I was led down a hall and into a room by Peacekeepers. They shut the door behind me. I walked up to Liam and he hugged me. We were silent for a few minutes. Then I heard a lady's voice up above say "30 seconds". I pulled away from Liam and gulped. I shivered from fright.
"Wear your bracelet," Liam said. "At all times. Maybe it will give you strength."
"I will," I said.
"20 seconds," the lady's voice said.
"I have to go," I whispered.
"You'll be okay," Liam said.
I nodded and hugged Liam one last time.
"10 seconds," the lady's voice said.
I pulled away from him again and started walking toward the tube. I walked into it, and just as ten seconds was up the tube closed, encasing me. I whirled around and faced Liam. I gulped, my heart beating fast. Liam smiled slightly. And that was the last thing I saw before the plate I was standing on in the tube started to raise up. I put my head up as the metal plate pushed me upward. A cool breeze blew my now short hair back. My pedestal stopped moving and I looked around, my eyes finally adjusting. In front of me was the cornucopia, stacked with weapons of all kinds. Next to my pedestal was (I think) the District 2 girl. She looked over at me and smiled deviously.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let the 58th Annual Hunger Games begin!" the voice of the gamemaker boomed all around us.
I looked at the Cornucopia and saw 60 seconds begin to count down. One minute. One minute to form a plan and decide what to do. I looked at the cornucopia and saw my greatest weapon. A bow and arrows. I had to get to that...
I looked to my right and saw the woods. My eyes skimmed along the woods. And then I saw him. On his pedestal. Looking at me. Brian. He smiled slightly at me. I smiled slightly back. This might be the last time I saw him and he saw me, as much as I hated to think it. I want my last image of him to be smiling.
30 seconds. I turned my head back to the cornucopia and resumed position. I got read to run.
20 seconds. I looked over at Brian once more. He wasn't in a running position, which probably meant that he wasn't going to go for the Cornucopia. After all, I didn't see any spears. What use was anything else to him? But, then again, he might be trying to fool everybody into thinking he's not going to go when he really was...
10 seconds. I drew my eyes away from Brian and got ready. 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... I gulped and kept my eyes on the bow and arrows. 3... 2... 1... and it happened all so fast. All the tributes dashed off their pedestals, most of them heading toward the cornucopia. I wasn't a fast runner, sadly, so I didn't get there too fast. All around me, tributes were killing other tributes. I ran as fast as I could and reached for my bow and arrows. Just as I did, the District 3 boy wielded a sword at me. I quickly ducked and kicked him in the stomach with my knee, making him fall to the ground. I quickly grabbed my bow and swung the quiver of arrows onto my back. I drew an arrow and put it on my bow, just in case I had to shoot fast. I ran fast and far away from the cornucopia. I had gotten what I wanted. My bow and arrows. I dashed into the forest and immediately formed a plan. I swung my bow over my shoulder and put the arrow back in it's quiver and then started climbing the first tree I saw. I climbed pretty high up, and then took out an arrow and my bow. I put the arrow on my bow and then looked out at the cornucopia to the bloodbath. I knelt on the large tree branch that I was on and brought the bowstring back. I aimed for the District 1 boy and fired. My arrow flew from the tree I was in and struck him in the chest. He immediately fell down dead.
I shakily drew another arrow and aimed for the District 1 girl. I let go of the bowstring and my arrow flew through the air and into her head. She fell to the ground dead. I drew another arrow, put it on my bow, and fired at the District 2 boy. It went through his neck and he fell to the ground dead. I drew another arrow and aimed for the District 2 girl. But she had seen what I had been doing and had figured out my plan. She quickly ducked into the cornucopia for cover.
So I changed my position and looked around for the District 3 boy, but found that he was already dead on the ground, a knife in his back. I aimed for the District 3 girl, but found that she was already dead too. I aimed for the District 4 girl, since she was the first Career I could find, and let my arrow fly. It hit her in the chest and she fell to the ground dead. I looked around for the District 4 boy, but couldn't find him anywhere.
I counted how many arrows I had left, and I only had 5. I climbed down from the tree and started running. I knew that the District 2 girl had seen me and knew where I was, and would be coming after me soon. I dashed through the forest, not sure exactly where I was going.
Once I had run far enough, I climbed up a tree and stayed there quietly, hoping that no one would find me. Hoping that no one would kill me. But mostly hoping that no one had killed Brian.