The Story of Us
Ivy: I'm sorry I usually update but since I started 8th grade yesterday, I'm going to be busy considering I'm in magnet so yeah ): I won't be able to update everyday, so as my apology hears a long-ish sneak peek at what happens in the arena :)
"Tristan?" I call.
No answer.
"Tristan!" I call again.
No answer.
"Tristan!" I call worriedly.
No answer.
"Tristan!" I call again.
"Goddammit you really are annoying aren't you?" I hear behind me.
"Stay back!" I yell at Cato.
"You see I can't do that because it would mess up my plan" he explains.
"What plan?" I ask cautiously.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" He says sarcastically.
"Yes" I snap.
"Just wait for a minute" he says.
Seconds later a cannon sounds. I look worriedly at Cato.
"Now I will tell you. You see that cannon that went off right now? That was Tristan's" he says smirking. I don't know what happens next, all I remember is me attacking Cato.
"Monster! Why did you kill him!? Why?" I scream tears streaming down my face. I see the hovercraft miles away. I start running for it. Wanting to get one last glimpse of Tristan before he leaves.
"Tristan!" I scream.
Run. Faster.
"Tristan!"
Faster.
"TRISTAN!"
FASTER.
"TRISTAN!" I give a bloodcurdling scream.
"Save it, he's gone anyways. He's dead!" Cato yells behind me.
I hear footsteps behind me.
I see the hovercraft pick up his body.
"Tristan!" I scream.
Then I see it. The hair. It's not his hair. It's Foxface. Foxface is dead. Where's Tristan?
Another Cannon sounds. Is that his cannon? No it can't be his. It can't.
I make my way over to a blood trail. Then I see him. Tristan. On the ground. With his eyes wide open. Dead.
"Tristan?" I whisper holding his hand.
"No Tristan wake up" I cry.
"Please wake up. Please Tristan. Do it for Aidan. Please Tristan." I whisper.
No response.
"Tristan wake up! C'mon Tristan wake up! Please! Please wake up Tristan!" I cry.
"Don't leave me" I whisper hugging him.
"Please don't leave me" I whisper, tears streaming down my face.
"Please" I say.
Suddenly I remember the nightmare I had the night of the dinner. The night everyone was still alive. Clove. Max. Marvel. Glimmer. Coral. Max. Thresh. Foxface. Tristan..
"My father use to be a great man, he was my role model, the way he took care of me and my sister and my mother was unexplainable, he just had one job, and when my mom got sick, he did everything possible to get the money for her medication, he worked three shifts in the mines, when he would come home he would feed me and my family, with what he got, and he wouldn't eat anything, he would give it to my mother, and when he got the medication for my mother, he gave it to her and she became healthy after a couple of days, everything was going great we had food on the table everyday, then the mines went off, he was killed, but the night before that, my sister had a nightmare, and no one could calm her, so my dad hugged her and hummed a little tune, and she told him what her dream was about, she said she saw him down in the mines and then she heard an explosion and then everything went black for a moment but then she saw him in the floor, dead. When she went to sleep, I asked my father what he thought about it, and he said, that we were all born to die, that we can't outwit fate, no matter what we do, no matter how fast, how smart, how nice, we couldn't change it, things happen for a reason, and that we were all simply, born to die"
"I'll never forget you" I whisper kissing his lips.
"Don't worry Katniss. You'll be with him soon" Cato says taking out his sword.
Like Tristan said, We were all born to die. I guess it's my time now.
"Go ahead. Do it" I tell him.
He looks confused.
"Do it right here, right now. So when I fall. I'll all next to Tristan. Like you said right, I'll be with him soon. You'll be the victor, you'll have the money, the fame, the crown. It's all you ever wanted right? You pride it in your district, so go ahead, do it. Do it. But just so you know. Every tribute you killed. Every soul you took. Every child you stole from a family, will be in your conscience, forever, and you can't change that. They were all kids that I once knew, and now their all dead hearts to you" I say defiantly. Something I learned from Thresh.
He looks at for me second then he drops his swords. He takes out a knife. Clove
Then, he throws it.
It slices in the air.
I close my eyes, just as the knife it embodies itself in my stomach. Just like Rue.
Then I fall. I only have enough time, to look at Tristan and smile, then look at the sky.
Colors swirl before my eyes. Every which way.
"The loneliest people are the kindest.
The saddest people smile the brightest.
The most damaged people are the wisest.
All because they so not want people to suffer the way they do"
Im sorry Clove.
"Whenever someone calls me ugly, I cry and hug them because I know how tough life is for the visually impaired"
Glimmer.
"I've always wanted to turn around in a big chair and say, 'I've been expecting you'"
Marvel.
"Butterflies can't see their wings.
They can't see how truly beautiful they are,
but everyone else can.
People are like this as well"
Coral.
"I want to come home to my sister, just like you. The difference is she doesn't have anyone else"
Max.
"You have to prove to them, that your not scared. Your not going to back down. That its either your way, or no way"
Thresh.
"I just wish I don't have to kill anyone"
Foxface.
"I want to go home to my siblings, because if I win, they'll have all the food and money they want"
Rue.
"We were all simply, born to die"
Tristan.
"Goodbye" I whisper.
Then, everything goes black.