Can't Pretend: Peeta Mellark

THE GAMES I I

The night before the games Alaric and Juni had spent the night together in the living room neither could sleep. "Juni I don't know if what you said was true about your games." Alaric started, the boy laid his head on Alaric's lap.

"But I need you to hide, get as many weapons as you can and you hide." Alaric demanded, "I'll do that if you tell me what happened to your arm." Juni remarked looking at the woman's left arm that had a bandage on her shoulder and arm.

"I hurt myself training." Alaric shrugged running her hands through his hair. "Don't lie to me." Juni said a serious look on his face.

"I hurt myself training." Alaric repeated, "if I can't find you when the games start go with Finnick, Johanna, Katniss, or Peeta you understand?"

"Yeah I got Alaric." Juni sighed before hearing a knock on the door, "me first." Alaric mumbled standing up.

"Alaric." Juni announced making the girl turn around. The boy ran up to Alaric wrapping his arms around her waist. "I love you."

The woman did her best to not start breaking down then and there. "I love you to Juni." Alaric whispered kissing the boy on the top of his head.

Alaric walked with the peacekeeper an almost dead look on her face. "Your tracker." The doctor spoke putting the needle inside of Alaric's wrist.

The woman took a deep breath walking into the room where her tube was. When she heard the door shut she knew that it was real. All of this was actually happening to her.

Alaric walked over to the table placing her hands on it. The woman began breathing heavily, her vision be clouded from the tears in her eyes.

Alaric looked up small sobs coming from her before her eyes drifted to the mirror in the room. It was cracked she wasn't entirely sure why but it was.

The woman tilted her head before grabbing one shard of glass from the floor. Alaric sniffled before her eyes drifted to a small circle.

She shook her head slowly looking at her reflection grabbing the black paint curiously.

When Alaric looked at her reflection her eyes darkened as she walked over to her tube without a single thought.

"Ten seconds to launch"

Alaric began humming a small melody as the tube brought her up. And then everything inside of Alaric stopped.

The woman stared at the cornicopia not caring who was around her. "Let the 75th Hunger Games begin. May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor."

"5"

"4"

"3"

"2"

"1"

The minute that the cannon fired Alaric jumped into the water swimming towards the cornucopia.

Alaric jumped onto one of the logs and began running the paint still on her face.

The minute that she got to the cornucopia she grabbed all of the small knives stuffing two into her boots and some more onto her belt.

Alaric grabbed one long sword before turning her attention to Katniss and Finnick. "Put it down." Alaric demanded staring at Katniss who had her bow and arrow pointed at Finnick.

Without hesitation Alaric grabbed the spear and threw it straight ahead, the spear only barely missing Katniss.

"Don't trust 1 and 2." Finnick stated grabbing the spear from the dead body the sound of the cannon firing echoing through the woman's ears,