Hey everyone! Julia here! This is my first fan fiction for the Hunger Games and I'm super excited. So finch it the girl that Katniss called Fox-Face. Her ditrict partner is someone very close to her and she doesn't know how to react with this entire situation. we learn wo she considers a threat and a little about her past.
I do not own the Hunger Games, anything affiliated with the Hunger Games, or anything that might even slightly resemble anything from the Hunger Games
Lets move on shall we!
5...4...3...2...1...*BOOM* I rush away from the cornucopia as fast as my legs can carry me. Everything is a blur and I try not to let myself be seen. Once I hit the trees, I don't stop running for what seems like a thousand miles. When my legs can carry me no longer, I think, 'I just passed up the chance to get some food. Stupid Finch! Stupid!' That is me by the way. I'm Finch Byrd of District 5 in the 74th Annual Hunger Games. A ruthless tirade where each district from the country of Panem gets one boy and girl between 12 and 18 taken to the capital to fight to the death. You win, you live with riches beyond your wildest dreams. You lose, you die in the arena and are never seen again. And there is a catch. The boy and girl from the same District cannot work together unless you form an alliance. And even if you do form one, it will be broken if it's just you and your district partner.
I hear noises coming from my left so I turn to my right and hightail it out of there. As I run, I think about Joseph. My district partner who is just a boy. He is also, unfortunately, my younger brother. Can you imagine having to let your brother die in these games to allow your own survival. Now I can see why that girl from 12 took her sister's place. I'll have to watch out for her. I've seen what she can do in the training room. But she has seen what I can do too. I know plants. I know what can kill and what can heal, what is edible and what is an imitation. I'm also fast, smart and sly. So much so that the people from my district call me Foxy. Of course it does hurt your chances of not being noticed if you have hair as bright as a flame on the top of your head. My family must be so worried about Joseph. I'm worried too but I'm also worried for me. I just hope that he is okay. I guess I'll find out tonight when they show the faces of the dead in the sky tonight. 'I should find someplace to rest for a while' I think to myself. So I head to where I hear water and pick some leaves and berries as I go. Some blueberries, an oak leaf, some wild mint, a find within itself, some wild barley and wild grapes. This little array of berries and leaves could save me today. I find the water and wash off my findings as well as my face. It wakes me up a little and keeps me going. I head downstream and find a little place made of rocks and decide that will become my house or "den" as some would say.
A little chilly in here but I will soon warm up. I go outside and get a nice big leaf and place my food inside, then I set it in a corner of my den. The I venture outside once more and look along the beds of the stream. What luck! I stumble upon a Sagittaria plant, also known as a Katniss flower, and dig into the muddy bank. I pull up the roots and find that the tubers are as good looking as I can remember. Of course, everything looks good when you're hungry. I build a small fire and cook my little delicacies into a fine tuber and berry dinner. I eat just enough to satisfy me and save the rest for breakfast in the morning. I splash some water onto the fire and it sizzles out in seconds. I head back to my den and rest for a while. As I rest, I think about the other memorable tributes. The boy and girl from 1, Marvel and Glimmer, are strong but they were taught to be that way. Marvel throws spears and Glimmer can shoot an Arrow but not very well. They could survive this. Kato and Clove from 2 are frightening. Kato is extremely strong and well equipped when handling a sword. Clove can throw knives like a pro and she is fast too. Stronger than I am. They will most likely win these games. There's Joseph, my little brother, who is like me. Quick, witty, can get out of a jam and is very smart. But he can be stupid sometimes too. I saw him head straight for the cornucopia and didn't look to the trees. I just pray that he made it out okay. Rue and Thresh from 11 are smart. Thresh is strong and brutish and can kill in a moment. But Rue, i'd like to think, is as innocent as a butterfly. She can climb like a monkey and is very capable of taking care of herself. But I will be sad if she does die. Then there is the boy and girl from 12. The boy is stronger than even Kato I believe and the girl, Katniss I think, is good with arrows. Katniss. How coincidental that I ate the thing that she was named for.
The Anthem blares high in the sky and I rouse myself from my makeshift bed. I peek through the opening of my den and watch the faces that I never knew. Then I see one face that I wish wasn't there. Joseph, my little brother, flashes across the sky. I stop looking and lay down. I stare into the emptiness that is my den and feel the prickle of tears in my eyes. I let them come.