Hey everyone! Here's the new chapter! Sorry for the mistakes, enjoy!
I woke up screaming last night. I watched as my sister was ripped to shreds by bears, tributes and mutts (muttation) alike. Heard her screams, heard their laughter, saw her bleed, saw them smile.
I stayed home from school again, but the teachers understood. They knew. It was still wet outside from the storm. The television was on and my mother, already there sipping a cup of mint tea. My sister and her allies were doing well. They had walked for a few hours and landed on a small bay, were the current was much less strong. Cattails and water lilies shrouded the edges of the water. The trees here were thicker, taller and bigger. A beaver clapped its tail to the water and dove into the depths. It had built a hut. For a while, they gathered cattails and water lily roots and Tym even caught a few fish. They had enough to have a real feast! As they ate, my sister spoke up.
"What do you two think that beaver was doing? "
Tym answers almost immediately.
"Building its home. Or a damn. They do it back home."
I'm pretty sure there are beavers in district 4, its very possible even if its never mentionned. I checked Wikipedia and it said the beaver's habitat is in the northern Hemisphere. sooooo... there!
There's an animal that can build damns? I never would have thought of it.
The expression my sister wore on her face kept changing. From puzzled to enlightenment.
"How do you destroy life?", she asks with amusement. I must look a lot like Tym and Delphi right now. All three of us are taken aback by my sister's question.
"Uh..y-you take away what it needs? To exist?", tentatively asks Delphi.
"You're right Delphi! And what does every tribute in this arena need above all else?", my sister replies.
"Water!" Both Delphi and Tym answer.
"So how can we take that away from them?" asks my sister, her smug grin widening by the second.
"We cut it a the source! We build a damn!" says Tym "Just like the beaver."
In responce, my sister laughs loudly and the two kids join her. It's not at all like the cruel laugh of the wolf-careers. It's a happy laugh. Good, this is exactly what my sister needs now. Me too.
They camoflage their camp, scatter the cinders of their fire and leave soon after. As if on cue, the camera zooms out for a bird's-eye shot of their journey. My heart sinks a little. They're at the very end of the river, and the source is at least a few day's walk away. But at least my sister isn't murdering anyone. At least she's unhurt. My mother gently taps my shoulder and I jump from the surprise. She smiles weakly, and tells me it's late and I need some sleep anyway so I go to bed for another restless night. I probably won't ever sleep well, ever again.
Well, that's chapter 6! Woah... This is going super fast! I promise to write at least 24 chapters...(you know why X3) PLease Review!
