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The Growing Light in the Darkness	By : SWSWWAD Category: G through L > Hunger Games, The Views: 2343 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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I wake up on the ground staring up at stones as I see the morning light begin to light up the world, I feel the a warmth beside me and look down and come face to face with an angel. I see Katniss face asleep with a smile on her lips curled up beside me with her arm wrapped around me and her head resting on my chest, her skin shines in the morning light and her hair look beautiful as it covers her forehead. I can't help myself, I gentle brush the strands of hair off of her forehead and way from her eyes but I must have not been as gentle as I thought, Katniss's eyes blink open and for a moment our eyes lock. Then when realise how we are laying we both turn away blushing and my heart feels like it's going to burst out of my chest, after a few seconds we break apart and some part of me wishes we haven't, it takes longer before we look at each other again, several minutes at least before I can look at her again.

"Morning" I finally say after I got my heart beat under control.

"Good morning" Katniss replies with the blush still clear on her cheeks, she may be trying to hide it but I wish she wouldn't as it makes her look cuter.

"Where are we?" I ask because to be honest I don't have a fucking clue all I remember from last night is Katniss saving me from the Career's and then me leading her into the woods. We clearly aren't in the woods, we are in a cave somewhere near water as I hear a steam very close by. "I don't remember settling down here or even getting here"

"We just walked until we found this place then went straight to bed" Katniss answers. "We were both exhausted from last night so we just found the safest spot we could before sleeping"

"Who's left?" I ask next, I was going to say "Who's left after the bloodbath last night?" But that doesn't seem right so I only ask the beginning.

"Fox face" Katniss tells me and it takes me a minute to release who she is talking about but I remember her face from the Reaping. "Cato and both of us"

"I think we should go after Cato today" I say, we have to face him at some point and today seems like the perfect time. He will be wounded, he may have killed Thresh but Thresh must have hurt him badly during the fight, there's no way someone as big and strong as Thresh would go down without a fight. "We need to strike now before he can recover from his fight with Thresh and finds us"

"Ok" Katniss replies sounding like she agrees with me but at the same time that she is upset about this plan. "I guess that means we are going to have to split up by nightfall… and become… enemies trying to kill each other"

"Yeah" I say feeling depressed and like crying hearing that, I knew this was going to happen but still it hurts to know that today's the last day we will be friends. After Cato's dead we will be like Katniss said, enemies trying to kill each other. "I guess your right"

"Attention Tributes" The unforgettable voice of Claudius Templesmith calls out from the sky, thankfully distracting me and making the pain in my chest numb. "Today's the day, today's the day the Games come to a glorious end and we get our victor" That's odd, normally they don't announce the last day of the games. I have no idea why they are now but I have a pretty good hunch, they have something special planned to give the games a grand finally. "All Tributes are hereby ordered to be at the Cornucopia at midday, refusal to comply would be a fatal mistakes" That doesn't sound good at all, I guess we have no choice but to go and end this. "Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favour"

"I think we should have breakfast and get ready to go" I say turning back to Katniss to see her with her head down.

"I didn't think that things would move this quickly" Katniss mutters so quietly I could barely hear her as she stands up. "I guess this is our last meal together, after we eat we should just split up and go our separate ways until we meet at the Cornucopia"

"Are you sure?" I ask her feeling an almost overwhelming sadness wash over me at the thought of parting ways with Katniss, I know what she's saying makes sense, that we split up and hopes someone else kills one of us so we don't have to but I don't want to split up. Something deep inside me is drawing me to her and now that part doesn't want to let her go now that she is so close, it's almost as if I need this girl to live but we must part ways or ever I will have to kill Katniss or she will have to kill her. "Shouldn't we at least wait and split up once we arrive at the Cornucopia" I know it's a dumb idea because we may end up fighting each other but that part of me that's drawn to Katniss wants it done this way. "And hope it doesn't come down to the two off us being the last two standing"

"Ok let's not talk about it and just eat" Katniss suggests and I can't help but agree, I hate knowing that soon Katniss and I may have to fight to the death and I hate it that if it comes to it we will have no choice but to do it. Hopefully this meal will take my mind off of it, for a little while.

"At least we will have a feast" I say with a smile trying to lighten the depressing atmosphere that has filed our little cave, it works slightly as I see a weak smile form on her lips. We take out all our food and start to eat everything, we are quiet as we eat not saying a word and barely even looking at each other. I know my reasons why, it's because I know that I may have to kill Katniss today and I can only guess that is also Katniss's reason as well.

"How do you do it?" Katniss finally says breaking the silence, I look up to see her looking at me wounding at first what she means but then I get lost and start to wonder why her grey eyes sparkly even in the dim light lighting are cave. Something about my look must ask my questions for because Katniss adds. "Remain calm even in this death filled Area, I nervous and afraid that Cato will come here at any minute but you look calm all the time. How do you do it?"

"To be honest I am scared like you that Cato could find us here, I'm scared because if he would to attack right now we would be trapped and most likely wouldn't be able to grab our before he runs us through with his sword" I tell her not breaking eye contact, her eyes are so beautiful. "But I know that if I let that fear take over I would be killed not long after so I do my best to ignore and so far I've been successful in doing so"

"You really are a great actress" Katniss says with a genuine smile. "I was starting to think you were super brave but it is comforting to know I am not the only one scared here"

"We'll I may still be super brave like my father" I reply as I feel my own smile form on my lips. "With an evil mother to deal with only heroes can live with her"

"I wouldn't know anything about that" Katniss tells as her smile grows. "My mother has never been mean and my sister is the sweetest, most beautiful thing in the world"

"If I remember correctly you volunteered for her right?" I ask glad that speaking about home and family is taking my mind off of the impending end of the games.

"Yes" Katniss answers. "Prim wouldn't survive in the arena"

"So what is Prim like?"

"Prim is beautiful, smart and is on her way to become a great healer" Katniss tells me and her face lights up more with every word. "She can heal people like an expert and wouldn't hurt a fly, that's way I had to take her place, she would have died at the Cornucopia on the first day trying to heal some wounded tribute"

"She sounds like a good girl" I say trying to picture Katniss at home sitting by the fire with Prim playing and laughing together. "I always wanted a sister but I was an only child"

"It isn't as good as it seems" Katniss tells me with a quiet giggle. "I can remember Prim bring home our ugly cat Buttercup who was crawling with feels and worms, getting stuck in a tall tree trying to save some other cat that got stuck up there and she can be impossibly stubborn at times"

"You two seems to have those things in common" I reply thinking back to everything I know about Katniss Everdeen. "You entered the Arena to save her like Prim climbed that tree for the cat and you have been stubborn on a number of times since we first meet"

"Yeah I guess so" Katniss says with a bright face and love smile on her lips. "I just think…" A quiet fud hits the ground outside of the cave making us both jump and reach for our weapons but no one or nothing enters my cave. "What do you think that was?"

"I don't know" I answer seeing a flash of silver in the cave entrance. "But I think I have a good idea, cover me well I go take a look" Katniss nods drawing an arrow into her bow as I slowly and quietly step towards the entrance of our cave, hopefully I am right about this and there is not the end of a sword waiting for me, hopefully I am right about this and there is something waiting for me, something good. I peek my head out of the cave and see it laying on the ground about a meter in front of me a silver parachute with a black box attached to the bottom. I quickly grab hold of the box and bring it inside, the one thing I notice as I carry it though is that it is a lot heavier then it looks, even with two hands carrying it I struggle. What could it be? "It looks like we got another present"

"What is it now and who's it for?" Katniss eagerly asks as she lowers her bow and walks towards me staring at the black box.

"I don't know but it's heavy" I tell her as I set the black box down on a nearby rock.

"It must be useful to us in some way" Katniss says as she starts to open it. "I may not have been able to save you last night if it wasn't for this rock thing Haymitch sent me oh… this note is for you and there's one for me too"

Katniss hands me the note and I read it, it is clear Johanna wrote this. It says "Go for it Brainless, you may not have much time left" Only Johanna would call me Brainless so I know it's her and I know what she means. What her words mean is "What are you waiting for just kiss her already" At least I hope but knowing Johanna I have a feeling she means. "Just fuck her already" That is more likely what she means, Johanna has made it clear in the past that if she sees a pretty girl or handsome boy she would do anything to get into their pants, she even got into mine several times when I slept over at her house after my mother became unbearable. But if that was the case then she sent the present and Johanna may have also wrote Katniss her note is well, Oh my god what has Johanna wrote her? I stare at the black box as a shiver runs down my spine, what has she sent us? I look up at Katniss to find her staring at me with that cute little blush covering her checks once again. What has Johanna said to her in that note?

"Um Katniss did…" I was beginning to ask but Katniss doesn't let me finish.

"Is… Is it true?" Katniss asks nervously fiddling with her hair and struggling to look at me. "That you… like me"

"Um well… I" Johanna must have told her that I do, she must be bored with watching and frustrated that I am not telling her so she took matters into her own hands. I guess I have no choice now that Johanna has told her, I take a deep breath before I tell her. "Yes I like you, ever since I first saw you at the Reaping I've been drawn to you and…" Again Katniss doesn't let me finish but this kind of interruption I can't help but love, Katniss stops me by quickly rushing to me and pressing her soft lips against my own as she wraps her arms around me pulling me close. At first the sudden kiss has me too shocked to act but I quickly recover a return the kiss. I lost track of time of everything as I get lost in the warms of Katniss's lips and their softness, I love this, I love Katniss's lips kissing me and the warmth her kiss fills my body with and I love the feeling of Katniss's body pressed tightly against my own. By the time we break away from each other we are both breathless but overwhelmed with happiness, we just stay still and silent letting our eyes do the talking for us as I stare deeply into her beautiful grey eyes. "I take it you like me too then" I say with the biggest smile I've ever smiled on my lips.

"Yes" Katniss replies with a smile of her own placing a quick soft kiss on my check. "I like you too Lisa, ever since we first met on the roof of the training centre I never could get you off of my mind. I don't know what you did to me up there but whatever it was I like it" Katniss tells me before looking down at the package. "So let's see what's inside"

Inside what did Johanna put in there? No I am worried about what's inside but I am even more worried of how Katniss would react to the contents of the box. Knowing Johanna I can guess what's inside and with the not telling me to hurry up and sleep with Katniss it makes me very worried and to be honest a little curious about what's inside. I know from visits to Johanna's house and from the times we fucked each other that sex with her involves the use of toys at some point but Johanna would never send something like that into the Arena, would she? Besides the one that Johanna has and we used doesn't weigh as much as that package does so hopefully she hasn't sent us something like I think she has, but still when I hold my breath as Katniss continues to open up the box. She opens the box and takes out a thick fluffy blanket that looks comfy and soft, she unrolls it and it easy covers the floor and is big enough for the two of us to lay on. But as she unrolls it another small note and package revels itself. Great another present from Johanna, I wonder what this could be because it's too thin and small to be of much use. Wanting to get this over with I take the note well Katniss picks up the small package, the note simply reads. "Have fun and remember to be safe" I look to Katniss and can't help but laugh at Johanna's little joke, Katniss doesn't seem to get it though as she looks at the contents of the package and then to me like I have lost my mind.

"You can leave that it was just Johanna's idea of a joke" I tell her as I finally regain control over myself and stop laughing. "It's completely useless to us"

"Why what is it?" Katniss ask staring at the item in question and I can't help but smile at how pure and innocent she is.

"It's a condom" I answer but Katniss still looks clueless at me. "Has anyone told you about the birds and the bees?" Katniss just nods blushing slightly. "Did that involve protection?" This time Katniss shakes her head, I guess her teacher didn't do his job like ours did by explaining all about sex and ways to protect yourself. "Well a condom is used when a man and a women have sex and it goes over the man's dick…" I can't help but thinks that Katniss is so cute and pure as I tell her this and her face slightly reddens. "It stops the women from getting pregnant and both of them for catching anything" I really don't know how Katniss can be this pure and innocent because if I was a man in District Twelve I would be doing anything to be with her, Katniss is so beautiful I'm surprised she doesn't have men surrounding her all the time trying to get her attention. "So since never of us has a dick it's useless so you can throw it away"

"O…Ok" Katniss says throwing the condom out of the cave and I her it splash as it lands in the stream outside.

"So I think we have two hours to kill before we have to leave for the slaughter" I say changing the subject before Katniss's red face gets even bright and gives away our hiding place. "How should we spend?"

"Tell me about your family" Katniss says laying down on the blanket. "I told you about mine so now it's your turn"

"Well my father" I begin laying down beside her and we are so close together that our noises are millimetres apart, so close that I can smell her, feel her breath which sends tiny shivers down my spine and so close that my heart is doing flips in my chest because of how happy it is right now being so close to the girl I love. "He won the Hunger Games before I was born and has always protected me and helped, he taught me how to read, swing an axe and how to climb trees. He is kind and gentle unlike my mother" I clench my fists as I think about mum. "My mother beats me, locks me out in the rain and seems to only care about the way I look. She is cruel, controlling and brutal with her punishments" I roll up my sleeve revelling a large burn scare my mother gave me years ago. "She gave me this one for not saying thank you to a guest who gave me some chocolate" I feel a tear leave my eyes as I think about that memory. "Pinned my arm down on the kitchen table and held an iron against it ignoring my cries of pain and pleas for her to stop"

"It's ok" I hear Katniss tell me as I watch her hand move towards my face and then feel it wipe gentle across my check removing all traces of the tears that left my eyes. "You are safe her from your mother"

"Not for long" I tell her which causes her hand to freeze allowing tears to claim my face. "If I win then I will have to go back to her"

"No you won't" Katniss says pulling me into a tight warm hug but I'm too upset to feel anything other than sadness. "You will have your own home and your own money, you can leave her behind"

"I guess so" I reply but I don't believe myself despite how much I want to, my mother will find a way to deny me that house and get my money.

The two hours pass by and we spend the time talking about fun memories from our past and compare the lives of people from District Twelve and District Seven, from what Katniss says I'm surprised at how bad an hard life is in District Twelve, I thought I had a bad life with my mother but the life's every citizen of District Twelve make my life seem like a paradise. We get so caught up in talking and learn more about each other that we almost forgot to leave for the Cornucopia, if it wasn't for a loud sound of bells ringing we would have made the fate mistake of not going to the final slaughter of the Cornucopia.

"It's time lets go" Katniss says as the ringing bells stop.

"Right" I softly say as I feel my heart stop. Now Katniss and I must go and maybe fight each other to the death, I don't think I could kill Katniss if it comes down to it. I don't mind dying if it will mean Katniss lives but I will die with one regret, that we didn't have more time together. I also start think about whether I should have taken Johanna's suggestion about trying to sleep with Katniss or not but because of how pure and innocent she is a doubt that would have happened and I would hate to force Katniss into doing something she doesn't want to. "Let's get going"

It takes us about half an hour to reach the Cornucopia and thanks to Katniss we have the perfect spot to attack from, we are hiding in the woods very close to the Cornucopia but very well hidden away from Cato and Fox face. As we sit here waiting for the final bloodbath to begin, as we wait Katniss tells me about how Rue told her about this spot, how Peeta found them and killed Rue before Katniss managed to kill him and then about how she got this stone that blinded Clove giving her the time to untie me. But despite making small talk we are both on edge and nervous dreading what is about to happen, both of us ready are weapons knowing at best only one of us will survive this. At least we have one advantage, we are hidden and can clearly see Cato while he can't see us. He's pacing in front of the Cornucopia right now with his sword drawn and an angry look on his face like always. Fox face though I can't see anywhere, right now Cato we can deal with, an arrow from Katniss can end his life in a blink of an eye but Fox face is the wild card and as long as we can't see she remains an unpredictable threat. From what little I know of her she is sly and stealthy so she will most likely be hiding somewhere waiting for the right moment to strike, we will have to keep an eye for her as I can guarantee she's hiding in the shadows nearby.

"Attention Tributes" Claudius Templesmith calls out from the sky making me look up to see the source of his voice only to find a blue clear sky. "Thank you all for joining us here on the glorious day, soon ever our brave young man or one of you three lovely young ladies will be crowned our Victor. Ladies and gentleman that's show our support for these heroic young people and to our wonderful Tribute we all wish you good luck and may the odds be ever in your favour"

"Are you ready because I think it's about to begin?" I ask Katniss as I look back at Cato to see him still pacing back and forth itching for a fight. "Good luck" As I say those words I rush towards Cato giving him the fight he so desperately wants and when he sees me the smile on his face tells me I'm just the opponent he has been hoping for. I don't think I could kill him but hopefully before I die I can hurt him bad enough that Katniss can kill him and go home. When I finally reach him I stop a few feet away and smile "It seems you're looking forward to this"

"Why wouldn't I be? A chance to finish what you started in training how can I not be?" Cato asks pointing his sword at me. "I can't wait to run you through"

He charges me without a seconds hesitations thrusting his sword towards me stomach force me to dive out of the way, I quickly get back up but already Cato is attacking again this time he's slashing his sword through the air. I barely have enough time to duck before his blade reaches me but somehow I manage it only to have Cato's knee slam into my face seconds later sending me flying backwards in agony and judging from the crunching sound I heard also with a broken nose. I really under estimated Cato, I never thought he could be… I am quickly brought out of my thoughts as Cato comes slashing his sword down towards me again barely giving me enough time to move but again he misses and his sword only cuts the mud. I never thought Cato or anyone else for that matter could move so fast, I doubt I could even wound him now before I die but I have if I want to give Katniss a fighting chance of returning home to her family. So I get to my feet and prepare to fight back, whatever it takes I must ever wound or kill Cato before I die.

"Is that all you got?" I ask him as I grip my axe readying it to strike. "Honestly I expected better from you and the only hit you landed well my grandmother could hit harder than that now show me what you got"

"You asked for this you bitch!" Cato yells at the top off his lungs and it seems that my plan is working, I got him to lose his temper and now he can't think straight because of the anger clouding his mind. He is fuming which makes him vulnerable, giving me a chance of at least wounding him bad enough that Katniss will finish him off with ease. Cato charges again but much fast and much sloppier, he tries to run me through with his sword but I am able to easily side step out of the way before returning the favour. I swing my axe aiming for his back but Cato moves fast and block my axe. "Not bad but you will need to do much, much better if you want to beat me" He was about to attack again when a loud crashing sound draws both our attentions, I turn to see Katniss and Fox face fighting but and my heart sinks at the sight Fox face is winning, she is attacking Katniss with a knife and Katniss is only barely holding her off. "Looks like your girlfriends in trouble" I turn back to Cato to see him ready to strike again. "Too bad you won't be her knight in shining armour coming to save her, I'm going to kill you and then whoever wins there little fight and win these games. Now come on bitch because if you want to save that little slum rat you will have to beat me first"

"Don't talk about her like that!" I scream at him as I wildly swing my axe but I only cut through thin air instead of the monster I want more than anything to destroy. How dare he say those things about Katniss? It doesn't matter I will make him pay for it, mark my words Cato YOU WILL PAY.

"Struck a nerve?" Cato coldly says from beside me but before I can even look his way he punches me so hard in my stomach I throw up and fall to my knees gasping for air. Ow that hurt and now I am winded and at his mercy, if he was to strike now then I wouldn't stand a chance but he doesn't. Why doesn't he just get this over? Seconds pass y but nothing, then I hear the words that scare me to my very core whispered into my ears. "Do you really think I would let you die this quickly? Now get back up and fight"

"Monster" Is all I can say as I get back up to my feet only for another one of Cato's powerful punches to send me back down.

"I know I am a monster but that's what you need to be to win" Cato tells as he straddles me pinning my arms to my sides and crushing my stomach at the same time making it impossible to breath. "If we are to survive these games we must abandon our humanity and become monsters" Cato picks up my axe and holds it to my neck, I stay as still as a statue as he gentle runs the blade along me neck not deep enough to kill me but still enough to make me bleed. "I believe I'll use this to kill your girlfriend, how does that sound? The last knowledge you learn before dyeing is that your weapon will take the life of the girl you love"

"You are not going to touch her!" I yell at him as I start to struggle but it's impossible, Cato is too heavy and now he's laughing at me.

"Really now" Cato raising my axe readying it to end my life. "Who's going to stop e because this is the…" Cato doesn't get to finish an arrow pierces his neck and within seconds he's off of me and laying on the ground turning blue and struggling to breath.

"Lisa are you ok?" I hear Katniss's voice ask me and I look to see her limping towards me with a lot of blood around her left knee.

"I'm fine you" I reply as I rush over to meet Katniss, when we do meet we embrace and immediately lock lips. The instant my lips meet hers a warmth floods every inch of my body and I welcome it as it makes my pain numb.

"I'm fine now that I'm with you" Katniss says as we break apart and smile at each other. "No what?"

"I don't know" I answer as we both loss our smiles and happiness. "We are the last to left. One of us needs to die"

"Or both" Katniss suggests but I don't like it, I want Katniss to live not die here even if it was with me. "I found these on Fox face" Katniss says placing a couple of black barriers on the palm of my hand. "They are called Nightlock and are deadly, if we both eat these we can die together"

"No you should live" I tell her but it's clear she has her mind made up, never the less I have to try and save her. "You have a family that needs you and I don't"

"But I don't want to live if it means losing you" Katniss says hugging me tightly. "I love you and don't want to be without you"

"I love you too" I tell her giving up, there's no way to talk her out of this. "Let's do this"

"On the count of three" Katniss says and I nod. "One"

"Two" I add taking hold off Katniss's hand and looking deep into her beautiful grey eyes.

"Three" We both say but just as we are about to eat the berries Claudius Templesmith voice suddenly returns stopping us.

"Wait! Wait! Don't do it!" Claudius Templesmith urges us. "Ladies and gentlemen I percent to you the winners of the Seventy Fourth Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen from District Twelve and Lisa Littleton from District Seven"

"We won?" I ask in disbelief but Katniss throws her arms around me hugging me tightly. I must be dreaming but when I kiss Katniss her soft warm lips tells me this is real, we won, we won the Hunger Games and both of us are still alive.
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