Rose's eyes adjusted to the light and she finally saw what made Katniss scream. It was her sister, Prim, standing at the door. Argus Filch's hand had a strong hold on her wrist. "She was roaming around without a teacher. Not in the class she was supposed to be in. I have strict instructions from the Headmistress to bring any class bunking students to the nearest classroom so that the teacher can decide appropriate punishment."
"I-I got lost! I c-couldn't-"
Katniss frantically got up and ran to the door. She shoved Filch aside and held Prim by the shoulders.
"What did they do to you? Tell me!" she demanded.
"Katniss, it's really noth-" Katniss turned to Filch.
"What did you do?!" she shouted. The entire class was staring at her now. But Rose didn't think Katniss cared. Due to the fact that it seemed as if Katniss was about to go crazy, Prim took her hand and pulled her outside. Filch angrily shut the door. Rose desperately wanted to see what was going on outside.
She didn't know why, but she felt that she needed to make sure Katniss didn't do anything rash. Rose took a deep breath, and even though she knew what she was about to do was wrong, she slipped out of the classroom without Professor Binns noticing.
When she was outside, she saw Katniss kneeling down in front of Prim. She whispered something into her little sister's ear, and Prim nodded. Katniss look somewhat satisfied. Rose stepped forward, and tapped Katniss' shoulder. Katniss whirled around and stood up. "What are you doing here?" she demanded.
"I..I was just making sure you were okay. You know, because you were so angry and all."
"I don't need people to look after me," Katniss said, gritting her teeth. "I can take care of myself. Why don't people understand this?"
"I know you can look after yourself, but I just wanted to know." The moment the words left Rose's lips, Haymitch appeared, with Filch by his side. Haymitch staggered over, and Filch look contentedly and the scene.
"Sweetheart," he started, "I heard you've been causing some disturbance here. What did you do?" Katniss grimaced at the smell, but replied just as arrogantly as she felt.
"I'm not causing any disturbance. That excuse for a caretaker," she started, pointing to Filch, "got hold of Prim and brought her to the class I was in. Held her by the wrist, right here!" she shouted, holding out Prim's wrist for Haymitch to see. "It's all red! Look!"
"Katniss-" Rose tried, but Katniss just pushed her aside.
Prim's wrist had light red finger marks from where Filch held her. "Gah, that's nothing," he waved dismissively, "Back then, the punishment we used to give-" Katniss marched up to him and gave him a cold, hard stare.
"Don't. Hurt. My. Sister. Don't even think about it. She said she got lost, right? So listen! She wasn't, whaddya call it, 'bunking' class. In case you haven't noticed, this castle is HUGE. It's very easy to get lost here, got it?" Katniss' face was red and Prim ran up next to her.
"Calm down, Katniss. It isn't that bad," she tried. With one last glare, Filch turned around and walked away to show Prim how to get to her class. Haymitch strolled up to Rose and told her to go back to class, instructions which she followed willingly. She shot one reassuring look at Katniss, and walked into the class.
"You remember what I told you yesterday, right?" he stated. "Be careful. You definitely don't want to get on the bad side of these people. Please."
"But he-" Haymitch cut her off.
"I don't care. Honestly, I don't. Try not make yourself so hateable to these people." And with one last pat on the cheek, he turned around and staggered out of the corridor, leaving Katniss deserted in a room of creepily moving pictures staring at and whispering about her.