OMG! My currently favourite singer Phil Lam came to our school! I took a photo with him XD Super duper hyper now! (fanning myself) He looks so much better face to face! And he sung! Too bad that most of you guys don't know chinese (putonghua or cantonese) his songs are very good! (fanning myself again) Anyway, as a treat, I started the chapter IMMEDIATELY after I returned home XD
Now I first present 雨落大地 When Rain Falls On the Ground:
Original song in chinese (don't use google translate it's typical LOL material):
雨落大地 我可以 直接跪下去
我的承諾 很暴力 絲豪不猶豫
如果愛妳 證明是場悲劇
我也會繼續錯 下去
雨落大地 我可以 直接跪下去
從不嘆氣 受了傷 我也不迴避
一刀一筆 全都是關於 我是如何愛妳
愛上妳 我可以 沒出息 想妳
我 不放棄 愛妳
My translation into english (some words are put to make the whole thing understandable):
When rain falls on the ground
I can
Simply kneel down
My promise
Is harsh
Not hesitating
If loving you
is proved a tragedy
I will still do wrong
forever
When rain falls on the ground
I can
simply kneel down
Never complaining
Even hurt
Can never make me hide
Every stroke
Is all about you
How I love you
Loving you
I can continue
Not doing anything
Just thinking of you
I
Will never give up
Loving you
Chapter 10
District 5 Cleon POV
I was dozing off near the fire when a harsh cry from a bird issued from the forest. I was startled awake immediately, still a bit fearful. It has been a whole night since Laura had died, I had seen her face in the death toll last night. Seemingly the Careers hadn't been able to kill anyone except for the District 3 boy.
Sighing I decided to move. I couldn't stay at a place for too long. But what could I do except for find shelter? I had water, I had food. What should I do? I imagined what Amanda would do in my place. Right. She would light a big fire as ruse and leave the camp as fast as she could. Gathering my things, I hummed a silent song common in our District. It had been sung by one of our winners.
Somewhere a mockingjay picked up my tune and began to sing with me.
Grinning slightly, I began to sing the lyrics as well, about a boy loving a girl. Suddenly the bird cried harshly and fluttered away, a black and white blur in the skies. Just like Annie's dress during the interviews. But there was something eerie. Even if I went out of tune, the bird would just go out of tune with me, not fly away. I decided to take my knife out.
Just as I slid the weapon out of the sheath, something slammed into me, hard. Above me was a slobbering dog head. My eyes flew wide, I know, but I dove the knife into the thing. It hit it's jaw, and with a cry of agony, it let go of me and sprinted back. Muttations. Now that I had a proper view of it, I saw that it was just one muttation, but it had nine dog heads, with a scaly tail for a body, like those fish from District 4. It also sported a pink streak of a tail. Meanwhile, where I had made camp, the Careers were there, battling the mutt. I could see my knife in one of the dog heads. I regretted doing that.
The six Careers were there, the two girls attacking the mutt on their backs, the boys chopping off her heads. The smallest boy (2 times my side) clambered onto the mutt's back, and plunged a spear down the place where all the necks connected to the body.
The mutt roared with pain and bucked up, but the boy clung to her back, fighting not to fall and break his back. He reached up, with effort, and pulled the spear up. The beast screamed one last time, flung her body greatly, and slumped on the ground, dead.
Unfortunately, the boy had been threw back from the beast, and hit a tree before slumping down on the ground. I could hear the crunch of bone when the boy's right arm hit the floor. One of the girls immediately ran over, as the boy fought back tears escaping his eyes. "It's dead, Gerry, you did it." she whispered to the boy - Gerry?
The oldest of the boys growled, then turned his gaze to me. Without speaking, he hoisted up a spear, and aimed it at me. To kill me. "Wait!" I cried, "I can heal him!"
GPOV
The pain in my hand was unbearable. My entire right arm caught fire, burning my nerves, then the pain ebbed away, leaving... nothing. I couldn't feel my arm, let alone move it. I stared at it, the dead arm. It was still part of me, yet at the same time not. My vision blurred and I knew my eyes were watering up. I could never move this arm anymore.
Rox hand lay gently on my shoulder, whispering, "It's dead, Gerry, you did it." Timothy growled angrily, and stared at the District 5 boy. I chuckled hoarsely. We had come here to hunt, and we had been hunted. We would have easily killed the boy, if not for the mutt.
Trebony, Leon, and Spencer came over as well, frowning at my arm. "Gerald- you- there's no way we can heal it in the Games." Trebony whispered. A tear trickled down my cheek. Even if my allies were so caring now, I'd had to fight them later. And without my right hand, I would definitely lose. I would never go back to District 4.
"Wait!" The original prey cried. "I can heal him!" six pairs of eyes gaped at him. "Help me up, Rox," I said. "As soon as I was propped up against the tree, I fixed the kid in a icy gaze. "You can?" I demanded. The boy swallowed and nodded. "Certain?" Leon growled. The boy nodded again. "But I need the herbs-"
Timothy raised up a hand to silence him. "All of us will help you to heal Gerald. If you are successful... we'll let you go. If you fail... we'll let you get one day to go. If we meet you again... I promise you we will give you a death that the audience will revel in."
The boy gulped.
FPOV
We watched in silence as Gerald hit the tree. The delicate crunch of bone was projected in the room. Mags shrieked, her hands clutching her chest, her breathing ragged. I instinctively put a hand around her, soothing her, "Gerald's still there, Mags, he's not dead."
Johanna nodded, changing to the so-sweet-that-I-could-almost-kiss-her-except-I-won't-Johanna, saying, "There is a chance he can be healed." Immediately, on cue, a dinging sound rang from the list of sponsorable items. It's the same every year, so we regular mentors have already memorised it. We all looked. A new item flashed.
'Marrow balm: Heals inner bone fracture: 250000'
Mags immediately scrambled to her cubicle and arranged for the medicine to be sent to Gerald. We all let out a big breath. But I realized something. This almost used up all of Gerald's funds. If there was something big happening again, he might...
Suddenly a Capitol attendant tapped me on the shoulder, handing me a note. The words were familiar.
Meet me as soon as possible at my house. My brother will not be here.
- Bragenholde, Yan
I frowned. I will not visit anyone when I am mentoring. Never. I heard Johanna snigger behind me. "Go on, fish boy, this particular one can't bear to stay away from you too long. I'll look over Annie for you." I glowered at her, and when she saw that I was suspicious she sighed dramatically, "No, Fin, I'm not going to kill her off. Just go."
Pushing back my chair, I followed the Capitol attendant down the lift.
When I arrived at the Bragenholde household, it's servants led me up to Yan's room. She was sitting on the bed, biting her nails, one of the bad habits I had noticed about her. Her long black hair was tied back in a ponytail. "Finnick. I need your help. You need my help."
I paused where I stood. "Huh?"
(A/N: Yan is speaking, and Finnick's thoughts are in italics.)
Yan sighed and gestured for me to sit. "Fin... don't act silly. We all know there's talks of rebellion between tribute winners. I don't know, in fact. I can help you save your Annie. When the rebellion erupts, I will provide the money and weapons, and names of Capitol people who will be willing to help. Er, thanks, I've never heard of the rebellion. In turn, I want you to guarantee me and my brothers safety from the rebels. Huh? How can I? I'm quite a nobody. In fact, I'm a favourite of Snow. Don't lie to me, Finnick. You affect people, not only Capitol people."
"All right. I'll try."
Yan looked out the window. "I've already persuaded Brother to add in mutts at the Careers now. They'd probably die soon. Oh no. It was she who made Gerald break his hand. I can certainly persuade him, to create earth tremors. The dam... The dam will break. Brother has overestimated the stability of the dam, and he doesn't listen to his architects. Oh gods. She can swim right?" I nodded mutely. But then I said, "Not yet, not until her allies are gone." Yan nodded and put her hand on my own. "Annie will make it."
District 5 Cleon POV
Gerald was hurt badly, far worse than I had expected. The bones in his right hand were entirely broken, the nerves in his whole arm strained. I wasn't that confident now, and I bet Leon knew that, because he was in heated arguments with Timothy, while casting suspicious glances at me. My life was as stake here. My every move, every word, every breath even, dictated my life.
I used some painkillers on Gerald, and he dozed off. Rox stood nearby, her eyes locked on Gerald. Seems that she cared for him very much. Meanwhile, sweat beads were popping out of my forehead. Things didn't seem opstimistic for him. He would probably lose his arm. Back in District 5, his arm would have probably been chopped off.
Everyone has wondered what District 5 produced. We were very secretive of our duties, at the chariot rides we depicted researchers, like District 6, which wasn't entirely wrong, but not entirely correct.
We were in charge of the mutts. (A/N: Just something I picked up around websites. Not sure if this is right. But this certainly makes the story better.)
When we were exposed to this duty at 11, we were sworn to secrecy. Nobody could utter a word to children below 11 and other Districts people, if we ever encountered one. Everytime when the victors passed around we had to watch our mouths. Those who did...
I remember this particular mutt well. There were in total five created by a team of 20 full men. I and some others were in charge of cleaning the place and bringing food. They were nicknamed Arky, Berty, Colly, Derby, and Ebony. Arky was a failed experiment - he only had one head. He was evantually taken apart to crossbreed with other mutts. Berty proved to hard to control, he killed 5 of the team. He was finally sedated and his 'heart', the metallic device which controlled the mutt's move, was replaced with a better one. He, Colly, and Derby were probably still locked up, or out there terrorizing other tributes.
And Ebony... she was special. She was the smallest of all five, even Arky, and her tail was pink, not black. She was naturally good-natured. She never attacked any of us, never fought against her bounds. She had a small appetite, and she always slept.
Amanda and I was in charge of feeding her. She never tried to bite us, and always licked us. We all loved her. Berty, Colly, and Derby all were agressive and had to be handled by older teenagers.
And just now, that mutt, must be Ebony. And she was crazed. I hurt her. She died in front of me. And I was healing her killer.
I hate the Capitol. I hate the stupid quests Snow pursues. I hat the Hunger Games. I hate the metal hearts. I hate my job. I hate my District. I hate Panem.
A silver parachute interrupted my thoughts. It was a large cylinder shape, probably some medicine. Trebony caught it and unraveled it. My jaw slacked.
I had seen that tube once before. In Laura's hands. Being the mayor's family, it meant that they were extremely well-off. It had only been one very small tube, only one dab, and she had brought it out to show off.
"This makes bones grow together. This works like miracle." she said. "Some bones crushed, Lau?" One of the seniors Ryan sniggered. He was immediately bombarded by Laura's supporters. In turn Ryan yelled, "Or put it on your-" All the boys laughed. Laura yelled back, "No, it's for you to put on your-" All the girls chortled. It was one of the times that Laura wasn't annoying.
"It works like miracle." I whispered. Snatching it out from Trebony's hand, pouring over the instructions on the tube. "I need some moss. And aloe leaves." I said.
Timothy and Spencer traded a look, and they left to collect the leaves. Meanwhile I tore strips of Laura's clothing, preparing rough but sustainable bandages.
Timothy was soon back with the moss. I took it from him and smeared a large amount of the balm on the moss. I wrapped it all around Gerald's arm, waiting for the balm to work its magic.
Spencer returned as well with the leaves. I broke open the leaves, revealing the green juice. I poured the juice onto the moss, to keep the moss binded together. Lastly I wrapped the bandage around Gerald's arm, leaving the arm to heal itself.
Gerald's eyelids cracked open. "It hurts." He whispered. His brows furrowed with pain. The five Careers immediately crowded around him, asking him this and that. Rox turned and looked at me, his expression unreadable. "Go now, boy, with your things." Before they break their promise and kill you.
Well... I don't know, I'm partially distracted by songs during writing this xdd I think I'm making everybody fall in love with Annie =_= I mean, only 2 people are supposed to fall in LOVE with her. Oopsieee... Major spoiler! Oh yeah. And please please please please please please please review. So I know I'm not doing all this in vain. I mean, I can just write the whole thing and keep it to myself.
My songlist (currently not counting chinese songs):
Don't Stop Believing by Glee cast
Work This Out by High School Musical cast
Tell Me Something I Don't Know by Selena Gomez
It's On by Camp Rock 2
Picture to Burn by Taylor Swift
Crazy by Simple Plan
Two is Better Than One by Boys Like Girls
All Of Me by Varsity
Circus by Britney Spears
Low by Flo Rida
Right Here Waiting for You by Richard Marx
Dynamite by Taio Cruz
Blood by Editors
Best of Me by Daniel Powter
Against All Odds by Westlife/Marieh Carey
Wake Up Call by Maroon 5
Misery by Maroon 5
Seasons in the Sun by Westlife