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Gabsters; canadianboy98; sweetStarre123; goldie031; HGFan4719; FearlesswithHimJC; TributeWitch; KatNat; Thanks! So this will be the last update until probably the beginning of May, as I said in 'Always and Forever' I'm off to Spain for a week and won't be able to update! Yay vacation!

Well I hope you enjoy this chapter…

Disclaimer: I do not own the hunger games.

Chapter #29~Prim's POV

I wake up to the sound of a clock alarm's ring. Jumping up off the couch I slip of my pj's and put on the outfit I brought to Katniss's last night to change into today. I smile in anticipation of Ruby's welcome party. Putting on my sundress and matching shoes I make my way to the kitchen where Peeta is already up and about making us breakfast as well as starting on the cake he promised to bake for the occasion.

"Morning Peeta!" I greet him cheerily while sliding into one of the chairs at the table.

"Morning Prim, sleep well?"

I nod. "Good, are you hungry?"

"Oh yes." I reply.

"Well you're just in time. I've made hot omelets and rolls."

"Smells wonderful like usual." I say, taking the plate form him and digging in.

"How's the cake coming along?"

"It's baking in the oven right now. I'm making the frosting and then all we have to do is ice it!"

"Can I help?" I ask sweetly.

"Only if you do more than just lick your fingers like your sister." He replies laughing.

"Sure, I think I can manage that." I say while winding the melted cheese on my fork. "By the way, where's Katniss?"

"She slept through the alarm so I decided just to let her sleep since she is probably tired." Peeta tells me while whipping up the frothy frosting.

"Wow, that's unusual."

"You're telling me, she is usually up at the same time as me even though she can't hunt or anything."

"Force of habit." I tell him, cleaning the remains of my omelet of the plate with a warm roll.

"Yeah I guess. So, when are you meeting your friends at Ruby's house this morning?" He asks, changing the subject.

"I'll leave right after breakfast then you and Katniss can meet me over there later when the cake is finished."

"Sounds good. What is the number of the house?"

"Um I think it's 01-75." I tell him.

"Okay, I knew it would be 75, but I wasn't sure what District she came from."

"Well with a name like Ruby, she could only come from District 1."I reply jokingly.

"Yeah I guess you're right Prim."

"Well thanks so much for breakfast Peeta but I'd better get going."

"Alright Prim, be safe."

"I will Peeta, bye!" I give him a small wave them bound out the door, making sure to close it quietly so as not to make my sister, and down the steps. The only part of this that makes me a little nervous is that Enobaria lives right next to Ruby and Cashmere's house and she could easily do something. I guess I just have to hope that she doesn't try anything and ruin the party.

Thankfully almost everyone is there already including Rue who has become friends with Sage and Carissa. Misty and Caspian greet me each with a friendly hug and together we get to work. Everyone has brought something to contribute including snacks and decorations. I tell them all that Peeta is bringing a cake to contribute and I think that Caspian even began to drool a little. Surprisingly, Cashmere is totally onboard with the whole party idea and us invading her house so the 7 of us immediately get to work on making the house look perfect. Cashmere has two beds in her room so we are guessing that is where Ruby will be dropped. The other room will be for Jules and Gloss.

We keep the TV on just in case something big happens, but nothing really does. Rory's ally group is still sleeping in their tents near the creak in the spring section and Finnick is on guard duty. Jules and Gloss still sort of mope around but it seems as though they are learning to accept that their District tributes are gone and that they need to move on.

Caspian and Sage are put in charge of blowing up a bunch of balloons to hang around the living room and Ruby's bed, and the rest of us clean up and hang streamers and make welcome signs. Cashmere isn't exactly the neatest woman around so we had our work cut out for us, especially not knowing exactly when Ruby will arrive.

We break for lunch a few hours later, devouring the chips and sandwiches Cashmere put out for us.

"Are we almost finished?" Caspian asks, his mouth full of a ham and cheese sandwich. "My cheeks are killing me from blowing up all those balloons!"

"Yeah, mine too." Sage agrees in between handfuls of chips and gulps soda.

Most of the food they have here I've never tried before but I have to say its all pretty delicious.

"Okay, I think we have enough." Misty says, looking around.

"So what do we do now?" Rue asks.

"Now, we clean up our mess and then we wait for Ruby to come…" She is cut off by a loud knocking on the front door then the sound of it opening and a voice calling in, "Cake delivery!"

"It' Peeta and Katniss with the cake." I tell everyone then skip over to the door to greet them. The cake is actually huge. It is two layers and covered in a light pink frosting along with little different colored jewels decorating the sides and top.

"Wow Peeta! It's amazing!" I exclaim, showing him to the kitchen where he can put it.

"Thanks Prim, although it's not one of my greatest cakes because I don't have all the same equipment here like I did at the bakery, but I've made use with the things I have."

"Did you order the stuff?" Misty asks.

"Yeah I did." Peeta tells her. I am then asked by Caspian to introduce my sister and friend to the rest of them and pretty soon they are all chatting like old friends. We all get talking about our homes in the different districts and Peeta and Katniss tell us some about their games that weren't shown on TV and things like that. Before we know it, there is a loud noise in the girls' bedroom and we all hurry to investigate.

Sure enough a sliding plate in the ceiling above Ruby's bed is slowly opening. All nine of us crowd into the room and wait expectantly for her to drop out.

"Okay guys, let's not get too close, we don't want to scare her." Cashmere says, taking control of the situation. We all nod our heads solemnly and step back, leaving just Carissa and Cashmere on both sides of the bed.

We don't have to wait long before a body falls from the hole in the ceiling, landing in a heap on the soft bed. Ruby lies still for a moment before slowly sitting up and looking around.

"Where am I?" She asks a little groggily.

"You're in an old arena where all the 'dead' tributes go kid." Cashmere explains.

"Really?" Her voice squeaks out in disbelief.

"Hi Ruby!" I say with a smile, stepping into view and walking towards the bed.

"Prim!" She exclaims jumping up and giving me a hug. She then goes to hug Misty and Caspian, then Sage and Carissa.

"This is so cool." Ruby laughs, sitting back down on her bed.

"That's what we all said when we dropped through the hole." I tell her.

"Except you're the only one who got a welcome party." Caspian says chuckling, "The rest of us, well except for me because Misty was already there, had to find things out for ourselves."

"Well then I thank you all very much." Ruby says smiling.

"Our please." Peeta says, stepping in next.

"Peeta Mellark from last years games?" She gasps. Peeta nods and then pulls in Katniss as well.

"And Katniss Everdeen! It's so nice to meet you! Prim has told me a lot about you two."

"All good I hope." Peeta laughs and smiles at me.

"Only the best." Ruby assures him.

"Well, who wants cake?" Caspian announces, "Because I'm hungry!"

"There's cake?" Ruby asks, jumping up again.

"Oh yes." I tell her. "Peeta made it."

"Well from what you've told me I'm sure that it's delicious." Ruby says laughing.

"Lead the way!" Cashmere tells Peeta and he happily obliges, taking Katniss's hand at the same time and leading her out of the room. The cake turns out even better than it looked and every few minutes someone would tell Peeta just that. Ruby wears a happy smile the entire time and I just wish there was some way that we could tell the others that we are all right. Finnick is the only one in our alliance that still has his District partner, who is also his girlfriend. If one of them 'dies', I hope they both do so that they don't have to be separated for long.

We don't end up eating the entire cake so Peeta leaves the leftovers for Ruby and Cashmere. We leave a little while later, promising to come back and visit soon. I then say goodbye to Katniss and Peeta who head back to their own house while Rue takes Sage, Carissa and I to a cool tree house in the woods.

Rory's pov

"Guys we need to move!" I jolt awake at the sound of Finnick's voice and ask what it is.

"Let's just say we're going to have some unwanted guests pretty soon if we don't hurry up and get out of here." He replies, making his way to one of the tents to get Annie and Rosa.

That's good enough for me. Heading to the second tent I wake up Jules and Gloss telling them that we need to move, apparently I'm the only one who woke up at the sound of danger. They get up quickly enough, stuffing our supplies into backpacks while still waking up. Ten minutes later the fire is out, tents and everything else is packed up and we are ready to go. I'm surprised that our 'unwanted guests' haven't arrived yet, but I'm not going to complain if we get out alive and without a fight. We are just running into the grove of trees and out of sight when a shout is heard, signaling that they've found us. Before we can run any further, an arrow is shot and barely misses Gloss's shoulder. I quickly string my bow with an arrow and loose it into the group of about five people almost instantly killing someone although we're too far to see exactly who it was.

"Hey, where's Johanna?" Finnick asks, a little panicked.

"Think she led them here?" Gloss spits out angrily.

"No, she wouldn't do that." Finnick says positively.

"Well then where is she?" I ask.

"I'm here kid!" I turn around to find Johanna high in a tree above us. "Can't believe you forgot about me!"

"I knew you could take care of yourself." Finnick says with a chuckle.

Just then another arrow flies in to our small group and this time it hits Gloss right in the shoulder. He cries out in pain and falls to the ground, clutching his wound to try and staunch the bleeding. A canon shot goes off just then and I'm afraid that it is Gloss, but I guess it was just delayed for the person, who I think was a woman, that I shot a moment ago.

I then quickly take the medical backpack off my back and hand it to Annie who works on fixing up Gloss's shoulder. I aim once again and shoot an arrow into the other group but it just ends up hitting the ground harmlessly. The other group must be in range now because Jules picks up his spear and throws it with such force that it goes right through one of the men. His canon fires only a second later.

"Come on! Let's get out of here!" Finnick shouts and we begin running in to the trees.

"Where are we headed?" Jules asks.

"As far away from them as possible." Finnick replies and we keep on going. They are soon out of sight, and by now we have reached the summer section again.

"We've gone in one big circle." Johanna says.

"I know." Finnick tells her. "Okay, we'll make camp on the other side as out of sight as we can. We all follow him and set up camp again in a tight grove of trees where we should be less visible. Gloss is laid down in one of the tents as soon as it is erect and ready for use and Annie volunteers on caring for his injury. We only set up the one tent just in case we need to make a quick exit. By now it is about lunch time, so those of us who are hungry munch on some of the leftover deer meat that Finnick, Johanna and I caught.

That night, two pictures are shown in the sky; the woman from District 11, and the man from District 10. I didn't know them but it makes me feel kind of sick that I am the one who killed one of them. Well, that means I'm just that much closer to going home.

So only the end had some action in it, but it can't be all fun and games! Haha. Or in this case, action and adventure. Hope you liked it anyways and I'll miss you all and this story while I'm gone, but remember, a week goes by pretty fast when you're having fun!

Thanks again for reading and please don't forget to leave a review before you go!

Adios!

~FirePearl