A/N: Hey peoples! Did you like chapter 8? Haha, you guys reacted so well to Lilly, so I decided to have her in the next chapter. :) YAY! thanks to LanieBanie who created Lilliana Winset! In PE today, my teacher videotaped the game called European Handball/Capture the Flag and I looked so clumsy! (although the guys said I looked pro and cool.. is that supposed to be a compliment?) (I have to admit, I did look pro! haha, my attempts to be modest are failing.) Anyways, enough of my rambles, GO ON READD!

Peeta's POV: Gale and I try to grab Katniss as she falls, but she gets up again after a matter of seconds. She seems dizzy and dazed so I set her down on a bench and avert my eyes to the two boys who seem my year holding Prim and Rory. At first, I don't believe. But since it is March Break, anyone can get into campus grounds. It's Cato Downey. The boy from District Two that got expelled for cheating on final exams. And beside him a boy I recognize from PE. It's Stan's older brother as well. Prim and Rory are struggling to get out of their grasp, but Cato and Stan's older brother holds them still. Cato cocks his head at me, and asks,

"Aren't you even gonna try to help out your girlfriend, Mellark?"

Before his words register in my brain, they're taking Katniss away. She's tied up just like Prim and Rory, except she slips out of their grasp easily. She kicks the man who tried to take her away in the groin, and he crumples down to the ground, unconscious. She makes her way to me, and I untie the rope that's holding her hands together. Gale starts to clench and unclench his fists in anger and I jump to avert his attention.

"You're gonna be next if you don't explain to us why you're tying up our little friends." I tell Cato. He smirks and holds Prim tighter.

"Pretty little Everdeen here didn't keep up her end of the bargain." I whip around to Katniss and she's confused. She looks to me, and then says,

"What bargain?" in a raspy voice. Cato smirks and shakes his head in amusement.

"You beat me in the Hunger Games and we won't bother mini Everdeen and mini Hawthorne." I scoff. Why would they tie up Prim and Rory for this?

"That's it? All of this for a stupid competetion?" Gale asks angrily. Cato smiles.

"Ah, you didn't let me finish." He says. He looks to Katniss who now has on a poker face.

"You beat me, and you get 100 dollars. I beat you.." he trails off at the end pausing for a chuckle.

"You know what I do to you and Mellark and Hawthorne." Katniss breathes loudly looking atCato and Prim. She lifts her chin and I put my arm over her shoulders. She smiles the slightest bit, then has the courage to face Cato.

"You won't do that." She states. Cato just shakes his head amused.

"I will. You know why? Because I like you. You're pretty, and very feisty." I look down to Katniss. Who seems a little scared at first, but then she smirks.

"I will beat you. You just wait." Cato smiles.

"Good. MANNY!" he yells. The boy who must be Manny looks up. Cato motions to let go of Rory. He unties Rory. And he runs to Prim who is now sobbing a little. Once they're both untied, they both run towards us, and Prim catches Katniss in a hug. Katniss pushes away the hair in her face and Prim asks,

"You will try, won't you? Really, really try?"

"Really, really try. I swear it," I say. And I know, because of Prim, she'll have to.

Prim and Rory run off to their dorms, and Gale, Katniss and I start to walk away. Katniss looks back for a moment. Then Cato says something I can't quite catch. But after Katniss nods back at him, she starts to run. Full on speed, with Gale and I trying to catch up.

Katniss' POV: I already know that I may not be able to win. You see, the Hunger Games is a televised fight competetion. Where kids from all over Panem can compete. Panem Academy actually holds this competetion. The representatives from District 12 never seem to win. Everyone's name goes into the reaping ball, and since I'm 15, my name will be entered 4 times. I've had the privilige to not be reaped for 3 years. However, now that I'm forced to play the Game, I will be volunteered for the District 12 tributes. Technically, people don't get killed. Of course. The Capitol would be appalled. However, there are knives, and our padding gets weaker, and weaker and weaker. Until, there's only the fesh coloured body suit that protects our skin. We can still be bruised and cut but not as badly as we would withour the body armor. The competition will be far beyond my abilities. Kids from wealthier districts, where winning is a huge honor, who've been trained their whole lives for this. Boys who are two to three times my size. Girls who know twenty different ways to slit you with a knife. Oh, there'll be people like me, too. People to weed out before the real fun begins. But because of Prim, I have to. Because of Peeta, I'll have to. Because of Gale and Rory, I'll have to.

Ooooh, THE HUNGER GAMES are back! DON'T LOSE HOPE KATNISS! Oh wait, I'm the game -maker... hahaha, let's hope Katniss survives! (don't worry. i'm team katniss!)