When two worlds collide

chapter 2

Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters. Or the song, (which is from Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins)

Tris POV:

We walk until we're met with a line of high trees, the edge of a forest. Cautiously, we walk into it.

When sunset comes, we pull out our sleeping bags, I snuggle next to Tobias. We eat some "survival food", that amity, and erudite were working on. Its food, that you simply add water, it has all the nutrients you need, in a simple meal. We eat in silence, taking in our odd surroundings.

A small campfire is made by one of ex-erudite who had taken a liking for learning about the outdoors. We all rotate in turns for being the "look out" while the others sleep, In case any animals get too curious, and wonder dangerously close.

This goes on for another day and half; walk, rest, eat, sleep, well most of us sleep, but as for me... Nightmares of all the faces that have suffered because of me haunt me. I wake up screaming, but Tobias is always next to me whispering that he's there, and I hold on to him and fall back to a dreamless sleep every time. It's not until the 2nd time I wake up, that I notice it wasn't my scream that woke me up, though I'm not sure whose it was. We're all a lot more broken than I thought.

Evelyn seems to carry around a small circular thing, which I later recognize as a compass. Glad to know that we aren't just going in circles, I begin to start to wonder, maybe this is a bit pointless, but wouldn't that mean this whole war between the factions just weeks ago was pointless? And I wouldn't be able to stand it if that's so. Too much has been lost.

We had heard chirping, and singing from birds throughout our trip, but didn't play too much attention to it, well that is until we reached a wide lake, and then i realize there is silence. Then, as sudden as they had silenced, they we're singing again, this time in union, in harmony. Bouncing 4 notes around like it was their duty! I look at my group to see most of everyone has noticed this too.

But it's a girl from the faction-less who mentions it, "that was... Peculiar. Almost like they're mimicking something," she says. I nod my head in agreement.

We stand there not knowing what to do next. Right when we are about to keep moving along, I hear something. I jerk my head left and right, thinking maybe I just imagined it, but I see Tobias is also looking around, though his eyes linger toward the other side of the lake. We don't even need to tell the others, because they've noticed it too, and we all give each other looks. Like "could this be real? Is there seriously someone out HERE?" but we cautiously make our way towards the sound. We try to be silent, but were not really trained to doing that. Except some of the amity who walk through their gardens without disturbing even a twig or some of the dauntless who specialized in sneak attacks, but we don't have much of either here.

After we all draw closer, Tobias grips my hand, and then I begin to actually hear the lyrics to a creepy, yet sweet song...and we walk slower,

"...are you, are you, coming to the tree,
wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me,
strange things did happen here,
no stranger would it be,
if we met up at midnight..." a voice sang.

We're now standing about 5 meters away from a woman, she turns her head, the last words of the song still formed on her mouth, but stops.

We stand there in shock realizing she's not alone, there's actually a whole group. A man who was watching her closely, sees us and quickly stands up from the tree he was sitting next to, and stands protectively in front of her. She peaks out from him, and asks "who are you?" as she looks at us each, like she's sizing us up. We stare at her.

She actually looks younger, than I thought, But maybe a bit older than myself. She has tired yet strong-looking eyes, she keeps a straight face, but her eyes linger over at me,

Evelyn takes a step forward. But Just as she does, Another man, notices Evelyn, and stands in front of the girl, saying "Don't move!" giving her a glare that meant he wasn't messing around, he almost bounces on his feet, like he's preparing to attack. Evelyn reluctantly steps back, her hands raised as if surrendering, probably just for the sake of peace. But a small glare settles on her face. The rest of our group tenses up. And I think some are reaching for their weapons but Tobias gives them a look and they put their hands back to their sides.

Who is this girl? Apparently she's important because everyone seems the need to protect her. I look back at her, and see that she's also noticed that she's being overly protected, and clearly not happy about it, she clears her throat and gently pushes them apart. They give her a look, but she rolls her eyes, mostly toward the handsome younger looking one, who seems to have the same eye color as her, an almost grey color.

We all look at her. She asks again, "who are you?" this time adding, "What district are you from,"

We look at each other, "district?" I ask confused.

This time her group gives each other unsure looks. I hear a guy behind what looks like a giant  camera, whisper, "they've probably lost it," to the man next to him. The other man slowly nods his head In agreement. I barely hear him whisper it to the man, but once I realize he's probably talking about our mental state, I have to stop myself from glaring at him.

She looks into our eyes. I see her glance back at them, she probably heard them too, but she shakes her head softly.

"Who are you?" she says, it's a question, but also demand. 

We hesitate for a moment. We don't know how to proceed. 

"Four," Tobias says.

I'm not sure why he introduced himself as Four, but I don't question it. And before I can even introduce myself they all look at each other again.

"You all are from district 4?" She questions.

"No, his name is Four..." I say.

one of the other men chime in,"like the number?"

I turn to Christina, and I see she's thinking the same thing I am because, she gives me a knowing look, remembering how she had said the same thing to Tobias, that first day we met him and he had intimidated her. It now seems like a lifetime ago though. Though I'm not sure on where she and I stand... I'm glad that we're slowly coming back together.

Katniss POV:

What odd people they are... But could it be possible they're not from our districts? Maybe their parents ran away, and made them forget about this place? Not likely though. There's also that small chance that they're all crazy, I wouldn't put it past the capital to brainwash. But It didn't feel that way.

I look at the girl as Four reaches for her hand. I feel a Jab at my heart, a bit of jealousy, but only because they're together, while Peeta is still, far away, out of my reach.

As it grows a bit quiet, I hear the mockingjays begin to fly away, still mimicking the "hanging tree" song, while some still repeating rue's 4 note signals. I turn to Pollux and he nods in understanding, smiling a little as he hears the birds singing the last of the song.

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"'I fear oblivion' he said without a moment's pause. ' I fear it like the proverbial blind man who's afraid of the dark.'" - John Green. The Fault in Our Stars.