So I hope everyone is enjoying this story. I would like to thank the people that have favourited and followed by far. This story is going to be in Katniss's POV but I hope to write one on Peeta's. Also I'm trying to decide how to do a twist to this story, like I did in my other ones. It is a bit difficult but I'll find something. If you have any ideas tell me :)
I don't own THG characters nor The Little Mermaid world. Enjoy!
I have no such luck when I get to the palace.
Haymitch, my father's conselour, is already waiting for me at the palace's entrance. My father must have sent him to get me as soon as I arrived.
"Haymith, I-"
"I don't want to hear any excuses." He says. "Your father wants to see you."
He turns around, leaving me no choice but to follow him. I could easily disobey and turn around but Haymitch's words are as important as my father's. He has a very important place in the kingdom of Atlantis and he takes it very seriously. But not everyone is perfect and Haymitch is one of them. I have caught him drinking something from a large seashell and the effects aren't pretty. He only does this when my father doesn't need him. I don't know the story behind him but I do know that he and my father are old friends.
We get to the throne room. Haymitch tells Gale to stay in the hall while he leads me to my father. I keep my head down until we reach my father but when I have to look up, his face is showing all the disappointment he has for me. I sigh.
"What am I going to do with you, Katniss?" He asks.
"I just forgot that today was the concert, Dad." I say.
"Well because of your forgetfulness, the concert was-"
"Ruined. Destroyed." Haymitch snaps.
I huff and cross my arms.
"Did you even think of the consequences?" Haymitch asks.
"It is just a concert." I say exasperated.
"Well sweetheart, you made us, specially me, the laughing stock of the kingdom." He says angrily.
"It wasn't my fault." I defend.
"Don't make up excuses." Haymitch says.
Suddenly Gale appears in front of me. "She already told you it wasn't her fault." Gale says.
My father raises his eyebrow.
"We... we, uh, were swimming and then a shark appeared and started chasing us." Gale starts.
"Gale, stop." I whisper.
"So we escaped and were safe. And then the seagull came and blah blah..."
"What!" Dad shouts and gets up. "You went to the surface?"
Gale realises his mistake and swims backwards. I scowl at him.
"I have told you countless times not to go to the surface." He says.
"Nothing happened." I reassure him.
"What would I do if my youngest daughter was caught by humans?" He wonders worriedly.
"I'm not a child anymore. I'm sixteen." I snap.
"Katniss." Dad warns.
"You can't keep treating me like a kid." I say.
"You still live here and as long as you will, you will obey my rules." He orders.
"But-"
"This discution is over." He says.
I clench and unclench my hands. I huff and turn around quickly, swimming fast, away from the palace.
He doesn't understand anything. I'm no longer a child. I have my own freedom to do what I want. He can't keep me locked up in the palace, staring at the walls all day.
Why can't he see all the beauty that humans create? They aren't dangerous. If they were, why would they do those wonderful things? I wish I could show him the truth behind all those lies he believes.
"Katniss, wait!" Gale calls.
I'm still mad at him for telling what really happened. I just keep swimming.
"Look, Katniss I'm sorry." He apologises.
I sigh and stop. Gale knows I can't keep being mad at him for this long. He is my best friend.
"I forgive you." I give him a small smile. "But you shouldn't have told them."
"I just got excited." He says.
I shake my head and chuckle. "Ok, let's go."
We swim across the sea, through various corals until we reach my cavern. I push the rock that blocks it's entrance, looking around to see if anyone followed us. Gale enters and I next, letting the rock slide and close the entrance. I grab my bag, that I left on the cavern's sandy ground and remove the brushork and blope. I swim to the higher shelfs and put the blope there. I swim down and sit on the rock, looking at the brushork. Everytime I turn it, it catches the rays of light that come through the hole on the ceiling of my cavern.
It shines so brightly. I don't understand how my dad can think something like this was made by a monster. I sigh tiredly.
"Are you ok, Katniss?" Gale asks.
"Look at this." I say. "How can this be bad?"
He frowns at me.
"I wish I could see more of these wonders." I confess. "I wish I was one of them."
"What?" Gale asks curiosly.
"If things like these fall into the sea, imagine what they have there. Becoming one of them would be a dream come true. Discovering new stuff. Their meanings." I say dreamily.
Gale looks at me with empathy.
"And not just this, but also do what they do, like dancing. The freedom they have when they walk on those..." I don't remember the word.
"Feet?" Gale wonders.
"Yes." I smile.
I look up and gaze at the rays of sun streaming through the hole on the ceiling.
There's a loud crash and some objects start falling off the shelves. I gasp when I look to my side.
"Haymitch."
He tries to get the objects off of him.
"I can't believe it... This is... Ugh..." He says frustated. "What is all this, Katniss?" He demands.
"It's... my collection." I fiddle with my hands.
"Your collection? That's wonderful... If your father knew about this-" He starts shouting.
"You won't tell him right?" Gale asks concerned.
"Haymitch, you can't." I plead. "He doesn't understand."
"I don't and he will never understand." He snaps.
Suddenly the cavern starts getting darker and when I look up, I see a something gigantic passing in the water surface.
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