So this was it. 48 of us going in. 1 coming out. It's probably gonna be one of the girls from District 1. Well, if I don't make it out, Maysilee is going to. And I'm going to make sure of it. I step into my tube to possible certain death. I rise up and take my first glimpse of the arena. Beautiful. Stunning even. We are all on our podeums, the timer counting down...
10...
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I bolt off my podeum and over to the cornucopia. I grab a backpack and sprint off into the woods and away from the bloodbath. After a while, I spot a lake and grab my bottle out of my bag. As soon as I stick my hands into the water, they sting horrifically and blister terribly. I quietly scraemed in agony. I can imagine my mentor, Tristannah, groaning and saying something like, "Can someone get this stupid boy a tub of medicine before he dies of touching acid, the idiot?!"
I then hear 12 cannons go. 1/4 go in 15 minutes. Ridiculous! I look up to the sky.
Please don't be Maysilee! Please don't be Maysilee! I think.
Faces in the sky: Boy 2 from District 3, Girl 2 and Boy 1 from District 4, Girl 2 from District 5, Boy 2 and the girls from District 6, Boy 1 and Girl 2 from District 9. Girl 1 and Boy 2 from 8 and both Girls from 10.
Phew! Then some medicine lands at my feet. "Thank you!" I mouth at the sky. I apply the cream and keep walking.
~~~~ - 2 days later.~~~~
Suddenly, I hear a loud rumbling. I see the mountain vibrate then spew out lava. 4 cannons.
Girls from 2 and Boys from 1. Then I'm approached by the D2 boys and the Boy from 4.
I fight. I kill 2. The strongest D2 boy tackles me into a headlock, with his sword to my neck. Before I can react, he falls dead. Shocked and relieved, I look up to see who has just saved my life.
"Maysilee!" I say happily. She giggles, then brings out a blowgun and 4 darts dripping with poison.
"We'd live longer with the both of us," She says.
"I guess you just proved that!" I respond as we begin walking.
Maysilee was right. We get food quicker, kill faster (Boy from 6, Girl 1 from 3 and Boy 2 from 10.) and she's just really nice company.
One night, she shoots awake half -way through my watch and we basically just sit and cuddle. Violet's gonna be so mad when... if I get home. She has to be THE most Jealous girlfriend in the world. Once, I spoke to a girl from home and Violet almost killed her. No, seriously. We had to take her to the Everdeen's.
We break out of our intimate cuddle when we hear 6 cannons: Boys from 5, Girls from 7 and 11, Ava and Cedric from home. Ava was a really fiesty 13-year-old girl with ginger hair and Cedric was a really lanky and shy 17-year-old. It's still sad to see them go. Maysilee gradually gives in to exhaustion; I rest her head on my lap and she smiles at me before falling asleep entirely. Well, we have taken down 3 careers today!
In the morning, they decide to blow up the volcano: Girl 2 from 1, Girl 2 and Boy 1 from 3, Girl 1 and Boy 2 from 9 and Girl 1 from 5.
Wow.
Only 11 of us left. Over the next few days go: the Girls and Boy 1 from 7, Boy 1 from 8, Boy 1 from 10 and Boy 2 from 11.
Maysilee then looks at me. "Haymitch, we need to break off the alliance. There's 5 of us left and there's no way I could kill you."
I turn away from her. We then exchange goodbyes then go our separate ways. I soon find the edge of the arena. How do I know? I threw a stone and it shot back to my hand. I then hear a blood-curdling scream...
MAYSILEE!
I run to find her. When I do, there is blood everywhere and a flock of candyfloss stalks flying away. I sprint up to her as she grasps my hand. My hand turned crimson from all the scarlet liquid flooding the emerald grass. I go to say something about her being okay but we both know she's gonna die.
"H-h-h-Haymitch..." She stutters. "You have to w...i.." I know she's trying to say win but death cut her off. I don't know why but I kiss her lips softly. At this point, I don't care about Violet. She's alive.
I have to win.
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For Maysilee.