A/N: Hello again! So as I said in the last chapter, there WILL be a death within the group in this chapter. Not telling who it is going to be. Hopefully you enjoy this one!

Katniss POV

I woke up to shining sun and heat pounding down onto me. I realized that I had fallen asleep during my watch.

I shot up into a seated position and looked around, hoping nothing had happened. Thankfully, nothing had happened. Everyone was all just sleeping still.

I looked over at Robbie, Peeta, and Jade who had also fallen asleep. Judging by the sun, it was about ten in the morning. I figured it was about time to get them up too.

I climbed over to the limb Peeta was on. Deciding I needed to spruce up the whole "relationship" thing, I woke him by kissing him softly on the lips.

When he woke, he smiled at me and kissed me again. He wrapped me up in his arms and we just sat there for a minute or two. At the time I would never admit it, but I loved it.

"Morning, lovebirds," said a cool voice that could only be Jade's. She had a smile playing at her lips though.

"Morning," we replied.

Finally I decided to get out of his arms and wake Robbie.

I shook him lightly and he immediately woke up.

"Oh my God, did I fall asleep during watch? Did anything happen?" asked Robbie. He looked pretty scared.

"No, its fine. We all fell asleep. Everyone is perfectly alright," I said. Robbie took a deep breath and nodded.

Suddenly he froze.

"Then where's Tori?"

Everything that happened next was such a blur that I barely remember it. I swear, we all literally tore ourselves out of the trees or sleeping bags, grabbed our packs, left the bags strapped to the tree, and tore off in every direction in search for Tori.

Tori POV

I walked around the woods, Katniss's bow in my hands, her quiver of arrows on my back. I really didn't know how to hunt, but I knew to be quiet/sneaky and try to hit the animals in the eye.

I realized that when everyone else woke up, they'd probably freak, but at least I would have something to repay them with: food.

After about a half hour of searching, I managed to catch two rabbits and something Rue mentioned last night before I fell asleep called a groosling. Honestly, I was pretty proud of myself.

I started heading back to camp, following the trail I had marked. I put X's on trees so I would know where to go. As I reached each mark, I scratched the X out so no one knew that it was even there.

About a third of the way back to camp, I started hearing my name being screamed.

"TORI! TORI!" cried a voice I could only identify as Katniss's. it wasn't until that I realized I have been walking around these woods alone with basically no protection except the bow and arrows.

I suddenly longed to see Jade and Katniss. Just those two. I don't know why them, but I really wanted to see them.

"KATNISS! JADE!" I cried out. I continued screaming their names until I saw the whole lot of them bound into view. The looks on Katniss and Jade's faces were devastating. I felt horrible for leaving them without even telling anyone.

I handed Peeta and Beck the food I had caught.

"Go back to camp," I said, knowing I was about ready to cry and I didn't want the little ones to have to see that. Only Katniss and Jade stayed behind.

As soon as they were all gone, I was surprised to feel arms wrapped tightly around me. Katniss held on to me as though I was her lifeline.

When she finally let go, she looked more scared than I've ever seen her look.

"Please don't do that again. Do you know how scared I was?" asked Katniss, fighting to keep her voice steady.

"I'm sorry," I whispered, trying to swallow the knot in my throat. I handed Katniss her bow back. "Sorry for stealing this."

"The main thing is that you're safe," said Jade, who also embraced me. In the day or two I had known her, I knew she was cold and mean, so it was weird to see her compassionate side.

"Do you want to go back to camp?" asked Katniss in the same soft voice she had used when talking to Amelia.

I was about to say yes, because I was hungry, but two figures strode into our view. Cato and a girl who Katniss had nicknamed Foxface.

Cato had a sword, and Foxface had a big knife. We were pretty much screwed, seeing as the only weapon we had was Katniss's bow.

Jade POV

Tori and I stood unarmed behind Katniss as Cato and Foxface walked in with a knife and sword.

"Well well well. What have we here," said Cato evilly.

"Don't you dare touch them!" hissed Katniss. She had her hands on her bow, ready to shoot.

"We won't touch them. We'll just throw knives at them," said Foxface, her words coming naturally and rolling off her tongue in a sly way.

My heart was beating pretty quickly, but I wasn't about to show fear.

The next few seconds were the worst I have ever lived in my life.

All I remember was Foxface saying something and then a knife coming straight at me. I closed my eyes and waited for the impact, but it never came. Instead I heard a sound of distress, coming from two different people. I opened my eyes to find Cato running away at full speed and to see Katniss send an arrow through Foxface's neck.

The last thing I saw was what scared me the most.

Tori lay on the ground, a knife lodged in her chest. Blood poured out of her wound.

Katniss and I fell to our knees beside her.

"Come on Tori, stay with us, ok?" I said, though I knew we couldn't do anything but stay with her. She was losing too much blood, and her lungs had been punctured. This was her end.

Tori nodded, a mixture of pain and fear in her eyes as she looked down at her wound.

I couldn't quite comprehend what was happening at the moment. All I knew is I needed to stay with Tori and Katniss.

I looked up at Katniss, who looked just as scared as Tori did at the moment. Tears filled her eyes.

"I didn't want to die like this," coughed Tori, reaching up to the knife in her chest.

"No no…don't touch it. It will hurt," said Katniss, her voice restricted with tears.

Tori nodded again.

"You're a hero, did you know that?" I said, my voice shaky with tears. Tori smiled at me.

She coughed again, and blood covered her mouth. She was shaking like a leaf on a windy day, and her pulse was slowing down. I knew it was only a matter of time before we lost her.

"Thank you," said Tori. I looked at her in confusion.

"For what?" Katniss asked, wiping at her eyes.

"For letting me feel what friendship was," Tori said. Her tremors were stopping, slowly but surely.

Katniss and I both smiled.

"You're welcome. I'll never forget you," I said.

Katniss POV

"You're welcome. I'll never forget you," said Jade, fighting to keep back the tears in her eyes.

Tori smiled. And for the first time in the arena, I smiled out of real happiness too.

"Can I sing you a song?" asked Tori. Jade and I nodded.

"I hope you never lose your sense of wonder

You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger

May you never take one single breath for granted

God forbid love ever leave you empty handed

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean

Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens

Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance

I hope you dance," Tori sang, her voice oh so beautiful and soft. She was an amazing singer.

I let a single tear fall from my eye as she finished off her song.

Tori took in a sharp, deep breath, agony on her face. When she let it out, all I could see was defeat in her eyes.

"See you later," said Tori, causing Jade to make some sound in between a sob and a gasp.

"You know it," I said. Tori smiled once more and closed her eyes.

Her pulse came to a halt. Her chest rose and fell once more, only this time it didn't rise again.

The tears in my eyes spilled over as I looked down at my friend's dead body.

Jade sniffled, and I looked up at her for the first time. It was odd to see the tears pouring like rain out of her eyes.

I smoothed Tori's hair down and brushed it out of her eyes. She looked peaceful.

"Ready to go back?" asked Jade through the silence. I nodded, knowing only more pain would come if I stayed by Tori.

I glanced down at her once more.

"Bye Tori," I whispered. Jade did the same.

We got up and faced each other, and without thinking embraced each other.

We finally let go and headed back to the campsite.

"I swear I'm gonna bring down the Capitol if I make it out of here alive," said Jade, her voice shaking with rage and the attempt to stifle her cries. "And I hope they're hearing this."

I couldn't help but smile.

"I'll help you," I joked, but I knew the Capitol was going to make note of this if we got out of here alive.

But our sense of "happiness" if you want to call it that was soon diminished as we got back to camp.

Cat POV

Finally, after about a half an hour, the girls came back. Only someone was missing.

Peeta ran up and hugged Katniss tightly in his arms, then embraced Jade as well. Suddenly he noticed something.

"Why are you two crying?" he asked, and everyone's attention turned to them.

"Uh…" said Jade, not wanting to bear the news to everyone else. Whatever this news was.

Suddenly I noticed something too.

"Where's Tori?" I asked in my overly high pitched and bubbly voice.

Both girls fell silent.

Suddenly Katniss started crying again.

"She's gone. It was Foxface," she cried, covering her mouth. "Foxface killed her."

The silence was so loud that it roared in my ears. It was hard to take this in.

Tori was dead. Foxface killed her.

"She saved my life," Jade said, looking down at the ground.

We all turned to her.

"She stepped in front of me as Foxface threw the knife. It would have killed me if she didn't. but she did, and the knife went into her chest. There was nothing we could do to save her," Jade continued.

We stood in silence again, trying to comprehend this. I felt a weight of sadness on my chest.

"She sang a song before she died," said Katniss. "I think she'd all want you to hear it."

I felt my throat tighten.

Katniss opened her mouth and began to sing in a soft, soothing tone.

"I hope you never lose your sense of wonder

You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger," she began. I immediately recognized the tune.

"May you never take one single breath for granted

God forbid love ever leave you empty handed," I sang, my voice ringing out.

"I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean

Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens," Jade sang.

"Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance

And if you get the choice to sit it out or dance," sang all three of us.

"I hope you dance

I hope you dance," we finished.

I bowed my head in sorrow. I miss you already Tori, I thought to myself.

We sat down in silence to eat. The rest of the night was pretty much silent.

And when we went to bed, I felt empty inside. I said a short little prayer to myself before I closed my eyes.

Tori will always be a hero. In Jade's eyes, in Katniss's eyes, in mine…in all of our eyes.

A/N: Here ya go. Sorry it's been so long for the update. Hope this was good! I know "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack isn't really a song that would be in their time period, but I love that song so much. So…yeah, I guess that covers it. Review please!