So I have to write an alternate ending for the Hunger Games book and here's what I have so far, is it good? Should I change something? Oh god please help me with all this work TT ^ TT
Hunger Games Alternate Ending
By: ME xD
Suddenly, I hear the canon, I freeze. "Peeta?" I say slowly at first. Is that canon for Peeta? No, it can't be… He´s just a few meters away! Next thing I know I´m running back to where I last saw Peeta. "Peeta! Peeta!" I can´t stop myself from screaming, I just keep running. I reach the place where Peeta was supposed to be. The roots are in a neat pile on his jacket but where is he? My thoughts are interrupted by a scream. "Katniss!" No… Not this again… "Peeta!!" I can´t let Peeta go, I might have let Rue go but not Peeta and much less, will I let him go by Cato.
I reach an open area where I think the screams are coming from but I don´t hear them anymore when I reach the middle of the meadow. Where´s Peeta? Or more importantly, is he really in danger? I see a hovercraft about 300 meters away from me but the body is not Peeta, it´s Foxface. For a moment I´m relieved, Peeta´s safe, I think, consoling myself. But the screams come again. This time, they are longer and less clear… I follow the sounds without screaming this time, I´m thinking this may be a trap of some sort but the screams sound so much like Peeta´s. I keep running, Bow and arrow ready on hand. The screams now sound very long and… they sound like… a recording! This wasn´t Cato´s plan, it was the Gamemakers´s!!
I run away from the sound this time knowing now that it is a trap. The screams don´t sound like my name anymore but more like a screech from some kind of bird, probably another mutation from the Gamemakers. I find myself again in the open area. And looking more into it, it reminds me of home. I stop running for a second. The air is passing through my fingers, my hair getting blown by it. This is nice, I think, this is a good place where I could die, I haven´t found Peeta anyways, he is strong now, he´s got a chance against Cato. Yes, I could die here, feeling so close to home… I´m feeling sleepy now so I lay down on the grass. It´s so soft… I like it here… I doze off at the sounds of the screeches, every time sounding even closer and angrier. Next time I wake up on a… tree? How did I get here? I try to move but I´m tied up and with a big ache in the leg and stomach. I look at my stomach first. The shock is big, you can see that it was a bird that was chasing me and that it almost ate half of my stomach. Blood stains are on my skin still, blood is still coming out. I look at my leg now, bloodstains on my pants, that´s not a good sign. Still, I roll up the pants and see that even though the small bite has affected the leg and it´s halfway and you can see the bone. My facial expression changes when I see Peeta climbing the tree.
"Peeta.. Peeta is that you?" I say shaky.
"Hm? Oh Katniss! You´re awake!" Peeta says, his voice sounding in surprise.
"Yes but what happened? How did you even get me up here? My stomach and leg… The mutt…" I say having a few flashbacks.
"Oh well I followed the screeches and I found you laying down in a meadow with a bird almost on top of you. I panicked I don´t even know how I did it but I saved you and got you to a tree. The bird was eating you; I think that´s why your stomach and leg are injured. I´m not much of a doctor so I haven´t been much help." He says, his voice sounds… relaxed… so different from his personality, he would´ve been worried even after me waking up…
"Wait how again did you got me up here? And how long have I been asleep?" I ask.
"Well, since the incident it has been around 2 days." He says with a little smirk. "Sleepy head."
I don´t laugh. "I was unconscious Peeta, not my fault. You didn´t answer my question, how did you get me up here? Your leg is still in recovery." I once again ask, I´m getting suspicious.
"Never mind how I got you up, you need to lay down, I think I´ve got something that can help your stomach, I found it in your belt." He says pushing the topic away.
"Peeta… It must´ve been so hard, I mean with your leg still hurting…" I reach up ready to give him a little kiss.
"Y-yeah, I have to get some more of the medicine…" he says this while jumping off the branch.
I'm still laying down when he returns. "Did anything interesting happen while I was unconscious? Did you get Cato?" I say before any other topic comes into hand.
"No, only Foxface. The medicine was not working and I don't know what else to give you so we'll just have to win this thing and get to the Capitol." He says a little too serious.
"Oh… ok... So I guess we'll have to get moving..." I say a little disappointed because I wanted to rest for a little bit more.
"Yes."
"Are you ok Peeta?"
"Yes."
"You sound so serious… You haven´t given me a kiss since I woke up…"
"I gave you enough kisses when you were asleep."
"How do I get off?"
"Don´t know, you figure it out"
This is when I notice, this isn't Peeta. Peeta does know more about medicine and would've done more in 2 days to help my stomach and my leg. He wouldn't jump off the branch; his leg is still ill and barely knows how to climb a tree. But much less… would he refuse two of my kisses... This person, this version of Peeta, is not the real one, this… this is Cato disguised as Peeta.
After a long time, we are both finally on the ground and I´m making a huge effort on walking. Now I know that this is Cato, I'm a little worried of Peeta. What actually happened?
"How about we go to the Cornucopia? That's probably where he is, you know, close to the lake and all." I suggest.
"Yeah, ok." He says.