The Girl On Fire & The Boy With The Bread(Fan-Fiction)

Chapter 4

Katniss's POV

I saw Otilia in the Games. A deep cut on her forehead and nothing to use to heal it with. Running around with a bow and arrow as her only weapon. Looking right and left for danger. But a knife was on her back seconds later and blood splashed out and covered my eyes. I was watching her die. She was on the ground crying my name.

"Katniss.Katniss"The cry grew louder banging my ears.

  I woke up crying and images of Prim and Rue were in my head. Peeta's hand was calming me down and he grasped me into a hug. I was in his strong arms waiting for the images to leave. Tears continue to stroll down my cheek and I thought I was never gonna stop until my mind was blank and my vision was blurry.

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Peeta's POV

I was scared to see Katniss cry and but felt relieved I calmed her down. I always wondered what goes on in her head.I was brushing her hair with my fingers up and down and saw her eyes open slowly. I smiled.

"Are you ok?"I asked.

"Nightmares."She answered.

   I nodded remembering my nightmares.Boggs,Finnick,Prim,Rue,Clove,Cato,Foxface,Glimmer and everyone who died in either my eyes or Katniss's were alive. Some I was happy to see but others I was afraid this was too real to stop.Thank god Katniss woke me up because if she didn't wake up crying then I was sure I would.

"Everytime I come here-"Katniss trailed off.

"Nightmares creep in."I finished for her.

   My fingers discontinue to brush her hair but I wrapped my arms around her.

"I better get back the prep team.They will wonder where I am."I told her.

"Okay. Bye Peeta."She got up with me.

   I kissed her in the forehead and opened the door. I wanted to go back and scream"I will never leave you!" but I went on.

Katniss's POV

I saw Peeta leave and I wanted to stop him. Even though he was right I couldn't let him go now. I waited until my prep team bursts in the door.

 I saw tears of joy in Octavia's face.Octavia is a plump woman with her entire body dyed a pale shade of pea green. 

"We missed you! Since we're Otilia's prep team now we wanted to say good-bye!"Octavia cried.

"Yes. We miss you dearly."Flavius said.

   Flavius is an eccentric man with purple lipstick and orange corkscrew hair. 

"Well we better go Otilia is waiting for us to work out magic.It's chariot time.It's up for Portia and our new stylist(replacing Cinna). We better go."Venia struggled to say replacing Cinna.

  Venia has aqua hair & gold tattoos above her eyebrows. My old prep team and Otilia's new prep team left. I wonder if this year's costume for Prince and Otilia will be as beautiful as last time with me and Peeta. This new stylist (which I don't know the name of) better be good. I can't help to feel furious that they decided to replace Cinna. 

 I got up and took a shower. The dirt in my toe nails and finger nails are washing away. The dirt and grub in my naked body went down the drain. I got dressed in a long-sleeved thermal shirt with buttons,visible stitching and a crew neck and a tan faux leather jacket.I had distressed faux leather knee-high boots equestrian-style,that I wore hunting with Gale back at District 12. 

 I went for breakfast and saw the whole team. Peeta,Portia,the Prep Team,Haymitch,Effie,Otilia,Prince and beautiful blonde woman. I sat down next to the woman and Effie. The table had many dishes and meals. There was salted and cured ham. Fried eggs. Toast,bagels,rolls and more delicious food. There even was lamb stew with dried plums my favorite.

 Looks like Prince likes the lamb stew too.They even had hot chocolate. Me and Peeta continue to dip our rolls in the hot chocolate. I glanced his way. He wore a black crew-neck  t-shirt and light brown cargo pants with dark brown ankle boots. I finished my breakfast early the whole afternoon when Otilia and Prince were having the same treatment me and Peeta had. I continue to stay still and give any help that they needed. Then it was time for the chariot ride. 

 Otilia had a red leather suit with flames. Sparkly flames are painted around her right eye all the way to her right breast and down to the tips of her toes. She wore leather fiery boots that were knee-high. There was red silk cloth hanging down from her now painted red hair up to her ankles that they were gonna set on fire. Not real fire and you won't feel a thing. 

 For Prince it was boy version except without the cloth. His hair was deep red. As red as anger and bright as a nervous romantic blush.He had a yellow mohawk about 6 inches. They were gonna set his yellow mohawk on fire. Prince was very attractive and Otilia..She wasn't beautiful nor pretty. She was as radiant as the sun. The blonde woman set the red silk cloth and Prince's mohawk on fire. 

 Peeta was beside me.

"What's the woman's name?"I asked him.

"Adera."Peeta answered.

  Adera looked up at us as if she knew we were talking about her. She was odd. She doesn't talk but she couldn't be a Avox. She never smiled kinda like me. Her blonde hair was white sometimes and the other almost pink. Yes her hair changes from blonde to white to pink to blonde again. She had no wrinkles or blemishs. Her skin changed color too. Sometimes it's a soft blue to a light purple to a pale white. 

  She never wore makeup. At this minute I noticed something. She had gold mockingjay tattoo on her left breast. I looked away and it started. The trained horses took off. Prince and Otilia held hands like me and Peeta did. Otilia took her two fingers and connected it to Prince's making a heart. 

  It was a odd move not even me and Peeta would do that. I heard yells. I was the mockingjay but I thinking that Otilia is more fierce than I am. She was like those poisonous berries nightlock. Yes nightlock is the best way to describe her. But that made me hate her. I don't why.

  Everyone loved her. I wasn't exactly jealous or I didn't envy her. In fact I don't know if I even like her.Everyone roared and threw roses and flowers at her. Prince smiled and gave a wink and more yelling and flowers came.

Peeta's POV

 Otilia and Prince were winning the crowd. Their fingers linked to a heart. It was really beautiful actually and clever. I took my fingers and made the same heart. I nudged Katniss on her shoulder. She looked at me and saw my fingers. We both smile but it faded away. I knew what she thought. Betting on their lives. That always worries me and I wonder if it worried Katniss too.