Daniel Odair.

Today was the day I would find out about my dad.

Who he was and how he died.

I quickly and quietly got out of bed and grabbed the clothes I laid out the night before so I didn't have to open my bag and have it unzip loudly.

I slid on the khakis and green shirt and yanked on my shoes quickly. The door groaned loudly when I opened it and I froze. Thank god, my mom didn't come barging out of her room demanding to know where I was going.

I tiptoed out of the door, looking at the time I left before, everyone in the victor's house would meet for lunch at Peeta's and Katniss's house for breakfast and lunch.

Outside of the house was nice, the sun shined over the clouds. Anastasia told me to meet her at the lake (because it would be too obvious if we met at the bakery), but now, looking into the forest, I wasn't so sure I could find it. I was from District 4, a beautiful sunny place that has a sand or trails of sand everywhere, including your clothing. And when it rains, it rains, very hard. But I marched into the green forest anyways. Swatting away mosquitoes, constantly drinking water from my water bottle and cutting myself of thorns from bushes.

I stopped and took a break, a berry patch was right beside me and it looked very appetizing. They looked very familiar so I grabbed a few pump juicy one and just as I was about to put them in my mouth…

"DON'T EAT THOSE!" Someone shrieked.

I automatically dropped the berries, they fell and rolled away from me.

It was Anastasia, she was rushing towards me. "You didn't eat any of that right?"

She came very close, her eyes were wide with fear.

"No why?" I asked.

"Those are nightlock." Her face grew serious "Those could have killed you."

That is why they look so familiar, when my school showed the 74th Hunger Games, Anastasia's mother and father were going to eat them. So they wouldn't have to kill each other.

Anastasia just saved my life.

"Thank you." I said while getting up and hugged her.

She wrapped her arms around me, smelt like mint and pine.

We pulled apart and Anastasia asked "Are you ready?"

.

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The bakery's bell chimed loudly when we walked in.

One person was there, working rapidly, his blonde hair was a mess and had flour stuck into i. Anastasia's dad, Peeta. He was making pancakes.

"Hey Ana." He waved while mixing up the batter.

"Hey dad!" she said while walking towards the back of the shop.

"Where you going?" Peeta asked.

"Oh, I just have to go to the washroom, we might be going to the lake to try and catch some fish." She lied easily.

"Oh, okay." He said while turning back to his batter.

Anastasia gestured to me and her dad and quietly walked towards one of the doors.

I cleared my throat "How are you doing?"

"Good, I'm just busy making breakfast's for everyone, what about you? You liking District 12?"

I nodded.

Peeta frowned "What's taking Ana so long?"

He was just about to turn around so I called "Wait!"

Peeta looked at me clearly confused. I started stuttering "Well… d-do you think you can tell me…" I broke off, then said clearly "Tell me how my father died."

He looked at my sympathetically "You mom never told you?" when I shook my head, his blue eyes looked very sad. "Sit down then."

I sat down, and looked into my lap, my hands were shaking so I clasped them together.

Peeta looked down, "I like to think your father died a hero." He looked up at me. "There were these mutts, they were like… a mix between human and lizard, and they were awful." He paused "I should kind of explain, Ana's mother, me, your father, Gale Hawthorne and a few other people were in a group called Star Squad 451." He paused "We were one out of many groups set to do a mission from District 13. Do you understand?"

I nodded, Johanna told me a little about it.

"Well we went off to kill the old president. And well… he sent off mutts, we were in a sewer." His voice was trembling now "He was the very last person to try to climb out, he didn't make it, he made me go first."

After he finished a small voice asked quietly "Are you okay Daniel?"

…

I'm not sure if all of it was true (when Peeta was explaining Finnick's death) because I haven't read Mockingjay for a little while, I like to think that Finnick died trying to save them because he's one of my favourite characters of all time, and from what I can remember, you don't really get to know because Katniss, Peeta and Cressida are one of the first people up…

WHY SUZANNE COLLINS! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO KILL MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER!