Disclaimer: In my dreams.
A/N: Sadly, it's been longer than I expected. I may sound weird by saying that, since it's only been about 5 days since I last updated. Bahaha. School has been annoying (as usual) and leads to this short chapter. Since the weekend is coming up *happy dance*, I'll have the next chapter up either tomorrow (Friday) or Saturday. Ooo, look! I didn't say probably, I know! :D
Oh! And check out my The Hunger Games half-owned website. This girl (who's now my friend) made this fansite and now I help her with it, so I'm like half-owning it. She is giving away a THG charm bracelet from I think? Just follow her on Twitter and you're entered! The site gives you the latest news for THG and the new movie coming out! The header is being edited by one of my friends, so it'll be epic soon.
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I run. I run for my life. I've never been a fast runner, but I'm flying right now.
Most of the tributes are at the Cornicopia trying to get their hands on everything they can.
But the smart tributes are just running away from this. Katniss is in between, she's running for it and grabbing something she needs.
I run after Katniss and see the girl from Two with a knife in her hand, ready to aim it at Katniss. I sprint faster, hoping if she does throw it at Katniss, I can block her. But then I couldn't help Katniss the rest of the Games. Two throws the knife at a boy next to Katniss, and he knocks down, dead.
But then Two throws it at Katniss. I can't block her. Fortunatly, Katniss put on a backpack before Two threw it at her, and instead of the blade going through Katniss, it went through her backpack. Katniss starts running away with good supplies, thank God.
Now I'm aimlessly in the open. Standing like a fool. I grab the knife Two threw at the boy and start running towards the woods. Well today's not my lucky day. I run in the opposite direction of Katniss. So now there's no way I can save her, unless I find her.
I can't climb trees. At all. So I try to find a good hiding place. Unfortunatly, it's either find a cave (if there is even caves here), climb up a tree, or just sit out in the open. I start walking instead of running since I'm pretty far into the forest now.
Then I hear a voice.
I freeze, wide eyed. It's . . .
Cato.
"Hey Lover Boy, I hear you're pretty strong. But not that strong." He pauses. A annoyed look appears on his face, like he regrets what he will say next, "Want be a part of us?" By us, he means the Careers.
Of course he regrets asking that.
I wouldn't want to be a part of the Careers, but if I refuse, he'll kill me. And I have a great chance of staying alive, which means keeping Katniss alive.
"Ugh, sure." I don't make hesitation with that answer.
He laughs mischievously. "You'll need to pass a test," he pauses and grins. "Kill a tribute. Any tribute of your choice. If I was you, I'd choose Katnitt or whatever her name is."
I grit my teeth. "It's Katniss," I say angrily.
"Don't get too upset, Lover Boy, or I'll-" Clove cuts him off. "Just kill someone by tomorrow and you're one of us. Okay?" She says annoyingly.
I nod. This is forgetting everything I said that night on the roof to Katniss about not turning into a I'm going to be someone's killer monster.
They said I have to kill one in front of them, in case I get lucky tonight and someone dies, I could say I did it. Well that ruined my plan.
We make a camp in the forest, in the open. No one would dare invade the Careers.
"We'll go hunting tonight," Cato says.
"For animals?" A girl aks. I forget what District she's from.
Everyone laughs except the girl and me. I know waht he means."No, for tributes." Then he smiles evily, "And then Lover Boy can kill someone for us."
I just nod.
The rest of the day is just setting up camp. I try to zone out their conversations about killing. How am I going to kill someone? It's not like me. It will chang who I am. I won't be the same Peeta I am when I get out of this place.
Oh wait, I won't.
I sigh loudly by accident, and everyone turns to me. I hesitate, "I'm just anxious to kill." I say fake cheerfully.
He turns back to his work and mutters, "Sure you are, Lover Boy." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh no. Oh no. Oh no.
I have to to keep Katniss alive. Come on, Peeta.
We're in the woods and it's midnight, I think. We came across a tribute. He's not the youngest, but he looks only 13 or 14 years old.
"This is your chance, Lover Boy! Get 'em!" Cato yells.
Before I can even try to think of a way to get out of this, the boy starts talking. He sounds young and trapped. Well, he is. "Please! I can help you!" He looks up in my eyes the whole time. His green eyes are full of fear.
A minute passes by, so I turn to Cato and Clove. "Well?" I ask nevously.
Clove rolls her eyes. "You're small and weak. How could you help us possibly help us?" She says. Then mutters something about the boy being stupid.
"I'm from District 3, so I know all about electronics! I can activate the bombs they have deactivated," He pauses. He's shaking, and his voice is fearful. "The ones they use if someone runs before the 60 seconds are over in the beignning of the Games."
Cato looks pleased. "Can you really?"
He nods fastly.
"Okay, but you have to get it done in a few days or," She pauses and looks at Cato.
"Just get it done in a few days, okay kid?" He shakes off Clove. "So they'll blow up any tribute who walks on the ground above them?" He asks anxiously.
He nods.
Everyone smiles. This is just wonderful. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They're sleeping soundly. How? I can't sleep, at all. The only one awake other than me is the boy. I still don't know his name.
"What's your name?" I ask quietly.
He smiles. He hasn't looked cowardly since everyone fell asleep. I guess he just wants them to think he's weak. Good idea, but lots of other tributes-and victors-have used it before. "Cort, what's yours?"
"Peeta," I answer softly. I realize I'm still going to be the same Peeta.
For now.
We sit in silence for the next hour. Something hit my mind: Katniss might be low on arrows. My gaze slowly turns to the bow and arrows we have. There's over 10. I decide to take one, and put it a mile from camp.
I stand up and take one bow, they won't notice. I know it's just one, but that one could save her life.
"Where are you going?" Cort asks.
I hesitate. Might as well tell him. I tell him that I'm going to put this in the forest for my friend, and he catches on. He grins, "Your girlfriend? The one from your district?"
I blush. "Ugh, she's not my girlfriend."
"But you love her?"
I sigh. He understands now: She doesn't love me, but I love her. He nods and frowns. "I'm sorry."
"It's fine, I guess." I start walking but he stops me.
"I'll come. Please, I need to get away from the Careers."
I grin and motion him to come. We walk for about a half hour and I feel as though this is a good place. I stick the bow high in a tree with Cort's help (meaning he did it himself, since I can't climb). I hope she she's it.
We start to walk back and we here a noise coming from a bush. I freeze, and so does Cort.
We turn around slowly to find a red-headed girl. She looks like a fox.
She grins. "Hello."
Surprisingly, Cort steps up. "Hi."
We hear another noise. Footsteps.
A boy, who's district I don't know (I really should remember who is from where), walks towards her.
She stares, wide eyed, and runs away as fast as a fox. He chases her, and then they're out of sight in a few seconds.
"Well, that was close." I say, relieved.
He smiles. "We could have taken her, but I wouldn't have wanted to. Or that boy."
We walk back to camp and lay down, I'm suddenly tired. I fall asleep within minutes, with unpleasant dreams.
Katniss is trapped, in a wall of fire in the woods. I can't help her without dying myself, and she's cornered by the scorching flames.
"Help!" She screams.
"Katniss! I can't, the fire is blocking me! I'm sorry! I love you!"
"Peeta! I-" and she trails off, and dies.
I wake up screaming, never knowing what she is going to say.
"..?" Cato asks angrily, still half asleep. I must have woken him up.
"Ugh, sorry." I say.
He shakes it off. We wake up the rest of the Careers and Cort.
"Since we unsuccessfully didn't kill last night, we have to try harder tonight. Longer and harder."
We all nod.
The rest of the day is boring, we just eat, collect some berries and nuts we are sure are safe, and take a nap so we have more energy tonight.
"Let's go, Cato." Clove says. impatiently.
"It's time, everyone." Cato says proudly. I roll my eyes slightly, no one sees.
"Hey kid, you stay here and guard." He says to Cort.
Cort nods and catches a pair of goggles, night goggles, that Cato throws to him and puts them on. "The kid will wear one, and I will." He says. "They let you see through the dark." He acts like we don't know.
We-meaning Cato and a few others-kill a hopeless girl. I don't dare look into her eyes, I just look above her.
Then, I feel weird, like something's going to happen. Everyone sees my expression.
"What's wrong with you?" Everyone asks.
"I feel like something's going to happen . . . "
"Yeah, me t-" And we're cut off by a loud scream.
And then hell breaks loose.
Another A/N: The set location has been revealed for the movie, check out the fansite I gave at the top to see where it is! :D
