We start heading into the forest now that we have no idea what we are doing. Katniss is creeping me out more than usual. I find her annoying most of the time but now she is acting really weird around everyone, especially Peeta. I think she is beginning to figure out our plan. I am thinking about just telling her but I am under order.
We set up base camp and Finnick and Katniss go off to look for water. I am happy Katniss is gone but I can't let that fill my mind. I start clearing the area for camp.
"Peeta!" I look over toward Peeta who is tuned out. He is looking off in the way that we came, like something is about to happen. He snaps back to life at the sound of his name.
"I'm going to go over here, to get more wood." He nods and I know he is safe here. No one is allowed to hurt Peeta, I think. I am not sure who knows and who doesn't. I only know that Finnick is and I think Beetee is too. I don't think Haymitch would trust the Careers to keep them safe. I sure wouldn't. I am getting lost looking for wood.
A person's first thought would be that it reminded me of home. It doesn't. The only thing they share is the wood. I calms me because wood is the place that I feel safest. Wood is the best material that people can have. Suddenly, I hear a scream and run toward where I left Peeta. It wasn't Peeta's scream but it was a girl scream. It was Katniss.
I find them on another side of an invisible wall. They are trapped. I can barely hear them but I can hear them enough to know that Finnick is freaking out and Katniss isn't much better. I hate seeing them in pain and leave. There is nothing we can do.
"Johanna, come back!" I turn around at him.
"We need to help them." He begs me. He must really love Katniss, more than I would ever know.
"Peeta, we can't help them. There is an invisible wall, which we cannot go over. Come with me, let's get some food." He picks himself up off the ground and I can feel his pain in walking away from Katniss. I wonder whose screams Katniss is hearing. I know Finnick hears Annie. I've heard her scream before, when I watched her games.
"Do you know a girl named Devi?" I ask Peeta. I haven't talked to Haymitch yet about her.
"Yeah. Her husband Peter, died in the mines." That hits me like a bomb. Devi loved Peter. I should've known he would end up in the mines. They were a lower class family and miners are always lower class. I should've sent them to somewhere safer like District 8.
"Any other news?" I ask him, trying to hold back tears. At myself, I am angry. I try to tell myself it's not my fault. It works horribly.
"Yeah, Devi had a child. Well, it wasn't her child, they adopted one that's parents died. The mother died in childbirth and the dad in a mine explosion. They are happy though. The girl's name is Tyra. She's 7 years now, her parents died when she was 5." I'm happy to learn about Tyra and once these games are over, and I am a victor, I will go to District 12 and see her again.
"Why do you ask?" Dang it. I should've known that he would ask.
"She's my sister. The peacekeepers were going to kill her but she ran away with Peter to your district. You can't tell anyone." I whisper. I hope we aren't on screen right now.
Peeta puts his finger to his lips and I know my secret is safe with him. I trust Peeta more than I trust Katniss. If it was possible, I would choose Peeta as the mockingjay. We head back to the invisible wall with berries and wood and Peeta goes over to Katniss. I walk right over to the invisible wall and head into the area. Katniss grabs me by the arm.
"Don't go in there, the jabberjays."
"They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There is no one left I love." I head off because we need a meat source and I don't want to hunt with Peeta. I can tell that Peeta and Katniss are talking off of the rest of the group. I think they are planning something against us. I jump up in a tree above them.
I am not supposed to be eavesdropping but this is the games; there are no rules. Peeta tells her that she wants her to win. I seriously want to drop down in the middle of them and freak them out. That would be funny and I have to leave before I start laughing so hard I am heard. I go back to Finnick and give him a full report.
"Hey Beetee!" He looks down at me from a tree.
"You got a plan yet?"
"Almost, Johanna, almost."
Sorry if some of the facts in this chapter and the next are iffy. It's been a while since I read the books and I don't have them with me so I tried to piece it together as best I could using stuff from Wikipedia. I would love reviews!
