Hey everyone! There is going to be one more chapter after this one and that will be the epilogue. I am so sad that this story is ending after the next chapter. I have loved every second of writing it and hope that all of you enjoyed it. Thank you for all of the support on this story and any of my others that you might read – but on a happy note, my SYOT will be starting very soon and I cannot wait to get into that. The title of my SYOT will be: The 482ed Hunger Games SYOT: Fear the Light not the Dark and there is a picture for it on my Facebook like page, so check it out.
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Stephykins18~ Yes, I had to stop there because I am the cliffhanger monster hehe – I have been called that more than once. Aw, thank you! I'm glad that they do. I have promised since the beginning that Prim gets a happy ending, but I never did say anything about the others. Awww, thank you for that! I'm really glad that you enjoy them and I love writing them. I hope that you like the new chapter.
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TeamGaleSoIGetPeeta~Is it ever that easy with my stories? Haha! *Eyes go wide* A-a pony? Ooh, we'll see if I get a pony at the end of this chapter. I think that you might have left one favorite character of my readers off of that list. ;)
My vision becomes blurry as I watch her leave the room. Katniss bends down beside me, her eyes wide in shock. I shake my head as she tries to help me up. Shock appears on her face and we just stare at each other for a minute. Both of us know what's at risk here and that Katniss is the only one who can stop her now. Nodding her head in understanding, I watch her stand and run after Snow. I close my eyes as the door closes behind her, trying not to focus on the blood pooling around me. The only thing that I can do right now is lay here and look helpless or dead...which ones the better option? Staying as still as I possibly can, I start counting the minutes that Katniss has been gone.
I almost jump when the door opens, trying not to whimper as I touch the cut. Footsteps echo around the room, until there's a light gasp and footsteps moving towards me. So this is how I'm going to die, is my only thought. At least Katniss isn't here to see it I guess. Taking a shallow breath, I expect something to hit me, but I someones fingers gently brush the hair out of my face, a touch that I would know any where. Opening my eyes, I look up and let out a deep breath; as I look into his blue eyes.
Seeing the panic in his eyes, I give him a weak smile and lean against him as he slowly sits me up. "Prim, what happened? Where's Snow and...Katniss? Where is she?"
"She went after Snow...after I got.." I gesture to my chest and he sucks in a breath. He tries to pull me up, but I keep myself on the floor, grabbing onto a table leg. He stares at me as though I've lost my mind and I have no doubt that I have. "Go after Katniss – I'll be fine here. Wait – where's Rory?"
"Prim? Prim? Is she okay? Are you okay?" Peeta stands up as Rory's arms wrap around me and he kisses me on the top of my head. He holds me to him as Peeta runs off in the direction of where Katniss had gone. "I'm going to get you out of here and we'll take care of Snow.."
"Rory...I want to stay here with you. Please?" I beg, just happy to see him again. Then it hits me, the last time that I talked to him, the pain hitting me again like a thousand bricks crushing my heart. Pulling him towards me, I hug myself to him – not caring if I get blood on him. "I'm so sorry about that call. Snow...s-sh-he m-ma-d-de m-me tell you those things. Please, forgive me. I love you and only you...and Brialla."
He hugs me back and kisses me on the forehead, sighing. "I knew that you didn't mean it and I told you that. Prim, we love you too. I'm ending this and than I'm taking you back where you belong. Home with your family. We both love you...so much.."
Tears spill out of my eyes and roll down my cheeks at the thought of being home. "Take me home. Please?"
"I will...no matter what." Carefully he starts to lift me up as he stands, trying not to touch my cut. "We're going home and staying there..."
Of course, nothing is ever just that easy. The door burst open and two Peace Keepers walk inside. Gently, he lays me back down on the floor and pulls out two daggers. Out of the corner of my eye, I see a door open slightly and in crawls President Snow; shaking horribly. Making sure that Rory's attention is on the two Peace Keepers, I start to move towards Snow, knowing that I can end this with the two daggers that are on me and maybe even giving her another shot? No, that would only draw it out and I am not a sick person. I want this over as soon as possible – it all needs to end, now. But the doors kicked open and I look up in time to see Haymitch come walking in. One of the Peace Keepers turn to him, glaring.
"You've got about as much fight in you as your fearless leader," taunts Haymitch as he pulls out a knife. The Peace Keeper looks angered by his words and lunges at him. "Come on boy! Where is she now? Did she crawl into some where underground to die with her family of rats?"
I look away for a second, but hear a gasp. My eyes flicker back over to the four of them and now I see that only three are standing. Blood pools around Haymitch, spreading out as though there's a leak. Tears pool in my eyes and I pray that he's not dead – he can't be dead...he's Haymitch. Effie and Alena need Haymitch...he wouldn't leave them alone – I know that he wouldn't and he couldn't...
A light giggle escapes from Snow's mouth as I look back over at her. Her eyes are red, the closer that I get the more my eyes hurt just from looking at them. She whimpers as I get closer, but we both look in the direction of the battle going on and I notice that Rory is going to be overpowered in a second. A knife flies through the air and lodges into one of the Peace Keepers backs, making everyone stop for a second and look at the door closest to Rory and smile when I see three people standing there. Haleigh and Cole come walking in, with a girl slightly shorter than Haleigh with dark hair and dark eyes follows.
I look back at Snow, watching as her shaking gets worse by the second. Her eyes are cold and hard, almost emotionless as tears start to roll down her cheeks. Pulling out one of my daggers, I move closer and listen to her whimpers; her pleading. Looking at her this way, weak and helpless, begging for me to let her live – it pulls at my heart. But I know what will happen if I allow her to live and it will end in the rest of our deaths, the deaths of our loved ones.
"Primrose...please...don't..." she cries as I hold the dagger up and look into her eyes. Her shivering has come to the point that if I'm not careful, I could accidentally stab her arm and not her heart. She takes a deep breath and I know that she can see what I'm thinking, because it shows in her bloodshot eyes. "You...don't...want...to...kill. Do...not...kill...me and...have a...happy...life.."
Thinking about what my life would be like if she lives, I shake my head and all that I see is death. My life would not be a happy one, let alone bearable. Quickly, not thinking about it, I stab it into her heart. After a second, the shaking stops and I'm looking into blank eyes.
"Dale?" I see Johanna come running into the room as I let go of the knife. The pain in her eyes, but it disappears as quickly as it had come. She has always made it clear, she needs no one and nothing. When she looks at me, her eyes go wide. "Rory!"
Letting out a shallow breath, I fall to the ground and hear Rory yelling my name as my eyes close.
Hm...I expect my pony delivered to me by Christmas Eve, thank you to TeamGaleSoIGetPeeta for my gift. Haha, okay all joking aside I hope that all of you liked it. Let me know if you all want an epilogue, because when I got to the end I decided that I would leave it up to all of you. I never did say if a certain person died or not, so either you can have it as what you believe or I'll write the epilogue and you'll know how it ends in my mind. Thank you for reading and please leave a review.
