Ariabella: The Tribute Who Danced (A Hunger Games Fanfic) Book 1

17.

Grayson's POV:

I wake up in the morning and sit up. I look at the sleeping bag beside me and expect to see Aria, but she's not there. Willow is still there.

Maybe she went to get water.

I stand up and head towards the stream. It's not too long of a walk so I get there quickly. When I get there, she isn't there.

"Aria!" I call not too loudly.

No reply.

I head back towards our camp.

"Aria!" I yell again.

No reply again.

"Aria!! Ariabella!!" I yell more panicked.

Mallorie wakes up.

"Why are you yelling?" She asks.

"Aria is missing," I say, still panicked.

"What?" Mallorie asks and jumps out of her sleeping bag.

She walks over to Willow and shakes her.

"Willow, Aria is missing. Grayson and I are going to look for her. You stay here with Ferryn," Mallorie says.

Willow nods quietly and sits on the sleeping bag. Aria's sleeping bag.

Mallorie and I hurry the other way.

"Aria!!" I yell.

"Aria where are you!!" Mallorie yells.

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After at least an hour of looking, we still can't find her.

We hurry back to our camp to see if she returned.

"Did she come back!?" I ask.

Willow nods no.

"Where could she have gone?" I ask, still panicked.

"I thought I heard a cannon last night, but I thought I was just dreaming. Do you think it was her?" Willow asks quietly.

No, no, she couldn't have died. It was my job to protect her.

"No, it probably wasnt," Mallorie says, but I can tell in her voice she's just trying to make me feel better.

I don't want to hear any more. I turn and sprint towards the beach. I don't care if I'm a guy, I cry the whole way there. When I finally get there I run over to the sand castle. In anger, I kick at the sand castle. I then run over to where Aria and I kissed last night and lay down.

I then cry until I can't cry anymore.

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Ariabella's POV:

I wake up lying on a bed in a huge room. There is sun shining through the huge windows.

I blink a few times until I can see what's around me. Beside me I see my father, standing over me. There are also four girls in the room.

"Hey, you're finally awake," my father says and pushes some hair from my face.

"What all happened?" I ask.

"After we rescued you, we fixed up your cut on your leg. We then took you here to my penthouse and we got you in fresh clothes and put you here in this spare bedroom," my dad says.

"I heard a cannon go off," I say.

"That was yours," my dad says. So they think I'm dead. Grayson must be devastated.

"Who are they?" I ask and look at the four girls.

"Well, this is your step mom Juliet," Dad says and the oldest walks towards him. She looks about the same age as mom.