this England?" I ask.
"Sort of. It's a part of England," he explains.
"So we made it," I told them, relieved that we were finally safe.
"From where?" the girl asks asks.
"Umm, from..." I try to lie.
"Your a terrible liar," the guy says, grinning a bit.
I sigh, "Panem," I admit.
"You mean the place where they have the Hunger Games?" she asks.
"Yeah," I say.
"I've heard about that. How did you escape?" the girl asks.
"Wait a sec, how do we know that they aren't from the capitol?" Finch inquires suspiciously.
"Please, we don't even know that they know anything about Panem outside of the Hunger Games," I answer.
"Actually we do. Our mother escaped from Panem," the boy says.
"Really? Can you take us to her?" Peeta asks.
"She's a bit unstable, but we can," the girl says.
On the way to the brother and sister's house, we find out their names were Simon and Bluebell. They were six years apart from each other, making Simon 15 and Bluebell 20. Their mother was a Hunger Games Tribute from District 1 in the 50th Hunger Games, the one where the male tribute from District 6, Titus resorted to cannibalism.
After the cannibalism had occurred, she realized that she could not take the brutality of it all. So she piloted a hovercraft after they lifted her because she appeared dead and knocked the hovercraft pilots out with a poisoned earring she had snuck into the game, after all, she was a career tribute.
We finally get to their house. We finally get to their house. It's a change from what I'm used to in District 12. It's a white little cottage with a evergreen, manicured lawn and a white picket fence.
Standing inside is a blond woman who looks like she may have been beautiful once. Now she looks like she has gone through much wear-and-tear. She is standing by a Dutch-door, looking out the top part.
"There you are," she states. "You were supposed to be back an hour ago,"
"Sorry momma. But we found some people today that you may like to meet," Simon explains himself.
"This is Katniss, Peeta, Rue, Bowen, and Finch," Bluebell introduces us.
"Those sound like names from Panem," the mother attentively replies.
"We escaped from the Hunger Games," I tell her.
"Wait a minute; how do I know you're from Panem?" she asks.
"Ask them what each of the Districts produce mom," Bluebell suggests.
"Good idea," she says. "What does districts 1, 7,and 8 produce?"
"District 1 produces luxury items such as gold and cashmere. 7 produces lumber. And 8 produces textiles," Peeta answers.
"What is the quote they say before picking the tributes?" their mother asks again.
"May the odds be ever in your favour," we all say at once.
"You really are escapees from my homeland!" their mother exclaims joyfully.
"Well, come in," she offers.
A large dog comes out barking at us.
"Cerberus! Be nice," Bluebell orders.
"Can I get you anything?" the mother asks welcomingly.
"Yeah, sure," Bowen says.
"Bowen. You're supposed to say 'no thank you'?" Finch tells him.
"Well what? I'm starving," the mop-headed boy says.
"It's okay," the mother assures Finch.
"So tell me," she says, "How did you escape?".
We tell her about my volunteering for Prim, the pact that Rue, Bowen, and Finch had made prior to the games, the double victory, and our escape on the plane. She was captivated by our tale of woe and victory.
"I should take you to the Prime Minister," she says.
We all look afraid.
"No don't worry. He won't hurt you," she assures. "We'll have him come over here".
We still look leery of the country's leader, afraid he's like Snow.
"Don't worry, he's nice. You'll like him," Bluebell says
"Alright," we give up.
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So that's the end of Chapter Four. I hope you like it and thanks for reading. And stay tuned for Chapter Five. And thank you to Medusa's pen for being my first and faithful reviewer, and hopefully, I will get many more reviews.
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Ally