Hello! Okay, let me tell you straight off, I hate the Hunger Games. I think it is really boring, but the reason why I'm writing this is because my friend has this story and since she doesn't have an account, she gave her story to me. Well, if you really like this story, or you love me, review! If you really hate this story, or you really dislike me, review! I just want your damn reviews!

I sat on a dry patch of grass and reviewed the message in my head again. Let's meet there in 10 minutes, it said. There meant our secret clearing in the woods, and I was 4 minutes early. The note came from my friend, and we would always meet here when there's something important to discuss, or when we ran out of food and needed help to hunt some.

I smiled, remembering of the day on how we met.

I was 9 back then, and I was starving since my mother took away my lunch. I had wandered onto the woods (a forbidden place), seeing a tasty squirrel, when I stumbled onto a creek. I bowed down to drink the water, when an arrow whizzed past me. I panicked, and grabbed the arrow. I noticed it wasn't quite sharp, and was merely a straight stick. Still, I was afraid of the person who shot it. I had looked round, and found a shadow lurking in the corner. I held up the stick, and the person emerged from the back of the tree. It was a girl, not much older than me, that came forward to take it. She considered me no threat, and held out her hand.

I was about to take it when a squirrel shot by and another girl came running out. The squirrel escaped into a tree, and the girl was lying down on the edge of the creek. She had tripped, and I was already up to get her. She took my hand, and smiled. It was then, that my mother yelled my name.

I frowned, as my thoughts wandered onto my family. I have 4 brothers, a sister, and my mother. My father was caught eating some fruit from our garden and was about to get killed, when my oldest brother stepped up to be a Peacekeeper. He made a deal with them that he'll join, but only if they didn't kill my father, they agreed, and after a month, they broke their promise and killed my father. Since my brother was in the system too long, he knew too many information to be set free. His name is David.

My second oldest brother, Jeffrey, still lives with me. When he was young, he caught hold of a very deadly disease and my mother has been crooning over him ever since. Since we are poor, we didn't have enough food for him to get well, so my mother would often give my food to him. My brother is the reason why I met my friends.

My 3rd oldest brother ran away when he was 17. He left a letter saying he went to the Capitol, and after a few months, sent another letter saying he was well and rich. Occasionally, we would receive a letter from Alex, but there was never a return address to write back.

I sighed of thinking of my fourth oldest brother, he is the biggest disappointment of them all. Gwan is a victor from the Games, and finished the fastest Game ever. When he came back though, he changed. He didn't invite my family to live with him, he didn't give us any food or money, and everytime he is forced to talk with us, he acted like we were a piece of dirt that was getting in his eyes.

My sister, Mary, works at District 3, although they are constantly transporting her to here and there so she mainly lives at District 6.

I gave a big sigh, and was startled when I heard a voice saying, "You don't sound happy.

"Arada?" I asked.

"No, Miley, no duh! Who else has my voice?" Arada sat across from me, "Besides, Miley is over there somewhere. Found a bird or something."

I gave her a smile, "Well, you're late."

"Just one minute late! Geez, what about Miley?"

"Well, considering the fact YOU sent the note, and I brought some food, you could have showed up early like Jean did." I saw Miley climbing down a tree holding a small bird, and a bigger bird. She sat diagonal from us, and started to prepare our meat.

"Well, what's the problem?" I asked, not wanting to look at the poor animal.

"Am I the only one who has a telegram? You know what, don't even answer that." Arada said after receiving Miley's careless expression, "I received a telegram from the Capitol and they said that there are going to be 3 tributes this year." Arada turned to see our expressions, but slumped her shoulders as none of us was reacting badly.

"I bet they said, the more the merrier!" Miley sarcastically said.

I nodded, but Arada pouted, "Am I the ONLY one who panicked about this?! This means that we could all get into the Games!"

"Well, sure, but I have less chance of entering than you guys since I barely entered this year." I said, thoughtfully. They are a year older than me.

"It doesn't matter! They also added that since this year is special, they will both combine the male's and female's names together!"

"Well it makes sense since you said we could all be in the Games." Miley started to make a small fire.

"You guys just don't get it! At least Molly understands!" Arada patted her horse's head while it neighed. Arada gave me a look of worry, "Molly never neighs. She only neighs when-"

I held up my finger to tell her to shush. I sensed a movement in the woods. Arada whispered, "there's a stranger." Miley, in the middle of turning the birds over, started to put out her fire.

I could hear Miley say in an undertone, "Just when I got hungry." I silently grabbed my stuff when it came. A rustle in the bushes extended into a white Peacekeeper's uniform and we were running for our lives. This was the first time somebody had caught us in our clearing, and we knew Peacekeepers didn't give mercy. I saw Miley drop the bird and Arada get on her horse.

There were shouts of "Stop!" and "Surrender yourselves!", but we didn't stay long enough to know who said it. I did glance back and I saw there was about 5 of them. Even though Arada is on a horse, I still outran her. Miley hopped on Arada's horse and I then realized we couldn't keep on running like this. We need to make turns.

I signaled Arada to follow me and we turned right. When the Peacekeepers were back on our track, we did another turn to the right, and another right. We were running north now, and soon, we lost track of them. That didn't stop us from running, no, we didn't stop a bit. Arada, Miley, and Molly was behind me for a few meters, and it wasn't soon until I felt an electrical shock run through me. Then all went black and I fell down.