Anna was walking through the forest. She was alone. She'd been driven mad and now she walked alone, the Careers had left her…

Suddenly a weird whispering started up. Anna looked around, terrified. She didn't leave the forest, only kept on walking, madness driving her forward. Suddenly the whisper turned into a growl and the girl screamed. She was grabbed by her feet and pulled into the bush. Then she stopped screaming and it was still.

BOOM! The cannon sounded, and awoke me from my crazy dream. Up in the sky was Anna's face, bold and brash. It still had a mad tone to it. She'd been killed, for real and in my dream.

I wake with a start. Now there are 4 of us left. Jotham feels me wake. He strokes my hair. It's mid-morning.

"You ok, Faye?" Jotham asks. I nod, and stand. "Where you going?"

"Hunting," I reply. "You are coming?"

He nods. He picks up the bow and arrow that he got from Flux and hands it to me. I hand him one of Ash's spears that I stole for throwing. We wade out into the forest. I'm particularly wary after my bad dream, and sure enough, as we enter, there's a weird whispering and Anna's corpse lies under a huge willow tree. Her eyes are open, startled. It's the most disturbing thing I've seen in the Games.

"We have to be quick," I tell Jotham. "Just get the prey and leave. The whispering you hear killed Anna."

He nods. We run through the woods, shooting. By the end of it all, we have two squirrels, a rat and a bird.

Back at where we rest, the whispers are beginning to spread. I can almost feel them tickling my neck. I shiver, and stand.

"Where are you going?" Jotham asks.

"The whispers are spreading. We need to move."

Jotham and I begin walking through the forest. I am so close to winning the Games, and yet I don't want to have to be against the Careers. They're probably looking for us by now. Usually, District 6 are easy kill. How are we still here? All my memories flash through my head. How Sperro tried to strangle me. How I'd watched Meadow be killed by Micah. How I'd stabbed Flux. How I'd watched Micah be killed. How I'd seen Flux kill Kingsley. How Anna had killed Flux. How I'd dreamed of Anna's death and then seen her dead in reality, lying on the floor in the forest. If I did get out of these Games alive, I'm pretty sure I'd be driven mad, like Anna and Micah were.

"It can't come to the two of us!" I shout. "They only let one win."

"What do you mean?" Jotham asked.

"I mean, I'm going to the Careers," I whisper, and gulp. "You have to win."

I start to walk off, but Jotham grabs me by the jacket.

"You can't!" he shouts. "What about your mother?"

"You can explain, when you win," I say. "I'm sacrificing myself for you. Why aren't you happy?!"

"Because, without you, I'll be weak," he says. "What if I make a wrong decision? You won't be there to help me."

"Well, be honest, it's not like I'm going to win is it! A Fifteen-year-old girl from District 6 who's never been in combat in her whole life before the Games, up against a Career? A boy who spends his whole time dreaming, waiting for the Games to come around? Give it up. At least you work on the trains back home so you're strong. I have nothing. I might as well go eat a poisonous berry. It'd be quicker than a stab from Ash or Dente!"

Jotham gulps. I can tell he's going to let me go. From the look in his eyes, it means that he's going to win for Mother. I gulp, and tears well up. I say goodbye, and walk off.

Mother is watching this now, I think. She saw all that. She thinks I'm brave. Who am I kidding? She'll be distraught when she sees me standing there, easy prey.

SNAP! A twig snaps behind me. I spin around, not to see Ash or Dente, or even Jotham. What's looking at me is Anna. I scream, and run. She runs after me, but I'm faster. She stops at the edge of the forest, and disappears into thin air.

Then, I carry on running. I'm stood on a clearing, staring out onto the sea. I can feel the Careers looking at me. Then, one of them makes a break for it. Even though this is my suicide attempt, my heart is thudding. I am terrified. It's Ash that I see coming for me. I have a feeling the final battle is about to commence. The winner will be decided, because I can see Jotham running. Ash is about 5 metres behind me when Jotham reaches my side, but Ash can't see him.

I turn around, and look at Ash. I scream, but I close my eyes, waiting for him to kill me. He knocks me over onto my knees, and then again, so that I am lying on my back. He raises his knife in the air. It's about 10cm away from my chest when Jotham throws himself at Ash. He knocks him onto the floor, and steals his knife. The Career is staring at Jotham with wide eyes. He almost looks scared. He knows his fate.

Jotham raises the knife. I'm half-expecting Dente to charge at him, but the boy from One just stands, waiting on the edge of the clearing. Jotham plants the knife into Ash's stomach. He wails, it's a horrible, heart-wrenching cry. Ash is awake for minutes. He can't die. He's in pain, it's obvious, and his prolonged death is making it worse. I throw my arrow at him and he dies instantly. He's out of his pain. Out of misery, and he looks more peaceful. His eyes are shut.

"Jotham!" I scream. "Now it's between us and him!"

I point at Dente. Jotham grasps my hand tightly.

Dente strides forward.

"Let's make this quick," he growls.