29. The Snake Pit, by TheeBookWriter
Blaze of District 8 was going crazy, and after the hospital had perished from them killing another thousand people or so, Gale and Katniss stood on the roof shooting down fighter crafts that flew above with a ferocious roar. Gale had shot two down and Katniss was failing to even blow one of them up, she was angered with Gale's smug attitude to shooting down the crafts, "Look at that explosion! Come on Catnip!" He challenged.
It was all just a game to him!
"Yeah, well, I am trying!" Katniss snapped angrily. She hated his competitive attitude to things, she had to put up with it years of hunting with him and even living near him!
"All we need to a bigger impact. Like a bomb to throw at them as the soldiers arrive!" Gale told her as if expecting her to do something about it! How dare him!
"Yes, maybe we do." Katniss muttered before pulling out a strap bomb and wrapping it around Gale's waist, before he knew what was happening she threw him off the building, "Shame you're it!" She laughed as he fell into the explosion of flames.
30. Golden Fangs, by GlitterAttack
I was so excited! I'd been persuading Katniss to let me come on the Victory Tour with her and Lover Boy, and now, Katniss had finally agreed! I had to go as Peeta's bodyguard, but I didn't care. Maybe I'd get a chance to kill him somehow too.
"Gale, I want you to meet one of my special Victor friends, Enobaria." Katniss said as we rode the train to the Capitol. "She looks scary, with her golden fangs, but I promise that she won't hurt you."
"Ok, Catnip." I said smugly, giving Lover Boy a smirk. She's talking to me, and not you, Mellark.
"Just tell her how nice and pretty she is." Katniss got up, and went inside her room.
We arrived at the Capitol two hours later. I escorted Peeta to his room, and then wandered around, trying to find Enobaria and get to know her.
I saw an official-looking Capitol person striding in front of me. I caught up with him, and tapped him on the shoulder. He pointed a gun at me, but withdrew it when he saw the official looking badge I wore that read Victor Bodyguard.
"Yes, sir, what do you need?" The guard asked me curtly.
"I wish to know where Ms. Enobaria is." I puffed out my chest, and tried to look important.
"Very well, Sir. Follow me."
I followed him down two hallways, and into an elevator. We stopped at the third floor, and he led me to a locked door with the name "Enobaria" written on it.
The guard left once we arrived at the locked door. I knocked politely, and the door opened seconds later. A pretty brunette with gold fangs answered the door.
"Hello, Ms. Enobaria." I said in my best flirty tone.
"Hello." She glared at me, and I was reminded of Katniss. I couldn't help but smile.
"My name is Gale Hawthorne." I began, letting myself into her room.
"I don't care." She said rudely.
"I think you are very pretty, and nice." I said, taking Katniss's advice.
"Well, that's your opinion." Enobaria hissed. She pounced on me like a cat, and I immediately wrapped my arms around her, thinking that she wanted me to kiss her.
The last thing I saw was a glint of golden fangs as they sunk into my throat.
31. Perfect Prim
"Happy birthday, Katniss!" They cheered as party poppers and music blasted off. People stood around Katniss as she sliced her cake which one swift cut. She was getting older now and decided on want to do with herself. She had been working in Peeta's bakery for two months today, but wanted something more. She was joining the Army. Peeta wasn't happy but Gale was over the moon as he too was joining her.
"My daughter, I'm so proud of her!" Katniss's mom laughed in the crowd of people as the people separated on to the dance floor to join the music and lights.
"Oh, mom!" Katniss rolled her eyes.
"Katniss, happy birthday, you're so beautiful tonight." Gale walked over to her, taking her cheek in his hand. She was in the same dress as the interview with Caesar Flickerman for the 74th Games. She was ravishing.
"Shut up Gale! Why are you here?" Katniss muttered eyeing him with hatred.
"Listen, that bomb was a mistake! It wasn't my fault!" Gale dropped his hand frowning at her. Since the bomb had killed Prim and her death noting had been right between them.
"Mistake?! No, a mistake is trusting you with a damn bomb!" Katniss growled shoving him back and walking away.
"What do you want me to do?!" Gale cried out. "KAAAAAATTTTTTTTNIIIIIIIISSSS SSSSSS!"
Then he fell to the floor with a knife in his bloody chest, stood above him was Prim, angry and alive!
22 minutes ago
32. Ladylike Goat, by GlitterAttack
"Gale, could you go milk Lady please?" Prim asked in a sweetly polite voice. "I need to help Katniss find a dress!"
"Since when does Katniss wear dresses anyways?" I muttered grumpily as I took the metal pail from Prim.
"Since she and Peeta started dating!" Prim sang happily.
I hated Peeta with a passion. Bread Boy had stolen Katniss from me, and I'd never forgive him.
I walked over to Lady, and squatted down beside the small black and white goat. "Hi, Lady." I stroked her softly.
Lady stood still and taut, her whole body ready for action. I didn't know what was wrong with her; Lady was the most temperamental animal I'd ever met.
"What's wrong?" I soothed, setting the pail down and looking into Lady's dark eyes.
Lady glared at me in response, and I stared at her in shock. Since when do animals glare anyways?
Lady settled down again after a couple minutes, so I began the job of milking her. I had just set the pail under her, when she reached a hoof out and kicked me in the gut.
"OW! What was that for?" I glared at Lady as I tried to get my breath back.
Once I had recovered my breath, I sat back up, and set the pail in position again. Lady tried to run away, but I caught her and dragged her back. "Oh no you don't." I warned her in a firm voice.
Before I had so much as touched Lady, she reached out her hoof again, and hit me squarely in the head. I wasn't fast enough to dodge away, so Lady managed to hit me right on the head.
I moaned as the pain exploded in my head. I put a hand up to my head and saw blood. My mouth felt all fuzzy, and I was disoriented. I tried to yell or say anything, but talking was beyond me. The last thing I saw was Peeta walking up the front steps of the house, and Lady throwing the pail at me.
33. Cake Arena, by GlitterAttack
"Ok, Gale, you can do this." Cinna told me confidently. "Remember all the training you've had. You're going to win for sure."
"I know I can win, Cinna." I replied arrogantly as I stepped on the metal tube. "I mean, how hard can it be?"
"That's the spirit." Cinna replied as the metal tube closed up. Cinna waved goodbye to me, and I felt the pedestal rising upwards.
The first thing I registered was the sweet smell of sugar. I looked around me, blinking slowly as the world came into focus.
Everything was made of out of frosting, chocolate, or cake. The arena was basically a huge cake. I gulped when I remembered a conversation that I'd overheard Peeta and Katniss having.
32. Ladylike Goat, by GlitterAttack
"Gale, could you go milk Lady please?" Prim asked in a sweetly polite voice. "I need to help Katniss find a dress!"
"Since when does Katniss wear dresses anyways?" I muttered grumpily as I took the metal pail from Prim.
"Since she and Peeta started dating!" Prim sang happily.
I hated Peeta with a passion. Bread Boy had stolen Katniss from me, and I'd never forgive him.
I walked over to Lady, and squatted down beside the small black and white goat. "Hi, Lady." I stroked her softly.
Lady stood still and taut, her whole body ready for action. I didn't know what was wrong with her; Lady was the most temperamental animal I'd ever met.
"What's wrong?" I soothed, setting the pail down and looking into Lady's dark eyes.
Lady glared at me in response, and I stared at her in shock. Since when do animals glare anyways?
Lady settled down again after a couple minutes, so I began the job of milking her. I had just set the pail under her, when she reached a hoof out and kicked me in the gut.
"OW! What was that for?" I glared at Lady as I tried to get my breath back.
Once I had recovered my breath, I sat back up, and set the pail in position again. Lady tried to run away, but I caught her and dragged her back. "Oh no you don't." I warned her in a firm voice.
Before I had so much as touched Lady, she reached out her hoof again, and hit me squarely in the head. I wasn't fast enough to dodge away, so Lady managed to hit me right on the head.
I moaned as the pain exploded in my head. I put a hand up to my head and saw blood. My mouth felt all fuzzy, and I was disoriented. I tried to yell or say anything, but talking was beyond me. The last thing I saw was Peeta walking up the front steps of the house, and Lady throwing the pail at me.
33. Cake Arena, by GlitterAttack
"Ok, Gale, you can do this." Cinna told me confidently. "Remember all the training you've had. You're going to win for sure."
"I know I can win, Cinna." I replied arrogantly as I stepped on the metal tube. "I mean, how hard can it be?"
"That's the spirit." Cinna replied as the metal tube closed up. Cinna waved goodbye to me, and I felt the pedestal rising upwards.
The first thing I registered was the sweet smell of sugar. I looked around me, blinking slowly as the world came into focus.
Everything was made of out of frosting, chocolate, or cake. The arena was basically a huge cake. I gulped when I remembered a conversation that I'd overheard Peeta and Katniss having.
"What if the arena is a giant cake?" Peeta asked Katniss excitedly as he frosted a chocolate cake.
"Peeta, that's impossible!" Katniss giggled.
"No, it's not!" Peeta declared defiantly. "You wait and see, Katniss!"
I looked around me, desperately looking for a weapon. But all I could see were lolliops, gingerbread men, and flower-shaped cookies. The smell of sugar was so overwhelming that I almost gagged on it.
Three… Two… One!
When the gong went off, I scrambled off my pedestal, and half-swam to the Cornucopia, which was actually the cake's centerpiece this year.
I saw a huge blonde boy coming toward me holding a lollipop. He looked so ridiculous covered in cake that I couldn't help but laugh.
"What you going to do with that, Cato?" I sniggered. "Poke me?"
"No, stab you!" Cato replied with an evil laugh. "The stick of the lollipop is shaped like a sword!"
Before I could move an inch, Cato's huge blue lollipop came cannoning towards me, and the end of the stick stuck in my chest. I stared in shock at Cato, and he just laughed.
I screamed in pain as the pain rushed through my body. ""Sugar coated swords." Cato sighed in pleasure. "Best weapon ever."
I couldn't do anything but lie hopelessly in the frosting, and wait for death. "You scream like a girl." Cato snickered.
34. Cato Clones, by GlitterAttack
"Gale, guess what?" Katniss asked excitedly. Her eyes were lit up with barely contained happiness.
"Yeah?" I asked, lounging back on the couch comfortably.
"Peeta's bringing a surprise with him!" Katniss yelled happily. "Let's wait outside for him!"
I groaned as Katniss dragged me off the comfortable coach and outside into the sweltering heat. Katniss ignored my protests, and instead pulled me more insistently when I protested.
"Wait here, Gale, I need to see where Peeta is!" Katniss exclaimed once we'd gotten outside. She ran off in the direction of Peeta's bakery and left me without a word.
I sighed in annoyance as I took a seat on the hard dirt floor. After a few minutes, I saw a long line of big blonde boys marching up to Katniss's house where I sat. They all looked exactly the same, and my eyes narrowed in suspicion.
I knew these boys from somewhere…
The first blonde boy in the row came to stand above me, and he asked, "Is this Gale Hawthorne, Victor of the Seventy-Fourth Hunger Games?"
"Yeah, that's me." I replied proudly, puffing my chest out.
"Well, you killed me." He glared at me.
No, I didn't. You're still alive." I pointed out, rolling my eyes in annoyance at this boy.
"Attack!" The boy yelled, and I suddenly remembered who it was. It was Cato, who I'd killed in the finale of the Games. Oops.
"Clone 1!" Cato yelled. "Forward!"
Cato Clone 1 came to stand before me, and one by one, the clones formed a tight circle around me. As the last clone came to stand around me, Clone 23, I gazed up at them in fear.
Where had Katniss gone? I thought desperately.
The Clones suddenly leaped on me like wild dogs, and started hacking at me with swords and knives. I was screaming so loudly that I was sure the whole District could hear me, but no one came to my aid. I heard the laughs and snickers of the clones in my ears, before I blacked out.
Katniss and Peeta came back to the house to find Gale lying dead. "We missed the fun!" Katniss moaned in disappointment.
"No, we didn't." Peeta countered. Sure enough, one of the clones, who had been hiding behind the gate, emerged, and slung Gale over a shoulder.
"Bye, Gale!" Katniss and Peeta yelled in unison as they waved from the porch. The Cato Clone turned around and waved with his free hand before disappearing in the distance.
35. Victory Tour, by GlitterAttack
"Gale, we're already at District 4, come on!" Katniss dragged me off the train by the hand. "There's a party!"
"I'm coming." I muttered. Katniss and Peeta had been invited to a party hosted by Finnick Odair, and I had been dragged along. I didn't want to go to a party, but Katniss didn't understand.
So, thirty minutes into the party, Katniss had locked me in a closet with Annie Cresta to play Seven Minutes of Heaven. I sat on an abandoned crate, as far from Annie as possible. But it was no use, because Annie was screaming so loudly that I couldn't hear myself think. After a small amount of time, my ears were ringing and my head was pounding.
By the time the seven minutes were over, I was so dazed that I could hardly see and I definitely couldn't stand.
Finnick Odair came to stand in the closet with me. "So, who told you to take my girlfriend in closet?" Finnick glared at me, and I felt fear rush through my dazed head at the sight of Finnick's trident.
"She screamed." I slurred stupidly. "We didn't do anything."
Finnick seemed to lose his patience with me. He brought his trident down hard, and I felt blood spill out of my wound uncontrollably. I screamed in pain so loudly that I made Annie's screams seem like mere whispers.
"Finnick, get out!" Katniss proclaimed. "Peeta and I are going in the closet to play Seven Minutes of Heaven now!"
I felt myself being lifted and dragged out of the closet by my armpits. The very last thing I saw was Katniss and Peeta starting to make out as their Seven Minutes started. I was thrown outside Finnick's house, where I lay for several moments as the world spun.
The last thing I heard was the sound of l
21 minutes ago
37. Just a Tracker Jacker, by GlitterAttack
I've been very careful in the woods since Katniss dropped the tracker jacker nest on the Lover Boy and the Careers. Glimmer's twitching; awful death has haunted me for the past week. So, now when I go hunt for my family and Katniss's, I am extra careful to keep watch for the golden wasps.
Today, I decided to set some traps along a trail Katniss and I knew very well. I walked along the path, enjoying the refreshing forest air and the sense of freedom.
My eyes catch a small movement up by the trees. Immediately, my bow is at the ready, and I see a light brown animal run through the trees. It disappears for a moment, but then I catch sight of it standing still on a branch. I take careful aim, and let my arrow fly through the air.
The light brown thing I shot exploded, and a hundred gleams of gold shot out of it. I scream in terror, and begin to run along the path, heading for a large lake that I know is nearby. I run for nearly five minutes, and it seems that I have lost all the tracker jackers. I slow down, deciding to catch my breath before beginning to hunt again.
There is a small buzzing by my ear. I decide it's a bee or a fly, so I ignore it. But the buzzing gets louder and louder, and I see a flash of gold right by my throat. Before I can do anything, the tracker jacker stings me.
I scream in pain, but I try to stay calm. Katiss got stung three times, and she was fine. So if I only get stung once, I'll be fine for sure.
I see Bread Boy and Katniss kissing right in front of me, and I scream and try to tackle Peeta away from her, but my arms aren't cooperating. Bread Boy breaks the kiss long enough to look at me, and snicker.
I try to scream at Lover Boy, but my throat isn't working. I can't even breath, and I slowly feel myself choking. The last thing I see before the world fades is Lover Boy giving Katniss a beautiful, large pearl.
38. Haymitch's Knives, by GlitterAttack
"Gale, can you help me wake Haymitch up?" Katniss asks me. "Today is the start of the Victory Tour, and Haymitch needs to be awake!"
"Fine." I grumble. "I'll help." Under my breath, though, I mutter, "Why can't Bread Boy help?"
Katniss hears me, unfortunately, and whips around to look at me. "Peeta is busy." She says loftily.
"Fine, let's go." I mutter, and follow her to Victor's Village. We enter the dirtiest house on the street, and the stench of liquor overwhelms me the moment I walk in.
"How can he live in this pigsty?" I ask in horror.
Katniss just shrugs, and fills a huge bucket with cold water. I get a sudden idea, and motion for Katniss to wait. I head to Haymitch's liquor stash, and take every bottle I find. Then, I drain them down the sink.
"It will help with the smell." I explain in reply to Katniss's horrified expression.
"You wake him." Karniss says to me.
"Alright." I reply. I walk over to Haymitch, and nudge him awake. He blearily opens one eye, and asks, "Why does it smell so bad?"
"I know." I reply. "But don't worry, I got rid of all the leftover liquor!"
Haymitch has fallen asleep again, but he starts awake at my words. Before I can react, I see a small silver dagger in Haymitch's hand rush to my throat.
I can hear Katniss screaming at Haymitch, and I hear her say, "Oh, well. He doesn't matter. I'm going to go look for Peeta."
39. Torture, by GlitterAttack
"What are you doing?" I snap at the Peacekeeper standing above me.
"You lead the rebellion, and your acts are being considered treason against the Capitol." The Peacekeeper says smoothly. "For which the punishment is torture."
"But I was offered a job in District Two." I protest. "The rebels won the rebellion."
"Katniss Everdeen has ordered that you be tried for treason." The Peacekeeper says emotionlessly. "You killed an innocent nurse named Primrose Everdeen."
Before I can say anything, the Peacekeeper pulls out a needle filled with some strange golden liquid. He puts on a pair of white gloves, and I gulp.
"Tracker jacker poison." He explains in response to my expression.
He gives me the needle in the arm. It doesn't hurt very much, but I can feel the poison rush through me almost instantly.
I see Katniss hugging Prim joyfully, and Peeta giving Katniss a ring with a pearl inlaid in it. I scream, hoping Katniss will hear me, but she is too busy showing Prim her new ring. Before I can wonder if this is a hallucination or real life, I feel myself black out.
37. Just a Tracker Jacker, by GlitterAttack
I've been very careful in the woods since Katniss dropped the tracker jacker nest on the Lover Boy and the Careers. Glimmer's twitching; awful death has haunted me for the past week. So, now when I go hunt for my family and Katniss's, I am extra careful to keep watch for the golden wasps.
Today, I decided to set some traps along a trail Katniss and I knew very well. I walked along the path, enjoying the refreshing forest air and the sense of freedom.
My eyes catch a small movement up by the trees. Immediately, my bow is at the ready, and I see a light brown animal run through the trees. It disappears for a moment, but then I catch sight of it standing still on a branch. I take careful aim, and let my arrow fly through the air.
The light brown thing I shot exploded, and a hundred gleams of gold shot out of it. I scream in terror, and begin to run along the path, heading for a large lake that I know is nearby. I run for nearly five minutes, and it seems that I have lost all the tracker jackers. I slow down, deciding to catch my breath before beginning to hunt again.
There is a small buzzing by my ear. I decide it's a bee or a fly, so I ignore it. But the buzzing gets louder and louder, and I see a flash of gold right by my throat. Before I can do anything, the tracker jacker stings me.
I scream in pain, but I try to stay calm. Katiss got stung three times, and she was fine. So if I only get stung once, I'll be fine for sure.
I see Bread Boy and Katniss kissing right in front of me, and I scream and try to tackle Peeta away from her, but my arms aren't cooperating. Bread Boy breaks the kiss long enough to look at me, and snicker.
I try to scream at Lover Boy, but my throat isn't working. I can't even breath, and I slowly feel myself choking. The last thing I see before the world fades is Lover Boy giving Katniss a beautiful, large pearl.
38. Haymitch's Knives, by GlitterAttack
"Gale, can you help me wake Haymitch up?" Katniss asks me. "Today is the start of the Victory Tour, and Haymitch needs to be awake!"
"Fine." I grumble. "I'll help." Under my breath, though, I mutter, "Why can't Bread Boy help?"
Katniss hears me, unfortunately, and whips around to look at me. "Peeta is busy." She says loftily.
"Fine, let's go." I mutter, and follow her to Victor's Village. We enter the dirtiest house on the street, and the stench of liquor overwhelms me the moment I walk in.
"How can he live in this pigsty?" I ask in horror.
Katniss just shrugs, and fills a huge bucket with cold water. I get a sudden idea, and motion for Katniss to wait. I head to Haymitch's liquor stash, and take every bottle I find. Then, I drain them down the sink.
"It will help with the smell." I explain in reply to Katniss's horrified expression.
"You wake him." Karniss says to me.
"Alright." I reply. I walk over to Haymitch, and nudge him awake. He blearily opens one eye, and asks, "Why does it smell so bad?"
"I know." I reply. "But don't worry, I got rid of all the leftover liquor!"
Haymitch has fallen asleep again, but he starts awake at my words. Before I can react, I see a small silver dagger in Haymitch's hand rush to my throat.
I can hear Katniss screaming at Haymitch, and I hear her say, "Oh, well. He doesn't matter. I'm going to go look for Peeta."
39. Torture, by GlitterAttack
"What are you doing?" I snap at the Peacekeeper standing above me.
"You lead the rebellion, and your acts are being considered treason against the Capitol." The Peacekeeper says smoothly. "For which the punishment is torture."
"But I was offered a job in District Two." I protest. "The rebels won the rebellion."
"Katniss Everdeen has ordered that you be tried for treason." The Peacekeeper says emotionlessly. "You killed an innocent nurse named Primrose Everdeen."
Before I can say anything, the Peacekeeper pulls out a needle filled with some strange golden liquid. He puts on a pair of white gloves, and I gulp.
"Tracker jacker poison." He explains in response to my expression.
He gives me the needle in the arm. It doesn't hurt very much, but I can feel the poison rush through me almost instantly.
I see Katniss hugging Prim joyfully, and Peeta giving Katniss a ring with a pearl inlaid in it. I scream, hoping Katniss will hear me, but she is too busy showing Prim her new ring. Before I can wonder if this is a hallucination or real life, I feel myself black out.
Meanwhile, Katniss asks, "How are you still alive, Prim?"
"Gale never killed me." She explained. "I got away just in time."
"I had him killed." Katniss said.
Just then, Peeta enters the room. "Katniss, Gale died." Peeta announces.
"Oh well." Katniss sighs. "Too bad."
40. Llamas, by GlitterAttack
I stomp down the dusty road, fuming with anger. Prim skips along a couple paces behind me, talking about how great Peeta and Katniss's wedding was.
"Prim, shut up!" I roar. "No one cares about Bread Boy's wedding!"
"You're just jealous!" Prim huffs angrily.
"I am NOT!" I scream. I begin to walk faster, hoping I can leave Prim behind.
"Yes you are!" Prim sniffs. "You're just angry because Katniss liked Peeta's muffins and not yours!"
I had taken muffins for Katniss last week, and she had thrown them away, telling me they tasted horrible. Then, she grabbed one of Peeta's muffins off the table, and ate it right in front of my eyes. I had walked out after throwing every single one of Peeta's muffins away.
So, yes, I was jealous, but there was no way I was telling that to Prim.
To my great relief, Prim suddenly gasps, and screechs, "I have to go! Peeta promised to make me sugar cookies today!"
"Finally. " I sigh in relief. "Peace and quiet."
I continue walking along the path and head for the woods. Suddenly, I hear hooves along the path. I stop for a moment, and look at the strange animal running towards me. From what I've seen in books, it's called a llama. I've never seen one in real life, but I recall reading that they are friendly.
I stand my ground, and hold my hand out for the llama. "Here, girl." I murmur softly.
The llama doesn't slow down when she reaches me, and before I can move out of her way, she runs me down and prances around me, making sure I can't get up.
In the distance, I see a whole huge herd of llamas running at me. They stomp on me until I can't feel my hands or legs.
Just before I lose consciousness, I remember that I read camels were friendly, and llamas were not.
To this day, there are never any llamas in District 12.
20 minutes ago