Dictators and Other Things That Make Your Life Miserable!

THG isn't mine no matter how much I wish it was!

"Sit down, please," Says Snow as we enter his office.

"Why?" I ask.

"Satrina," Says Finn, "Just sit down."

"Why?" Finn pinches the bridge of his nose.

"Satrina-"

"She can stand if she wants to, Mr. Odair," Says the President

"Uh... Thanks." I say. Finn face palms again. I guess he doesn't like my non- officalness.

Snow sits down in front of his desk and stares at me. I look up and make eye contact with him. I'm not afraid of you, Mr. Dictator, I think.

"Now, Ms. Odair, why did you run away from my party?" He asks. His Capitol accent has a snake- like his to it... Even more proof he's Voldemort!

"Like I said before, your party stinks." Finn cringes and is probably trying not to scream.

"Why does my Party 'stink?'" He asks. I can tell he's getting a little angry.

I open my mouth to awnser when Finn takes over. "You see, Mr. President, Satrina really doesn't like parties. She usually avoids them back home-"

"Where I'd rather be..."

"So she probably disliked yours even more."

"Why does she not like parties?"

"Excuse me? I'm in the room!" Why do people always talk like I'm not saying no the room? It's so annoying!

"She doesn't like being noticed and prefers reading." He waves my book in the air. "What are you reading anyways Satrina?" He opens the book. "And what's a prince of hell?"

I ! Finally, something I'm good at! "A prince of hell is one of the nine angels that-"

"That's boring, Satrina! Where's the exciting part?"

"They got cast out of heaven, and sent to hell, where they became extremely powerful demons."

"That's more exciting! Why didn't you just say that in the first place?" I roll my eyes, and say,

"Can I have the book back now?"

"No."

"What? What do you mean no?!"

"You can have it back, uh..." He looks at the president. OK, that's a little weird. "Tomorrow!" Says Finn, "Yeah, tomorrow."

"Why not later tonight?"

"I have some, uh..." He looks at Snow is starting to scare me. "Odd jobs."

"Like..." Finn better not be doing what I think he's doing.

"Like... Picking up your birthday present!"

"Finn, my birthday isn't for three weeks, why do you pick up the present now?"

"Uh..." He rubs the back of his neck like he always does when he's...

"YOU'RE LYING!"

"Ha... Why would you think that Satrina?" He laughs nervously. Another thing he does when he's lying.

"You're rubbing the back of your neck and laughing, which you always do when you're lying."

"Who made you the Finnick Whisper?"

"Twelve years of living with you."

"I see your point." I win.

"Then what are you really doing?"

"Uh..."

"You may leave now, Mr. Odair." Finn jumps up and dashes out of the room. I clench my fists.

"Can I leave too?"

"In a few minutes, Ms. Odair," Crap. "I would like to have a chat with you." Double crap. "This could take a while, so I would recommend sitting down." Make that triple crap.

FINNICK

That was too close for comfort. Way too close for comfort. Satrina could be a rule follower who lacks any brain power what so ever, but no. She's a rule breaker who's way too smart for her own good.

I trudge down the stairs, trying to block out the voices in my head. She suspects something, Finnick, It says. She knows.

What I don't know is how she would know. I've never told her any of it, and when Via and Reef were still alive, I swore them to secrecy after they found out.

Via and Reef. I told them not to run from four, but they just didn't listen! They still ran. To be honest, they made it further then I expected. All the way to District Twelve before capture. I thought Snow would at least spare them, for me, but I should've known better.

It was the year I tried to stray from my you-know-what in the Capitol. Snow killed them, so I thought it was over. But it wasn't. They reaped Annie.

It was a year ago that they were killed , but I still feel guilty. If I hadn't been so selfish... If I'd just not tried to break free in the first place... Lavania and Reef would still be here, and Annie... Annie would still be OK.

I make it to the now empty party room about five minutes after the car shows up. It's smooth, black, and screams evil.

If you haven't noticed, I hate black cars. As far as I'm concerned, if you've lead a horrible life, when you die, shiny black cars take you down to hell. But to be honest, I don't need black cars to take me to hell when I die, because they already do. Every single night when I'm in Capitol.

The driver glares at me when I arrive. "You're late." He grumbles.

"Blame my sister." I respond in the same tone of voice as I hop into the back of the car. I sit down as he starts to drive away. I wonder where Satrina is...

Whatever. Snow will send her back to the apartment in the car. Where she'll stay up all night reading. Oh! Wait! I have her book! Ha! Now she won't have anything to read! She'll have to go to sleep!

But she still has video games. Shit. She'll stay up the entire night playing Black Ops instead. My bad!

The car drives for about five minutes, then we arrive. "We're here."Grumbles the driver. "And we're late."

I open the door and stare at the huge house that could probably fit three of mine. I walk up th the door it knock. It opens.

Here comes fun.

LEO

Where the heck is Satrina? I've been waiting for her with my grandmother to show up for the last five minutes. We saw Finnick walk by though. Apearently he's picking up Satrina's birthday present. Like I believe that.

I turn to my grandmother. "When's Satrina gonna show up?" I whine, "It's cold!"

"Satrina will show up when she shows up!" Says grandma. She gives me the evil eye. So I shut up. She may be eighty years old, but she's still a victor.

So we wait. And since we're so lucky, it starts to rain. "C'mon Satrina," I grumble to myself, "Hurry up!"

Suddenly, a ruckus starts up in Voldy's mansion. I look inside the windows. It's Satrina. She's racing down the stairs, followed by some very angry-looking peacekeepers.

Satrina skips the exit and runs towards the stairs. The stairs that head to our wonderful dictator's cells. She must be going after that boy.

I'm about to take off after Satrina when someone grabs the back of my suit. Grandmother. "Stay here Leo," She says, "Satrina will be fine."

I stop and stare at the door closing behind the last peacekeeper. "I sure hope you're right."

DUN-DUN-DUN! Do you like the idea of the avox girl and her compaion being Finnick's siblings? I've just always had this weird hunch she was since I read Catching Fire... OK, since I REread it! Don't be afraid to comment! The ninjas won't come for you unless you're mean... OK, I have two scenarios for you:

You comment: Satrina teaches you how to use a knife (as good as she did in chapter two!)

You don't: You have a "chat" with Snow/Voldy...

OH! What now? Remember, awesome people who actually read authour's notes: Malec will get back together... They just have to...