Ivy's Point of View
My name was…..is Ivy. I was the twelve year old girl who was reaped from District 11 for the 23rd Annual Hunger Games. My family didn't care that I was reaped. My friends had no interest in volunteering for me. I walked on stage and was struck by the silence and straight faces everyone had. I knew these games weren't going to be easy. Luckily a boy named Brick was reaped. He had tan skin, was very large, and had little hair. He smiled at me on stage and I knew he was my only ally. During the training days we met three other allies, Luna, Hickory, and Thorn. We also made several enemies. Half of the careers had their eyes set on Brick, Thorn, and Hickory since they were the strongest. The only career that found me intriguing was Teisha, one of the black girls from District 1. And now here I am, standing in the arena. Everything was pure white; we were in a snow filled arena. Thankfully we had decent coats covering our bodies, so we would stand a chance in this cold weather. I looked around as the countdown grew closer. I spotted Luna and Brick and signaled that I wasn't going to rush into the middle. They understood and prepared themselves. The countdown went from sixty to zero quicker than I thought, and then absolute silence. The tributes leaped off their platforms as I stayed on mine. I watched as Brick grabbed a circular sword and immediately killed a girl.
BOOM!
I glance and notice Carbon, the career boy from 2 races toward Brick. I try to shout but nothing comes out. Carbon raises his sword and slices a boy that was in his way.
BOOM!
Brick suddenly turns around right as the sword enters his stomach. I cry out in horror. I fall to my knees as Luna sprints toward me. Carbon pulls out his sword and Brick falls to the ground, covering the surrounding snow in red blood.
BOOM!
"Are you hurt?!" Luna shouts.
I point at Brick and Luna grabs my arm and lifts me up. She wipes away my tears and hugs me tightly.
"You have to stay strong for me." Luna demands.
I nod and she points to a cluster of backpacks. We both run toward them and quickly scoop them up. I turn when I realize we left two of our allies. I look around and spot Thorn and Hickory running toward us. A boy begins to chase them and I wave at Thorn. She turns and aims her bow and arrow at the boy. He stops in his tracks and tries to run in the opposite direction. She releases her grip on the bow and sends the arrow into the tribute's back. He falls to the ground with a loud thump.
BOOM!
Hickory reaches us before Thorn.
"Are you girls alright? Where's Brick?" He asks.
I choke out another sob as Luna explains what happened. Hickory lowers his head and grabs my arm.
"It will be alright." Hickory says.
Suddenly Luna shrieks as Carbon and Leshawna sprint toward us. Hickory tosses me his backpack and races toward the two career tributes. Thorn notices Hickory and yells at him. Hickory looks back and trips. Thorn screams as Carbon and Leshawna grab Hickory. They lift him up for all of us to see. He struggles and cries out. Thorn runs at them but I manage to catch up to her and tackle her. It was already too late for Hickory. Leshawna pulls out her hatchet and plunges it into Hickory's stomach. She then pulls it out as Hickory falls to the ground. She tosses the hatchet to Carbon and he sends the hatchet down on Hickory's neck. My ears ring as Thorn shrills in horror. Hickory's head rolled to the side away from his body.
"It's too late for him Thorn." I say.
Luna rushes toward us and helps me pull Thorn to her feet. Thorn breaks free from our grip and shoves us away.
"We are not allies anymore. Get away from me you witches." Thorn hisses.
I grab Luna's arm and quickly move away from Thorn and head toward the mountain.
Henry's Point of View
How did I get here? Why did I have to be chosen? My name is Henry, and this is my story. I was only a thirteen year old boy. Of course I had to be stupid and volunteer for these games. My best friend Mikayla was reaped and I couldn't let her go into these games alone. We both were from District 3 and weren't the obvious choices to the win these games. I volunteered because I wanted to shake things up. I do random crap, its how I am. And now here I am, stranded with my allies in the middle of nowhere. The stupid white trash ghetto career boy named Rex had to chase us all the way out here. I was thankful to have my allies with me though. I had Raven, Arielle, Jasper, and Mikayla on my side. We wondered for what seemed like miles until we found actual fir trees. Raven ran toward them jumping for glee. Arielle quickly followed and Raven and Arielle skipped arm in arm to the trees. Arielle was so beautiful; but it was dangerous to have her around because she could manipulate Jasper or me to kill the others off.
"So what is the plan Henry?" Mikayla asks.
"Well I guess we set up a camp in between the forest and wait out this storm that is coming." I reply.
I look and see snow falling to the ground in thick flakes. The wind began to pick up as we started to set up camp. Once we set up a wind barrier we all sat around the fire Jasper built.
"Does anyone want to here a story?" Mikayla asks.
We all nod in agreement and listen intently as Mikayla explains how her reaping went.
"Well after I was chosen, my loving and wonderful friend Henry, kindly volunteered after the male tribute was selected." Mikayla explains.
"Aww that is so sweet!" Arielle replies.
I smile and nod my head.
"So how are we going to get food guys?" Raven asks.
"Well maybe we will have to eat each other." Jasper says teasingly.
We all chuckle but soon realize only one tribute could survive. Arielle fidgets around her legs looking for something. What was she doing?
"Are you looking for something Arielle?" I ask.
Arielle snaps her head up and fakes a smile.
"Oh I think I lost my trinket somewhere. Can you guys help me find it?" Arielle asks.
"We would be happy to!" Mikayla shouts.
The five of us stand and begin to search around the forest for Arielle's lost trinket. I stop looking when I notice Arielle asking Raven to follow her further into the woods. I slowly and quietly stalk them until Arielle thinks she is far away from the others. She points to an area near a pile of large logs. Raven gets on her knees and crawls around the logs. Suddenly, Arielle pulls a knife out of her boot and walks toward Raven. She grabs Raven's hair and pulls her head up. Raven tries to shout but was too late. Arielle slices the girl's throat. Blood drips down and covers the snow.
BOOM!
Arielle hides her knife back in her boot and begins to punch herself. She actually pulls her knife back out and cuts her arm. She cries out and races back to the camp. I try my hardest to beat her there. I quickly plop down onto the ground and Mikayla gives me a weird look. Arielle rushes into the camp and explains what happened with Raven.
"It will be alright Arielle." Mikayla says as she comforts Arielle.
"We need to sleep in shifts tonight." Jasper exclaims.
"Mikayla and I can take the first shift." I say.
Later that night, Jasper and Arielle fall asleep and Mikayla and I sit and gaze into the fire.
"So why did you run back to camp earlier?" Mikayla asks.
"I didn't find the trinket and wanted to make sure everyone was alright back at camp." I reply.
"You're lying." Mikayla accuses.
"Why would I be lying?" I say.
"Really? I know you like the back of my hand Henry. You know you can tell me anything." She replies.
"Alright then. Well earlier today, I followed Arielle and Raven, and well Arielle murdered Raven. She injured herself to make it seem like she was innocent." I tell Mikayla.
Mikayla's eyes widen and she looks at Arielle panicking.
"What do we do?" Mikayla asks frightened.
"We have to kill her." I say.
She nods and watches as I slowly make my way over to Arielle. I stop in front of her feet and feel down her leg looking for the knife. I quickly find it and quietly remove it from her boot. Arielle squints at me and gasps; she jerks her leg away only to cut her own leg. She screams as I toss the knife to Mikayla. Jasper bursts out of his deep sleep and watches as Mikayla attacks Arielle. Mikayla plunges the knife into Arielle's chest several times until she hears the cannon fire, signaling her death.
BOOM!
"What was that?" Jasper asks.
End of Day 1
Dead Tributes
24th Stephanie: District 5
23rd Axel: District 6
22nd Brick: District 11
21st Chris: District 5
20th Hickory: District 7
19th Raven: District 9
18th Arielle: District 6
Living Tributes
District 1
Rex~ 17
Teisha~ 15
District 2
Carbon~ 15
Leshawna~ 16
District 3
Henry~ 13
Mikayla~ 14
District 4
Caspian~16
Brooke~ 14
District 7
Thorn~ 17
District 8
Dustin~ 12
Luna~ 14
District 9
Jasper~ 14
District 10
Lucas~ 13
Helga~ 18
District 11
Ivy~ 12
District 12
Chalk~ 15
Sparrow~ 18
