Like WOAH! This chapter is big. I was quick writing this chapter because I'll admit that right now I have a lot of free time, so I'll write when I feel like it :) Here Katniss is transformed into a human, we meet Coin and Katniss sees Peeta :)

I don't own THG characters nor The Little Mermaid world. Enjoy!

I can't believe I am doing something like this.

Even in my saddest moments, I never thought about this. Going to Coin was like meeting your death but now I don't have anything that can make me change my mind. My life was that cavern. It was my haven from the palace rules.

I follow the eels out of the cavern.

"Katniss?" Haymitch calls.

I just keeping looking ahead, following the eels.

"Katniss!" He shouts angrily and swims beside me. "Where do you think you are doing?"

"I'm going to Coin." I don't care for his opinion any longer.

"Have you lost your mind!" He snaps. "She is nothing but big trouble."

"Well, go ahead and tell my dad." I say harshly.

He stops and stares at me. I ignore him and continue following the eels. We pass through various corals until we reach a darker, sinister side of the sea. I have never been here. Well, this is the place were people from the kingdom are banned to. If they commit a crime, it will become their new home. There are vulcanic rocks expelling white smoke. I feel a hot heat coming from them that looks unbareable so I swim further away. The water seems darker and more blurred. Big rocks have shapes like scary beasts and they are towering over us, preventing the light from passing through. We reach a cavern like rock with fumes coming from every little hole on the it and the mouth has a shape of a gigantic sea snake.

I have a weird sensation in my stomach.

"Get in, poor girl." The first eel commands.

I look at the entrance doubtfully. Maybe this was a bad idea but there is no turning back now. I have made up my mind.

I follow them and swim inside the cavern. My eyes widen just when I reach the entrance. Hundreds of disfigured, little creatures line the entire cavern's floor. I think they are polyps. Not sure, but I heard from my father what Coin does to merpeople that get her help. I swim closer to the ceiling, trying to avoid any of them. They all look at me with in horror and hunger, like they want to kill me or eat my flesh.

"Don't stand there. Come in." A voice from inside a hole in the rocky wall says.

This part of the cavern almost looks normal. Like a home. Colorful algaes fall from the ceiling and by a corner, there's a big seat, almost like a throne with a little table beside it.

From the hole in the wall, she comes out. Coin is a cecaelia. She is part human, part octopus but to me she is nothing but a monster. Her simple gray hair and dark-purple body make her look normal but deep inside she is nothing but stone.

"Well, girl, come closer." She orders.

I swim a bit closer to her.

"So I heard from a little fish that you have a thing for this human. Prince, right?" She smiles. "I can't blame you. He is something."

I nod nervously.

"Well the only solution I see," She swims to the throne and sits on it. "Is you becoming a human too."

"How can you do that?" No one is that powerful to make me human.

"Poor, innocent girl. I can make that and even more." She smiles evilly. "I help unfortunate merpeople with their problems."

"I'm not unfortunate." I snap.

"Yes, alright but you have a problem and I'm here to help you." She says.

"How?"

"Here's the deal." She gets up from the throne and swims to a big shell. It suddenly opens and light emerges from it. "Come closer."

I swim to the shell, staying a few inches away from it.

"I will make you a potion that will turn you into a human for three days. Listen, three days." She tells. "And now listen carefully."

"Before the sun sets in the third day, you have to make the prince fall in love with you. Well... He has to kiss you." She jokes.

"I don't think-"

"Hush." She orders. "The kiss must be the true love's kiss. Now, if he kisses you before the sun sets on the third day, you'll remain human permanently." From the shell, an image of me with legs appears. I smile. I really want that. "But if not, you will turn back to a mermaid." The shell closes suddenly.

"And you will be mine." I stare at her.

"Katniss." I turn my head and see Haymitch and Gale.

"What do you think?" I look back at Coin and she has a malicious smile on.

I sigh. "If I become human, I'll have to leave my family and friends behind." Even if they don't understand me, they are my family.

"Of course, but you'll have your prince." She says matter-of-fact.

"Yes."

"Life is full of tough choices." She says sadly. I shrug. I can't really make this decision right now. But think of Peeta. What I would give just to see him, for real this time.

"Ah... there's also the payment part."

"Payment?" I ask suspicious.

"Yes, girl. You will have to give me something. No payment, no potion." She confesses.

"What could I possibly give to you?" I ask.

She pretends to think about the subject. "Well... your voice."

"My voice?" I touch my throat.

"Mmhh. You won't speak, sing. Nothing."

"How could I talk to him if I don't have my voice?" I wonder.

"Let's see." She counts with her fingers. "You have your looks and your pretty face. Oh, and also don't underestimate the body language."

"That seems too shallow." I say.

"Sweet girl, men up there don't like girls that talk too much." She reminds.

"He doesn't seem that type." Peeta mustn't be one to like a girl only for her looks.

"You think so?" She chuckles and shakes her head.

She swims to a few shelfs filled with bottle after bottle of weird things and picks various. She swims back to the big shell and throws the bottle inside it, getting explosions and smoke. I'm startled so I swim away a few inches.

"Katniss." I turn and see Haymitch and a bit frighten Gale. He may be tough but something like this doesn't happen every day to him. "Let's leave right now."

"So you can go tell my dad after?" I hiss.

He huffs. "I'm sorry I did that, but I was just looking out for your well-being."

"I don't need people looking out for me." I say and look back at Coin.

She drops one last bottle in the shell, getting another explosion.

"Now," She snaps her fingers and out of nowhere, a golden paper and a fish's spine appear. "You must sign the parchment and the deal is done."

I look uncertainly at them. Once I sign, there is no way out. I won't have the normal life I had. Maybe I can get Peeta to fall in love with me and be human forever. I huff defeated and grab the spine, signing the paper.

Coin starts laughing evilly and chanting an unrecognisable song. The shell opens with a bang and thousands of colours and fumes start coming out of it with such power. It starts expanding and then me and Coin are surrounded by it. It feels like I'm inside a storm of strong wind and fire. Coin has a maniac look on her and when she stops singing, two monstrous green hands appear from the smoke.

"Sing!" She orders.

I start singing, raising my voice above the sound that the storm is making. The two hands start coming my way and my voice is cracking.

"Keep singing!"

I focus on my voice and sing even louder. The two hands touch my face and then I feel something being pulled out of my throat, like ripped off. In front of me, there's a small bright ball and then I shout but no sound comes. The small ball is being dragged by Coin into a shell on her necklace. It's gone forever.

There's a loud rumble from the big shell and then I'm engulfed in a kind of bubble, where I feel my whole body being pulled in every side. I hear something being teared apart and I look down to see my tail splitting into two. My lungs feel heavier and I can't breathe. The bubble burts and I'm left gasping for air. I try to swim up but my legs won't work. I try screaming for Haymitch and Gale to help me but I have no voice and then they are by my side, pulling me and swimming out of Coin's cavern by a hole in the ceiling. I can still hear Coin's laughter. They swim fast, pulling me up. Gale is under my arm and Haymitch's grabbing my hand. I can't hold my breath any longer but we emerge out in the open and I gasp for air, like it's a luxury.

They take me to the shore, where I slump againt a rock. I hear Gale and Haymitch gasping for air, do to the effort they made pulling me up. I lift my face from the rock. I push away from my face the strands of hair that have fallen out of my braid and when I look down, I see my legs.

I have legs. I have human legs.

I lift one leg and at the end of it, a foot stands. I wiggle my toes. This is amazing. I put my hand over my leg and touch it, feeling the flesh. I realise now that I don't have anything covering my bottom half. I'm half-naked. I blush. If I'm going to meet Peeta, I need to find something to cover myself.

"Katniss!" I look up at the sky and see Beetee flying in my direction.

I go to say hi but close my mouth quickly. This voiceless thing is really annoying.

He lands on one of the rocks near Haymitch. Haymitch is looking at me with wide eyes and Gale is swimming back and forth, muttering to himself. I chuckle. It sounded like I was breathing harshly.

"Good to see you." Beetee says. "So have you found anything new?"

I shake my head.

"You look different." He wonders. I smile. "Did you do something with your hair? It's all over the place."

I shake my head again.

"I don't really know what it's different about you." He scratches his head. "Maybe new-"

"She has legs!" Haymitch snaps frustated.

"What?" Beetee now really looks at my legs. "How did you do that?"

"She traded her voice for a pair of legs to the sea witch." Haymitch says.

I try to get up, conscience that I have nothing covering my bottom half, and stand up on my legs. It feels like I have sticks instead of legs. I try to balance myself but end up falling into the water. I sit up quickly, trying to breathe. I'm still recovering from earlier.

"Look at her." Haymitch says. What's wrong with me? "She has legs. I never thought something like this would happen under my eyes."

"I'm sure everything is ok with Katniss." Beetee calms him.

"Everything is not ok!" Haymitch snaps. "What will I say to her father?"

My father? No. He can't tell anything. My dad would punish me even harder and forbid me from going to the surface forever. I start doing hand gestures, trying to get Haymitch's attention. He can't do that.

"Stop that, sweetheart." He scolds. "This is your fault. You're the one that asked for this."

I frown at him. I just wanted what was best for me. I never put myself first, in any moment. It was always trying to please other merpeople. I never did anything just for me and now I do, and it's a disaster and trouble.

"Don't give me that look, Katniss." He warns.

"Maybe you should give her a try. See where this heads." Gale suggests.

I nod entusiastically.

"I don't see what's the harm in this." Beetee defends.

I look at Haymitch and he is thinking about it. He shakes his head and sighs defeated. "Alright... I'll help you."

I smile softly at him.

"Now, Katniss." Beetee starts. "You are not going to meet your prince if you are wearing clothes like that."

Of course not is what I want to say. How will I be able to tell Peeta that I'm the one that saved him if I can't speak. Hands gestures aren't very helpful.

Beetee grabs a big piece of cloth and a rope that were standing by the sand. Bits of wood piece are also standing by it. He hands me them. I'm not going to stand completly naked in front of them while I'm dressing. I do a hand move, telling them to turn around.

I get up and walk a bit wobbly to the sand. I remove my sea shell bra and wrap the cloth around my body quickly, leaving my arms and neckline showing. I wrap the rope around my torso - my breasts area and under my armpits - and tie it in the back. With the rest of the rope, I wrap in around my waist. The cloth isn't big enough in my legs area and only reaches my kness, leaving a big opening on the side of my leg. It almost reaches my waist.

I think I look decent. I grab my bra and through it into the water. They turn around with the sound of the splash.

"Now you look more human." Beetee says.

Gale smiles at me and Haymitch is just there, scowling.

Suddenly there's a loud noise coming towards us. Oh no... They have discovered me. Out of nowhere, an animal appears. I gasp. It's that dog from the boat, which means Peeta must be close. He is running towards me. Gale dives into the water while Haymitch hides behind a rock with Beetee. The dog won't stop chancing me. I look for a way to get out of his way but he jumps and knocks me. I fall in the sand because I still can't dominate my legs movements.

"Al!"

I feel my heart stoping at his voice.

"Al! Where are you?" He calls.

And then he appears.

Next chapter will be filled with fluff :3 Finally. So, now review please :D