Everlark Fanfiction

Chapter 1

I wake up screaming, and to clear my head, I decide to take a shower. It must be noon because Greasy Sae is in the kitchen cooking something. I can't help but think of Gale, how he's doing, where he is. I dismiss this thought because he killed the one person I was sure I loved. After the shower, I am followed by a series of shakes and cries. I can't help but think of Prim. Greasy Sae has attempted to cook my favorite meal, lamb stew with dried plums, but I am in no mood to eat. My head throbs of fever, and I lead myself back up to my room without even feeding myself. 'Tomorrow you will eat Katniss' I think as I drift off into slumber.

I wake up once again with a night terror, but this time it is about Peeta, about how they tortured him in the Capitol, and how when we got him out, the boy with the bread was already gone. Instead of taking a shower I find myself eating the stew that I was unable to eat yesterday. It is much too early for me to be up, but today I feel like hunting.

I slip on my soft leather boots, my father's hunting jacket, my game bag, and take off. I disappear into the darkness wondering what time it really is. I regret not checking the clock before I left. I pass the hollow tree where I keep my bow and arrow. Over time, my keen senses for hunting must have dulled, because I miss a deer that was right behind me. I try and shoot, but without Gale it is no use. I soon realize that I am much too weak for this, and pass out right where Gale and I used to meet.

I have a dream about Gale, I wish I would have forgiven him, told him that I didn't hate him. The sun must be rising when I wake up, but instead of being in the woods, I am at my house, in my hunting outfit. Did I sleepwalk? No, I was actually there. "Hey Catnip." I hear.