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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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Katniss and I walk into the Hob and find it as busy as always, people crowd round stores trading their goods while the Peacekeepers who are meant to stop them join them. At first I was surprised to see them and even hid but Katniss just laugh and told me not to worry, I was worried though that she's lost her mind but after a few minutes I saw she was right not to worry. This place is great, you can do and say what you want without getting in trouble with the law and I've said stuff to Peacekeepers that would normally get me shot or flogged only to find the Peacekeepers reply with their own similar comments, I never believed it until I saw it but here you can let your feelings be known to the world. The Traders here are so kind and friendly, they are always happy to see Katniss and even sponsored her in the Games from what I've been told. I like the traders here and they seem to like me apart from a few jealous men and on red haired girl, this place is just like one big family and everyone as accepted me as part of that family.
We walk through the stores buying want we need, medical supplies for Katniss's mother that you can't get legally, a bag of Prim's favourite sweets and alcohol for Haymitch. To be honest I don't think he needs it but one time he ran out and that was the scariest thing in the world, since then Katniss and I always buy's and stores alcohol for him in case he runs out again. Once we are finished we head to a large counter in the centre of the Hob where a small crowd is already gathered, the women who runs this store is called Greasy Sae who's a kind old lady who buys a lot of whatever animal Katniss kills. She sells an amazing soup too which no one ever complains about, even the Peacekeepers who can afford to buy food somewhere else say it's the best thing to eat in the District. We sit down on two of the stools set out for customers and soon find steaming warm bowls of soap under our noises, it isn't the best smelling soup in the world but it could possibly be the best tasting soup in the world. Just one mouthful and I know it is.
"Well you two lovebirds really should be looking better than this" A teasing voice says as I feel someone run their hands through my hair, I turn seeing a hand flick Katniss's braided hair and turn some more to find Darius one of the more likeable Peacekeepers I've met here in District Twelve. "I know you two are on camera soon and it would do the District a disservice if you two appear looking like this" I know he's only joking but I still feel my blood start to boil. "You two should have some District pride"
"Don't worry" Katniss calmly tells him more used to his teasing then me. "Our Stylists will be here at twelve so soon we won't be recognisable"
"Good and try not to ruin each other's outfits" Darius playfully warns her making me smile but Katniss just stares at him naïvely, I forget how pure she is sometimes. Seeing both our reaction Darius just shakes his head before looking at me. "I think I only need to warn you"
"I'll try and control myself" I reply with a sly smile which makes him smile.
"Make sure you do" Darius says as he turns to face a group of Peacekeepers, I don't know their names but I know they are good friends of Darius. "One more thing" Darius adds as he starts to walk off. "I think it's time you two head home"
"Why?" I ask looking at a small clock not that far away, he's right its half eleven. "Oh we will be leaving now"
"Don't be late" Darius says as he walks off.
"Come one Katniss it's time to go" I say offering her my hand which she quickly takes, as she stands up I pay for the food even though it's only half eaten. "Thanks for the food"
"Thankyou" Katniss tells Greasy Sae as we start to walk away, once we are outside and alone she leans in closer to me. I feel my heart skip a beat like every time Katniss is close, no matter how much time I spend with her Katniss always has this effect on me. She quietly ask me as we walk. "What did Darius mean when he warned us not to ruin each other's outfits?"
"Well he meant we shouldn't rip each other's clothes off" I tells her and her faces blushes instantly making her look even cuter then normal. "Don't worry I won't do that, on camera at least" my last comment makes her cheeks redden more and I can't help but smile. "But I can wait until you are ready"
"Ok" is all Katniss replies with as she tries to calm down and remove her bright cute blush from her cheeks.
We walk in hand and hand in silence the rest of the way back to our home in the Victor Village, it isn't a far walk but we still hurry so that we are back in time for our Stylist. It starts to snow as we walk which makes my smile grow bigger, I have always loved snow. I love watching it fall covering the ground in a thick white blanket, having snowball fights, building snowmen and I love it because it's the only time my mouther makes her hot chocolate, her hot chocolate is the only thing I like about her and watching the snow fall now has me caring for a cup of that hot steamy brown drink. I always love it when it snows because it also means we get the day off, no work or school just a full day of having fun in the snow. By the time we reach the Victor Village the snow is falling heavy and I can't help but stare at the snowflakes in Katniss's hair, all the flakes of snow make her hair look like its sparkling and I can't take my eyes off of it. It's so pretty and beautiful, I'm so mesmerised by it that I don't realise that at Haymitch's house until we reach his door.
We don't knock as we enter Haymitch's house we just open the door and let ourselves in out of the snow, we know Haymitch is always too drunk to answer the door so whenever we need to speak with him we just let ourselves in. like always when we see him we find Haymitch face down on the kitchen table passed out, the only good thing right now is that he isn't drinking because I think by the time we are leaving later on he should be able to pull himself together. As long as he doesn't start to drink again. Knowing being gentle with him doesn't work Katniss starts to fill a glass with water while I open a window in case we need to make a quick exit, Haymitch isn't always the happiest person when he first wakes up. With a little hesitation Katniss pores the water over Haymitch's head waking him instantly, but he has a knife which he start to swing around nearly slicing Katniss. If it was anyone else I would beat them for that but today we need Haymitch with us not in a hospital bed, so we just watch from a safe distance until he calms down and notices us.
"What are you two doing here?" Haymitch angrily asks as he wipes some water off of his forehead. "And why am I soaking wet?"
"You asked us to wake you up" Katniss reminds him still keeping her distance.
"We know there is no other way to wake you up other than soaking you" I add getting an angry glare from Haymitch.
"While you could have tried shaking me" Haymitch suggests but both Katniss and I have already tried that and it didn't work. "Why are you two here anyway?"
"Don't you remember or are you still drunk?" I ask taking a step closer to him while checking to see if there is any alcohol drink on him. "You asked us two remember"
"It's the Victor Tour" Katniss tells him more politely. "You asked us to wake you before the cameras get here.
"Oh yes no I remember" Haymitch replies sitting back down. "Just go home and wait, I'll tell you what to do when I know I am not going to die of hyperthermia"
"Try not to get drunk" I warn him as I go to leave.
"By Haymitch" Katniss says catching up with me.
"Don't worry about me" Haymitch calls after us. "I've been doing this long enough to know when to and not to drink" I doubt he can control his drinking even if he knows he can't drink. "I'll be just find its you two that need to worry"
He's right, it's both mine and Katniss's life's endangered not his. But he could have sounded more concerned but I guess that's what we get for throwing water over his head, now we have to head home and wait for the danger to arrive. We walk the short walk back to mine and Katniss's home in the Victor Village, a walk that only takes us seconds because we live right next door to Haymitch and his mess. We walk to the front door and open it but before anything else can happen Katniss's mother rushes too us, this is the first time I have seen her run since she ran to hug Katniss at the train station when we arrived so something must be up. When she reaches us I can see it in her eyes, fear and worry somethings wrong, I have never seen Lucy scared before but right now despite how hard I see her trying to hide it I can tell she's terrified. It doesn't take long for me to figure it out, out of the corner of my eye I see Katniss spot him too. Standing behind Lucy leaning against the wall with a cigarette in his mouth is a Peacekeeper, he is bold with dark skin and bright red eyes, I watch him as he lights up the cigarette and his face lights up, it makes his face looks so evil and scary that it makes me shake. Now I know why Katniss's mother is scared, that man must scare everyone he meets but why is he here? What is he doing? I know it can't be good if he's here so what have we done to bring him here?
"We have a guest you two?" Lucy tells us doing very well to hide her terror, if I wouldn't have seen it in her eyes I wouldn't have known.
"Miss Everdeen Miss Littleton would you please come with me" The Peacekeeper says sounded just as scary as he looks. We follow him without saying a word towards the office, it's a room I really enter but something seems off as this is the first time I have seen the door closed. "Please enter"
Again we do as we told in silence and step into the room and come face to face with the most dangerous man in the world, I see President Snow watch us enter with his snake like eyes as the Peacekeeper closes the door behind us. He smiles but doesn't look any less threatening, I known for a while that a smile from him means nothing. He's sat behind the desk drinking from a tea cup which he slowly lowers as we enter, as he does I see the tea inside the cup has been dyed red and there's a tail that looks like blood dripping down into the cup. Is that blood he's drinking? I hope not because he's scary enough as it is, I don't think I could get over my fear if he is a vampire as well.
"Ladies please take a seat" President Snow says gesturing to a pair of seats on the other side of the desk to him, we take our seats and wait for what is to come. It can't be good, I know we are in trouble but with him here that trouble has just doubled. "Before we begin I think it would be easier for us not to lie to one another don't you agree?"
"Yes" Katniss nods.
"I think so too" I say and see Snow grin.
"Good" Snow replies leaning back into his chair. "Now then you have caused a big problem for me which is a very bad thing to do" I gulp hearing that, I knew we were in trouble but now it seems worse than I thought. "It all started when you pulled out those berries and now is growing bigger and bigger" Snow puts his hands on his head clearly frustrated with this big problem Katniss and I have caused for him. "The people in the Capital saw what drove your actions but the some in the Districts didn't, they see it as an act of defiance not an act of love. They think if you two could break the rules of the Hunger Games and live why can't they break the Laws, there has been several protests, riots and talks amongst the people living in the District"
"People are rebelling?" Katniss asks and I wish its true because Snow need taking down but I don't want it to be true because that will put Katniss and her family in danger, I don't care if I dies as long as Katniss lives.
"No, not yet anyway. But talks turn to protests, protests turn to riots, riots turn to uprisings and uprisings turn to rebellions" Snow answers not sounding happy with the situation. "I don't think we want that do we? Thousands of life's lost and unrepairable damage dealt, bloodshed that could destroy our nation. That's not a good thing"
"So what do you want us to do?" I ask him being direct, I know he wants something it's obvious because why would he come all the way here, tells us stuff we shouldn't know and meet with us if he didn't want something from us.
"I want you to prove to everyone that it was love and not defiance that drove you to use those berries" Snow says as he stand up. "I think you know the price of failure"
With that Snow leaves the room leaving us sitting here taking in his treat and order, we have to prove our love and if we fail the both us and our families will die. I know that's the price of failure, Johanna and Haymitch lost their families for doing less then Katniss and I have done. But now our fate is in the hands of the country, a country which already may work against us unless we do a good job convincing them of our love. I can understand them though, I would be rebelling if I was them too.
"What did Snow want with you two?" I hear Katniss's mother asks, both Katniss and I turn round to see Lucy standing in the doorway looking concerned.
"Nothing mum" Katniss answers lying throw her teeth. "They don't show it but President Snow always meet with the Victor before the Victor Tour begins"
"Oh than god I thought you were in trouble" Lucy replies buying the lie, why would Katniss lie about this? I'll have to ask her when I have a chance. Lucy looks like she was about to ask more but the doorbell rings before she has a chance, I can tell who it is. "I'll get it it's probably your stylists"
"Why did you lie?" I ask Katniss quietly once her mother has walked off to the door. "They have a right to know"
"It's better this way" Katniss answers as we turn to face each other. "It's better this was so they enjoy life rather than having to look over their shoulders all the time"
"I guess so" I say still not entirely convinced but its Katniss's family, she knows them better than I do so I take her word for it.
"Katniss it so good to see you again" A group of three oddly dressed people say as they burst into the room surrounding Katniss, it must be her Prep team because they ridiculous fashion is clearly from the Capital"
"Lisa come on we are in the room across the hall" My prep team tells me as they start to drag me off.
"I'll see you soon" I say to Katniss as the drag me away.
"See you soon" Katniss replies as I'm dragged out of the room.
"You two seem happy" One of the Prep team says comments as they strip me of my clothes.
"How are you two doing?" Another asks examining my nails.
"We are doing well" I tell them politely as I can trying not to cause any more trouble for Katniss and I then we already have. I still don't know how Capital people can be so noisy, every one of them always wants to know everyone's business and privet life.
"That's great" Someone replies coming something smooth and that smells wonderful through my hair. "You two look so good together I'm glad everything is working out"
"Thank you" I say to the person doing my hair. "So what am I wearing tonight?"
"None of us has seen your outfit" One of the Prep team answers as they continue their work. "But I know it's a lovely dress and I must look beautiful to go with the things we've been told to do to your hair and nails, you two are going to be the best looking couple in history"
"What a start to the Victor Tour that will be" They all start to say.
I sigh as I stand still letting them do their work, I feel nerves knowing what is to come. It's a big deadly task and one who's outcome is determined by thousands of people unaware that Katniss and my own life is in their hands, as soon as I am dressed Katniss and I am going to play a very deadly game for our life's again.
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