Rue's arm got better and we found a new hiding spot. We're doing pretty well.
So far, half of the tributes are dead. 12 lives taken, because of the capitol. 12 young lives. Children! 11 more will be taken. I will be one of those. Rue will be one of those. Gale might be, too. Even if one of us does live, that means the other two will have to die.
I think about Mom and Katniss. They're probably watching right now. I bet they're worried. If things go wrong, Mom will leave again into her own world. Katniss will be alone. I don't want that.
The three of us travel the woods with caution, but we decide to have a little fun with our last few days. We play a few games to pass the time. Rue collects, gale hunts, and I wait in our hiding spot like a useless lump. But, I try to think of ideas on how to take out our fellow tributes.
Suddenly, I've got an idea.
When Rue comes back, I tell her the plan and she agrees. She goes off, swinging from tree to tree. About two hours later, she's back. Sure enough, a cannon goes off.
What she did was she found some of those nightshade berries and stuck them inside a piece of meat. She dropped them near the camp as if we dropped food. Then she broke a branch so they would hear her and come over. Then they ate the meat and died. Later, we learned that the person who ate it was Glimmer.
I wouldn't exactly say I wanted her to die, but I never liked her.
11 left.
Living are the boy from one, both from two, the boy from 3, the girl from 5, the boy from 10, and both from 11 and 12.
Wait, that's only 10. One must have died sometime while I was sleeping.
Gale's POV
What happens next happens so fast. We all wake up and head outside. We're about to go hunting when a boy with a spear jumps out. I recognize him as the boy from 3. I pull out my knife and take him out, but not before he throws his spear. Two cannons sound.
The boy is one of them but who is the other...
I look to my side and Rue is okay.
Rue is okay... NO! Not Prim! I look to my other side and sure enough, Prim is collapsed. I fall to my knees beside her and give her a hug. Rue starts to cry. So do I. I can't imagine how Katniss must be feeling. Oh, Katniss! I told her I would protect Prim! I broke my promise.
"I'M SORRY KATNISS!" I say to the sky.
