19Author's Note~~~ Hello Everybody! (Hi Dr. Nick), Ok this is my first Katno story I know its like super short but since it's just the first chapter it'll stay like this. Plus I don't want to write a whole lot and people don't like it...that would kinda stink on my side. So please, honestly tell me what you think of it! Tell me if you hate it or criticize me or tell me you want me to continue! Slight AU... Okay well please enjoy! sorry again for the shortness T.T OH and one last thing, I kinda played around with the POV's I just wanted to experiment for later on.
Fire Can Burn
Prologue
Cato's POV
She was magnificent. Her brown hair cascading down her shoulder in her slimming red dress hit me with longing. When she looks at you with those gray eyes it looks as if she peering deep within you. Maybe if she was from District 2 and not in the Games I would give that girl a thought. I am almost positive she could have been mine, but she is now absolutely my enemy. I smirk as I watch her in her interview; it would be fun to crush such a pretty soul.
Katniss's POV
I hated him. He was so arrogant, so full of himself. He thought he was the biggest thing since Finnick Odair, and I hated him for it. How can one person find so much pleasure in causing pain? He also volunteered but for the exact opposite reason I did. He volunteered just to prove to himself that he can kill 23 other kids. I won't let him get me though; I will NOT be killed by someone like him who doesn't even have a soul.
The Fire Engulfs Him
Cato's POV
Rage engulfed me. "That little bitch, how could this have happened!" I look around at our demolished camp; our food supplies, either gone or blown up. As I look around the camp I see something that peaks my interest. Little drops of blood on the outskirts of what once was our camp, I smirk. She didn't know about the mines and injured herself too. "Regroup yourselves!" I yell to the other careers and the boy we were playing; Loverboy…what was his real name? Oh yeah, Peeta the man who confessed his supposed love to Katniss during the interviews. Soon enough I would kill him, but now he is not my priority. That Girl on Fire, she seems to just be dying for my attention and who am I to deny her of it?
I walked away from the camp, following the splotches of blood. She seems to be bleeding out fast, but I just hope she doesn't die before I get to her. If anything at all, I NEED to kill her before, whatever it may be, the inevitable happens. It disgusted me how much the Capitol liked her and cheered her on. She is not the only person in the Games! Sure she may be beautiful, courageous, stubborn, feisty, and defiant but- - - wait what did I just think to myself? I shake my head vigorously and get back to following her trail.
"Where oh where is that girl on fire?" I said half singing half chanting. I liked taunting, it causes another person to be overcome with anger and not think of their next move. I would know it best since taunting is my Achilles heel; wait….was she just taunting me now? I looked down and saw the blood trail growing; I needed to find her fast. I picked up the pace and continued to follow the trail. Finally, I started to hear sharp breaths of pain. "got ya..." Up in a tree again of course; I don't understand that girl. "Don't make me chop you down Fire Girl, come down and fight like a good little District Twelve" I heard her scoff.
"Yeah like you would ever put me out of suffering, I'll stay up here thanks" The tree shook a bit, she seemed to be adjusting her position. How to deal with this...
Katniss POV
I had heard him coming from a mile a way, seriously who couldn't? That man does not know how to suppress his presence. His breathing was loud enough, not to mention the constant crunching of leaves and twigs under his boots. Climbing the tree had proven to be a bit difficult with my now injured leg. Stupid careers they just HAD to go and booby-trap their food. Well whatever they at least don't have food supplies anymore, me and Rue's plan worked. Oh God, Rue! Where is she? How is she? Did she light all the fires and get back to the meeting place? Did they catch her? Thankfully my bad thoughts were interrupted by a voice, a voice which made me shudder.
"Don't make me chop you down Fire Girl, come down and fight like a good little District Twelve"
I scoffed, 'good little District Twelve' he obviously doesn't know my or my district's reputation. But I needed to think of a comeback and quick. "Yeah like you would ever put me out of suffering, I'll stay up here thanks" Hm…not as snide as I would have hoped but it got the job done for now. Gah! My leg was killing me, literally. I was losing too much blood, but I needed to get to Rue and make sure that she was okay. I gently started to adjust myself. "Ngh!" Okay, that was a little too much movement.
My only choices now are to bleed to death up in this tree, or basically fight to my death. I know he is still down there I can hear the loud intakes of air he calls breathing. I'm too weak to fight-even climb down this tree as a matter of fact. Might as well tell Rue that I am okay for the moment, I whistled our four note signal and waited for her return. There it is, good she is okay. I looked down at my leg a moment and winced, even just looking at it caused me pain. Shrapnel had gone everywhere, including the inside of my leg. Maybe… maybe I can at least have the element of surprise. A small smile crept onto my lips, now or never I guess.
Cato POV
What the hell is she doing up there? Having brunch? I am way too impatient for this and apart from the occasional shout of pain she made no noise. That is until that whistle, who was she contacting? Had she actually made an alliance? Were they dangerous? Wait, what am I talking about, she is from twelve. Nobody in their right minds would pair up with someone from twelve. Lost in thought I had failed to notice the sound of the rustling leaves and was too late to reacting when gravity decided to throw something on me. The stupid branch that Fire Girl was on broke and fell on top of me with none other than Fire Girl still on it. That was something my viscera did not need. Before I could do anything I started to black out. Me, Cato Sinclair blacked out in the middle of the Hunger Games. Just great.
Where am I? I look around, but there is nothing but darkness eminently closing in on me. Suddenly I hear a heavenly voice breaks through the awful silence.
"Deep in the meadow, under the willow…" It entices me, draws me in closer and closer." A bed of grass, a soft green pillow…" I continue to walk closer and closer to it wishing and needing to know who the angelic voice belongs to. "Lay down your head…" light starts to come into my vision and I see the silhouette of a girl in front of me. " And close your sleepy eyes…" I don't let her finish as I reach out, touch her shoulder, and turn her to face me. The first thing I notice is that I am staring directly into dark grey, stormy eyes. I can just about say my heart stopped as I recognized those eyes. They belonged to The Girl on Fire, Katniss Everdeen. She started to have tears in her eyes and her wonderful voice was soiled with the sorrow that overtook it. Where did the Fire Girl I know go and who replaced her with this sad looking version of her? It unsettles me to have this picture of her in my head, and I want to change that. I want to be the person to get the fire back into those stormy eyes of hers.
My vision came back into focus with a kick to the head. I groggily looked up to see my fellow district tribute, Clove. "Sleeping during the day are we?" she said with a smug look on her face. I only awarded her with a grunt as I sat up and pushed the fallen branch off of me. Rubbing my head, I looked around with no Girl on Fire in sight.
"I'll be back at camp later" I barely grumbled and stormed away from Clove who only rolled her eyes and let out a sigh. And this time I set out to find Katniss Everdeen once again, but for a different reason. I suddenly found myself desperately wanting to know the past of Fire Girl and more about her. I wanted to keep her from ever shedding a tear again.
Yay! FIrst Chapter done!, so please R&R and tell me what you think of it :) if it is liked and i get some reviews i'll continue it, but i may be slow on updating because school is like overwhelming with work and i also have two different softball teams to play on, plus at this moment im working on another Hunger Games story, a Fairy Tail (GajeelxLevy 3) story, I'm writing poems, writing my novel that I have been working on for like months and am barely getting anywhere T.T and helping my friend with her story on fictionpress :) You guys should check it out! It called Why Me? by SteppingOnBrokenGlass. Yeah..so i hoped you enjoyed the first chapter! and I'm not sure about the name yet...what do you guys think?