~today's the day! Arena time… also I will be updating my other fanficiton soon… also I uploaded phantom of the opera's sequel just so you know. Also I hope you enjoy and review (got my eye on you France) also you know the funny thing is? I got a great line with district five male, all on an accident I hope you like it (I just guessed who Maryanne should stand next to, I'm a genies) also a little cursing going on in this one (and might be more in later chapters) also ROMANCE!
If a drop of water means that's how much i love you, i bet it will rain forever. - Iamyash
~Diana pov~
I watch as the sun rose, I couldn't get but maybe five- six hours of sleep… maybe?
What do you do, when you knew what was going to happen but you felt you can't do anything about it?
I have always been the one with the plans… now I don't have any clue as what to do, to save my friends… I will get to Cinna that's my goal. And all I need to do is find the rebels ships. I made arrangements with Plutarch heavensbee, for not only getting Portia and the prep-team to safety.
But also a way for me and Cinna, to escape. We will hitch a ride with the mockingjay rebellion ship, and assets to save the victors.
"Better said then done." I whispered aloud.
"Of course, the only way to reach our goal is to work for them!" said a voice right next to my ear, startling me.
"Cinna don't do that!" I chided at him, swatting at his arm which he easily dodged.
"now, now no time for playing we have work to do." he said, a hand held up waving his hand as though to scowled me.
"Your trying to make a mockery out of me isn't you." I tell him, arms crossed and a grin plastered on my face.
"Now you're getting it." he said, a big grin on his face.
We arrive at katnisses door at dawn, and peeta steps out letting us enter.
We follow her up to the roof, where we will help her dress for the games.
She goes to mount the ladder, when she stops and a concerned look passes on her face.
"I didn't say good-bye to Portia." she says.
"I already told her last night." I assured katniss, seeing her relax and she gave a nod in acceptance of my words.
We press on into the hovercraft, and it takes off startling me for a moment seeing as I only been in a plane once, and that didn't end well. Cinna must have seen my discomfort, as he placed a hand over mine and gave a squeeze.
I heard giggling then, and looked towards katniss who was stifling another laugh.
"And what are you laughing about?" I asked her, I knew what she was laughing at, ever since peeta told her of my… more then friendship type feelings towards Cinna.
"Nothing, n-nothing at a-all" she managed to get out, and boy was the book right she is a horrible liar.
"Ok" I said sarcastically.
As time goes on we managed to get her to eat some, and she keeps sipping water which is good. And all to soon we reach the launching room at the arena.
"I'm staying out here." I tell them, and they turn around confused at my dissension to stay out front, instead of going into the room with them.
"Why?" Katniss asked, confusion plain as day on her face.
I walked slowly towards her and cup her face. "Katniss there is so much you don't get right now, but remember you will understand in time. And katniss you may hear this and might not understand but - remember who your enemies are" I tell her, and place a kiss on her forehead.
"And always know I'm not an enemy I'm a friend, and you can trust me I can't tell you anything just yet, but I'm on your side." I finished and nodded to cinna to take her, and he gives a nod and led her inside while she threw me one last confused look, I just waved as the door closed and stood watch.
~Cinna pov~
Once we are inside, katniss goes and showers. Once she comes back out, I braid her hair down her back and help her dress, over simple undergarments.
This years tribute outfit is a fitted blue jumpsuit, made of very sheer material, that zippers up the front. A six-inch-wide padded belt covered in shiny purple plastic. and to finish a pair of nylon shoes with rubber soles.
"What do you think?" she asked me, holding the fabric out for me to examine.
I frown as I rub the thin stuff between my fingers; this is the material that is used for water, or extreme heat. Diana said something about the arena being water based, that is designed to work as a clock to change different settings.
"It will offer little in the way of protection from cold or water." I tell her, a little upset about where this situation is turning.
"Sun?" she asked, going off in a daze.
"Possibly, if it's been treated. Oh I almost forgot this." I take out the gold mockingjay pin from my pocket and onto the jumpsuit.
"Diana found it in a pile of your clothes, and wanted me to give to you, you know me and her both have a similar pendent." I tell her, showing her my medallion.
"I knew Diana had one, I didn't know you did too, where did you get them?" She asked, fingering at my medallion.
"I made them, and gave one to Diana, along with Portia and a few others." I ended it there.
"Why?" She questioned interested.
"That's my little secret." I tell her playfully, placing a finger over my lips.
"Why is everyone keeping things from me!" she said, angrily tears brimming at her eyes.
Taking her by the shoulders I say. "Katniss there is so many things that I want to tell you, but that's not my information to give." I tell her, and she calms some and changes the subject.
"My dress was fantastic last night." she says.
"I thought you might like it." I tell her with a tight smile, my time was drawing near and I hope Diana isn't caught in the cross-fire.
We stay in silence till its time for the launch.
I zip up the neck on her jumpsuit securely. "Remember, girl on fire, I'm still betting on you!" I say, kissing her forehead just like Diana had.
Then the glass cylinder slides down on her, making me a little sad to see her go.
"Thank you." she mouths to me, and I give a small smile.
"CINNA!" I hear Diana shout, and katniss must of heard to as I take a run for the door And collided with Diana. "WE NEED TO GO, AND GO NOW." she yells, taking hold of my arm and we take off running.
When were a few feet ahead, I look back to see three peacekeepers storm into the launch room. But then focused on running, and keeping pace with Diana's quick steps.
~Diana pov~
Got to hid, got to hid, got to hid, where to hid, got to think, think, think got to run and think.
We will have peacekeepers coming down on us any second now. "HEY YOU TWO STOP!" I mean now.
What to do, what to do… and then I see our chance.
Forcing Cinna in front of myself, I yank open a storage closet door and shove him and myself inside.
We hold our breaths as only seconds of hiding peacekeepers ran by, not even bothering to check the closet. I don't now if to be thankful or to think this is where police forces are going these days.
"Why is it, they never check the closets?" I ask cinna, who gave a small laugh. "now you got us this far, now what?" he says, a teasing smile a little to much for the situation but yet comforting.
Haven't got that far a head yet." I say, a light chuckle escaping.
Looking to his face, I see it went hard and it amazed me the determination in his eyes.
He began to look around the closet, and I looked at him looking at the closet and realized just how close we are, I'm basically grinding into him. my face an inch off his chest, and arms brushing his torso, it made me embarrassed.
"I think I found away out." he says, looking down at me and pointed to the side and I looked to where he gestured… and I let out one of my own smiles as well. "that would work." I agreed, and we grinned at each other. This mad man, and this women that seems to have caught onto his plan.
~Maryanne pov~
I was terrified; I refused to talk to Fin today. I don't even know if we're still allies, he will turn on me now? I don't think he would, but she wouldn't-no couldn't- stop thinking those types of things.
The launching room was small and I wore what they wore in the movie, surprisingly they were comfortable.
Thicket was there not only as my stylist but as a friend, and for that I'm thankful.
"Your going to be fine, you now that?" He assures, taking my hand and placed his over it.
"How- do- y-you know?" I asked slowly, fighting the tears that were forming.
"Let it out now." he ordered, pulling me into a hug, and that's all I did till the launch was cry and him comfort me.
The voice came, and it was time to be going. "Good luck" Thicket said one last time, as the platform started to rise.
Once I reached the arena, my expectations were meet. The ground is bright and shiny and keeps undulating. I'm surrounded by blue waves that lick at my feet, this is my element and I know my way around.
I turned to the others, and Katniss seems confused to see the arena and of course she would, who let alone me, would have known that it would be water based?
The announcer Claudius templesmith I think? Started the announcements "ladies and gentlemen let the seventy-fifth hunger games begin!"
A minute that's all the time I get to be reminded of who I was, and what now I am. I am no longer part of my old world, this is my new home. I have the power to change things, just like Diana is doing, just like piper did, this is my time now… and I will keep my promise… I always do.
I glance around finding the cornucopia easily, and take in the thin strips of land, there were either ten or twelve and equidistant from one another, and between the spokes, all is water and a pair of tributes.
I can swim, I been on competitive swim team from the age of twelve there's nothing wrong with my swimming, on my left is district five male, and on my right is seeder and I plan to save her, wireless and chaff and maybe blight as well.
I see Jo off to my far left, to far away to reach and I can't even see Fin. The gong rings, and it's a free for all. I take an expert dive, and swim my hardest towards the cornucopia and as I make it to land I see katniss and Fin face off.
"FIN!" I yell to get his attention, and he turns to me a wide look to his eyes.
"DUCK!" he commands in such a powerful voice, so different from his usual seductive purr, so without hesitation I crotched down as far as i could while on the back of my heel's.
His trident goes over my head, and lands sickened into district five male, the man I was perversely standing next to on the platform with. "Are you ok?" he questioned, coming up to inspect me.
"He just… I know it's the hunger games… but h-he... ju-st d-d-died!" I thought, as my body began to shake.
"Don't go breaking down on me right now little fish, you need to be strong ok?" he says, pulling me into a quick embrace then releasing me. "Each take one side?" Katniss called, and Fin gives her a nod.
"Here take this, and work fast." Fin says, shoving a long piece of Three-strand twisted natural fibre rope.
I start off right as I was given it, making my one defence punjab lasso. And watch as Fin darts around the pile. A little bit away I could see enobaria reach land. "She doesn't like me" I thought, making my hands go slippery and not from the water.
Glancing up again once again, I see that gloss has also reached land. "He doesn't like me either" now my hands are shaking. And me thinking of their approach is not helping on my nerves.
"Anything useful?" I hear katniss shout to me. "no just weapons!" I call, knowing this already maybe I should of said something sooner? "stupid, stupid, stupid"
I take a look up at katniss who shot gloss in the calf "Maybe that was worth the stay." I was horrified to have thought of such a thing.
I take a glance around for anything else of use, and size up the weapons, cant use an axe, or sword, or spear, or trident, or use a bow, or a sickle, or… well that's enough of what I cant do. So I settle on a knife as if I was picking out a shirt in the morning, I was disgusted in myself.
I then could see brutus approach "he differently doesn't like me." "BRUTUS IS COMING!" catching katnisses attention, and she loads her bow and fires.
"Lets clear out!" katniss ordered, and Fin comes running to my side and starts running while puttling on my upper arm to follow.
The careers get together, and me and Fin stick close behind katniss going to save peeta from his metal island.
Katniss stops to take her weapons off, and Fin comes to confront her and it gives me the chance to do something besides being a handycap, I sprint off into the water much to the startled crys of not only Fin but of katniss to.
"Cover me!" I yell when I'm half way towards peeta. I could hear Fin yelling at me to come back, but this time I'm doing this not for peeta but for myself for once.
I reach towards peeta, holding onto the edge of the platform I look up at him and feel accomplished. "Need a lift" I ask him cheeckly.
"That would be appreciated." he says, with a light chuckle.
I support his chest with an arm, while I use the other to push us forward with powerful even strokes, on our way back to our little forming group.
We reached the sand, and peeta is reuntied with a happy katniss and I'm reunited with an angry faced Fin, and I take a small step back in fear.
"We have allies!" peeta says, turning to Fin and I.
"Yes, just like Haymitch intended" katniss replys.
"At least Finnick anyway." she say, and gives me the once over.
"Well I can't leave my little fish behind" Fin says, with a bit of an edge to his voice. "She's one of the few people who actually likes me." he finished, giving me a bear hug and rested his head on my shoulder from behind.
"I got no problem with your little fish" katniss says, a sigh trying to force its way out of her mouth. "Especially now that she saved peeta, and now that I see the arena, she will come in handy." she finished.
"Katniss wanted her on the fisrt day!" peeta put in, and I'm surprised by this.
"Katniss has remarkably good judgment!" Fin replys, tightening his hold on me.
"The belts are flotation devices by the way!" I cut in sheepishly, as they looked at me.
"Oh and how my brilliant little fish find this out?" Fin questioned, nestling into my neck.
"Look" I said, pointing to beete who was flailing around in the waves but managed to keep his head above water.
"Well isnt my little fish smart!" Fin laughed, a large grin on his face. But I refuse to meet his eye from embarrasment from before on stage with the kiss.
"We should move on." katniss says, after doing a once over for beete and wireless, who suddenly disappeared.
I was prepared to run that is till Fin took hold of my punjab lasso and tossed it onto his shoulder, making me confused as to why he took it.
And then he pulls he over his shoulder, making me grip the back of his suit as I lean forwards, as he holds onto my legs.
"Fin!" I squeak out, only to receive a laugh from him as he begins running.
And I can tell we're reaching the jungle even if I can't see what's infront of me, I could still see the sands gave way to a forest floor, and tree's take root I knew we were in the jungle. My suit begins to dry quickly, making it cling tightly to my body showing my curves that feels way to uncomfortable.
Peeta is in the lead me and Fin in the middle and katniss in the rear. We walk for a while my abdimian hurts, but I don't complain. about a mile later Fin request a rest. But I fought with him saying we could keep going but his reply was "relax while you can love"
Katniss scales a tree and I know what she must be seeing, and it horrifies me.
I can see katniss eye Fin, having read her thougths… and I really mean read them I grew scared for Fins safty.
"Katniss, don't do it were here as allies we don't plan to hurt you or peeta!" I tell her and she focus's on me then.
She gives me a suspecius look, and it unsettles me.
Fin takes it from here, seeing what the topic is going to.
"What's going down there, katniss? Have they all joined hands? Taken a vow of nonviolence? Tossed the weapons in the sea in defiance of the capitol?" Fin says, it came out sarcatically.
"No" katniss says, looking to face Fin.
"No" Fin repeats.
"Because whatever happened in the past is in the past, and no one in this arena was a victor by chance." he then looks between peeta and me.
"Except maybe peeta, and my little fish has nothing to do with this and that's how its going to stay." he says, eyeing me at the end.
Fin and katniss have a stare off, hands gripping and ungripping there weapons till peeta steps in.
"So how many are dead?" he said, trying to break the tension and im grateful.
"Great distraction peeta" I thought in relife, happy for the interferance and not having any regreats.
Katniss looked from peeta to Fin who was standing behind him.
"Hard to say" she says. "At least six, I think and there still fighting." she finished her report.
"Maybe we should move on then." I said softly, looking for Fin's approvel.
"Lets keep moving, we need water." he agrees.
We carry on, and I put up a fight when Fin came towards me his intention to carry me again, winning the chance to walk on my own to feet.
"Better find some soon" Fin says, mentioning the water. "We need to be undercover when the others come hunting us tonight." he also adds, sending a shiver down my spine. He relized his mistake and wraped a hand round my shoulders pulling me into his side as we walked.
We trek onwards, and I grow more anxiocs as we go on sooner then later we will stumble on the force field, and peeta will possibly die.
"I'll stop that from happening" I thought, walking to be at peeta's side.
I could see that we were coming closer, and as peeta slashes out once again the electrical current zap could be seen building, and his knife was just about to fall right on top of the death trap.
So doing the only thing I could thank of is… push him out of the way. I got inbeteen him and the force field and pushed off of him, sending him back and making me go backwards… into the force field.
And a sensation like no other went through me, causeing me to go still… and i'm thrown into nothing.
~dream~
"mama, what's heaven like?" A ten year old Maryanne asked, looking up to see her mother on the porch swing as she was sitting in the grass, making beaded bracelets.
"What do you think heaven is like?" her mother asked, leaning in close to her face to pull a piece of hair back behind her ear.
"Well it has to have a lot of room for everyone, it would be where your heart wants to be, where you belong… and it has to have a lot of water!" she finished, looking up to her mother who was giving her a soft smile.
"Then that's what heaven is." her mother replied, going back to reading on the porch.
"My heaven" little Maryanne thought with a smile on her little face.
~end dream~
"m..mar…marya…maryanne an… anwe..anwer me dame it!" I could hear someone, yelling at me. I don't want to leave my memories that where so full of joy, but that voice, it just calls to me.
"Maryanne, love wake up now, please!" I heard that voice again.
"My god, this is all my fault if I was just looking where I was going, then this wouldn't of happened!" I heard another voice say.
"Its not your fault peeta, you didn't know!" a womens voice said.
"Peeta, I knew a peeta didn't I? where did I hear it from, was he family? No, I didn't have anyone with the name peeta in the family."
"Maybe a friend… ya a friend… he baked bread didn't he? And cake and things? And that women… that's katniss, the one with the mockingjay pin… and the one that's calling my name is… Fin."
"Come on love!" I could hear, every now and then and I felt hands mashing down over my chest, and the occasinal kisses.
"Wh-cough-cough huuu- what- what- happened?" I rasped out, slowly opening my eyes just to stare at seagreen that poured into my own.
"Your ok love, just a bit of a shock!" Fin said, taking my shaking hand and raised it to his lips and kissed it.
"i-i d-di-did g-goa- r-rit" I sleered out, feeling my tounge unable to work at the time being.
"Love, If you ever do that again I will tie you up to a tree, and stand guard so you wont go and do something reckless" Fin swore, I didn't know if he was teasing or dead serious.
"o-ok" I say, Fin then lifts me up, cradling me in his arms. My head was tucked into his shoulder, and as we moved the rope on his shoulder I was leaning on, dug into my neck.
"So do you want to make camp here, then?" Fin asked.
"I don't think that's an option , with no water, no protection." peeta implied, looking apoligetic at me.
"I feel all right, really." I said, looking at Fin's slightly annoyed face.
"Lets just go slowly." I said, looking into his eyes seeing him relent on my words, and gave out a sigh.
"Slowly would be better than not at all I suppose." Fin said, giving in to my point of view.
"I'll take the lead." katniss announced, as peeta starts to object Fin cut in.
"No, let her do it." he said, then he looks down at me and frowns.
"Or maybe my little fish should seeing as she was the first one to know about it?" he said, with an unamused look.
"No I think katniss should, I just saw it more closely then peeta." I objected weakly, and Fin didn't question it...I think.
"Yes I can hear it, its coming from right where Maryanne got shocked." she tells us.
"I don't hear it, but if you do, by all means, take the lead." Fin says, shrugging his shoulders making me hiss from the pain his movement has caused me. and he instantly stops in place, giving me a look of concern and I just gave him a weak smile, which he heasitantly returned.
We walk with the force field on our left, katniss in the lead, peeta right behind her and me and Fin in the back. Fin keeping look out from behind, and I just tried to stay awake.
We stop for a moment for katniss to cut a branch with a bunch of hard nuts, which are good for roasting. And she began to use them as a signal off where the force field is, and as they hit the force field there are puffs of smoke before the nuts land, blackend and with a cracked shell, on the ground at our feet.
I stare at them for a while, judging how they would be able to feed us for a while.
"Can you let me down a moment Fin." I say to him, still staring at the fallen nuts that have no name.
He relentlessly does so, and I scoop down and take a hand full and began to peel off the outer layer of the nut, and pop it into my mouth.
"MARYANNE, spit that out, it could be poisonous!" katniss and Fin yelled at the exact same time, you could of thought they could read each other's minds.
"Its fine, there not poisonous try one." I say, but no one makes a move to have a taste of something so strange to them.
"Well love if you start twiching and stop breathing, don't come crying to me." Fin says, picking me up once more.
"I wont." I teased back.
And then we keep going, while I savored the taste of the nuts I gathered.
"Lets take a break, I need to get another look from above." katniss says, coming to a halt infront of us making peeta almost smack into her back.
We watch her as she begins to climb, and Fin settles down on the ground with me in his lap, which is very embracing .
"Let me get out of your lap, I must be heavy." I say in a attempt to get out of his hold, but he must of seen through this because an evil smirk that made a shiver go up my spine and spin around in my head.
"No love, your fine." pulling me closer and letting his face bury into my neck.
"f-fin i-i-I w-would pr-prefure to s-sit on the g-g-g-g-ground p-please." I manged to say, only to gasp when I felt him, kissing his way up from my shoulder towards my neck.
"f-f-f-f-fi-fin w-what a-r- gasp." he bit down right next to my collar bone, I was shocked motionless as this was happening all I could do was squeak out my protest's, not really sure how to go about this.
He then stopped, once katniss rejoined us. And as I managed to wiggle out of Fin's grasp, I could see peeta avoiding mine and Fin's eyes a light blush on his cheeks.
She came bearing bad news. "The force field has us trapped in a circle. And dome really." she said, shaking her head in annoyance.
"I don't know how high it goes, there's the cornucopia, the sea, and the jungle all around, very exact, very symmetrical, and not very large." she clarified, now just looking frutsrated.
"Did you see any water?" fin asked, and once he mentioned it I found my mouth was as dry as the desert, but I refued to say anything.
"Only the saltwater where we started the games." she said, giving a dry sigh.
"There must be some other source?" peeta says, frowning. "Or we'll all be dead in a matter of days."
"Well, the foliage is thick, maybe there are ponds or springs somewhere?" she said, unsure.
?Maybe its hidden!" I interjected, which made peeta and katniss turn to me, and for Fin to look down.
"What do you mean?" peeta asked.
"w-well what if the gamemakers didn't add springs or ponds, or even a river-" I say but was cut off by katniss.
"If there is no water source what can we do, begg for the sponcers to send us some?" she questioned, giving me a annoyed look.
"I didn't say there wasn't any, I just said it was hidden!" I corrected her.
"Oh, and where are you secretly hidding it little fish?" questioned Fin, looking at me amused.
"Well, these plants are growning right?" I look around at them.
"Yes, plants grow love." Fin says sarcatically, which I playfully punch him in the shoulder for.
"So abusive." Fin pouted, rubbing at his shoulder playfully, but I freeze when I hear him say abuse's.
"Are you ok little fish?" Fin asked, eskamo kissing me by rubbing his nose against mine.
"o-oh nothing j-just thinking." I say, getting back on topic.
And look back at katniss who looked impatient, it must be do from the lack of finding water.
"Well plants can only grow if theres water, and if there's not any source above ground then it must be under it or maybe in the trees themselves." I say, giving helpful hints in the right direction.
"Of course." peeta seemed to get it, and I could tell it was dawning on katniss as well.
"That's my clever little fish." Fin said, hosting me up like I was a little child.
"Pu-put me down Fin" I said, kicking my feet out till he set me back done on his lap.
"So if its in the trees how do we get it out?" peeta asked confused.
"We'll figure it out, we just have to keep it in mined." I tell them, and they all nodded there heads in agreement.
We decided to move down the slope a few hundred yards and contiued circling, and I planed a way for when after we get the spile to get us to move to safty.
We keeped moving the only sound of zapping as katniss threw the nuts in the force field.
We walk till midafternoon, till Fin chooses a campsite about ten yards below the force field, saying we can use it as a weapon by deflecting out enemies into it if attacked.
Fin then starts to weave grass together to make mats, with me still sitting in his lap helping to weave.
"I'm sure the capitol is getting a good show." I thought, and blushed from head to toe with such a thought.
Peeta started to collect nuts, and fries them by bouncing them off the force field. And then peeling them.
I see katniss fidgeting her hands rubbing together, and hopping foot to foot.
"Why don't you go hunting katniss, peeta can take watch?" I offered, and she gives me a greatful smile.
"Don't worry I wont go far." she says to peeta, who seems like he wants to protest.
"I'll go to." he interjected.
"No, I'm going to do some hunting if I can." she told him gently, but we all know what she truly ment. I could hear Fin chuckling softly from behind me.
"Don't laugh." I told him craneing my neck to look behind me, only for me to receive a kiss.
"Your no fun love." he chuckles, and again I'm still shocked by his actions.
"w-why do y-you ke-ep kiss-ing me f-fin!" I stuttered out, blushing to my true ponytail.
"Why do you think love?" he says again, with a suggestive wag of his eyebrows.
"Did you really mean what you said in the interview?" I asked quietly, turning around and focuesed on making the mat's instead of looking at him.
Fin's hands stop moving instead they wrap around my waste and tightened as he placed his head on top of mine.
"Every word." he breathed out, making tears pool into my eyes, and I just started to sob or at least what I could being without water since being in the arena.
"Shhh, its ok." Fin said, slightly worried but I couldn't stop and this caught peeta's attention as well as he came over.
"Are you ok?" peeta asked.
"When a girls crying she's not ok!" fin snapped, rubbing my back in a circular motion.
"i-i- cough, cough-I-I- li-ed, I- li-ed, i'm n-n-noth-in-g bu-but a-liar." I sobbed to them, clutching handfulls of hair and began pulling at it pulling a few strands out. Until Fin restrand me, I thrashed around till I finally didn't have it in me to even lift my arms.
Now I probably looked like a mess, hiccuping, face smeared dusted with dirt and sand and tear stained.
"Shhh, its ok." Fin comforted me, I feel so vile taking advantage of this I lied to them… I lied.
"I lied… lied, lied that's what I done… I'm a lier … lier, lied-" I kept repeating softly.
"What did you lie about?" Fin asked, concerned eyes on mine that I just couldn't look into. I was tempted, but I just couldn't, not while being in the arena.
So I shake my head, not facing him and contiued on the almost finished mats.
Once katniss comes back, we have a hut made out of grass, a floor and roof also plaited bowls that were filled with roasted nuts.
"No, no water, it's out there though he knew where it was." she said, hoisting up a dead rodent, it wasn't apolling to me I faced worse…. Much worse.
"He'd been drinking recently when I shot him out of a tree, but I couldn't find his source, I swear, I covered every inch of ground in a thrity-yard radius, maybe your right Maryanne it might be in the trees." she said, turning to me but did a double take she must see how disorganised I was.
"What happ-" she was cut off By Fin who gave her a sharp look.
"Anyway can we eat him?" peeta asked, breaking into the awkward moment.
"I don't know for sure, but his meat doesn't look that different from a squirrels, he ought to be cooked…." She trailed off.
So peeta takes the rodent and speared it and threw it onto the force field, and we applaused him for his guienuse.
So we feasted on rodent and nuts, and Fin asks a lot of questions about the rodent, which we decided to call a tree rat.
I get more anxious, as the sun begins to set. The anthem plays and the faces light up the sky, I cringe as I saw the face of seeder float in mid-air for a moment.
Then I start to look around for the silver parachute that I knew was coming and right on time to.
"Look!" I said, pointing to the silver dimound that contains our way to survivual.
"Whose do you think it is?" katniss asks.
"No telling." fin replies from my side. "Why don't we let my little fish here claim it, since she almost died today?" he said, a slight haze covering his face.
I untied the cord and flattened out the circle of silk, showing off the spile.
"Waaaaaahhhhhhhooooo!" I shout, as katniss, peeta and Fin look on in confusion as I shot up and began to twirl around with the spile as if it was a dance partner.
"Look, look!" I said in excitement, thrusting it into Fins hand.
"What's so great about it love?" He says, eyeing it not seeing its full potential.
"Its our key to survival." I stated, showing it off and when I show it to katniss relization dawns on her.
"A spile!" she exclaimed, taking hold of it.
We turn to the nearest tree, and peeta pulls out his awl and drills a hole, and katniss wedge's it into the tree carefully.
We wiggle it around a bit, till we get a thin stream.
We were over joyed, I even pulled Fin down by the coller and into a kiss. He was surprised at first and so was I, but he didn't pull away and my body was just frozen. Soon he was kissing back, and I didn't pull away.
But right as the kiss begun I ended it.
"We should have a drink..." I say, turning away saddened for all I have done by lying to him.
We had our fill, and now I make my move.
"We should keep going." I say firmly, pulling my punjab lasso off the ground were Fin lad it. And placing it on my shoulder.
"Why, its getting dark and we're all tired?" peeta said in confusion, laying down on a grass mat.
"No, we have to move now." I said, nudging him with my foot but he just pushed me away, making me stumble slightly.
"Lets get some sleep, well start out in the morning." Fin said, coming to take hold of my hand, but I stepped back.
"We have to move!" I said again, heading towards the forest but realized no one was following me.
I turned around just to see them staring at me. "we have to go" I said again, gesturing my head towards the forest.
"Love... I think the games are taking there toles on you... just rest, and by morning things will be just fine." he said, slowly walking towards me like I was a fish and he was the shark.
"No we have to leave" I say again firmly. But this time I was ignored completely by everyone except Fin who was trying to get me calmed down.
"Come on jus-" I cut in on Fin then not letting him finish.
"No, WE HAVE TO MOVE NOW!" I yelled at him, and took off into the forest and hearing the starteled crys from the others, seeing as I had the spile the only thing that was making them follow me...well except maybe Fin. tangle of vines and undergrowth slow me down and unbalanve me, but I must keep running not for my sake but for there's to cause if I stop, then it would be ending up getting us killed.
I just keep running, comforted by the running of feet that the others were following.
As I run, my hands get scratched and I get slapped in the face by on coming vines or branches.
"STOP!" I hear katniss right behind me, I look behind me just as she tackled me out of the forest and rolling down a hill, that was close by to the water that surrounds the cornucopia.
"We're here." I smile widdens onto my face.
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!" katniss yells in my face, as I sit up but I fall right back down with a stinging cheek were she slapped me, my eyes watered greatly but I take her tongue lashing.
"YOU COULD OF GOTTEN US KILLED BY ONE OF THE TRIBUTES, HEARING US CHANSING AFTER YOU!" she continued to scream, while I drew concern.
The mist will be coming soon, and luckily Fin and peeta show up.
"TALK SOME SINCE INTO HER!" katniss yelled at Fin, while pointing at me.
"You shouldn't just go off like that, theres nothing to be afraid of." Fin said, coming to help me up. I don't bother to explaine, as I stand up and start pulling on his arm for him to follow me to the water where we will be safe.
"Just stop." Fin said firmly, taking me by the wrist, and pulling me back towards the previous campsite, but I dug my heels in not budging.
"We have to get in the water!" I insisted, trying to pull him towards the sea instead.
I can see finnicks eyes that don't leave mine, green in the moonlight, I can see them clear as day, almost like a cat's with a strange reflective quality, maybe he was upset with me.
"Trust me." I whispered to him, he hesitated for a moment then looked back to where katniss and peeta are waiting.
Then back to me. "If we get into the water will that make you happy?" he gave in with a sigh, head hanging a bit.
"You wont regreat it!" I said grinning, heading off towards the water, geaturing for them to quicken there pace.
"And you agreed to this?" I heard katniss say annoyance deep into her voice.
"Lets just humor her." peeta bargained, always the good guy that gives people chances to help.
"Lets just get this over with." katniss huffs getting in, peeta at her heels.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I kept on, thankful for giving this a chance.
"Ok but after this we're leaving" Fin says, leaning down for a kiss which I don't mind returning, I'm just to happy.
I tucked in next to him, as the water seeps into my skin, we are at the end of the fogs territory.
"Look nothings happening, we should go." peeta says, standing up but I tackle him on the sand bank an inch or two from where the fog can't touch.
"GET OFF HIM!" katniss yells, trying to pull me off and Fin just trying to seperat us.
"LOOK,LOOK" I yelled gesturing to where the fog is finally showing up lifting into an up walled cloud that seems to be climbing.
Katniss lets goes, and we all just stare at the massive cloude of posion.
"It would of killed us." I say softly, gaining Fin's attention.
"How did you know?" he said, giving me a look that he never gave me before… it looked like suspicion.
"I have my ways of knowing things Fin… but I can't tell you, but trust me." I said, looking at them all.
I survived this far and I'm going farther.
~ok that was long also no more diana/piper/megan till at the end of catching fire, review look up my friend mere888~