The hunger games: if Cato saved Clove

Chapter twelve

Chapter twelve: Roast Potato.

Another day of trekking through the forest leads us nowhere. Why is Lover Boy so useless? We camp out again and don't see any faces in the sky, even I could admit it was boring, and I'd hate to think what they would be like in the Capitol.

When I wake, the others are still asleep, even Marvel who was meant to be on watch. I walk over to Cato and Glimmer, who are still in each other's arms, and gently shake them awake, they both turn the brightest shade of red ever and quickly separate. I then shake Marvel awake, and then the four girl. I walk over to Lover Boy and kick him, he winces and then sits up.

"Let's go, where'd she go Lover Boy?" Cato asks.

"She went that way." Lover Boy says pointing to his right. To me, he kind of sounds like a creepy stalker but I guess he should know with the whole crazy love story, they probably arranged to meet somewhere.

He takes us through a long route in the forest before we run straight into fire.

"To the lake!" Cato yells

We all sprint over and see none other than Potato Everdeen, the vegetable on fire. That actually sounds pretty good... anyway, she's in the lake treating a burn. We all start laughing and sprint over, she starts to run but we're catching up, she then scrambles up the tree like a squirrel before sitting in a fork. Dang it!

"How's everything with you?" She asks as if we're old friends. I HATE her!

"Well enough," Cato shouts, "Yourself?"

It's been a bit warm for my taste," why is she such a git? I ask myself. "The air's better up here. Why don't you come on up?"

"I think I will," Cato says gripping his sword.

"Here, take this Cato," Glimmer offers him her bow (that she can't use).

"No," he says pushing away the bow. "I'll do better with my sword." He starts to climb up.

"Come on Cato!" I yell.

"You can do it Cato!" Glimmer yells.

"Kill her Cato!" I shout before I can stop the words. What did I just yell? Kill her Cato? That sounds so stupid, of course he's going to kill her, she's Katniss! Oh well!

He continues to climb up the tree until he's a good fifteen meters high.

"Get her Cato!" Marvel yells.

He grips on to a branch but it's loose! He falls to the ground with a loud thud and starts shouting as many swear words as he can recall. I then remember the four girl is thirteen so I cover her ears until he's finished. Glimmer attempts to scramble up but climbs down as soon as she hears a branch crack. She then pulls out her bow and pathetically loads an arrow- come on, even I can shoot better than her - anyway I encourage her by saying:

"Get her Glimmer!" I say.

She shoots and hits a nearby tree, Katniss teasingly pulls it out and waves it at us. I HATE her!!!

"Oh, let her stay up there. It's not like she's like she's going anywhere. We'll deal with her in the morning." Lover Boy says harshly. Why does he keep acting as if he's the pack leader, not Cato?

"Someone start a fire." Cato commands and the four girl does it straight away.

"Why don't we just burn the tree down?" I whisper to Cato.

"We can't, that would cause a forest fire." He answers.

If only she couldn't climb. I think.