Chapter 1
I closed my eyes as I rose in the clear tube. Oh God. What have I gotten myself into? Why did I take his place? I don't even know him! I stopped rising and I felt my stomach turn when the cold hit my face. This wasn't the chilly fall night kind of cold, oh no, that would be to enjoyable. This was the hypothermia kind of cold, the numb fingers and toes kind that makes you question whether or not those fingers and toes are still there. This, for me, was the worst kind of cold.
I opened my eyes and was astonished to see a huge mountain right in front of my face. I looked down at the ground where I saw at least six inches of snow. The cornucopia was positioned precariously at the peak of the mountain. I needed to get there before anyone else. This was my only shot at surviving.
A loud bell rang and the other tributes I could see looked startled and confused. Now's my chance. I raced out of my tube and started to climb the mountain as fast as I could. I climbed the mountain steadily for a minute until I decided to look behind me. I turned my head but continued to climb the monster of a mountain until I realized that the real monster was right behind me.
She glared at me wickedly and smirked. She was as big as me, but I ignored her and continued up the mountain. She wouldn't be able to kill me until she reached the Cornucopia. She's a career but from what I saw during training she wasn't good at hand to hand combat.
After about ten minutes of climbing, I reached the top and began to search for things I would need. I scanned the piled of weapons and supplies quickly until I spotted the item that was key to my survival. I scrambled for my ideal weapon…a knife. As long as I have a knife, I can survive. I grabbed the knife and stuffed it into my belt loop. I found a backpack and started stuffing it full of anything that was in reach. I had flung the pack over my shoulder and decided that tit was time to get moving when I heard a snickering to my right. I slowly turned and saw Dimonda from two, whose name had just come to my mind, standing there with a spear in hand. She smirked and I read her move. Before she had time to follow through my knife was flying through the air, aimed directly at her heart.
