So, day two and day seventeen. I combined them in one chapter because day two is really short, and day Seventeen is somewhat larger. Anyway, in these entries we find out what's up with the stream and how the bodies get out of the labyrinth. Also, Raziel dies and Annie runs. Again; reviews are very much appreciated, and if you find any spelling or grammar or any kind of other mistakes, please say so! So, here are day two and day 17, enjoy! (We didn't have to write daysi n a row, you had to take a few loose days.)

Day Two in the Arena

Total Deaths: 14

Deaths Today: 2

Dear Diary,

Our plans of exploring the river are canceled. There's no way I'm going in there.. When we got back to the cornucopia today after a long and not very productive hunt- we only found two tributes- we climbed back on the gold. The second we were on it, there was the sound of a storm, wind sweeping through the field suddenly. As we looked around, we saw six dead bodies flying straight towards the stream, including the two we killed today. Apparently, they clear out the labyrinth once in two days, or maybe when they have enough bodies, and launce them into the river. So I'm not drinking from that water again, I'll just wait until Finnick sends me water and drink the bottles left around here. You never know what those bodies have done to the water…

- Annie, District Four

Oh, and the bodies that lay around the Cornucopia are picked up with a hovercraft, and not blown into the river. I guess the hovercraft just can't reach the labyrinth.

Deaths today: Girl district Six, girl district Ten.

Day 17 in the Arena

Total Deaths: 16

Deaths today: 2

Dear Diary,

Today, I ran. I ran away, as far as I could, away from what's left of the Careers. Only Alec and Mella now… I think I've calmed down enough to write down what happened. If my handwriting starts to shake, I'm having another panic attack..

So, we were going on a hunt today. It's the 17th day already, and this morning we were with ten left. Only two to go till the final eight..Before we left to go on a hunt, we did a quick headcount. Ten tributes: us (Districts two and four), the boy from six, both from eight, that half blind boy from three, the scrawny boy from twelve- how he made it is still a mystery to me- and somebody else. We couldn't remember who it was at the moment, but we found out soon enough… After breakfast- with bread from home! I love Finnick- we all rubbed ourselves in the muddy, smelly ointment Enoboria (District Two's mentor) send us. It keeps the butterflies away, and that's a good thing, because when they bite, they drink at least half a liter of your blood. I got stung three times, Alec twice, and Mella and Raziel once. I was the worst affected, lost a lot of blood, and we lost two days with getting me back on my feet. The day after, we got the ointment, thank God, and we didn't get stung again. But, anyway, today we went on a hunt for as many tributes as we could find. We hoped for a lot of them. We took some headlamps and flashlights, I took my pack and weapons, and we went for it. Mella, who's the strongest since Alec is still limping- went up front, me and Alec behind her, and Raziel closed the line. Mella made pink circles on the walls so we could find our way out again, and it all went alright. We couldn't find any tributes, but they didn't find us either. Or well, they didn't, until we arrived in some large cave we hadn't been before. Just when we wanted to cross to the other side, something dropped to the floor behind-

To the floor behind us. God, I hope these panic attacks won't last for the rest of my life, no matter how short it may be. So, something dropped behind us. We only noticed it- her- when the sound of metal colliding with metal filled the cave. I turned around just to see how District 7's girl tribute lifted her axe and let it come down on Raziel's neck. The blade of the weapon cut right through the bone and muscle in his neck. His mouth was opened in a soundless scream, his eyes were widened in shock before his head went flying and landed right in front of our feet, as his body collapsed at the feet of District Seven. It all becomes a bit blurry after that, but I remember my own scream, how I collapsed onto my knees, and how Mella threw a dagger in the girl's eye. Two canons fired. That brought me back to reality, though not completely.. When Alec reached out to help me back up, saying something about moving on, I might have bitten his hand really hard. I still taste his blood in my mouth. I could basically feel Mella's bow pointed at me, ready to fire an arrow, but I tackled her, took her spear, pinned her to the ground with it, and I ran. I was- am- convinced they were going to finish me off, andi f not the, it'd be the game makers. And so I ran away. I followed the pink circles, tripping over stones and walking into walls, because all I could see was Raziel's tolling head. I ran past the Cornucopia, my mind clear enough to grab some bread and ointment, not even noticing the the butterflies swooning above me, and then I went straight for the stream. It is water, and water is safe. I know how water works, I grew up on it. So I dived in, and I remember being surprised at how deep it turned out to be, but thent he panic returned and I started swimming faster than I had ever done before, forgetting about the bodies dumped in there. I made my way through the cold water, my clothes, backpack and everything getting soaking wet. I swam and I swam until I collided with a concrete wall. It turned out to be a dam, and thank God, it didn't knock me out. I managed to get to the side, where a small stripe of land surrounded the giant reservoir. I climbed on it, and carefully followed the stone wall until I got to the back. It is surprisingly light in the cave, and I am able to write this by just daylight. When I got to the back, I sat down at a larger patch of land, where I could lay down . My view was blocked by the giant dam, but I didn't mind. All I could see was how Raziel got killed. I covered my ears, trying to shut out the sound of Raziel's scream, still ringing in my head, trying to shut out the laugh of District Seven's girl, every last plea, last words, last breath, last sob, last scream of every single tribute I killed. I'm a murderer. I killed people's children, some were only twelve years old. I'm a monster, nothing is worse than me-

Breath, Annie, breath. Alright. I'm okay again. I managed to calm down by simply unpacking my bag. The half filled bottle of water. Six glowsticks. Now wet lucifers. The meat. Te knife. The warm socks. The blanket. Five spearheads. Two spears. My district token. The small jar with ointment. The bread, also soaking wet, from the Cornucopia. A silver parachute and the package of tampons I got from Finnick when I started my period last week. (They come in handy, more than you think they would. They carry water, stop bleeding, and you could suffocate people with them.)

Finnick.

Maybe he can get me out of this hell. He should be able to, he's a mentor, and he always manages to get a lot of sponsors for our tributes. He promised me to get me out of here. I might have called out for him a multiple times, but nobody came. I don't think I'd have cared if anybody would have come. I just don't care anymore If I live or die, if I win or lose.

I'll just make a camp here, and wait till Alec and Mella show up. I'm just going to wait until I die, there's nothing more I can- wait, there's a parachute landing on the dam. It must've blown inside with some wind or something. I'm going to get it, maybe there's some poison in it so I can just finish myself off.

Earplugs. There were earplugs in the parachute, along with a small bottle of pearl white sand. Beach sand, from home. It's Finnick's way of telling me not to give up yet, that I can go back to the beach the sand comes from, if I survive. So I won't give up. I'll make a camp here, and climb on the dam in the morning with my spears and keep guard. I'm not going to go down without a fight. I won't give up, for my brothers, for district Four, for Raziel, but most of all, for Finnick.

-Annie, District Four

Deaths today: Raziel (District Four), girl district Seven