We head toward the Hunger Games arena, which just happens to be right beside Mitch and Jerome's houses. Along the way we collect the rest of Team Crafted: Deadlox, or Ty; TruMU, or Jason;
Ssundee, or Ian; and HUSKYMUDKIPZ, or Quentin. I was wondering where KermitPlaysMC and Setosorcerer were. I remember hearing a rumor that they weren't in Sky Army anymore, but I never heard a reason why. Anyway, we finally made it to the arena. It was very impressive, with a huge coliseum and every known biome surrounding it. Sky turns to me.
"Alright, so I assume you know how to play?" I nod, who doesn't know? "Don't worry about dying, the arena is enchanted so that if you die, you respawn in the lobby. Are you ready?"
"Of course," I say, hoping against hope I do this thing right. If I don't get into Sky Army, where else could I go?
"Alright, let's go then," Sky says, hitting a button on the outside of the dome. We instantly teleport to the podiums inside the stadium. The counter goes down...5,4,3,2,1! We're off! I run to the nearest chest, grab everything inside without looking at it, and run. To the side I can see Sky and Deadlox running out of the stadium together, and Mitch and Jerome doing the same on my other side. I dash out of the stadium and run to the forest biome. I use a convenient circle of trees as my shelter while I take inventory. I have two loaves of bread, a budder slapper, a budder breastplate, and a budder sword, scythe, two throwing stars, and nunchuks. I've never heard of budder throwing stars or nunchuks before. Weird. I select the scythe as my weapon. It feels very comfortable in my hand. Wait. What was that? I hear a rustling in the forest to my right. There's Jason; he's obviously trying to sneak up on me, with little success. I run up to him instead, and attack him with the scythe. He dies after one hit. Wow. That's... not normal. Did someone hack our Games? It should be secure though... This is probably just part of the test.
I whirl around. There's Quentin and Ian. They haven't heard me yet. I sneak up on them and attack while their backs are turned. They die in a single hit too. All of a sudden, someone slashes me across the back with a budder sword. I gasp with pain and turn around. It was a trap! Sky and Deadlox were waiting for me to attack Husky and Ssundee. I slash and kill Deadlox, but Sky jumps back and slices my arm. I grit my teeth against the pain and slay Sky too. I climb a tree to assess my damage. I wasn't hurt as badly as I thought. The cut on my back has stopped bleeding. My arm is still bleeding, but only slightly. I eat one of my loaves of bread, then start climbing down. Halfway down the tree, I freeze. I can hear Jerome and Mitch coming. I don't think they've seen me yet. I stay where I am, hidden by the leaves. Mitch is singing a song about the Hunger Games, and Jerome is laughing and singing along. As they pass beneath me, I silently drop down behind them. I sneak up behind them and slash at Jerome. I kill him, and me and Mitch look at each other. He laughs slightly under his breath and says, "I have to admit, you are pretty tough to make it this far. But now you are up against the Hunger Games champion. Are you ready?" Then before I have time to think, he draws his bow and shoots me twice. I run for the stadium, ducking and weaving between trees. I can hear Mitch close behind. If I could only make it to the stadium before him and catch him by surprise.
Yes! I've made it. I run to the center and hide behind the pillar. I check my pockets, looking for something that could help me out of this mess. I realize I'm still got the budder throwing stars. I grab one and peer out from behind the pillar. An arrow thuds next to my head, embedding itself in the white marble. "Come on out," Mitch calls, another arrow notched and ready in his bow. "It's only a matter of time, you're already injured." I take a deep breath, quickly twist around the pillar, and throw my weapon. It hits him dead on, and he dies. Fireworks go off around me, and I'm teleported back to the lobby. But, right before Mitch died, right after my throwing star had hit him, I thought I saw something. It really looked like he was frozen...
