3 years later
"Well, lookie here! It seems as if we are outnumbered Gale!" Finnick Odair yells to Gale Hawthorne. Why am I friends with idiots? Dammit Odair! You're going to get yourself killed!
I watch as my friends are forced on to their knees by a guard dressed in familiar black colored armor. These are Snow's men, why are they so far in the forest? I chuckle in spite of myself. This guy has no idea what's coming to him.
I can see all my surroundings from my hiding place up in the trees. Finnick and Gale on their knees, the guard man standing in front of my idiot friends, and four more guards surrounding the area.
Piece. Of. Cake.
I look across the way, whistling out to Johanna, the scariest female (next to me of course) the world has ever seen. I see her head pop out from the trees, her short brown hair spiked, a wicked smile on her face.
Damn she's scary.
I signal for her to get ready and she nods. I pull my bow string back, aiming for the guard captain's head.
Breathe in
3
Breathe out
2
Breathe in
1
My fingers let go of the string, letting the arrow soar gracefully through the air, lodging itself in the man's head. Chaos in sues. Screaming, grunting, fighting, blood and death surround the area. The battle is over before Finnick and Gale could get up off their knees.
"Damn, that took what? Thirty seconds? A minute? I think Miss. Robin Hood just set a new record!" Finnick cried teasingly. I give him my best scowl which successfully shuts him up.
"Shit Finn, do you ever shut up?" Johanna cried when Finnick resumed his loud jabbering to Gale.
"Oh, come on Joey!" Johanna growled at the nickname. Better save Odair's ass before Johanna uses her axe..
"Finn! Shut. Up! I won't be able to save your ass if Johanna here comes after you and chops you up, and then, Annie will skin me alive, and you know what? I enjoy my skin, so for the sake of your ass and my skin, shut the hell up!" Finnick glares at me at the mention of our newest addition to our little band of thieves, Annie Cresta.
The Cresta's were a kind family, and they were one of the several families who earned a share of all the items we have stolen from the lords of the kingdom. Their oldest daughter, Annie, was a childhood friend of Finnick's and apparently, the woman he loves. One morning while doing rounds, we found the door of the Cresta's house slightly cracked open. Finnick and I were becoming worried.
The blood curdling scream didn't help.
Finnick raced into the house, and I wasn't far behind. The scene that surrounded me frightened me. Blood was spattered all over the walls of the tiny house. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Cresta were sprawled on the floor, their faces filled with terror and shock, their throats cut. Not very far from their broken bodies, was six-year old Mitchell Cresta...his head not even attached to his body..
I turn my head away, but I can still see him, the image is forever burned into my brain.
Finnick is sitting on the floor, Annie is wrapped in his arms, screaming and sobbing. Her face is pressed tightly into Finnick's neck, begging and pleading for him to never leave her. He's stroking her long brown hair, cooing softly to her, promising her that he's going to look after her, that he'll never let go.
This is too much for me and I can't, I can't watch any more of it.
Today is the first time that Finnick left Annie for more than five minutes. When the whole band is sitting around the fire, Annie and he hold onto each other, or they don't even show up, staying in the tent they share. Johanna accuses Finn of using Annie in this delicate time, teasing him that this is the only action he's ever going to get from her, but we all know that Finnick would never do that.
He loves her too much.
I never understood love. How you could give your feelings and your soul to one person. The way that Finnick looks at Annie, his tenderness is understandable, she was just traumatized, but he tells me he does it because he loves her. And Gale and Madge! Giving each other those "secret stolen looks", it's disgusting, and I find myself needing to leave whenever they start, because you know they aren't going to stop.
When we arrive at camp, Madge is running about, and Annie is following her. Thresh and Rue, sit talking on a rock near the edge of camp. Well at least someone's doing their job. Clove leans against a stump in the middle of the camp site, throwing her knives at the nearest tree.
Finnick, Gale and Johanna join the group, and I stay back and watch my friends go about their business from a distance. Gale runs up to Madge, picking her up and spinning her, Finnick finds Annie and he leads her into their tent, him talking quietly to her. Johanna sits next to Clove, handing her her knives. I have weird friends..
I sneak away from the group, quietly taking in my surroundings. I climb up my favorite tree, taking a seat on one of the higher branches. I can see the whole camp and some of the surrounding area.
I must have dozed off, because I hear Finnick's booming voice cry;
"ROBIN, ROBIN, ROBIN HOOD! COME OUT, COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE! WE HAVE VISITORS!" Intruders, fucking lovely. I pull my hood over my head. It conceals most of my face; the only part you can see is my mouth. I quickly climb down, the tree, my bow slightly peaking out from under my cloak. When I arrive at the camp, Finnick is there, standing in front of a young man, with blonde hair, who is being forced on his knees by Gale. Behind Gale you can hear the screams of a girl.
"Well, look who decided to join the party?" Finnick jokes, placing his hand on my shoulder, "The master thief, Robin Hood!" I shake my head ignoring his shenanigans, and taking a better look at the young man on his knees. His blonde hair is curled, and he wears what only the finest wear in all of Panem. He looks up at me with eyes the color of the sky on a clear day.
I turn my attention away from the young man, to the screaming girl, who is being held onto by Johanna. She is looking down, and fighting hard.
"This one has some fire in her!" Finnick laughs, grabbing onto the girls arm. Her blonde hair is plaited in two braids, she looks up at me, with the same blue eyes of, of..
"Prim?"
A/N OH YES! I WENT THERE! CLIFFHANGER! I am so very very sorry that you guys had to wait so long for this, but I hope the wait was worth it! Anywhoo! Sorry if my grammar is awful, I do NOT have a beta yet, but I am looking! If you know any good betas I would appreciate it if you would give me their name(: Also, I did have a concern about my story being the same as "Legend" written by HGRomance, who by the way is an awesome writer, and wrote an amazing story, my story does have the same, Robin Hood concept, but my story is going to go in a completely different direction. If you have any concerns, just message me :)
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