A/N Hey I Updated! This is all Peeta's POV, and I wanted to add Katniss, but I decided to wait until next chapter. NOW ON TO THE STORY!

Peeta

It feels as though my body is frozen. I am so cold, and I think I can't move my face. I wonder where I am? I fell asleep in a warm bed next to Katniss...Katniss! Suddenly the events of last night come flooding back to me. Katniss is not here anymore.

Instead of the infinite amount of sadness and fear exploding in my heart, I feel as though I am about to burst with rage. Almost all my rage turns towards Gale. He took away the girl I love, and he is going to pay. But then some of the rage turns towards me. Why was I so stupid? Couldn't I have woken up before he took her away?

I feel a sharp pain shoot up my leg. I lift my face off the ground, and turn my head so I can see who is kicking me. At first all I see is a black shoe, but then I see an outline of a sturdy man. Haymitch.

"I read the note. I went into the house to get myself some breakfast, and I saw the note lying on the counter. Is it true? Is Katniss...Gone?" He says slowly, clearly still trying to take it all in. Oddly enough, he seems sober. He probably thought he needs to hold it together for me.

"Yes...Katniss is gone," I say, while peeling myself off the ground. "I woke up in the middle of the night, expecting to find her right next to me, and...the bed was empty. As if she was never there. I went down to the kitchen, and I saw the note. I ran out here, and...I guess I tripped." I whisper while looking at him. He heard me though, you can tell by the awkward shuffle of his feet.

"Let's go home, and we'll talk," he says, finally looking up. I nod, and dust off all the dirt I had on my clothes. We walk back to the Victors' Village in silence. When we enter my house, I immediately head towards the counter to look at the note.

I read it over again, and the sadness overwhelms me. I half hoped Katniss would come hopping down the stairs, laughing from her joke that she played on me. But she's not there. I put my head in my hands, trying to picture myself living a life without Katniss. I just...can't though. Without her, a part of me is missing. My heart goes wherever she goes.

Haymitch clears his throat, trying to get my attention. I lift my face from my hands, and I glance at him. But, he has no patience, and grabs my arm, lifting my whole body from the seat I was sitting on. I grab my arm from his grasp, and yell at him, "What do you want from me?"

"Peeta, you and Katniss are my family. We need to be strong for Katniss, in order to get her back to you, so you can't just lose yourself in grief. We will get Katniss back." Haymitch says confidently. But how can he be so sure?

I just nod, and decide I need something to do to keep my mind focused. I can tell Haymitch's hungry, and my stomach certainly doesn't object, so I decide to make pancakes. Katniss says I always bake pancakes to perfection. I shake my head, trying to clear my thoughts and focus them.

I bake the pancakes, with my cleared mind, and they turn out golden. I grab two plates from a cupboard, and hand a plate full of pancakes to Haymitch. He grabs them, and devours them quickly. Just like Katniss. They really are very alike.

"So here's the plan," Haymitch begins, sternly, "We are going to President Paylor after I call her today, assuming she lets us go to the Capitol. Now we are bringing the note that Gale gave you as evidence. Also, this is not the most important issue to the new Capitol. It may be number one priority to us, but they won't tolerate us if we get out of hand. There is a chance though, that it wasn't Gale who took her. You never know." He finishes with a nod.

I need Katniss with me. My life is empty now, because she's no longer here. But I need to be strong for her. I have to be.

Hours later, when Haymitch has left already, I am on the couch surrounded by blankets. I focus all my thoughts on saving Katniss from her nightmare. It is beginning to be nighttime, and already things are becoming darker. The night is definitely not as bright as last night.

Then, I hear a something odd outside. I think I hear a person tripping into the primrose bushes. I look out the window, and I immediately see a small figure outside. It's a girl. My heart leaps, thinking it might be Katniss, but instead I see a girl with fair hair like me. I can't make out any of her features, but I do see she has blue eyes. The mysterious girl looks at me alarmingly, and she runs away quickly. I wonder who she is?

I dread to go upstairs in the bed tonight. Katniss is no longer there to protect me from the nightmares.

I don't know how I am going to survive tonight.

A/N Who do you think the mysterious girl is? She is a BIG part of this story, but she kinda disappears at one point...Anyways, PLEASE REVIEW!