A/N

Serenity's going on Hituas for a while, mainly because of the requested continuation if Breakaway. And Serenity is semi-hard to write. Anyone have any ideas? PM please :)

Thanks to all the reviews, and added alerts. I've never got so much praise for alittle over 3,000 words.

Thanks! Your requests are what make me continue!

Special thanks to the following:

I'mDifferent-GetOverIt

Fangs1girl

Emm5683

K

and Deathblossom Icicle

I can't thank them all enough!

And all the readers!

Thank you!

Chapter Four

The woods seemed longer, and more trechorus then it had ever been. Even walking with Gale didn't make it seem any safer. I felt with every step we took, something would eventually get in our way. Typical Katniss. Prim stood close by to Posy, looking out for the girl and watching her step. I felt relived. At least everyone else is enjoying themselves, I thought as we made a turn. Suddenly, the electric fence we had just passed, was long gone. The skyline of District 12 was gone as well. We were no longer home. We were in the ruins of thr forbidden district. District 13.

"Whoa." Posy and Prim said at once. They had never been anywhere outside of the district, but had heard so much of this district. Gale giggled lighly as he took command over both girls and started showing them points of interest along the route. I smiled. Gale had a way of connecting with his sister and Prim, way more then I could. It would be a valuable skill, especially along this trip.

"Hey Katniss, you're gonna wanna see this!" Gale exclaimed. I ran toward them, and gazed at his discovery.

It was a whole field, filled entirely with wild vegatbles, ripe fruit trees, and wheat as far as the eye could see.

We hit the jackpot.

"C'mon! We have to gather some of this!" I shouted, running toward the endless field. Gale and the girls followed, and giggled, happy for some excitement. I hurriedly stuffed a few wild carrots into a large burlap sack I had brought along, and the others began to do so, as well. Soon we had enough food to last us our entire journey, thanks to Gale.

"Gale, you're a lifesaver! We have so much food! This is amazing!" Prim said, hugging the boy, before sharing some blueberries with Posy.

"Thank you, Bwother!" Posy shouted, repeating Prim's actions. We both laughed. The girls had streaks of blue smeared all over their mouths. For the first time in a long time, I smiled directly at Gale. He was making the trip seem easy. With his skill, I knew this was going to be a worthwhile adventure.

"Lets cover more ground before nightfall." Gale said, with a hint of worry in his voice.

"Gale what's wro-"

Then it hit me. At nightfall, they'd be looking for us. Us, being Prim, Gale and I. I suddenly knew that we had to leave here. Now.

"As fast as possible. We have to move girls. Now. No exceptions. Hurry!" I said, gripping Prim's hand and racing away from the ruins. Gale and Posy followed behind. After each step, I felt like my heart was about to explode in my chest. If the Capitol found out about our escape, and they found us as well, we'd be dead. Worse then dead if that was even possible.

If we got caught, Gale and I might be excuted, Prim put in jail, and Posy sent to one of the community homes. It was a scary thought. Knowing the Capitol, they wouldn't even be nice enough to just let us die, quick and easy. They'd do something horrible. We'd be Avoxes. Avoxes are servants to the Capitol. Some might think "Hey being a servant would be better then being dead, right?" But its not. Avoxes are punished by betraying the Capitol, so if we became Avoxes, it wouldn't be like being someone's maid. They cut off your tounge. You can't speak, and you stay at the Capitol's Training center, and wait on tributes. The thought of Posy as an Avox was too shocking for words. She and Prim were too young and fragile.

After running for what seemed like forever, Gale told me we were almost out of Panem. I felt a surge of relief go through my body. Disiplinary action only took place in Panem, so if we did escape, we'd be scott-free. I sucked in huge amounts of air after running. I stumbled over, and Gale set me down on a rock.

"Katniss, you don't look so well. You're turning pale!" Prim shrieked, fanning my face. I pushed her hand away.

"Relax, I'm fine." I protested, as I stood up to show them. I felt weaker then before, and fell back down.

"And you call that fine, Catnip?" Gale said, sarcastically. I glared at him, before focusing back on myself. I rested for another minute, then insisted that we kept on going. Gale and Prim slowly helped me regain my balance, and soon enough, I started walking as I would normally.

"See, I told you it was nothing. Now lets move." I said, walking ahead of the others.

"What's the rush? We have all day!" Gale said. I rolled my eyes in defeat.

"Let's just go, ok? Starying here for the night doesn't sound like a good idea, you know?" I leaned in and whispered to Gale.

"If we don't leave fast enough, the Peacekeepers might catch up to us!" Gale nodded, then lead us past the field and the barren district.

While we worried, Prim and Posy just took in the sights, as if they didn't have a care in the world, a feeling that I wished I could have now. Worrying only made things worse. Especially in a situation like ours. Just as we were about to leave the district, I was hit by a dizzy spell.

"Katniss, are you ok?" Gale said before reaching his hand out.

"Yeah I'm fin-"

Gale's face was gone. His voice sounded far away and faded. What happened? Slowly, but graudally, everything vanished before me. Soon, I couldn't even hear the sound of my own thoughts.

Was I dead?

Gale

"Katniss?" I shouted, as Prim continually scurried behind me.

Katniss had just passed out, and none of us knew what to do. Having to be the mature one, I took control over the girls.

"Is she okay?" Prim asked, worry in her eyes. I nodded, then carefully lifted Katniss into my arms, trying not to drop her.

"Alright, District 13 ends here. We're further away from District 12 then any of us has ever been in our lives. Stay together, and don't run off like Katniss did. Ok?"

Prim and Posy nodded, as I lead the way out of the district. As it ended, we all stared in amazement. Panem was behind us. There was nothing to come in our way anymore. I kept walking, hoping that'd we'd eventually find a place to stay for the night. I couldn't make the girls walk forever, and Katniss would need rest to, concious or not. However, I did want to go alittle further. If we could walk just a few more miles, there could be an empty house for us to use. Then we'd sleep, wake up, eat what we collected earlier, and head off. Surely the plan would work.

As if reading my mind, Prim stepped up.

"Gale I see something in the distance. It looks like a cabin! We should stay there." Posy and I agreed, as we quickened our pace, and made it to the abandoned cabin in less then an hour. Prim and Posy hurried ahead, wanting to look inside it. When they returned, they were both happy and excited.

"Gale! The cabin's really nice! And its really really big! Plus there's enough beds for all of us! Theres even things we could use too!"

I smiled. With Panem behind us, shelter ahead of us, and nothing else to worry about, things were looking up. Katniss chose the wrong time to pass out. I thought as I placed her on a bed, and helped feed the girls. After eating, the three of us fooled around outside, then came back in, and fell asleep.

A/N

Four Chapters.

Six reviews.

1 favorite,

and 3 alerts and subsciptions?

Yup that's Breakaway!

I honestly didn't think that this story would be anything. When I wrote it, it was just a random, kind of stupid sounding idea at first. I though it'd end up like my first fic, Serenity, but then the reviews kept coming. There were more readers each day, and people wanting me to to my readers, Breakaway is almost topping Serenity with vistors. Thank you so much! Its you guys that made Breakaway so awesome! I only contribute to the awesomeness!

I can't thank you all enough! (LOL, This sounds like this is the last chapter. Don't worry, I'll be writing even when I'm like ninety something, with a bunch of cats or whatever.)

xoxoxo~Serenity Coltheart~xoxoxo