A/N: Hey, how's it going?! Yeah, okay! Now let's start…*drum roll* THE GAMES!

A/N v2.0: Thank you to yara (trisgrangerdeen) for noticing that error! :)

CHAPTER 7

The tributes had a sleepless night, thinking about what dangers the arena might hold. They keep thinking, too, if they can still return to their families. Who might kill them? Will they be killed fast or slowly, bit by bit? No one knows. And every time they try to sleep, they get dreams about others killing them: by mutts, by surroundings, by lack of food/drinks, or by other tributes.

Finally, it is 6 AM of the day of the Games. All of them get nervous. They all assemble at the sitting rooms of their "room."

All the tributes are dressed in their outfit for the games. They wore thick, dark green, cotton shirts with thin, hooded, black jackets. They say that the materials in these jackets help you adjust to your surroundings. They also wore boots perfectly fit for them, which adjust if you flex your feet. Perfect for running.

The Gryffindors huddle together in the sitting room, saying their good-byes to each other.

"Ron, Hermione, I hope you'll be safe." Ginny said.

Ron hugs her and pats her. "I hope so, but safe isn't supposed to be in our dictionary now."

Ginny bows down. "You're right, Ron. I wish you the best of luck, then. You too, Hermione."

Hermione nods and turns to Ron. She squeezes his hand and sobs on her shoulder. "Do you promise to be with me in the Games?"

Ron raises her face. "Always. And I promise."

Hermione kisses him.

The Slytherins, though, are still planning, making strategies. They decided to call themselves the "Ruthless Tributes."

The Ravenclaws are smart enough not talk to each other. We'll be enemies in the arena, anyway. Some think.

The Hufflepuffs try to talk to each other, but nervous and fear overcomes them their voice doesn't come out.

By 7 PM, they were riding a hovercraft towards the Launch Center. A female Death Eater roams around, injecting every tribute with this red liquid.

"What's that?" one asked.

"Just your trackers," the lady said. "so the Gamemakers can track your locations in the Arena. We don't want a lost tribute, do we?" She chuckles.

"How nice!" Hermione thought. "We're officially a piece in their stupid Games!"

After a few minutes, the tributes are guided through a maze of corridors, before finally being separated into their rooms. Each room contains a cold pitcher of water beside a bucket of ice, some chairs and in the back of the room a transparent, glass tube perfectly fit for a 17 year old.

Before the calling, they sit into the chairs and force themselves to drink water to calm them down.

And finally, the announcer says, "Two minutes to enter the tubes." The tributes force themselves into the tubes and they rise. Hearts crawling into their mouths, they see the arena.

They are standing on a platform and the cornucopia area is a lake with wooden log paths heading to the cornucopia itself: a gold horn-shaped thing which is loaded with tons of stuff: supplies, backpacks that contain survival things, deadly Muggle weapons, wands and food/drinks. North is a wasteland with crumbling buildings and such. South is a forest with tons of trees. East is a life-sized vine maze which can mean hiding spots or more traps. West is a rocky landscape leading downwards.

They examine their fellow tributes. This is the formation: Bulstrode – Macmillan – Boot – Finnigan – Carrow – Abbott – Corner – Granger – Goyle – Finch-Fletchey – Goldstein – Longbottom – Malfoy – Fawley – Lovegood – Parvati Patil – Parkinson – Smith – Padma Patil – Ginny Weasley – Zabini – Bones – Shacklebolt – Ron Weasley – Bulstrode. They formed a big large circle around the cornucopia.

Sixty seconds until the Game starts. Fifty. Forty. Thirty. Twenty. Ten. Five. The gong sounds and all the tributes charge the cornucopia. Malfoy, Seamus and Hermione are the first to reach it. Malfoy grabs a sword, as usual. Seamus grabs his wand and tries to run away, but unfortunately he falls to the lake. He swims and goes North. Hermione gets a bow and arrow and finds Ron. Pansy has grabbed her throwing knives now and has united with Malfoy. They also find the other Slytherins. Maisie Shacklebolt reaches the cornucopia, grabs supplies, dodges one of Pansy's knives and disappears into the South.

Hermione finally found Ron fighting Goyle to the ground with his knife. Blaise advances onto him, axe ready. Hermione shoots him and hits his side. He falls to the water. Also, Goyle has been stabbed in the chest. Hermione grabs Ron and they disappear into the West.

Padma Patil has grabbed a wand and some supplies. While she runs, she saw Zacharias Smith torturing Parvati, which she now assumes is dead. She screams and Avada Kedavra-s him.

Ginny grabs a dagger. Ernie Macmillan suddenly tackles her to the ground. She fights back by stabbing his chest. She throws him off her as he convulses.

Luna grabs a bow and arrow and some supplies. She runs to the South but somebody has grabbed her. It was Ginny with Neville (his weapon's a sword). They ally and go South.

Leanne Fawley has grabbed some supplies and her eyes fill with alarm as she sees Pansy Parkinson running to her with a knife. She backs away, but trips and falls to the ground. She holds the ground and crawls away but Pansy has thrown a knife already, straight to Leanne's heart.

The Slytherins have cornered Terry Boot, holding a bag of supplies. Terry throws the supplies at them and tries to cross the log path, but falls. Millicent points to the water and says, "Reducto!" The water blasts and wets the Slytherins and they see Terry's dead body falling to the water.

Michael Corner grabs supplies and Anthony Goldstein grabs two wands. They ally and head South.

Hannah Abbott grabs some supplies and when she turns to head West, she sees Susan Bones with an axe standing over her.

"Allies?" Susan asked.

"Allies." Hannah answered.

Justin Finch-Fletchey grabs a random wand and heads South carefully.

Everyone has left the cornucopia. THE BLOODBATH IS ANNOUNCED OVER! The Ruthless Tributes guard the Cornucopia.

The day goes on with no action or whatsoever. The only thing going on was some running and hiding.

Evening begins to arrive as the voice of the announcer booms. "The Fallen." Then it shows the faces of the following:

-Goyle, Gregory (Slytherin)

-Zabini, Blaise (Slytherin)

-Fawley, Leanne (Hufflepuff)

-Macmillan, Ernie (Hufflepuff)

-Smith, Zacharias (Hufflepuff)

-Boot, Terry (Ravenclaw)

-Patil, Parvati (Gryffindor)

Then the sky turns to normal again.

"Seven have died," Others thought. "So there are seventeen tributes left, including me."

Others can't believe they have survived the first day of the Hogwarts Games. But as night grows darker, danger is closer.