Hey there! First of all, I do not own the Hunger Games. Now that that's out of the way, thank you so very much for taking the time to read this little story of mine. If you liked it or have any suggestions on how to make it better PLEASE TELL ME, I would greatly appreciate it. Also please check out the story me and my friend (who also is on this account) wrote called Capitol Deception. Any way, I hope you enjoy!
-Cheeto-
I'm perched in my tree, watching the career pack below me as they set up to make camp around the Oak I have situated myself in. I lean my back against hard bark of the tree and recall how I got into this mess in the first place.
I had just escaped the flames and deadly fireballs that the gamemakers had been sending my way, but not without a few angry burn marks to tarnish my skin. There was a large gash on my leg and my lungs still burned from the smoke that seemed to linger on everything. Water, I needed water to cool of the ever present burning in my thigh. I knew what the gamemakers were doing, they obviously wanted a show and what better way to get one than to push the Girl On Fire right into the middle of where the careers were at the moment. I knew I couldn't go to the water source that lies closest to me, that is what they want and that is where the careers are. I turn the opposite direction and begin my hike to a small stream that I saw during my frantic evacuation of my latest tree. I walk carefully through the dense forest that reminds me so much of the one I go to every day in district 12. This sends me into a careless thread of thoughts and im so distracted by the muddle of things in my brain that I don't even hear him coming. All the sudden there are two large, muscular arms wrapped around me from behind. I am about to scream when a hand is clamped over my mouth. "Be quite Fire Girl." my assailant growls from behind. They spin me around and I am met with the brute from district 2. "If your going to kill me you might as well get it over with, its not very appealing when people play with their food." I nearly growl at him. At first he looks surprised by my comment, but he quickly regains his composure and chuckles to himself. "I'm not going to kill you Fire Girl." he laughs. "Oh yea, why not." I retort, still not believing him. "Because you beat me in the private scores, and I need to know how you did it. I cant very well find out if your dead now can I?" he talks slowly to me, in a way you would use if you were trying to explain something to a child. I let out a breathy laugh, there's no way I will ever let him know what my weapon of choice is unless its aimed at his skull. I ram my shoulder into his and push past him, if hes not going to kill me then I have no business being around him. He launches his hand out and puts a vice grip on my wrist. "Let go of me 2." I snarl at him. "Now I see why they call you the girl on fire, its not the clothes its the attitude." he says to me. I stare him down, hoping it will cause him to release his grip on me but I have no such luck. I glance down at my wrist where his hand has settled and then back at his face. That is when I notice his eyes, they are blue. Not blue like Peetas though, Catos eyes remind me of ice. I hate to admit it but they are quite pretty, you would never see blue eyes like his in district 12. I'm broken from my train of thought as Cato plops down on the ground and leans back against a tree with a loud sigh. "You know, you deserve to win this more than I do." he admits to me. I snap my head around from where I sat next to him and stare at him as if he has two heads. "Its true, you volunteered to save someone you love. I did it just because that's what I was told to do. I don't actually like killing ya know. Its just kind of like a natural reaction after training for most of my life." I stare at Cato, now seeing him in a different light, he is just a boy that has been forced to slaughter for pride and money for his district. He is just as scared on the inside as I am, but we both know better than to let on to it. For some strange reason I feel as if I can trust Cato, im not sure why but if he had wanted to kill me he could have done it fifty times over by now. "We should form an alliance." I blurt out the words before they even cross my mind, I immediately regret it. He turns to me and smiles, he has a strange look in his eyes that I cant quite place but it looks similar to how Peeta stares at me and that is a little unsettling. "I was hoping you would say that." he says. We talk for a while then agree to meet here after he goes back to the careers and breaks his alliance with them. He leaves and I walk about a mile away and set some snares. I am close to the meeting place when I hear rustling in the bushes, Cato comes crashing through. "Climb the tree, hurry." he hisses at me and starts pushing me towards a tree. I do as he says and climb until I find a decent limb to sit on. I peer down and give Cato a quizzical look just as the other careers come bounding out of the bushes. He looks at me with eyes that say "don't worry your still safe as long as im here." I hear them talking. Apparently they were less than pleased to find Cato sneaking off again so they followed him. He must have figured it out and ditched them long enough to send me up this tree to safety. They argue for quite a while over his sudden disappearances and how to get me out of this tree when a familiar voice pipes up. "Just wait her out, she cant stay up there forever." Peeta says. And so they do.
All of this replays through my mind as I watch the deadly kids that are snuggled down in their sleeping bags below me. I see two familiar pairs of blue eyes staring at me. Peeta and Cato, and they both have the same look in them. And now I know that I am truly trapped.