Next few chapters will be shorter because I have big plans for District 7 and I really want to get there.
District Ten
"Katniss wake up," my eyes shot open and Peeta was gently shaking me.
"Hey," I said if I woke up to his face everyday I would be happy.
"Hey yourself," he smiled.
"How long have I been asleep?" I said wiping my mouth. I really must control how much I drool when I sleep.
"Just a couple of hours," he laughed.
"Sorry about that," I said trying to wipe away the wet patch on Peeta's shoulder.
"Its fine," he laughed. "We just got into ten."
"What's that sound?"
"Well that's Finnick," he laughed moving aside and I saw Finnick and Annie were curled up together on the seat opposite fast asleep.
"I don't know how either of you can sleep with that sound."
"I sleep with your snoring," I laughed.
"Oh Kat you have no idea how much you snore," he said laughing.
"Well I'm going to make a point of never sleeping with you again if it bothers you so much," I laughed.
"Keep telling yourself that," he said kissing me and I completely forgot what I was saying.
"So what is that sound then?" Because it defiantly wasn't Finnick
"That's why I woke you, listen," Peeta opened the window. It wasn't a snoring it was more of a mooing.
"What is that?" I stood up and looked out the window, the train tracks were elevated high off the ground surrounded as far as the eye could see with pens all housing all different colored cattle.
"I would love to paint this," Peeta said putting his arms around me.
"Why don't you?" I laughed.
"I will have forgotten all the little details and I want to do this amazing scene justice," he said.
"Here," I said reaching into my bag pulling out the camera that mum and Prim had given me before I left. "Take a picture and then you can do it justice."
"Your so smart," he kissed me on the cheek and took the camera.
"Should we wake them?" I asked looking at Finnick and Annie.
"I tried but they are both gone," Peeta laughed sticking the camera out the window.
"Don't drop that Mum will kill you," I warned.
"I won't," he said bringing it back inside. "Why have we been in two districts and the only pictures on here is one of you and Prim and a bathroom?"
"I was just testing the camera out," I actually didn't take a picture of a bathroom.
"Why aren't you using it," Peeta asked taking a picture of Finnick and Annie.
"Cause I feel weird taking pictures of everything," I said as he sat down and put his arm around me.
"Smile," he said holing up the camera.
"Your so pretty," he said showing me the picture he had just taken.
"Your not even looking at the camera," I saw sitting there smiling at the camera like an idiot and Peeta was just looking at me.
"I like it," Peeta said taking the camera off me. "This is a good camera; if your not going to use it."
"You can use it," I laughed. "As long as you don't take any pictures of me."
"You know that is not going to happen babe," he said lifting the camera and taking another picture."
"Peeta," I said trying to take the camera off him.
"You gave it to me," he said.
"Peeta," I said running my hands down his chest and kissing his neck.
"Not going to work," he said squirming.
"Please," I said kissing along his jaw.
"No," he said clicking a picture.
"Come on," I lightly kissing his lips then I heard the camera click again.
"Peeta," I snapped pushing him away.
"Come on," he said playing with the camera. "It's a good picture," he said showing me. I had to admit he was right it was a pretty cute picture.
"Can you hear that?" someone threw open the door to the compartment and screamed.
"What what?" Finnick shot up.
"That is the sound of innocent animals that are about to be murdered," Glimmer screamed.
"Oh you woke me up to say that?" Finnick said putting his head down and going back to sleep.
"Every year district 10 murders million of Cattle, chickens, Lambs and pigs for no reason," she said sitting down. I had no idea why she was talking to us I still though one and two hated us because of what we did in eleven and I was perfectly fine with that.
"Its not for no reason," Peeta said looking confused. "Its so we can eat them."
"That is even worse," Glimmer yelled. "Killing an innocent to consume their flesh."
"What are we meant to eat then," this maybe the thing I will tell everyone when they ask me why I don't like Glimmer.
"Well I'm a vegetarian and I'm surviving," she said proudly.
"Peeta," I really knew what she was talking about but I just wanted her to leave.
"What's a vegetarian?" Peeta asked.
"Seriously I am surprised people from 12 manage to stay alive with the amount of stuff you don't know," she laughed.
"Do you want me to kick your shinny ass," I said standing up.
"God I don't know why I even bothered," she clicked her tongue slamming the door of the compartment as she left.
"Do you guys seriously not know what a vegetarian is," Finnick said sitting up.
"Of course we do," Peeta laughed.
"Well played," Finnick laughed.
"I'm not going in there," Glimmer screamed. We were meant to be having a tour an animal house.
This was our second day in ten and Glimmer had not shut up about this meat is murder thing. She had however convinced a few people to give up meat for good.
"I'm going to fucking hit her," Johanna snapped.
"I think she would just complain more if you hit her," I sighed.
"Your right we should kill her," Johanna said smiling.
"I heard that pigs will eat anything," I said.
"Kill her and dump her body in a pig pen I like the way you think Katniss," she said hiding.
"I'm not hearing this," Peeta laughed.
"Good because if the police interrogate you I expect that you will cover for both of us not just the one your banging," she said.
"You promised not to mention that night in front of her," Peeta whispered.
"Oh you to better be joking," I laughed.
"Maybe," Johanna laughed.
"I want a picture," Peeta said pushing Johanna and I together.
"Peeta!" I stamped my foot.
"Your going to be pulling bad yelling faces in all the pictures I take of you and I'm still going to use them all," Peeta warned. "Now smile."
"Fine," I sighed smiling.
"See wasn't that better," he said showing me the picture.
"I am going to shove that camera up your ass," I said smiling.
"Please guys leave it in the bedroom," Johanna laughed.
"Is Peeta being dirty again," Finnick said walking up and winking at Johanna.
"Where is Annie? I have something I want to show her for her books," Peeta said.
"She made a friend," Finnick said pointing to Annie who was sitting on the ground with Nuts.
"The crazies have found each other," Johanna laughed.
"She isn't crazy," Finnick snapped.
"Okay," she laughed
"And my sister isn't crazy either," Beetee said coming up to us.
"I was just being funny," Johanna said.
"Comedy is a sign of an uneducated man," Beetee said.
"Good thing I'm not a man then," Johanna spat storming off.
"Beetee," he said waving. I don't know why but I was really looking forward to meeting him.
"I'm Finnick and they're Katniss and Peeta," Finnick introduced us.
"Nice to meet you," Peeta said shaking his hand.
"I'll be back just got to show Annie something," Peeta said walking off.
"This is Bullshit," Someone yelled out.
"Who was that?" Finnick laughed.
"That's Dalton from 10," Beetee said.
"Just because you're an idiot and don't eat meat your going to sit there and ruin it for the rest of us," he yelled at Glimmer.
"That's rich coming from you murderer," she screamed pulling something out of her bag and pouring it over him.
"Is that blood?" Finnick said in shock.
"Where is Peeta with that camera," I wanted to capture the moment Dalton bitch slapped Glimmer.
"You fucking bitch," Dalton screamed.
"I refuse to step foot in this slaughterhouse," Glimmer yelled throwing more of whatever the red stuff was.
"I work here," he yelled.
"Well then you're the worst of them all you control the machines that kill these innocent creatures," Glimmer yelled.
"We don't kill animal here," he yelled.
"I wonder why none of the teachers are stopping this?" Beetee said.
"I think they want him to hit Glimmer as much as the rest of us want him to," Finnick laughed.
"Okay I think that is enough," the teacher from district ten steeped in between them.
"It will never be enough until they stop murdering the innocent animals," Glimmer yelled.
"Enough," the teacher boomed. "This is what happens in district Ten Glimmer if you had this strong a view about it you should have stayed in district one. Now you and your friends are free to sit out here with the bus but I am afraid if you keep this up we will have no choice but to send you back to District one."
"Murder this is murder," she screamed.
"Enough get back on the bus Glimmer we are going to have a little chat," the teacher yelled.
"Everyone else follow me," a teacher yelled.
"Not going to lie," Annie said joining us. "I was kind of hoping that he would hit her," she laughed.
"Now that is why I love you," Finnick said putting his arms around her.
"This is Wiress," she said introducing her.
"Nice to meet you," she said waving at us.
"Wi this is Katniss, Finnick and Peeta," Beetee said introducing us.
"She is right you know," she said pointing at Glimmer.
"What do you mean?" Finnick asked but she didn't answer.
"Human are natural herbivores," Beetee said.
"What is that?" Peeta asked as we joined the line to get into the building.
"Plant eaters," Wiress said.
"Oh so it is unnatural that we eat meat?" I asked.
"No from what we have learnt from the studies of the old people," Wiress said. The old people were the ones that came before Panem was created.
"They found that eating the first human ate roots and leaves," It was weird Wiress didn't actually stop talking then Beetee just interrupted her.
"So eating meat is unnatural?" Finnick asked.
"No no no no," Wiress said shaking her head.
"It's a natural evolution," Beetee said.
"I'm confused," Annie whispered and I had to say I was right there with her.
"It is easy," Wiress smiled.
"You cannot dangle a food source in front of us for long without us eating it," Beetee laughed.
"I still don't get it," I heard Annie whisper to Finnick.
"Its okay I don't either," he said.
Glimmer was an idiot that was cemented in my mind the moment I saw what was in the animal.
"Oh oh oh Finnick look baby ducks," Annie squealed.
"Guys gather around," the teacher spoke up. "Now welcome to the district ten animal House it is where we house some of the baby animals that are born in district ten."
"Why didn't you tell this to the yelling mob outside?" someone yelled.
"To be honest I didn't want them in here," the teacher laughed. "They might talk the animals into killing them selves. A few rules we are going to spend sometime in here playing with the animals. There is food in the barrels in front of the pens if you would like to feed the animals. If you tease, hurt, annoy, flick, pinch, punch are cruel in anyway to these animals then you will be sent back to your district faster than you can inhale," she warned.
"Don't force the animals to eat because there is a lot of you trying to feed them and they might not ne hungry. I would encourage you not to sneak up on the animals because if they get scared they could hurt you. I think that it now have fun."
"Duck Ducks Finnick," Annie said pulling Finnick along.
"You go babe I'm going to look at the manly animals," he laughed.
"Come and take some pictures of them," Annie said to Peeta.
"Oh baby ducks," Peeta said sarcastically following Annie.
"Going over there," Finnick said walking off.
"Despite there appearance Pigs are actually very clean," Wiress said wondering off leaving me with Beetee.
"So," I wanted him to explain the meat eating thing again but I didn't want to seem like an idiot. "Wiress is your sister?"
"Yes we are twins," he said pushing his glasses up his nose.
"Is that why you finish each other sentences," I asked.
"No there is no real scientific proof to prove that," he said looking around. "I tested us both when we were seven there was nothing between us," he said looking over at his sister.
"Well if you spend enough time with someone you start thinking alike," I said.
"That was the exact conclusion I came up with," he said smiling at me like he was surprised I could come up with something like that.
"Anyway she is smart, smarter than me but she just has trouble articulating things," he laughed. Although I didn't see what was funny about that.
"What you did in the game in eleven was amazing," I said.
"We just did what we knew how to," he said. "There was no way we were going to win by hiding in a tree and shooting people."
"Smart," I said looking around.
"I don't know why but I had been looking forward to meeting you," he said without looking at me.
"I'm with Peeta," I don't know why I said that.
"That's not what I meant," he laughed. "You seem smart someone to talk to."
"I'm not that smart," I laughed.
"Your smarter than you think," he laughed turning around and walking over joining his sister.
I think I just got insulted I thought grabbing a handful of the feed and opening a pen.
"Aren't you so cute," as soon as I opened the pen a little goat ran over to me.
"What is your name?" I asked holding out my hand.
"I think I will call you Lady because that is what you're going to grow up to be," I was talking in the same high pitch squeaky voice that people talk in when they talk to babies. Then I head the click.
"Peeta," I snapped scaring the goat away. "Great you scared my friend away."
"I love taking pictures of you," he said smiling.
"You scared away my friend," I said holding my hand out trying to entice the goat back to me but she wasn't having it.
"No I think you snapping at me did it," he said coming over to me.
"I think Beetee insulted me," I said resting my head on his chest.
"Yeah the people from three think they are so much smarter than everyone," Peeta said kissing the top of my head.
"I like them we should be friends with them," I said.
"You know you can be friends with someone without me," he laughed.
"I know," I said thinking of Gale.
"Katniss," Annie called. "Come and see the baby pigs."
"Come on you can take some pictures," I said pulling Peeta along after me.
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District nine will be up tomorrow Monday at the latest.