Noah Maguire
The Only One I Ever Loved
Chapter 1 the Games
Boom! The sound of the cannon wakes me from a sound sleep in the cave I have come to consider a temporary home. Only two are left. All that were left were me and either the district two male, or the district 4 female. The lightning storm is still raging outside. A bright flash of lightning brings me back to the day of the reaping. It was an unusually warm day for district one. I can still hear my name ringing around the square. I can still feel my legs carrying me up to the platform. The motion was certainly unwitting, maybe unwilling. The next hour was a blur of faces. A seemingly endless parade of family and friends. I only remember Glimmer.
As soon as the door opened, she started to sob and fell into my arms. I looked into her eyes and new I had to confess.
"I love you glimmer". I said "I always have".
"I love you too". She said, her eyes full of tears. We shared our first, and what I was sure was our last, kiss. The second cannon blast brings me back to reality. I stood for a few seconds in disbelief, not believing it was over. It wasn't until I heard the trumpets and the booming voice of Claudius Templesmith, hunger games announcer, was broadcast throughout the arena saying
"Ladies and gentlemen please welcome the winner of the seventy-third hunger games, Jonathan Miller" I stepped on the ladder sent down from the hovercraft, was immobilized in place, and was lifted into the hovercraft. I was later told that in their final battle both other tributes managed to inflict mortal wounds onto the other. Having both died from their wounds, I was declared winner.