This is my second story, the story of the very first Hunger Games! Please review and sorry if I make mistakes or anything:P
(I've decided to start with the Hunger Games beginning, so I would get right to the action:D
Sapphire Hansen, District 7
I stood there on my plate staring blankly across the long swamp-like field with a forest on the other side. My mentor told me not to leave my plate until told, so I stood there hesitantly. A huge gleaming cone sat in the middle filled with boxes, knives, axes and all sorts of fun murder weapons. I remember my mentor telling me it's name, something like Cornulopa, Corutopi or whatever, but I was too busy thinking about my death to remember its actual name. I was standing next to two murder machines who I prayed wouldn't go for me. Most likely they wouldn't, since afterall I'm just a puny little 12 year old girl who managed to get a 4 in their rating thing, with no chance of winning. To make matters even worse, my own mentor told me I most likely wouldn't be getting any sponsers, since my burly, huge district partner, Doran, would be getting them all.
I'm Sapphire Hansen, tribute for District 7. Although, I'm from the Lumber District, when I get an axe in my hand...lets just say it goes a measly 4 feet, 6 max. My only known skills are running, which comes in handy in these games, determining whether plants are edible or death food, and hiding. Pathetic, I know, but I'm still not ready to let a career pick me up and kill me. I was told to stay clear of all battles and just run away from the bloodbath. I looked around noticing several different packs, some with water bottles, some with-
BOOM! A loud explosion interrupted my thoughts. I looked up only to see a massive cloud of dust on the other side of the Cornu-huma-what. When it cleared I saw blood spattered around the disc, and people next to it were on their hands and knees gagging. A bloody piece of what seemed to be a leg laid upon the red ground, along with other pieces of what used to be a boy from District 10. I gagged and tried to hold down my breakfast. Suddenly, a loud clang echoed, and everyone looked around questioning. Finally, the huge boy from District 2 stepped off his plate and waited for something to happen. When nothing did, he sprinted to the gold cone and began picking up random objects. Others quickly followed, including me, but instead of running to the horn I ran in the opposite direction. I sprinted quickly and picked up random colored bags, even weapons, which I prayed I wouldn't have to use. Then, I stopped, looking where to go. I glanced back and almost screamed. Other tributes were in bloody combat, swinging axes and swords at eachother.
I stood in the muck of the swamp, like a deer caught in headlights. This had to be a dream, I couldn't really be here...could I? Suddenly a knife whizzing by my head, missing me by inches, brought me back to reality. I screamed and ran sprinting to the half of the arena that looked like it was a forest. More knives flew near my head as I picked up my speed. I ran around the trees into safety. I continued to run and run, for what seemed like hours, until I grew too tired to continue and climbed up a tree to relax and catch my breath.
BOOM!BOOM! I nearly had a heart attack when I heard the sounds that seemed like guns.
"Don't worry, they are just cannons, they represent the dead," someone said from down below
"AHHH!" I yelled and tumbled out of the tree onto the ground along with my supplies.
"SHHH!Do you want to give us away?!" The voice whispered. I looked up and a girl who looked about a few years older than me stood there, smirking, one hand on her hip and one held out to help me up. I hesitated for a moment and then finally reached out my hand. Once up the girl looked at my questioningly again.
"Lilliana Fern, District 5," she spoke and held out her hand again, "allies?"
I nodded and shook her hand, "Sapphire Hansen, District 7."
"Oh, so your good with an axe? I mean your from the Lumber area and all," She replied, her eyes lighting up.
"Err..Yeah," I lied. I needed to make myself look decent so I wouldn't be killed.
Suddenly, a loud twig snapped behind us, along with a loud grunt.
Harren Gafe, District 2
The loud explosion erupted in my ears, practically knocking me over. The idiot next to me stepped off his plate before we were told. Crystal, my mentor, secretly told me to wait for a noise to leave our plates, otherwise we would end up...well, like the stupid ole' sap next to me.
My eyes watered as I coughed up chunks of dust from the explosion. Finally, the dust cleared and I could see around me again. I was covered in dots of blood and a chunk of the kid sat in front of my plate. A loud clang suddenly sounded through the arena. I knew this was the signal, so I ran off my plate, kicking the piece of whatever his name was away from me. I quickly made it to the golden horn in the middle of the arena that looked like a Cornucopia, only difference was it was filled with weapons. I grabbed an axe and about a dozen knives, shoving them into my belt. I then equipped myself with a hefty spear and turned around to see what was happening.
More tributes were running to my location, through the thick mud of the swamp. I spotted Kentra, my district partner, running towards me. Me, her, and the others from District 1 and 4 all agreed in training we would make a pack and be allies. They were the first to arrive at the Cornucopia next to me and we all greeted eachother with a nod and prepared for a fight. More tributes arrived with weapons and began to fight us.
I ran up to a boy armed with a knife, who I think was from District 5. Not for long, I smirked and ran full speed at him with my huge spear. He managed to get a quick stab at me in my arm, but I ignored it and hefted my spear right into his stomach. He grunted and fell backwards, and as he landed a cannon sounded, which I soon realized was signaling his death.
I looked around and saw Kentra in battle with a girl from District 9, but Kentra soon finished her off with her fists. Flerra, from District 4, was shooting arrows into people's eyes as they ran towards her. Her district partner, Warren, was in a fight with a burly looking kid who slammed his knife into his skull. I winced as Warren fell onto the ground, letting his cannon sound. I quickly ran after the burly kid. He saw me coming and grabbed his knife back from Warren's head. He stabbed me in the side and I fell onto the ground. Thinking I was dead, the kid ran off into the swamp and yelled,
"DISTRICT 7 REPRESENT!" I waited until he disappeared and got up holding my side. Stupid, I smirked, and tried to get up.
"You okay?" Summer, from District One, asked, helping me up.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm alright." I tore off a part of my shirt and tied it onto my wound. I spotted a young girl with fiery red hair running at Summer from behind with a massive sword.
"Watch out!" I yelled and pushed Summer out of the way. This girl looked about 14, a little young to die, but she was going down. I swung upward, slashing her groin. She screeched in pain, but she didn't stop attempting to stab my face. I ran and managed to get a stab her again, this time in the stomach. She stopped for a second, regained her footing and continued to attack me, huffing out heavy breaths of air with each swing.
Man, this girl is not dying! I yelled to myself. I grabbed my spear and ran full speed at her knocking her into the swampy ground. I pinned her down and grabbed her sword. This chick was going down once and for all! I swung the sword down and in one quick motion, sliced off her gurgling head with a sickening slosh.
"Ugh," I muttered and gagged, knocking away her fiery red head. I turned away and walked back to the Cornucopia where the bloodbath seemed to be over. Bloody corpses laid scattered across the swamp and forest, along with a few items still left. Summer was still alive, same with her district partner Krug, along with me and Kentra, and then Flerra.
"So whadya' say we do now?" questioned Krug.
"Set up camp for tonight. The sun is setting, tomorrow I say we go hunting for some meat" Flerra spoke up and everyone knew she didn't mean just any meat. She was always so serious, she didn't have a smile on her face and her eyes were filled with hate. She even intimidated me, and I'm pretty hard to intimidate if I do say so myself.
We grabbed some sleeping bags and laid them out inside the Cornucopia to prevent us from sinking into the mud, then treated my stab wound from the District 7 kid. After laying out mine and fixing my wound, I stood up and walked out of the horn and began to stare at the sunset.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Summer said, startling me. She saw my expression and laugh, "sorry didn't mean to alarm you, I just never got to say thanks."
"For what?" I replied.
"Saving my ass back there, I probably would've been killed by that crazy red head if you would not saved me." She answered and reached out and kissed me.
"U-uh no problem," I said blushing and mostly startled. I kissed her back, but then I realized the truth of this situation, no alliances can be permanent. "Look...er, Summer, I can't, you know, like you in this competition. It's too risky, I don't want to be left alone with you in the end when only one of us can win."
"Oh. Right, yeah, well I think I'm going to go...sleep," she replied, embarrassed and ran into the Cornucopia.
I sighed and stared into the sky, and just as the last light of day sunk below the horizon, I noticed a small black dot getting bigger and closer in the distance.
Cliff hanger! Well I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter! Reviews, please? Thanks so much! I was originally just going to do one person, but then I decided to show everyone, so you could see everyone's side of the story, plus its much more fun:D
