Katniss's POV.
I woke up to the sound of the mockingjays chirping throughout the woods. Then I turned to see Clove still asleep. Then she woke up with a moan and looked at me. I smiled at her.
"Hey Clove." I started. "Hey Katniss." She said. Then I looked at her shoulder, and saw that the arrow pierced through her shoulder. Then I spoke.
"I'm sorry about your shoulder, Clove." I said. "It's okay. I'll be fine." She said. Then I looked at my bag with the number 12 on it and spoke. "Maybe there's something in there that can help you with your wound." I said. Then I grabbed the bag, opened it and took out the medicine jar and opened the top. Then I dipped my finger in the jar and applied it on Clove's shoulder. She hissed in pain.
"I'm sorry, Clove." I said. "It's okay. Just continue." She said. Then I continued rubbing the medicine on her shoulder. She sighed in relief.
"That feels so much better." She said. "You need some of that too, Katniss." She said. "It's okay Clove, it's just a knife wound, I'm fine." I said.
"But Katniss, you need it. For your wound. Come on." She said. I sighed. "Okay." I said. Then I handed her the jar and she applied the medicine on my head. When she was done, she looked at me. Then she smiled at me. I smiled at her.
The sun rose from the sky, causing me to wake up. I turned to see Clove sleeping in my arms. I smiled at the sleeping form of Clove. Then I kissed her forehead. Then I spoke.
"I'm so glad to have you Clove." I said. Then she smiled in her sleep and spoke. "I'm so glad to have you too fire girl." She said. Then she opened her eyes and looked at me.
"Did you enjoy your sleep Clovely?" I asked. "What happened to 'Clo'?"
"Well I just thought that, maybe Clovely would be a better nick name for you." She smiled.
Then she stood up, wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her back, bringing her close to me. Then I moved from her lips and placed my lips on her neck. She let out a soft moan and placed her hand on the back of my head, gripping my hair tightly.
"Ahh...Katniss." She said. Then I moved from her neck and rested my head on hers. Then I spoke.
"You like that, don't you?" I asked. "Katniss, you know I do." She said. I smiled at her. She smiled at me. Then she kissed me. I kissed her back with love and passion. Then we parted and looked at each other for a moment. Then I spoke.
"I love you so much Clove. You are everything I imagined."
"I love you too Katniss. And I always will love you. Forever and ever no matter what happens, I will always love you." She said truthfully. I smiled brightly at her. Then we kissed. We parted and looked at each other in the eye. Then she spoke.
"Oh my God Katniss, you look so much better!" She exclaimed. I felt the scar on my head and it healed completely. Then I looked at her shoulder. It was healed too. "Oh my God Clove, your shoulder is healed!" I exclaimed. "Yeah, I feel so much better now!" She cheered. Then I realized something. Since we're healed, we could win this thing. Then I spoke.
"Clove...we could go home." I said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, we could. We're the only team left." I said. "Then if we kill Cato and Glimmer...we could go home." She said. Then we smiled at each other and then we kissed again.
Then we began walking through the forest.
"So who are the ones that are left right now?" I asked. "Well, we know that you killed that Thresh guy. And Cato and Glimmer are gonna be at the Cornucopia. They're not gonna go to places they don't know. And Foxface, she can be anywhere." She said. "Well, we should start hunting, we don't have any food left." I said.
"Okay, I'll take the bow." She said. I looked at her with a confused look. She chuckled. "I'm just kidding Katniss. I'll go get some stuff for us." She kissed me and left. I smiled because me and Clove are back together again and nothing can change that. I was walking through the forest looking for a animal to kill. I found a rabbit and shot it with a arrow. Then I picked it up and put it in my backpack. Then all of a sudden I heard a cannon went off.
"Clove!" I called. I ran to find her and found her jacket with berries on it. "CLOVE!" I ran and all of a sudden I bumped into her.
"Katniss, are you okay?"
"I heard the cannon..." My eyes widened when I saw the nightlock berries in her hand. I smacked them out of her hands. "That's nightlock Clove! You'll be dead in a minute!"
"I'm sorry Katniss, I didn't know."
"You scared me to death. I thought you were dead. Please don't do that again." I embrace her in a tight hug. She hugged me back, comforting me.
"I'm sorry Katniss. I'm sorry...can we eat now?" She asked. I pulled away. "Yeah. I killed a rabbit. Let's eat." I said. Then I cooked the rabbit and we began eating our meal. After we were done eating, we continued walking through the woods. Then we spotted Foxface's dead body.
"Looks like it was too late for her to know that they would kill her if she ate them." She said. "She's clever." I said. "Yeah, but too clever." She said. Then I took the berries from her hand and put them in my pocket.
"What are you doing?" She asked. I looked up at her. "Maybe Cato and Glimmer like berries too." I said with a smirk. She smiled at me. Then I kissed her. She kissed me back. Then we began walking through the forest. Then all of a sudden, it was getting dark.
"What time is it?" She asked. "A little after noon." I said.
"Why is it getting so dark?" She asked. "The gamemakers must be in a hurry to end this thing." I said. Then the whole arena was dark. We couldn't see a thing. At first, it was silent. Then we heard a loud howl coming from the forest. Clove looked at me.
"What was that?" She asked. "It's the finale." I said. We looked up and saw Thresh's face in the sky. I looked at Clove and she looked at me with a terrified look on her face. I came to her and held her close to me.
"It's okay Clove. Don't be scared. I'm here and I will protect you." I said. Then we parted and continued walking through the forest. Then we heard footsteps. I loaded an arrow in my bow and was getting ready to fire at someone, or something. Clove grabbed out her knives, ready to strike at any moment. Then there was silence in the arena again. Then all of a sudden, a wolf jumped on Clove. I quickly shot one at the wolf and it rolled off of her.
"Run Clove, run!" I yelled. Then we began running through the forest while the mutts were chasing us. More were coming from the ground. They were catching up after us.
"Katniss, they're getting on us!"
"Just keep running and don't stop, we're almost there!" I said. Then we finally made it to the Cornucopia. We ran to the wall and Clove helped me up. Then I held my hand out to her and she grabbed my hand and climbed up on the Cornucopia. We watched as the wolfs were trying to get us but they failed. Then all of a sudden Clove was grabbed and thrown to the Cornucopia floor. I looked up and saw Cato. Then I turned around and saw Glimmer, she was about to stab me with a sword but I dodged it, and kicked her down to the sliver floor. Then I grabbed out the knife Clove gave me and stabbed Glimmer to death. Then the cannon went off. Then I turned and saw Cato holding Clove by her neck, from behind. I loaded an arrow and aimed at Cato. Then he spoke.
"Go on. Shoot, and we both go down and you win. Go on. I'm dead anyway." He said. "Let Clove go, Cato!" I said. "Ha, let her go? Let her go? You want me to let Clove go? The one who betrayed the careers and decided to go and form an alliance with the girl on fire?" He asked, gripping Clove tighter as she yelped.
"Katniss!" She called. I aimed at him in anger and he backed up as he laughed evilly. "I always was, right? I couldn't tell that until now. How's that, is that what they want? I can still do this... I can still do this. One more kill," Then I looked at Clove and she formed the word "shoot" with her mouth, "It's the only thing I know how to do, bringing pride to my district. Not that it matters." He said. Then I released the bow and it flew to Cato's hand. He screamed in pain and Clove stabbed him with her knife and kicked him to the floor with the mutts. They began chewing on him, devouring his flesh. He screamed in pain as the wolfs were eating him. I loaded an arrow and aimed at him.
"Please." He begged. I released the arrow and it went through his chest. Then the cannon went off. Then Clove and I looked at each other. Then she pulled me close to her and kissed me. I dropped the bow and kissed her back. We parted and looked at each other. Then we saw the mutts running away from his dead body. Then the sun rose from the sky, shining everything in sight. Then we climbed down the Cornucopia and our feet touched the floor. Then we heard a voice enter the arena.
"Attention tributes, attention. There's been a slight rule change. The previous revision allowing two tributes from different districts has been revoked. Only one victor may be crowned. Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor." The voice said. Then I turned to Clove. Then she spoke.
"Go ahead Katniss." I was shocked when she said that.
"What?"
"You heard him Katniss. One of us should go home. One of us has to die, they have to have their victor. Plus you have a family. They need you the most." She said honestly. Then I spoke. "But what about you, Clove?" I asked. She looked down, not looking at me. She sniffed and looked at me.
"Katniss...look at me...I'm just nothing but a puny weak girl from district 2 that nobody cares about. I rather die than to kill you." She said honestly. Those words touched my heart. Everything she said was true. Then I spoke.
"No." I threw my bow on the ground. "They don't. Why should they?" Then I reached into my pocket and pulled out the nightlock berries.
"Katniss, no!" I moved my finger to her lips, shushing her. Then I spoke. "Clove...spending these days with you during the hunger games, were the best days of my entire life. When I first saw you, you took my breath away. I've had a crush on you since I first saw you. I've always wanted to tell you that I loved you, but I didn't know if you would accept me or not. Now that we're here, being forced to kill each other, they want to take that love away from us, and I won't allow that to happen. I loved you and I always loved you. I will never love someone the way I love you. And if I have to die...I rather die with you." I said honestly. She was taken aback from my words. Then I filled her hands with half the nightlock berries that were in my hand. Then we looked at each other in the eye as we know what is about to come. I could feel the eyes of the Capitol and the eyes of my district watching us about to die right in front of them. Then she spoke.
"Together?" She asked. "Yes Clove...together." I said. "Okay...on three...one..." I kissed her one last time. "Two..." She kissed me one last time. "Three..." Then the berries were about to enter our mouths but then the voice enter the arena.
"Stop!" Claudius said. "Stop!" He said again. "Ladies and gentleman, may I present the winners of the 74th annual Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen, and Clove Kentwell." He said. Then we looked at each other. Then we kissed passionately as we finally won the hunger games like I said we would. Then we parted and looked at each other in the eye.
"I love you Clove." She smiled at me. "I love you too Katniss."
Katniss and Clove have won the 74th Hunger Games! Yay! Stay tuned for the next chapter. Please Review! It helps me a lot! :)