Chapter 5: explanations and expectations
Me: hey guys. . .
Sonic: you mind explaining where you've been?
Me: thinking of ways to change the story, why?
Sonic: oh no . . . Please tell me it's not what I think it is. . .
Me: just wait and see.
Sonic's POV;
It had taken a week traveling around the districts, unfortunately I hadn't caught sight of any of the emeralds, I had just caught the scent of the blackberry bushes that stood in Katniss and Gale's meeting place when suddenly I felt myself being pulled by my foot into the air.
"oh come on!" I cried irritably as the duo melted out of the brush.
"So much for having lightning fast reflexes." Gale chuckled, a smile on his face.
"Oh shut up!" I said as I curled up and cut through the rope with a spin dash. I landed lightly on my feet and walked into the clearing.
"So about what happened last week at the lake. . ." Katniss let the sentence trail off. I sighed, this might take a while.
"So you guys already know that the Chaos Emeralds can grant people extraordinary power if someone collects all seven, right?" my friends nodded.
"Well, the emeralds power depends on the alignment of the user's emotions as well as their intentions." I picked a blackberry and spun it on my fingertip. "If the user has positive emotions, they can enter something called a super form, but if they have a lot of negative emotions like anger, sadness, and things like that, the user will enter a dark form." Katniss' eyes suddenly hardened.
"So what would happen if the capitol got their hands on the emeralds?" Katniss sounded worried.
"I don't want to find out." I replied, sighing, I collapsed onto the grass, I was exhausted. Suddenly I felt something sitting on my stomach, I looked up to see a black bird similar to a mockingbird, Katniss had a look of surprise on her face, she whistled a little melody, the bird cocked it's head, listening. Katniss repeated the little song, and the bird chirped it back to her note for note.
"Huh, I've never seen a bird do something like that before, is this-"
"One of the capitol's mutts, yeah." Katniss replied, a hint of pain in her eyes. Somehow these two shared a deeper bond then just being hunting partners.
"Gale, we probably need to head back soon, the reaping is today, remember?" Katniss looked to me, I knew she was scared deep down, she had supported her family for years, if she died in the games, there was no telling what would happen. The duo started off, I sat up and the bird flapped away. I caught up to the hunters in seconds; they turned their heads in surprise.
"If you two really expect me to just sit and wait while you guys have a chance of getting picked to die, you're crazy!" Katniss gave me a small smile, and gale looked at me with thanks in his eyes. I followed them to the fence and slipped under, unsure of what might be waiting on the other side.