After Mockingjay: I Need You

Chapter 23

Peeta's POV

Collie hasn't been back for the past four hours. Where in the world is this mad woman?

I still sit, front and center in the square. People laugh. Everyone.

But later at night, in the distance, I see a female figure. My body tenses as I see the long hair swishing in the wind.

As she approaches closer I realize it's a little girl. I notice she's draped in captiol clothes but her hair is almost..normal. Just a few streaks of blue and purple surrounding her scalp.

"Hello Peeta.." She speaks softly, an edge of scaredness within her voice.

"Hey," I cough, "Sweety."

"My name is Delilah." She confirms. Before I can say anything she sits by my limp body amd crosses her legs. Like I used to master as a kid. Now I can no longer cross my legs the way normal people can. My fake leg can't move, nor bend, the way it used to.

Her hair falls infront of her face as she pulls my face up to look at hers.

"I might only be 5 but I can try to get you out of here." She says examining my situation and the ropes tieing to me to this pole in the center square.

"Where are your parents?" I ask, her hair tickling my back now.

"My mom is abusive and my dad died, so I never really hang around."

"I am sorry about your family.."

"It's okay, my brother looks out for me but he's back working in District 2, he was in 12 not to long ago."

"Is that so?"

"My real parents left me after the rebellion, my brother left for 2."

I nod, very interested.

"Now let me try to get you out of here." She declares.

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