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Just thought of the plot twist. By the way, last chapter when Duck hugged Kyo she was just too overjoyed to notice that he transformed into a cat. Well, without further ado, here's chapter two. Happy reading!
Shigure wanted to stay with his friend for a while and Duck wanted to stay for a while so they each had a mansion of their own. Yuki, Kyo, Shigure, and Tohru were in one mansion and Duck and Fakir were living in another. One day, Tohru was strolling through the ruined part of District Twelve, where they hadn't yet started rebuilding, when it happened. She was walking by the skeleton of what was a small home, tears in her eyes from all the innocent people who had died there, when she noticed movement inside. "Hello? Is anyone in there?" She said in her usual cheery way.
A voice came from somewhere inside the ruined building, "Are you Tohru Honda? Friend of Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark? Living in the Victor's Village?"
Tohru was getting a bit worried about this voice that seemed to know everything and took a step back, "Y-yes. That's me. How may I help you?" She was waiting for an answer when, suddenly, a man in a white uniform burst out of the wreckage and grabbed her arm, clamping a hand over her mouth. Her eyes went wide as she was pulled to a charred forest where a concealed ladder was hanging down. The man made her hold onto it and she found she couldn't move once she touched it. The man couldn't keep her hand over her mouth now so she screamed. She screamed for Kyo, Yuki, Shigure, anyone to help her but no one came in time and the ladder was pulled in and she was done.
Kyo's head snapped up as he thought he heard Tohru in the distance. He looked at Yuki and he seemed to have heard the same thing. He then looked at Katniss who had plopped down on a small, slightly charred chair. She looked up at him, "I know. I hear her, too. We can go, but she'll probably be gone by the time we catch up. Follow me." She stood up and the boys followed her as she ran to the forest to where the ladder was being reeled up for the Peacekeeper. Kyo jumped for the ladder, but Katniss put a hand on his shoulder, "It won't help her for you to get captured."
Yuki spoke from a little to the side, "Katniss," for she had squashed his attempts at calling her Ms. Everdeen, "I think this is for you." He handed her a small, white rose with a note attached. She sank to the ground, staring at the rose.
She whispered one word, "Snow…" She began to read the note out loud,
Ms. Everdeen,
It is my duty to inform you that I am alive. When you killed Coin at my execution, I was put in a private holding cell. After a few days, I was broken out by my grandson, Artemis (Not Artemis Fowl.), and, apparently, this was all kept secret. Nevertheless, I am back and, if you are reading this, I succeeded in attaining one of those closest to you. If you don't want what happened to Peeta to happen to sweet, little Tohru Honda, I would implore you to come, alone and unarmed, to meet me in two days under the Capitol, in the exact spot where your friend, Finnick's, head was ripped from his body,
Signed,
The Unwelcome Snow
Katniss burst into angry tears as she finished and Yuki tapped her shoulder, "Ms. Everdeen, what exactly happened to Peeta that he's threatening Tohru with?"
Katniss looked up at him, "Hijacking. They were probably recording everything that happened in the Victor's Village and, despite what Snow said, they're probably already torturing her and conditioning her into hating everyone in the Victor's Village. He may have even killed her. With Peeta, they came close without even trying. But they did succeed in getting him to try to strangle me the first time he saw me." When she finished, Kyo slammed his fist into a redwood tree.
Katniss looked at him sympathetically, remembering the day she woke to find that Peeta had been taken by the Capitol, and threw her arms around him, "I'm sorry about Tohru. All of this is my fault." Her eyes were squeezed shut, but she did notice when he seemed to disappear. She opened her eyes in surprise and looked down to see a small orange cat, "Where did Kyo go?"
Yuki looked at her seriously, "Don't ask. I don't want to have to erase your memory."
The cat spoke, "Damn rat. Why me and not you?"
Yuki spoke scathingly as Katniss stared, "Because you punched a tree, stupid cat. Now because of your stupidity I have to erase Ms. Everdeen's memory."
Katniss came to her senses, "Go ahead and try it! I've been through more than you could ever dream. I've killed. I've seen innocent friends of mine killed. Let's just see if you can erase my memory!"
Katniss scowled one last time and set off running, hearing Yuki trying to follow her, but getting lost in the trees. She burst out into the meadow and ran all the way back to the Victor's Village. She burst into the house that the Sohma's were sharing and quickly found Shigure and hugged him, watching him turn into some kind of black dog, "So you're one of 'em, too? Figures. Tell your cousins that I'll die and let Tohru die before I get my memory erased!" She began to go but Shigure barked to stop her.
The big, black dog spoke in Shigure's voice, "What about Tohru? What happened to her?"
Katniss said one word that just confused him more, "Snow."
Katniss was about to leave when Shigure yelled, "Wait! Please don't tell anyone."
Katniss glared at him, "No promises." She then ran out to go talk to Haymitch. She walked into his mansion and found him in the study. She quickly explained the whole "Tohru" situation, including the part about the Sohmas, which Haymitch said he already knew.
"They think they erased my memory, but I've just been playing dumb this whole time," he told her, "Now, what to do about Snow: I can't make that decision for you. You already know the options."
Katniss nodded, she understood: Die or let die. She looked Haymitch in the eyes, "I choose to let him kill me. Tohru deserves to keep living. I, though, have been ready to die for years and now that my family, my mom, is safe I'm not sure I'll even miss this life."
Haymitch nodded, accepting her decision, "Will you tell Peeta?"
Katniss nodded, "He has a right to know and there's no danger of him being able to stop me. I'm not gonna sit around and let Tohru get hijacked into hurting those she loves. It'd kill her if she did."
Haymitch nodded in assent and Katniss left to talk to Peeta. She explained the problem and her solution and, as she expected, it was met with a resounding "No!"
Peeta shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, no, no, NO!"
Katniss was done trying to explain, "I'm going to save that poor girl if it's the last thing I do! And you know it will be. There's nothing you can do to stop me."
Peeta consented, "Fine, but I'm coming with you."
Katniss shook her head, "You can't. The note said to come alone and unarmed if I want Tohru to come back un-hijacked. And she is NOT going to get hijacked if I have anything to do about it!"
Peeta sighed, "Okay, you win. But please try to come back alive."
Katniss gave a slight, sad smile, "No promises."
The next day, she was entering what used to be the Capitol and going down into the tunnel, ready to die. She casually walked down the street and slipped into an alley, making sure no one was looking before climbing down through the manhole that was one of the many entrances to the tunnel system. She slowly walked through the tunnels, up a slight incline, and suddenly saw it. She stopped in her tracks. A barrage of horrible memories hit her. The first sight of the lizard mutts. Leaving those two officers behind. Finnick being getting his head ripped off by one of them. She sank to her knees and heard a voice somewhere in the shadows ahead.
"Well, well. It's been a long time, Katniss."
Yay! It's a cliffy! Now, you wonder, what will happen next? Happy reading!
