The Hunger Games: Prim

(12)

I hear crackling. At first I think its nothing and close my eyes. But seconds later, I hear even more and its starting to get hot. I open my eyes and look behind me and see a huge wall of fire.

I look around and see Rue sound asleep.

"Rue wake up! Fire!" I yell

She wakes up, and looks around her.

We both untie the rope and stuff the rope and sleeping bag into the backpack.

We climb down the tree as fast as we can. The wall of fire right on our tails.

I keep looking back to see if the fire has gotten any bigger, and sure enough, it has.

As we run, I see someone out of the courner of my eye. Its not Rue, but another tribute.

"This way!" Rue yells, taking my focus off of the tribute.

We run between the fire and I see a fireball come towards us.

I push Rue out of the way, and feel a burn on my left arm.

I scream in pain as I fall to the ground.

"Prim!" I hear Rue call

I get up and run to her. We continue to run. The fire soon comes to an end and Rue and I stop at a fallen branch.

Rue pulls out water from the pack and pours some on my burn. I bite my lip from letting a scream escape. She then takes a sock and ties it around my burn.

"Your really good at this" I compliment.

"Thanks. I've had practice. It comes in handy when you live in District 11" She says

"How bad is it there?" I ask

"Bad enough. We work all the time. From sun up, to sun down" She says

"I'm sorry" I say

"Its okay" she says

"What do you do?" I ask

"I work in the orchards along with other people" she says

"Must be cool" I say

"Its really not once you do it. What do you do?" She asks

"I don't work. I go to school instead. My District doesn't allow anyone under the age of 18 to work" I say

"Hearing this, District 12 feels like some kind of Safe-haven" she says

"I guess" I say.

"Well, it sounds like one compared to District 11" she says.

"How so?" I ask

"If one of us fail at our job, we get whipped in front of everyone. Some may even die" She says.

I can't help the tear fall from my eye. I can't believe a district would do that.

"I'm so sorry" I say

"Its okay I guess" she says.

"What do you in your free time?" I ask, trying to forget about my burn

"I listen to music" she says

"Music?" I ask

"Yep. Its my favorite thing in the world" She states.

"That's cool. I like music, I just wouldn't count it as my favorite thing in the world" I say

"What would you count as your favorite thing in the world?" Rue asks me

"I don't know. Maybe hanging out with Katniss, but she usually is with Gale. I like animals" I say

"Animals?" Rue asks

"Yes! I love animals. I have a goat named Lady, and a cat named Buttercup" I exclaim.

I miss Buttercup so much... And Lady.

"I've never had an animal. They sound pretty fun" she says

"They are" I say

"What do you and your sister do?" She asks.

"Well, she once took me out to the woods and try and hunt. It didn't work. We always walked to school together. We would just enjoy each others company" I say

"Do you still do that?" She asks

"Yes but, ever since the morning of the reaping, Katniss was gone. She left and never came back I guess" I say, a frown formaing on my face.

"Do you think if your sister never left, would she volunteer for you?" Rue asks

"Maybe. I think maybe yes because she said she would never let anything happen to me and I believe that" I say

"That sounds cool. I wish I had an older sibling" Rue says

"Do you have any siblings?" I ask

"Yes. I have 5 younger siblings" she says

"That sounds really cool" I say

Then, we hear a common go off. Maybe it was that tribute I saw.

"I wonder who that is" Rue says aloud

"Me too" I say as Rue and I both look around.

"We should start moving. We're too in the open" Rue suggests.

"Okay" I say.

We then both stand up and start waking. Me, holding onto my arm. It really hurts.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry for such the late chapter! I've just been so busy. But here it is!

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