To Kill a Mockingjay

by Ivy Blackwell

It has been two years since the rebellion ended. Two years of peace in Panem. And the Capitol wants revenge. President Snow's granddaughter is on a mission to bring down Katniss and the rebels, to take over Panem once again, and to bring back the Games. And this time someone else is being used against Katniss. Someone the Mockingjay loves a lot more than Peeta.

3. Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE

PEETA'S POV:

I close the bakery door behind me and walk down the street. I watch a few construction workers pounding nails into a new house being built.

I smile. It's a beautiful day. The sun shines brightly shines on my face and the sky is cloudless. I watch small children run across the streets on their little legs. My new life couldn't be any more perfect.

After I moment I reach the house I share with Katniss and walk in. I stop in my tracks. Katniss is staring at the turned off TV, motionless.

"Katniss? Katniss are you alright?" I ask her, sitting down next to her on the couch and shaking her lightly.

"She's alive, Peeta." Katniss whispers to me, stilling staring at the TV.

"Who is?!" I persist.

"Prim..." she responds.

"That's impossible! Are you sure it wasn't a trick?" I keep asking.

"Yes. I saw her on TV," Katniss says, finally turning her attention to me, "She's in the Capitol, held captive there."

"Katniss, I'm sure it was a trick to bring you to the Capitol so they can kill you." I explain to her gently.

"But it wasn't a trick, Peeta! It really was Prim!" she tells me.

"No, I don't think it was. How can you be sure?" I continue.

"Because I know my sister! She...she responded to every question carefully and chose her words with great attention, trying to send me a message, like I know she would! And even her smile! I know that smile! Everything about her was exactly how I remember! Even how she sat! Not even the Capitol could make some sort of copy of her so perfectly!" Katniss almost screams at me.

"Katniss, even if it was Prim, I won't let you go to the Capitol! You know that they do the unthinkable! I won't let you risk your life!" I respond.

"That's exactly the point Peeta! They scream at Prim and call her horrible names! No one cares about her! They might even lock her in a room without giving her any food and water. And if I don't come rescue her, they'll hijack her and hurt her! What type of sister would I be if I didn't go after her?" Katniss asks me.

I sigh and look at her, "I don't know, Katniss. But, I...I can't loose you."

"Peeta, if you found out your brothers were alive and captured would you try to save them?" she asks me.

"Not if you told me not to." I respond

Katniss glares at me.

"If you really loved me you understand that I need to go!"she retorts

"Katniss! I do love you. And I love you so much that I can't bear the thought of you being caught and tortured by the Capitol." I tell her while taking her hand and holding it in mine.

She pulls her hand away, shakes her head in disappointment and says "I really thought you would understand," before walking out the door.

Katniss' POV:

I run out of the house and into an empty house in the Victor's Village. I plop onto the dusty couch and put my head in my hands.

Peeta is wrong. I have to go rescue Prim. Even if it means sneaking out to get her.

And there's only one person who can get me into the Capitol. One person who understands why I need to go rescue Prim. Only one government official I can count on. Gale.