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====Off you go across the green grounds of Labry; you’re on your way, feeling on top of the world—nothing can stop you now! Suddenly, something hisses next to your ear. Stunned, you freeze in your tracks to find an arrow lying just a few feet from you. A bit confused and slightly shaky, you tentatively scope the area for any sign of danger. In a flash, a little girl runs toward you, shouting almost as though she can’t see you:====

====Timidly, you tiptoe up to the cove of trees and peek around the trunk—careful to not be seen. The scene before you is puzzling: a cute dark haired boy is sitting in one of the low branches, talking to a brunette who looks to be slightly older than yourself. The girl—who you assume to be Katniss—is sitting with the little girl in her lap, redoing the messy braid.====

====“Prim” says Katniss “You know if the Hutchison administrators catch you beyond the path that they will take you to Ms. Nair without a second thought. It’s different now with Principal Snow gone but the society still upholds many of the same rules and expectations.”====

====She then tugs Prims hair, teases her about some MUS boy and they burst out in a fit of laughing. You are so caught up with the siblings’ conversation that you forget about the mysterious boy sitting in the tree.====

====Out of the corner of your eye, you feel his cold stare near the place where you crouch in the pine needles. Motioning to the girls to be quiet he says in a dark tone “I’m sorry but I don’t think we’ve met before” He hisses with contempt “But we definitely know who you are.” You begin to get nervous as he asks, “What brings you here?” He looks beyond you and nods “Peeta.”====

====“Oh Gale, calm down Boy Scout” The blonde boy says, “It’s just some girl. She’s probably here to get a peek at //THE// Katniss Everdeen: Campion of the Bumble Games” Peeta grins at Katniss. He sits next to you. He holds out his hand and says “Hey there. I’m Peeta, but I guess you already heard it from Gale over there. And you are?”====

====Katniss overhears his name and pipes in “Oh! Last time we snuck out beyond the soccer fence we saw him in the distance! He was fishing in the pond but it looked as though he ran out of line. We though he could use some of this”—she holds out a ball of yarn—“If he really needed it, but he was gone before we—“ she stops uncertainly.====

====You soon feel a tense atmosphere developing. “//We//?” Gale asks with disgust. “Surely you don’t mean to tell me that you were there with…//him!”// he looks over to Peeta. You see the blonde boy’s harsh expression and realize he is about to fight back just as they lunge at each other.====

Turning your attention to Katniss you quickly ask “Is there anything I can do to help stop this?!” She shakes her head while looking down, obviously troubled.
====“No” she utters. “No you can’t do anything. Mr. Bull is really the only one with the force to stop these two. You must find him—soon! Just promise me you’ll take this with you wherever your path may take you.” She holds out the yarn.====

====“There is a time where you will be able to answer that yourself—you must hurry!” she says as the boys roll to the ground, obviously worn out but still fighting. You grab the ball of yarn—the same color as Peeta’s hair—and run off towards the soccer field fence in hopes of finding Mr. Bull.====

====You hear the familiar hissing sound as 5 arrows sweep into view—//Katniss must have shot these—//you think. You quickly read the words engraved next to the mocking jay symbol. They seem to be pointing in different directions.====
 * ====“P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney” towards the Library====
 * ====“Fore!” towards the parking lot====
 * ====“Second Star to the right” towards the middle school====
 * ====“Forks must be a difficult place for you to live” towards the forest====
 * ====“The boy who lived” towards the middle school office====