I know it's been a while since the last update. Thank you so much to all my readers so far. I hope you carry on with me. :) And thank you so much for the review. It means so much to me to know you like it. :)

Here's chapter 3 for you all. Enjoy. xxxx

Where had we landed? I knew that the machine had crashed. We all felt it. This 'Kili' had walked back through the woods from which he had emerged and gestured for us to follow with an incline of his head. Haymitch, surprisingly, was the first to move after meeting the stranger. What seemed to be the oddest thing was that he was extraordinarily small for a man, well i assumed he had already come of age, as he looked to be around the same age as myself and Peeta.

Kili walked and we followed in silence, only hesitating a bit as we thought of leaving the machine we had crashed in. As we walked, I made sure we were out of earshot and leaned over to Peeta who was at my side, as close as possible as I knew he didn't want anything to happen to me. Haymitch was a couple of strides ahead and glanced back every few seconds to check on us, Kili doing the same to make sure we were still following and probably thinking to himself of what to do with us.

"Where do you think we are?" I whispered to Peeta. He tipped his head a little towards mine to listen better, before straightening up again in thought and then dipping his head again to reply to my question.

"I have no idea. But these woods look like the ones from the Arena. I don't like it at all Katniss." he replied, his voice betraying a hint of fear. I felt sorry for him as he had not fully gotten over the consequences of the Hunger Games even though it had been years since it happened. I pressed my hand on his arm lightly. It seemed to calm him a little and his shoulders dropped in relaxation. He turned and smiled that little smile at me that never failed to put a smile on my own face, this time was no exception.

We walked behind Kili and Haymitch for goodness knows how long and we eventually reached a tall gateway, sentries positioned on the top, bow and arrows trained on us. "speak your intent here!" one of the guards shouted down. Kili sighed and shouted his reply to them.

"It's Kili! Let me in you fools!" he yelled. The noise of his shout shocked Haymitch, who jumped backwards. It would seem that Prince Kili can be a loud person. I wonder who taught him that...

"Oh.. I'm sorry my Prince. But who are your companions? You left alone this morning." The guard shouted down, not quite as loud as before, but still loud enough to be heard.

"I'm taking them to my uncle, who i'm sure would not be happy that you kept us waiting out here." he became impatient and stamped his foot a little on the word 'not', almost like a small child would in a sulk. It was almost enough to make me giggle. I turned and hid my face in Peeta's side as my face threatened to break out into laughter. A small squeak left me as I did so and I just saw Kili turn sharply towards me, face stoic and impassive. The guard audibly sighed and shouted to the others to open the gates 'for Prince Kili', openly announcing his arrival to those who were on the other side of the gate.

Kili walked forward, slipping through the gates, closely followed by Haymitch, myself and Peeta and the gate was shut behind us, making a loud bang as the wood of the two huge doors clanged together. We followed the Prince, heads down as we walked through crowds of people equally as small as Kili. I had no idea where we were in Panem but I had the sneaking suspicion it would not end well for any of us.

Kili lead us up the hill and into a large building which looked a little like the home President Snow had occupied in the Capitol. We were taken down a main hall just inside the building and through a set of heavy doors into a room that looked large enough to host an army in it, or at the least a ball.

At the end of the room stood a chair, elevated on three steps, a throne and atop the seat, sat a man, older than Kili, by the looks of him. This man had a head of ebony hair, streaked faintly with grey hairs, hinting that he has seen the years behind. The man stood as we entered and made his way down the stairs quickly, making his way towards us before stopping in front of Kili and embracing him.

"Kili. How was your hunt?" he said as he wrapped his arm around the boy and pushing him back the way he came, towards the throne.

"There was no game in the woods. But I found some remarkable people as I searched." Kili spoke and turned in the man's grasp to gesture at us. "Peeta, Haymitch and... I do apologise but it would seem I have forgotten your name miss..?"

"Katniss." I answered impatiently.

"Katniss." he responded, causing me to feign a smile simply in recognition of him getting my name right. The man with Kili came towards us, steel gaze focused on the three of us.

"What do you seek here strangers?" he said. His tone, hard and cold, just as Kili's had been when we first met him. I did not want to answer straight away as I did not know how much of our story to divulge. Thankfully, Haymitch stepped forward confidently and spoke instead.

"We seek shelter. We were... travelling and the young boy here.." he gestured to Kili who yelped a strong 'hey, I am not a boy anymore!' at Haymitch's words (which caused me to snicker and I swear I saw the man in front of me's lips twitch aswell). "... was kind enough to bring us here as we do not know where we are currently." Haymitch finished by looking around the large hall.

The man we knew nothing of looked directly at me, ice blue eyes stared me down. "Is this true?" he asked, his voice seemingly less hard now.

"Y... Yes." I whispered feebly before noticing my mistake and standing up straight. "Yes." I said a little stronger now and faced the man.

"Fine. There is an Inn down the road..." he turned to walk away only to turn back at the sound of the doors opening and another small man walk through, papers in hand and axe on his back.

"Thorin, the library didn't have the scrolls you asked for, these ones were the closest we found..." the man said as he strode into the hall. This man seemed to be nicer than the man we were previously talking to, who was now helping the new arrival with the scrolls he had just dropped. The two of them placed the scrolls on a table near the door.

Haymitch cleared his throat, gaining the attention of the two men who walked slowly towwards us and standing in front of us. The man that had just arrived looked closely at me then at the two men at either side of me before speaking. "Thorin" he gestured for the other man to come closer to him. "I do not believe them of any threat. In fact I see them as a benefit to us, if anything." he said. This 'Thorin' did not seem swayed by the man.

"Are you suggesting we let them stay? We know nothing of them or their origins, Jed." Thorin replied, turning to look at his friend before the smaller of the two (Jed.) took his arm and pulled him away from us, out of earshot. I could see the animated talking the two where doing and noticed that Thorin's movements were much more angry than Jed's and that Jed seemed to be trying to reason with the bigger male as they argued. Eventually, after a few long minutes standing awkwardly in the middle of the hall, uncomfortable with leaving my back open for anyone to swoop in and stab me, Thorin seemed to relent to something Jed had said and the two of them made their way back over to us.

Jed and Thorin both looked at each other as they stood in front of us and it seemed to be silently decided that Jed would speak. "You are welcome to stay here in our halls, seeing as how you are Prince Kili's guests. Due to this, you will stay near his lodgings and report to me, here, in the morning as we know it is late and questioning should not be done so late in the evening." he gestured for Kili, who was talking to another male, this one blonde. The brunette prince made his way over, skipping slightly as he reached the five of us.

"Kili, you are responsible for the actions of these three. Take them to get something to eat and let them rest in the spare beds near your chambers. They are to report here in the morning for questioning with Jed. Do you understand?" Thorin said to the young male, who nodded before tipping his head slightly in the silent gesture to follow before walking off to the right. I followed and I knew Haymitch and Peeta were following me. As we neared the door, I turned back quickly to look back into the huge room to find Thorin and Jed quietly talking with the blonde male Kili had been talking to earlier.

I followed after the dark haired prince until we found ourselves in a room full to the brim with foods. Fruits, vegetables and meat, lots of meat. "Help yourselves to whatever food you desire. I will return shortly." Kili bounced out of the room and left our sights as we stood, helplessly looking at the food, not knowing what to have.

We ate in silence, each eating the same. Deer and vegetables. Kili returned just as I had finished chewing the last of my food and wiped my mouth with the napkin present on the table.

"Done?" he chirped, before smiling as we all nodded. "Good. Now if you'll follow me. You're beds are ready." he gestured again for us to follow, to which we obliged and followed after him to a hallway with 3 doors. Kili gestured to each before speaking. "One for each of you. I will not bother you. Goodnight." He said before turning swiflty and walking away down the hallway. I soon heard a door opening and closing.

Haymitch walked towards the first door and peeked in the doorway before turning to us and saying "You two can share that room. I'll just have this one." He smirked at us as we walked to the doorway and walked into the room. "Goodnight. See you in the morning." he said as he shut the door behind us and I heard the soft click of another door as he let himself into another room.

Peeta sighed beside me and walked further into the room, sitting down on the edge of the bed and pulling his shoes off before neatly placing them next to his feet. He looked up at me and, noticing my discomfort, stood and strode over to where I stood and placed his lips upon my forehead in a gentle kiss. "We'll be fine Katniss. Get some sleep and tomorrow, we'll find a way home." he smiled that special smile at me again and turned, taking my hand and leading me over to the bed, where I laid down and rested my head on the pillow, closing my eyes. I felt the bed move and Peeta's arm's wrap around me as he pulled me back into his body, creating a warm pocket. It wasn't long before I let sleep claim me for the night, comfortable in the hold of Peeta's arms, dreading the day ahead.

Well there you go guys. Chapter 3. Hope you liked it. Drop me a review or a PM with your thoughts or anything. Check out my other stories if you like the Hobbit side of this one.

The next chapter should be updated in the next few days. :)

A.x