223rd Hunger Games

"Gunnar Fairbane"

I replay those words through my head as I am rising up into the arena. Those two words changed my life forever. If only that stupid bitch Valeria Lapworth from the capitol didn't call my name I wouldn't be in this position. I wouldn't have to go into the arena and fight to the death. There is no chance in hell that I'm going to come out alive.

All I am it a sixteen year old kid from District twelve. I don't have any alliances in there. The careers this year are all brutes. My only luck is to find a hammer. I'm good with a hammer, I use one in the mines back in twelve. I'm pretty decent with one, the best in the district actually.

The sunlight hits my eyes and it takes a minute to adjust to it. Once I get a look at the arena my mouth falls open. We are, what seems to be the Capitol. Buildings were all over the place and the Cornucopia was in the middle of a lake. One thing, the lake is frozen. That's going to cause some trouble for us all.

I look around the circle and I lay my eyes on my district partner Eta Naysmith. She looks ready to run. Her long golden hair was put into a high ponytail and her light blue eyes were full of energy ready to get out.

I run a hand through my dark brow locks and then rub my dark blue, almost black eyes before getting ready to make a run for it.

"Welcome to the two hundred and twenty third annual hunger games. Let the games begin" came a deep voice. The minute countdown starts. I search all the items on the floor and then I lay my eyes on it. A hammer up against a medium sized bag. That's what I'm going for.

The countdown is coming to an end. I count the last couple seconds before the horn blows. I take off across the ice. I see people coming from all direction but I ignore them, I need to get to the hammer then I'll be fine.

I turn to Eta's direction and I suddenly see her slip on the ice. I stop in my tracks and watch her. She is struggling to get up but she can't. I debate with myself to run and help but I'm too late. A knife goes into her chest as she got to her knees then she falls back down. Blood covered the ice and then the first cannon goes off.

Bang!

I snap back and I turn and carry on running. I reach the weapon, I pick it up then pick up the bag and sling it over my shoulder. As I turn I see the district seven girl run at me with a mace in her hand. I don't think, I just swing my arms and hit the hammer into the side of her head.

Bang!

I watch her body fall to the floor and blood starts pouring out of her head and staining the ice, freezing instantly. I just killed someone, me. A boy from twelve just killed someone.

I am brought out of thought of someone shouting, "NO!" I turn and see the boy from seven running at me. I don't react in time and he tackles me to the floor. We both slide across the ice and through the pool of blood I just caused, I feel it stickiness on my hand, the warm liquid mixed with the gold ice felt horrible.

"You killed her" he shouted in my face as he held me by the throat. In his other hand was a knife against my cheek. I see a tear fall down his cheeks, he must have really liked her.

"I'm sorry" is all I say. His eyes goes wide and his face gets replaced with anger.

"Sorry…sorry isn't going to bring her back is it" he shouted.

"You will see her soon" I reply. I raise the hammer and look at her face once more before bringing it down on the back of his head. He screams in pain before collapsing on me and his cannon goes off.

Bang!

I push the dead body of-of me and climb to my feet. I look around and I see about eleven bodies on the floor, including the two from seven. I spot the careers picking through the bags in the cornucopia.

My heart picks up and I turn and make a run towards the buildings.


I make it into a building and climb to the roof straight away. I look over the edge and see that I'm close enough to see the cornucopia but hidden away from anyone's view. I look up into the bright sky, not even an hour and eleven people dead already.

Two of those people killed by me. I'm not a killer, to tell you the truth I didn't think I would make it this far in the games. I was sure I was going to be a bloodbath victim.

Then Eta pops into my head. Poor girl, she was so sweet and kind. She didn't even get a chance to fight for herself. We were going to be allies but decided that when the time comes we will have to try and kill each other and it would just make it hard.

I look out and I can see the air ships coming to collect the bodies. The careers are long gone. I watch as they lower a claw type thing and pick the bodies up like some dumb arcade game.

It makes me feel sick and before I know it I'm throwing my guts up over the side of the building. I sling myself down onto the roof floor and the reality of what just happened hits me. I feel my eyes tear up and a few stray tears fall down my cheek.

I have just taken two people's lives. How the fuck could I do that. These games are sick and they have changed me already. I throw my hammer across the flat roof top and curl up into a ball.

Bang!

I jump in surprise as another cannon goes off. I turn around and look towards the cornucopia, the bodies are gone and all that's left are the blood stains. Suddenly I'm throwing up again, this time it's just stomach acid and it burns my throat.

After, my throat feels red raw and every time I breathe it stings. I need water, I need food but where can I get some?

Then I remember the bag I picked up. I swing of my shoulder and open it up. The contents are rope, some dried meat and crackers. A bottle of iodine to clean the water and a metal flask. A sleeping bag and a small knife, aswel as a small box of matches.

Great, at least I can clean the water if I get some and I have a sleeping bag.


A couple hours have passed and I haven't stood up once. I'm actually scared to, if I stand up I know I'm just going to fall back down. The sun is setting and a couple birds fly overhead.

I go into my bag and pull out a piece of dried meat and a cracker before shoving them in my mouth. I pull out my sleeping bag and crawl into it. I will look for water tomorrow.

I lie down and close my eyes, trying to block all of today's thought's out. Within a couple minutes I'm out.


A/N: What do you think? Like it? Hate it? Review!