Chapter 1: Marvel
I had heard something in the woods by the area where I had placed my traps. I knew in my mind that it was a tribute, but which? As I was asking this to myself, Cato turned to me, handed me my spear, and said with a cocky grin, "That was your trap. Take as long as possible before the silly little tribute decides to escape." This puzzled me. The tribute couldn't escape! I had been making traps like that since I was eight, and they had never failed at keeping something there until I was there to set it free. Still confused, I set out into the forest.
When I got there, I was surprised and upset about who was entangled in the net. It was the 12 year old from district 11. Rue, I think it was? She had gotten a seven in training and I was still thinking about this, I heard her call out to the girl on fire.
"Katniss! Katniss help!" she was screaming,
"Rue! I'm coming!" I heard her faint reply. I then decided that she was far enough away that I could kill her without any trouble.
I was wrong.
When I was coming forward, the girl on fire burst out of the underbrush and started cutting apart my beautiful trap with her knife. I was infuriated by that, and the fact that a girl from district 12 had gotten a higher score than all of the careers! I did this act subconsciously, I swear, but I threw the spear at the tributes. I smiled when the spear embedded itself in the little girl's stomach, but that happiness turned to fear when Katniss screamed and shot an arrow back at me.
Then comes the pain. Terrible pain that no training could ever prepare me for. I know that I was hit, but the pain was the worst pain you could imagine. More, in fact. As I reached up to my throat, the source of the agony, I felt that the arrow had imbedded itself deep in my throat.
As I fall, the last thing I see is Katniss holding Rue's hand and my last thought is :"Girl on Fire, shine brighter than the sun."