The Young Huntress,Young Musician and Young-flame Chapter 10
Katniss's Point of view
Peeta leaves after he gives Ellie and I a kiss on the forehead for her and the lips for me. Ellie does the mockingjay call and Sam the mockingjay comes over and settles on her tummy where she starts to stroke his breast.
The small baby jay walks up and gives Ellie a kiss on her cheek as we go to sleep for a while longer then get up and get dressed for the dinner with Portia and Prim. Cinna,Haymitch are coming too. I am excited for Ellie to meet her uncle and grandfather.
"Come on princess let's get you into the bathtub and then dressed for dinner" I say holding out my hand to her. Ellie stretches and takes my hand.
"OK momma" she says as she follows me into the bathroom. I turn the water on warm and in just ten-minutes Ellie is in the warm water and I begin to wash her. All the dirt from the children's home comes off fast as I wash her body.
"Princess did they ever give you a bath?" I ask and Ellie shakes her head no.
"Well they did but it wasn't very often momma" Ellie says honestly I move on to wash her beautiful blonde hair making it shine like the golden sun.
"Well we will make sure you're always clean" I say as I finish washing her body.
"There we go princess" I say grabbing a towel, wrap it around her shivering body and lift her body.
"What should I wear momma?" she asks as she gets dried off. I go into my closet and pull out a container that has Idina age five on it and open it and pull out a few dresses and hold them out to Ellie.
"Which one would you like princess?" I ask. Ellie looks them over and picks a white dress that falls to her ankles with a thin pink lining and a pair of white sandals.
"This one momma' she says holding the dress up.
"Excellent choice princess" I say as I help her but it on.
"You look beautiful" I say as she looks in the mirror.
"Thanks momma" she says as she begins to twirl in front of me. I smile as I watch her. I must be staring into space when she stops.
"Momma?" she calls bringing me back from my thoughts.
"Sorry baby-girl" I say smiling as I brush her hair. "Do you want me to braid your hair?"
"Yes mommy, please braid my hair" Ellie says eagerly as she sits in front of me. I start to do it.
"Momma, whose coming to dinner tonight?" she asks as I finish one braid and begin work on the second, after a while I finish and look in the mirror.
"Well princess your uncle Cinna, and your grandpa and aunt prim and miss Portia are coming tonight" I say as I continue braiding her hair.
"Why is miss Portia coming and miss Pwrim?"she asks and I see her start to shake, knowing she's already thinking the worst. She think we are going to get rid of her.
"Miss Portia and Prim are coming over because they are friends of ours" I say as I watch the shaking stop.
"Ellie look in the mirror, whose a pretty girl" I say as I poke her in the belly.
"I'm a pretty girl momma" she says in her adorable five-year-old voice.
"That you are princess, that you are" I say hugging her. "Now if you want you can wait for me to get dressed and then we both can go down to dinner together, would you like that cutie?"I ask
"I would love that momma" Ellie says as she sits down on the bed playing with whiskers. Ten-minutes later I am dressed in a dark blue dress that goes down all the way to the floor. It's one of Cinna's old designs that I couldn't part with. I walk out into my bedroom where Ellie is waiting for me. Her blue eyes go wide as I come toward her.
"You look amazing momma!" Ellie says
"Thank you baby-girl,You look amazing too" I say as I sit on the bed to put my flats on. "Should I put my hair in a braid or should I leave it down. I can't decide. What do you think Ellie?" I ask
"Well when ever my momma was going out with my papa, she would leave it down because Papa said he liked it better down, so I think you should leave it down. Papa will love it" she says giggling as she did the mockingjay whistle. Right on cue Samuel comes in. "Hey boy" Ellie says stroking the birds breast. The baby jay chirps which sounds like a hello back to the young girl.
"Alright Princess, are you ready to go?" I ask as I stand up and extend my hand to my daughter;
"Ready momma" she says taking my hand and looking so adorable in that white dress.
"Alright heads high eyes open, they are going to love you" I say as we make our ascent to the party. Ellie and I walk into the kitchen and the first person we run into is grandpa Haymitch whose working his drink
"Well I was afraid that you weren't going to show up Sweetheart" Haymitch says as we approach
"Nice to see you too Grandpa Haymitch" I say giving him a hug. I feel Ellie hid behind my legs
"Well now whose this little spitfire" Haymitch asks looking down at my youngest.
"My name is Ellie Faith Mellark and I am not a spitfire" Ellie says bravely looking grandpa Haymitch right in the eye. "Mellark?"he says giving me a look saying Peeta's relatives and I nod.
"Hello there Ellie faith, I am your grandfather haymitch" Haymitch says kindly to the girl now standing in front of me. I am so proud of my Ellie.
Cinna's point of view
Im standing in the kitchen helping Peeta put the finishing touches on dinner. Katniss enters wearing a stunning dark blue dress that looks like one of my earlier creations. Katniss is introducing a blond hair blue eyes to Haymitch.
"Well now whose this little spitfire?" Haymitch asks looking down at the girl.
"My name is Ellie Faith Mellark and I am no spitfire" The girl says looking bravely up at Haymitch.
"Hello Ellie Faith I am your grandfather haymitch" he says. The girl walks over and hugs Haymitch around the waist. This takes Haymitch completely by surprise as he kneels down in front of her.
"Welcome home sweetheart" Haymitch says
."Thank you grandpa Haymitch" she whispers hugging him. I Suddenly want to meet this sweet little blonde hair blue eyed little girl. I tell Peeta that I'll be right back and he says no need that he's got it.
I walk up to my girl on fire and tap her on the shoulder. Katniss smiles when she sees its me.
"Well whose this little beauty?" I say hugging Katniss and giving her kiss on the cheek and just like she did with her grandfather she looks me straight in the eyes.
"My Name is Ellie Faith" she says looking me in the eyes
"You have a beautiful name princess" I say as I kneel down in front of her.
"Thank you" she says giggling. "What's your name?" she asks.
"Oh how rude of me, my name is Cinna" I say smiling at this little princess, already falling in love with her.
"Nice to meet you mister Cinna" Ellie says moving forward to Cinna and hugging me. We are about to continue when there's a knock on the front door.
"I'll be right back little-princess" I say going to get the door im five-feet out when I feel someone grab on to my hand. I look down and see Ellie smiling up at me. Ellie and I get to the door and the youngest Mellark opens it. Her eyes go wide and a huge smile forms on her face when she sees whose behind the door.
"Miss Portia. Miss Pwrim" she screams running over to them. I stand behind the door my eyes go wide because standing there in the door way holding my newest little princess is my wife Portia Stitch.
"Hey little-one how are you doing?" Portia says kneeling down to hug Ellie and giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm doing aright miss Portia" Ellie says smiling up at Portia who flashes her a kind smile in return. I slowly make my way back to Katniss and everyone leaving Ellie with Portia and Prim. I must be looking pretty distraught because before I know it, I feel someone touching my shoulders I also feel a blanket being put on me.
"Cinna you look like you've seen a ghost" Haymitch says placing his hand on my shoulder. Katniss comes up and wraps her arms around me and I lay my head on her shoulder. She looks at me and I know she's heard me.
"Well it's the craziest thing, I thought I saw my wife Portia" I say
Portia's Point of view
Cute little Ellie faith greets us at the door and runs into my arms. I smile because I know that she is well taken care off her with Katniss and Peeta, who I can't believe is alive. Prim seems to know what Im thinking as grabs my hand and gives it a squeeze.
"Now heads high smile, they are going love you" Prim whispers in my ear and Im taken back to when Cinna said this to Katniss and Peeta during their first chariot ride.
Ellie is still chatting about how she loves her new family. "Come on in, papa made Macaroni and cheese" Ellie says smiling as we walk into the kitchen. I stop just as I enter because just five-feet away is my husband Cinna. I begin to hyperventilate and I am about to leave when I hear the most beautiful voice I thought was silenced forever.
"Portia?"