I wake up to the sound of a cannon. I watch as a hovercraft lowers to pick up a body, I can't make out who it is. When I get out of the tree I start to feel woozy. I haven't had water in days and I could use some.
I walk in the direction that Jasper had told Kasia. As I walk in the direction of the river I see a trail of blood leading that way. "This is strange," I say to myself. I decide to follow the trail.
The trail leads to the river. There is a girl lying beside the water, it was the girl from District 2.
"Please help me," she begs, "they tried to kill me."
There is blood all over her face. Knowing that she is a Career, I take my precautions. I walk over to her and see that her arm is cut. That's when she attacks me.
I am pushed back into the ground. The girl tries to stab me in the face. My axe is in my hand but I can't lift it up to kill her.
"Glad to know you are gullible," she laughs, "guess you're as weak as they all thought."
"You're wrong," I say. I am able to kick her off of me and pin her to the ground.
"Do you see this?" I ask holding up my axe, "this is what I am going to use to kill you."
I lift my axe and put it right in her forehead and she dies instantly. I remove the axe from her forehead and walk to the river.
I am able to get a bottle of water and leave before the hovercraft comes. I feel blood dripping from my forehead, but I don't have time to worry about this.
I start a fire and begin to purify the water. When the water is purified I begin to drink it. Having the water made me start to feel better.
I knew the girl from 1, the boy from 2, the girl from 10, and the boy from 12 were still out there. All the others have died during the last few days.
I grab my supplies and head to the Cornucopia. I am not scared of the other Careers, I know I am stronger than them.
When the Cornucopia comes into sight I can see two people standing out there arguing. It looks like the boy from 2 and the girl from 1. I run out into plain sight and they still continue to argue.
I walked up a couple feet behind the girl and threw my axes at her back. She ducked before it hit her and instead was lodged into the boy from District 2's skull.
She throws a knife at me, slicing open my cheek. I get up and push her down on the ground and run for my axe.
As I try and run for the axe she grabs me by the leg and pulls me down. She turns me around and starts punching me in the face.
My nose starts to bleed and right above my eyebrow starts bleeding. My only option is to do what the girl from 2 did. Act dead.
I hold my breath until she gets up and starts walking away. I reach for my axe and throw it at her neck. I can see her bent over coughing up blood and it only takes a moment before she dies.
Now that all the Careers are dead the only two left is 12 and 10.
"Attention tributes, all of you need to be at the Cornucopia by tomorrow morning. If you fail to do so you will end up dead. That is the only announcement. May the odds be ever in your favor."
I know where I am sleeping tonight. I walk into the mouth of the Cornucopia and start to eat some of the raspberries I found on the first day.
I start thinking about tomorrow, how I get to go home! This whole experience is one that I want to forget but I know I never will be able to forget.
The sun sets and the Fallen Tributes are shown in the sky. When all the tributes are done being shown I hear a beeping. I look outside the Cornucopia and see a parachute coming towards me.
When it lands by my feet a feeling of happiness shoots through me. I open up the gift and see a blanket. There was a note attached too.
It's going to be cold tonight! I believe in you – Blight
That note gives me more motivation. I guess all this time he knew my plan. Maybe that is why he would never talk to me about training.
I take the blanket and the note and walk back into the Cornucopia. I wrap myself in the blanket and stay awake.
I watch the outside of the Cornucopia. Nobody comes to the Cornucopia but I am sure that they are on their way here.
There isn't a clock in the arena, but I am guessing it is 2am. I look down at my hands, they've changed a lot during the games. They've went from polished, to shaky, to blistered, to bloody.
I notice not only a change in my hands, but in myself too. My feelings towards the Capitol have changed and I have a deeper hatred than before.
Hours go by and by until the sun is faintly starting to rise. "Attention tributes, the time to get the Cornucopia starts now." Then the timer starts counting from 60 like in the beginning.
I wait and wait for them to appear.
19..18..17..16
None of the cannons have fired yet, they are both still alive.
15..14..13..12..11
The clock has finally reached 10. Still no cannons.
10..9..8..7..6
Still waiting.
5..4..3..2..1
I listen closely for a cannon to fire. Nothing happens. This only means one thing.
They are here.
