Here we go! Next chapter. Enjoy. :)

During our time in Middle Earth, we gradually spent less and less time with Haymitch, eventually not seeing him unless we ran into him in the hallways. A few weeks after I recieved my bow, I met the dwarf Ori, brother of Nori and Dori, who worked in the library of Ered Luin. I wouldn't have met him at all, had Fili and Kili not dragged Peeta into one of their pranks on their Uncle, a prank I definately did not want to see the outcome of, though I did hear the shouts from the King as he realised he had become a victim of the brothers' antics.

The evening after I received my dwarven bow, I sat in our room inspecting my new bow that Kili had dropped off, during which, I took the opportunity to apologise profusely to him. I received a hug from Kili in recognition of what I had said and I was oddly very happy after that. I sat, turning the bow every way, to look it over and test the balance as best i could in the small space. The bow itself was a combination of wood and gold with slivers of mithril running through it. I had learned how much mithril and gold meant to the dwarves and felt extremely honoured to receive the gift.

Peeta came in the room after I had spent half an hour looking at the bow. He held a warhammer in his hand and, when I asked him about it, he simply said, "Thorin gave it to me, said I was doing well and wished me luck in the future. He's asked if we would go down to the throne room when we could, by the way."

"OK. I'll just freshen up, then we'll go down." I gave him a small smile and walked into the small room off the side of our bedroom. It simply contained a sink and a bathtub. I sorted myself out pretty quickly and washing my hands and face with the soap that Haymitch had thrown into the room earlier. Peeta was stood in the centre of the room when I came back out of the room. He gestured he his hands for me to follow and as I took his hand, he smiled and turned to walk out of the door.

We walked into the throne room laughing at a joke Peeta had said and as we realised that the attention of all of those in the throne room was on us, we stopped abruptly, unclasping our hands and throwing them behind our backs.

"Glad to see you could join us." Thorin said from in front of his throne. He was amused by our little display, i could tell. "We have something to discuss with you, courtesy of my nephews."

"Of course." both myself and Peeta bowed our heads and went to join the small crowd of dwarves collected in the area before the throne. I looked towards Fili and Kili for some idea of what was going on but found their impassive faces discomforting.

"Now. I've brought you all here today to discuss a very serious matter. Each one of you was chosen specifically by one of the council members as being the best suited for this task. As most of you know, one of the only things holding us back from reclaiming Erebor was the lack of someone to infiltrate the beasts lair. But, with the help of Gandalf the Grey, we have found someone whom, he beleives, will help us. Most of you have already agreed to help us with this quest, but we cannot do this alone. We begin our quest and set out from Ered Luin in 3 days. You have until then to decide." Thorin gestured out to the crowd. I looked to the Durin brothers and found them both watching me smiling. Peeta tugged me out of the room and as we left the hall, so did the other dwarves.

We went back to our room, not speaking and opened the door, going to step inside when someone spoke behind us.

"Are you going to go on the quest with Thorin then?" Haymitch said and as we turned around to face him, the door banged against the wall and I stepped towards him.

"I don't know Haymitch. I've heard everything about it from Ori and I know how much of a risk it is with us. However, we may find another way to get home if we go..." I thought about it for a moment then looked up at Haymitch. "I want to go."

"No Katniss." Peeta said and I turned to face him.

"You don't want to go home?" I said bitterly.

"Why would I? I like it here, Katniss. We have friends and they're becoming our family. They've taken care of us when, most likely, no-one else in Middle Earth would have. What have I got back in Middle Earth? Hm? Nothing. There is nothing for me back there." Peeta then turned and walked back into the room leaving me and Haymitch in the corridor.

"You're going to go anyway aren't you?" Haymitch said from behind me, shocking me out of it.

"I have to find a way home. I know Peeta thinks of the dwarves here as his family and they're mine too, but I have a family in Panem and... Wait.. Are you not going?" I turned to him.

"I've already told you. I'm with the Mockingjay." He smiled at me and turned to go in his room and i turned to go in mine, dreading the anger Peeta will have when he realises i'm going.

Well... there we go. I sincerely apologise if theres any delay with any of the updates in the near future but college is a bit hectic at the moment. :)

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