Alex's Point of View
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I notice that the arena has four different sections. One to my left that looks like a meadow, one to my right that looks like an entire body of water, one behind me that looks like a volcano, and the one right in front of me which looks like a creepy dark scary forest. I doubt I will ever go in there.
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I gather my bearings and psyche myself out on whether I should go for that large knife in the middle or not. I notice an average medium sized backpack to left of me.
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The girl to my left is Rosemary Moses and the boy to my right is Andy Crow.
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I think I should go for the backpack but what if Rosemary tries to knock me out of the way for it? I bet I can knock her down and then make a run for it.
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I notice to the right of me a few people down I see the Girl from District 5 lifting her arms out. She starts flapping them like a bird. What is she trying to do?
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She jumps up and down testing to see if anything happens. I finally realize what she is doing. She is going to leave her spot and try to go for something before the cannon.
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She finally jumps out and starts running but is soon stopped because she is beginning to fry. She is being electrocuted. The girl to the left of her screams at the top of her lungs and deafens my hearing.
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BOOM!
It has started and everyone else has left the post except for me. I race after the backpack which Rosemary immediately scoops up. I punch her in the face not knowing what to do and send her flying into the ground.
BOOM!
Did I kill her? I grab the backpack from her and run away. I then realize what a horrible thing I have done. I try to ignore it, but can't because I can't let her die in the bloodbath. I race back to her to see if she is still alive. She punches me in the face.
"That's for punching me." she says with an angry tone.
"Come with me to the meadow. We could survive there for a while." I say.
"Only if I get to hold my backpack." she says.
I can't trust her with the backpack but I give it to her anyway.
BOOM!
We head towards the meadow.
BOOM!
I wonder who that was. I ignore it and we keep running until we reach the meadow. We finally stop running after we see that no one is following us and sit down to take a break. We open up the backpack to see what is in it.
"Looks like we have enough food to last us maybe four days, two small knives, a big container that could be used for water and flint." says Rosemary. "Great we can survive for four days." I say excitedly.
"I meant for only 1 person, if we are going to share it then it will only last for about two to three days." Rosemary says in a bitter tone.
"I am sure we can kill some food." I say trying not to set her off.
"Look thanks for you help but I am leaving with my backpack. You can take these two knives and hunt on your own." says Rosemary.
BOOM!
I jump a little.
"Yeah, sorry for punching you in the face back there, at least you're letting me keep the two knives." I say trying to make sure she doesn't leave.
I want to be her ally but she would kill me in an instant. I hate the Hunger Games already.
"Sorry but I work alone." says Rosemary.
She runs back to the Cornucopia. Great, I am here all alone now with no allies and no one to protect me. What will I do? Suddenly I hear the sound of feet getting closer to me. I hide in the tall grass with my knives in my hand. The sound gets closer and closer until finally it is right in front of me. I jump out of the grass and almost let go of a knife which would have sent it straight into this kid's heart. I jump back and say
"Oh, It's you."
Tony looks at me with a startled face. I don't blame him since I almost killed him.
"What do you want Alex?" he asks.
"We never made an alliance in the training sessions and I was wondering it you wanted to be my ally." I say.
Tony reminded me of my best friend back home. He was so humble and kind and he wanted to be friends with everybody. I know he can't win but I still need someone to protect me.
"Right, I almost forgot about you." he says.
"Great, so should we make camp here or should we go somewhere else?" I ask.
I think I will let Tony choose because he is an excellent hunter and he knows where all the food is, even if he hasn't been there long enough to know. I am great with knives and throwing things so I can lend him one of my knives.
"Let's stay here for now. I sense that we will find food very soon." he says.
We walk farther into the meadow and make camp and the 7 foot tall grass. Now no one will be able to find us. My plan is coming along great, I have weapons, Tony found a small backpack which has some food in it, and we have a nice cozy shelter.
BOOM!
"Should we go hunting or do you think we can wait?" Tony asks.
"I am sure we can stay here for a couple of days without hunting." I reply.
Killing Tony was my plan in the next few days. I would let him find me some food and then I would kill him.