~Witch cackling in distance~

Johanna POV

I'm breathing heavily, choking on the smoke that's flying around. The roaring fire continues to grow bigger, enjoying the dry, rotting furniture laying around the room. I look up at Peeta who has his head stuck through the small window. The fire reaches the roof, causing the abandoned bird's nests that have been formed on the beams to erupt in flame.

I'm beginning to feel claustrophobic while sparks fly around devouring more items. I shut my eyes as I back up against the hard stone wall, praying that this horror will end.

"Johanna!" I hear Peeta screaming my name, I look up at him and he's got majority of his body hanging out the window, what is this idiot doing.

"I need you to follow me ok? Promise me" He shouts as begins to disappear from my sight. I quickly stand up and stumble to look out the window, I notice a balcony a couple meters below me, and looking up at me is a familiar blonde haired, blue-eyed face. He's got his arms outstretched and yells something inaudible at me. I think he wants me to jump.

I bite my lip and look back at the screaming fire, it's devoured ever possible item in the room and it's next target is undoubtedly me. I squeeze my eyes shut as I begin to lower myself out the window, my feet scraping against the jagged stone wall.

I let go of the window pane, feeling the air scraping against my body. My feet strain to land on something, swinging wildly and it is not until I feel the strong arms of Peeta wrap around me I feel safe.

Katniss POV

My feet are frozen to the ground, my eyes filled with terror. Time seems to be standing still and everything slows down as though I'm in an out of body experience, watching this from another point of view.

The terrifying beast seems to move in slow motion as he crawls towards us, growling and baring his teeth. My heart drops to my stomach as another howl penetrates through my skull. The animal looks into the distance to where I assume the howl is coming from, and bounds off taking ginormous strides.

I take a deep breath and close my eyes, attempting to calm myself down. Cato walks over to me and grabs my arm, his eyes stone cold, showing as little emotion possible.

"We have to get out of here, fast," He states. I nod my head and we begin running through the path. Occasionally it hits a dead end and we have to retrace our steps, and the seldom small creature will pop out of it's hiding place. The sky is turning into a deep spooky blue, the full moon shining bright with a couple of hazy clouds glooming over it.

Eventually we make it out of that hellhole and are back inside the freakish mansion. Lanterns' lining the walls gives us minimal light as we make it back to the common room.

We enter a grand hall, with a high ceiling with chandeliers brightening up the room. Intricate designs decorate the polished floor while long gold and red drapes border the huge windows. We've never been in this room before-come to think of it, the past few areas have been alien to us as well.

"This must be a ballroom, it reminds me of the one from The Beauty and the Beast" I say as I gaze wondrously around the room. Yellow murals paint the gold walls, while large pillars hold up the balconies.

"Yeah, we should probably keep moving. I'm sure the others found Haymitch and are devouring pizza as we speak" Cato says as he makes his way across the large room and out the other door. I follow him, not wanting to be left behind in this eerie place.

After walking for what seems like hours we finally made it back to the familiar corridor where our rooms are located. Well everyone's but mine, it's down the hallway to the left.

"I'm just going to get changed into different clothes, I'll be down in a couple of minutes" I tell Cato as I make my way to my room. I take note of the cobwebs covering the roof, black spiders crawling along them. What if one of them fell on me, oh that'd be so gross! Just the thought of it makes my spine tingle. I open the door to my room, the familiar creak echoing through the hallway.

I step inside and shut the door behind me. The room is exactly as I remember, except for the grey duffel bag that used to be sitting on my four-poster bed. Was someone else in here? Where's all my stuff!

I check under the bed, maybe Maysilee came in here and knocked it over. I check the drawers, but they're filled with dust and grime. But still, my items are not to be found. I sit on my bed, letting out a big huff.

Suddenly a thumping sound comes from the closet. I look over at it, it's white paint peeling and the brass doorknob fading from color. I slowly sit up, and walk towards it.

Thump

There it goes again. I have my hand on the door handle, bracing myself for something to pop out at me.

thump thump

It sounds like something is trying to get out. I slowly turn the doorknob, the thumping going faster than ever. I pull open quickly, excepting a small creature like a cat to come running out. But nothing does. All that's in the closet is a bunch of dated clothes and dust.

I shut the door, my brows knit together in confusion while at the same time my heart is racing, something doesn't feel right. Suddenly the light turns off; the room turns into an endless darkness. I try to make my way towards the light switch, but I keep bumping into things.

Trying to be brave and muster up all the courage I can I yell out into the darkness "Very funny guys, .ha. You got me, pranks all over. Now can someone turn on the light?" I say in what I hoped to be a potent voice, but came out shrill and unsteady. I sit down on the bed, gripping the sheets tightly.

To my dismay the darkness continues and a cold gust of air brushes against me, sweeping my hair over my shoulder causing a shiver to crawl up my spine. I shiver slightly, feeling extremely vulnerable at the moment. Suddenly the lights switch on with a slow hum.

I glance around the room, but everything appears the same. That does nothing to calm my nerves though. I jump from my place on the bed and run straight to the door, I swing it open quickly, eager to escape this mad room. I bolt down the eerie hallway, yelling my friend's names as I do so.

Eventually I reach the common room and see Marvel and Thresh sitting on the couch talking while Foxface and Rue sitting on the countertop having a conversation. Cato is standing in the corner texting someone and Gale seems to be taking something out of the fridge. I notice the pizza boxes piled up on the island with a couple cans of pop sitting beside. I guess someone found Annie since Haymitch is most obviously unavailable..

I begin down the stairs and Crayola faces cease their unintelligent banter for a moment but quickly resume. Cato looks up from his phone for a couple seconds, we make eye contact but he breaks it off. I reach the bottom of the stairs and stand awkwardly off to the side, in the shadows of the room.

I hear the door click and look up to see Cashmere standing there wearing a very revealing top and hot pants. She waves and I give an impish smile back.

"Nice outfit..slut" I tease as I punch her arm gently. She giggles and bites her lip glancing over at Thresh.

"Oh I understand now, you're trying to impress him aren't you?" I say as I look over at him, he's still talking with Marvel but occasionally he looks over at us.

"I think he likes me, he keeps looking over here" She squeals excitedly.

"I agree-oh look he's coming over here!" I say slapping her arm roughly

"Ok ok ok, be cool" She says as she adjusts her breasts and brushes her hair back as he gets up from the couch

"I'm just going to go talk with Gale, so you two can be alone" I say as I begin to walk away, Cash grabs onto my arm and pulls me back.

"No, I need you here to make sure I don't mess up and keep me calm" She whispers because Thresh is within a couple meters now.

Fine I mouth to her as Thresh walks up. He flashes a sexy smile and places his hand in his back pocket.

"Hey Katniss, how's it going? Your hair looks amazing right now" He says in his rough, erotic voice while picking up a strand of my hair and twirling it in his fingers. I look over to Cash and she's got tears welling in her eyes. Her eyes are filled with pure and utter anger and she storms up the stairs with her face in her palms.

"Wow, what a drama queen" Thresh says as he watches her storm out of the room, slamming the door in the process. He moves closer to me, pinning me in the corner uncomfortably.

"So, it's pretty chill that we each have our own rooms here. Maybe you would care to come and share mine with me tonight" He says huskily as he places his hand on my side staring into my eyes. I scoff and push him out of the way and make my way towards the kitchen.

"Hey, why is Cash upset? Did Thresh say something about her skimpy outfit?" Foxy asks as I stand beside Rue.

"No, she's mad because he came and hit on me, not her and she probably thinks I've been flirting with him and probably won't talk to me for a while and ugh it's just a big mess. And I know better than to go confront her about it when she's in a mood. I've made that mistake far too many times" I say as I slyly open the pizza box

Foxy slams it closed and says "We decided not to eat until everyone is back and you really got yourself into knot with Cash. She must be pissed"

"Oh yeah defiantly, and it's not even my fault! And he's a jerk anyways, I don't know what she sees in him except for his good looks" I say as I grab onto my stomach as it growls once more. I wish everyone would hurry up and come back so I can eat!

"I heard you say good looks so obviously you were talking about me ladies" I turn around and see Cato standing there with a smirk on his face. I roll my eyes and inch away from him.

"Awe what's wrong kitty? Do my perfectly sculpted arms intimidate you? Or is it my towering height? Or my looks in general?" He teases

"You're full of yourself" I retort

"Mmm, I see you didn't change your clothes..." He says gazing down at my body. Subconsciously I wrap my arms around my torso and look down at the floor.

"Yeah something weird went on in my bedroom. Something is up with this place you guys, it gives me the creeps," I say as I scuff the bottom of my shoe against the tile flooring.

"I agree, I could've sworn when me and Marvel were walking down the stairs I saw a ghost" Rue says in a soft voice. It's the first time I've heard her talk and surprisingly it doesn't annoy me like her other friend's.

"Pphht, ghosts aren't real and if they are at least you got all us guys to protect you damsels" Cato replies as he reaches for a can of soda.

"No soda yet!" Foxy shrieks as she slaps his hand away. He gives her a look and begins massaging his hand when I hear the sound of rocks grinding against one another. I look behind Cato and to my surprise I see the wall opening revealing a pair of flustered teens.

"What in the world.." I hear Gale mutter from the opposite side of the island as Clove and Finnick stumble out into the open. The wall continues to spin and eventually shuts.

Clove brushes herself off, breathing heavily as she walks over to us. She engulfs me in a large bear hug, sighing happily.

"You will not believe what just happened" Finnick says as he stumbles over to the kitchen followed by Marvel and Thresh.

"We were in these like dungeons and we found Annie and she was freaking out in stuff being like super scary and so we ran away and found the library and we sat down in these chairs and the wall began to spin and on the other side all of you were there" Clove explains quickly.

"What do you mean Annie was freaking out?" Marvel asks

"Like screaming and chasing us, acting possessed" Finnick replies

"Did someone find Haymitch?" Clove asks

"No the food was here when we arrived" Thresh says as he motions to the pizza and pop.

"Where are Johanna and Peeta?" Finnick questions as he looks around.

"I dunno, they must have gotten lost" I reply.

"Found 'em!" I hear Cash yell and I turn to look at the staircase. She's wearing more age appropriate clothes with Johanna and Peeta trailing behind her. They look rough.

"Whoa, what happened to you two?" Gale asks as the trio walks over to us.

"We uh, got into an incident with a fire" Peeta explains as he sits on a stool opposite me

"Yeah it was out of control, almost killed us" Johanna says in a croaky voice

"Well now that everyone's here lets eat! My stomach is killing me" I say as I reach for a pizza box.

"Hold your horses missy, let everyone get a chance to eat before you stuff your face full" Cash says as she snatches the box from my hands, I glare at her and grab one of the paper plates and take a slice from a newly opened box of Pepperoni pizza.

I grab a can of pop and take a seat down in front of the tv where Cash, Finnick, Johanna and Foxy already sit.

"My god, this food is so good! Better than what they make back at home" Finnick announces loudly with a mouth full of food. I giggle and open my pop and take a sip.

Gale sits down beside me with a plate piled high with slices.

"Hungry much?" I tease him as I take a bite of my own slice. He nods as he begins to stuff his face and Cash mumbles something about table manners and the lacking he has.

"Do you guys want to play a game or something?" Rue suggests as she sits down to the left of me. Everyone either nods or says yes through a mouthful of pizza.

"How about… truth or dare? I'm sure everyone has secrets that we're all just dying to know!" Marvel suggests.

"I'm fine with that" I say and Peeta gives a thumbs up in approval.

"We need a bottle or something though…" Clove says while wiping her chin with a napkin.

"Here!" Gale says after chugging down his can of pop and tossing it into the center.

"Ok who wants to go first?" Johanna asks as she lays down on her stomach.

"Meee!" Finnick practically shrieks as he spins the can. It's not the most effective spinner but it'll do despite it's constant rolling.

Slowly it comes to a stop and sadly lands on me. I sigh and wipe my greasy fingers on my napkin, eager to get this over with.

"Truth or dare?" He asks stroking his chin

"Hmm, truth" I declare, knowing him he'll make me do some perverted dare.

"Oooh a little nervous are we? Fine then. Do you have any tattoos?" He asks raising an eyebrow. I smile and lift up the hem of my shirt, revealing my hip bone that has a miniature arrow decorating it.

"I got it last year when I was out with friends" I explain.

"It's so pretty, I want one!" Rue exclaims beaming widely.

"Very cool, it's your turn now spin missy!" He demands thrusting a finger out at the can. I stick my tongue out at him and reach over to spin the can and it lands on..

Cashmere.

"Truth. Or. Dare." I state bluntly

"I choose dare, truth is for wimps." She says, narrowing her eyes at me. I tap my finger on my chin a couple times trying to think of a nice juicy dare to give her.

"I dare you to…kiss Thresh" I hope this makes her forgive me, by giving her a dare she'll actually enjoy. She glares at me, but I know inside she's grinning ear to ear.