When i was selected for the games, i'm not going to lie I nearly soiled myself. Fighting to the death is not for me. I couldn't think straight, I didn't care at that moment if people saw me as an easy target, I didn't care about anything in that moment. I just wanted to run away, at least it would be quicker and faster death than being tortured by an animal who enjoyed killing for the sake of it. I glanced at the girl next to me and I felt something other than fear. Pity. A girl no older than 15 was the other tribute. But she didn't look scared, she looked determined. I felt slightly embarrassed a little girl was braver than me and I instantly stood up straighter.
I did my best in the training, I didn't know anything. However as more of the training went on the slightly more confident I was. I was good at every station. Not excellent but not poor either. My mentor was really helpful, giving me some good advice and was very comforting when I was scared. I didn't talk to anyone except a couple of choice words to the other girl in my district, who I realised looks like a fox. I wondered if she's cunning like a fox and reminded myself to keep an eye out on here.
The tube pushes me through the ground. My plan wasn't to get my hands on weapons, but to get some supplies and take off undercover and stay low, only attack to defend myself. The gong sounds and i'm off towards the nearest backpack, somebody else scoops it up and takes off - i'm going to have to go deeper into the cornucopia.
I run another 30 yards and grab hold of a back pack, luckily there's a trident next to it, I pick them up and start to take off, however I sense rather than hear danger coming and turn just in time to see a knife flung at me. I duck and attack the person with the trident vaguely recognising them as the boy from 3. He looks as scared as I feel, I manage to cut a deep gash in his arm, I turn to take off as he tries to stem the bleeding, but run into the boy from 11 whose in a fight with someone else.
I dropped my trident when I ran into him and I go to reach for it but the boy kicks it away. He holds a dagger at my throat, and defenceless I know this is it. But there's a flicker of fear in his eyes.
"Do it" someone close by growls "Kill him or we'll kill you"
It's the boy from 1 and I wonder if the boy from 3 has agreed a deal with him to be in his pack, because he doesn't look like someone the careers usually go for. He looks down on me with fear and mouths 'I'm sorry' before the dagger slits my throat, my last glimpse of the world was the fearful eyes of the boy from three.
'I forgive you'
Boy from District 5
