Author's Note: I'm keeping these up here with a small description of the tributes. I'll put an "X" by their name once the tribute is killed.
District 1
-Thayo- Red hair, red face. Possible temper.
-Paya- Gold hair, blue eyes, tan skin, petite.
District 2
-Mage- Tall and muscular. Possibly smart, too.
X-Ive- Pixie-cut hair. Petite.
District 3
X-Polo- Huge abs. Huge arms.
-Neeah- Gigantic muscles.
District 4
X-Turner- Nerdy through and through.
X-Amandrea- Red braids and lots of freckles.
District 5
-Daniel- Black hair, blue eyes, tan skin, and bugling muscles.
X-Sara- Straight brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin, tall and thin.
District 6
X-Indigo- Weird eyes and nail-biting habit.
X-Penelope- Curly black hair and smokey gray eyes. Pale skin.
District 7
X-Johannes- So thin, he's almost to the bone. Skeleton-like.
-Olivia- Wavy dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. Striking features.
District 8
X-Peter- He has very broad shoulders and a big nose. Nice smile.
X-Rosale- Plain black hair, plain smile, plain eyes… plain girl.
District 9
X-Robert- Short-cropped hair, medium build, crooked teeth.
X-Ferlise- Blonde, green eyes, yellow teeth, big feet.
District 10
-Joshua- Dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, white smile, good looks.
X-Sammi- Wavy brown hair, blonde highlights, green eyes, petite.
District 11
X-Paul- Scars on his face, hair in a ponytail, blood-shot eyes.
X-Vivien- Chubby cheeks from baby fat, rosy complexion, big eyes.
District 12
-Gale- Shaggy black hair, lean muscle, tan skin, tall, smokey gray eyes.
-Katniss- Black braid, smokey gray eyes, long legs, thick eyelashes.
GALE'S POV
I carry Katniss and I'm struggling to pull us both up the rope. I finally get up onto the branch and examine my hands. Ugh, rope burn. But I pick Katniss back up anyway, and I climb the tree carefully. I set her down on the branch we slept on last night, and I lay the thermal blanket over her. Then I take off my belt and strap her in.
I climb down the tree and hide in the bushes, waiting for Olivia. I look across the small clearing surrounding the tree and see her peeking out from behing a tree. I stand up, revealing myself. I wave at her. She walks to me.
"Where's Katniss?" she asks. I point up into our tree. "Uh, I don't see her…" Olivia insists. I nod.
"I know. Katniss and I put a camouflage tent-curtain thing up so people can't see us from below. Follow me," I lead Olivia up the rope and around the cut-up tent.
"Wow," Olivia breathes, "You guys worked fast." She gazed around, taking in the make-shift bed, the shelves, and our backpacks tied up on a branch. Our canteens and water bottles were placed in a hole in the tree, with the other food.
"I know. We work good as partners. Katniss is my best friend back home," I say, sitting on a branch near Katniss. Olivia shrugged and followed me, sitting on a branch across from me on the other side of Katniss.
"Yeah, I kind of figured," she said, and we sat there looking at Katniss.
"So how did you know Katniss was just unconscious? I thought she was dead at first," I ask.
"In District 7, we collect herbs. We're major gatherers. Mainly vegetarians, too. Everybody knows how to make easy medicines at least by age 5. The people in District 7 are really good at health and healing and stuff like that," Olivia explained. I nod.
"Do you have anything to help Katniss's hand?" I ask. Olivia nods really fast and whips out her backpack, digging through it.
"I almost forgot. I have these herbs I found growing in a bush somewhere and it's supposed to speed up the closing of the wound. It's also an anti-inflammatory and pain reliever if chewed up and placed on the injury," Olivia explains, holding out the green leaves. She shrugs and continues, "Katniss would probably prefer your slobber on her hand than mine." We smile.
"'Kay," I mumble, stuffing the leaves in my mouth. I chew up until it feels pulpy, and I place it on Katniss's hand. I look at the tree branch and rip a thin, wide piece of bark off. Then I tie the bark around Katniss's hand, keeping the cud in place.
"That's good," Olivia praises. We wait for Katniss to wake up.
After about a half hour, Katniss starts to spir. "Katniss!" I exclaim, waking Olivia from a nap. I quick grab a canteen of water and sit back by Katniss.
"Katniss?" I repeat, examining her face. Her eyelashes flicker open.
"Gale?" Katniss asks. I take her hand and nod. But Katniss rips her hand away and touches her other hand, with the chewed-up leaves. "Ah, it stings!" Katniss winces. I turn to Olivia.
"You didn't say it would hurt her," I accuse. Olivia holds out her hands to show her innocence.
"It's supposed to sting at first but after the first hour, it hurts less and less until it numbs the injury," Olivia explains. She climbs over to Katniss. "Leave it, it will help." Olivia pries Katniss's hand away, which was trying to rip the bark off.
"It stiiiings!" Katniss winces. I grab her hand again and Katniss doesn't pull away. I look at Katniss's arm. The long gash had stopped bleeding, and the blood was drying on her hand.
"Try to sleep," I persuade her. Katniss wiggles for a bit but soon her eyes close. Every now and then while she's sleeping, Katniss will wince or her arm will twitch. I sit there, stroking her hair and periodically kissing her cheek until Katniss is still. Not still as in dead, but still as in sleeping calmly. Olivia goes back to her nap, and I stay awake for the rest of the warm day, drinking water and trickling water on Katniss's beading forehead.
