AN:/ So here's chapter four. Kind of fillery again. I apologize for grammar and mechanics lol not my strong suit. Reviews are always welcome:)
I stare awestruck at the door. Peeta really just left me. We were kissing and it was beautiful and wonderful, and I guess getting a little more heated than last time and then he just left!
The sting of rejection I feel running through me hurts. I never thought it was something I would have felt from Peeta. I want to go home. I don't want to be here or around that stupid boy ever again. I take off out the door.
I'm blindly running through the Neverwood when I collide with a body. I look up and see the most repulsive man I have ever had the misfortune to lay my eyes upon. He's an older gentleman only not really. His white hair and puffy lips, his snake like eyes, everything about this man contradicts itself. He's old and young at the same time. The reek of roses seems to come from his very being. This must be Snow.
"Ahh, what do we have here." He says. "I think Mellark's friend has finally come out to play."
I look behind him and see a boy, or man maybe about my age. He's fairly handsome but there's something not right about him either. He has a very dark quality that seems to smother his very being.
"So, Miss Everdeen, I believe it is, why has dear Peeta let you out of his sight." The man I assume must be Snow says.
"He flew off in a hurry, sir. Maybe she upset him." The young man says.
"Did you upset him?" The old man asks me. I look away ashamed. I did upset him and I have no idea how I managed it.
"Oh, how rude of me. I haven't introduced myself. My name is Coriolanus Snow, the current overseer of this little island. And this is my young apprentice Cato." He says to me.
I just look at him incrediously. He turns to Cato and says something indecernable. The next thing I know, Cato has me in his arms and we're tromping through the jungle.
"Umm, excuse me, but where are you taking me?" I ask.
"Oh, to my home. I wish to have a conversation with you." He tells me.
"And by have a conversation with me do you mean suck the youth out of me until I'm dust," I spit out. I can't believe I was stupid enough to literally run into this man.
"No dear lord, of course not. Any power I have over the youth of this land doesn't work on girls." He says.
I roll my eyes. I don't trust this man, if Peeta says he's bad news then he's bad news.
"What do you want with me?" I ask.
"To draw Mellark to me. He's been incredibly evasive since our last encounter."
"What are you doing in Neverland though? How did you get here?" I ask curiousity getting the better of me.
"That my dear is an interesting question. You see I honestly have no idea how I wound up here. One night I fell asleep in my bed and when I awoke I was here.
"This place was in utter chaos when I arrived. Children running amuck. I never had much patience for young children. And Mellark, Mellark was the worst of them all." He says a grin beginning to form on his face.
"Not long after I arrived I discovered I had powers, if you will. I could rid myself of these annoying brats. And which each child gone I became more powerful. I could change the island to my will. I could get from here back to my homeland with no effort. I started trading between the worlds. Mellark didn't like it. He said I was ruining his fun. The stupid boy tried to fight me but of course he couldn't touch me. Everytime he did my power surged. It was the most amazing thing I'd ever felt."
I can't believe what I'm hearing. This man is a lunatic.
"Well I think that is enough about me. Now, Katniss my dear I have a proposition for you." He says to me.
"And what would that be?" I ask.
"You help me get Mellark, or rather help me get him out of Neverland for good and I promise to leave him unharmed. And in your capable hands."
I can't believe this man. He really thinks I have the power to get Peeta to leave Neverland he's crazy. But I know if I don't at least pretend to join him he'll kill me, or suck the youth out of me, or some other horrible fate.
"So, if I agree to help you, you'll let me and Peeta leave." I question.
"Of course." Snow says.
I let out a sigh, "Ok I'll help you."