Chapter 10

In The Hunger Games, the sound of a cannon going off represents a tributes death. On the first day of the Games, the cannons don't start going off until the Blood Bath is over because it's too hard to count the deaths. The Gamemakers don't collect the bodies until the killers leave.

Ten more cannons go off. One representing Tuna. Eleven tributes are dead so far. Which means there are thirteen tributes left.

In a few hours, the faces of the dead tributes will be projected in the sky. I wonder if they killed Katniss or Thresh. I know there targets.

I'm not sure what my plan is anymore. I was going to make an alliance with Tuna, but I can't do that now. I feel like it's not worth trying anymore. I'm only twelve. I might as well start a fire and let the careers know I'm hear.

I shake the thought form my head. I have to try. I promised James. I won't win because I refuse to kill anyone. I won't even kill Cato. I just want the Capitol to believe age doesn't make a difference in the arena. It probably does matter.

I hear a twig crack from below me. I look down. Peeta is walking, and he is noisy. I could kill him. But I wouldn't. He is from a outlying district. I won't ruin his chances. I could jump on him and knock him out, drag his body to the lake and toss him in. But I'm not gonna do that.

I hear a sword drag on the ground. Then a female snicker. I look back down. The careers stand in front of Peeta. Clove has a lot of knifes. If she left just one behind, I cold get food. Clove lifts her knife and is about to throw it. "Wait," says Peeta. "I can help you find her."

Clove looks at Cato, who looks amused. "Are you good with any weapon?" Cato asks.

"I'm okay with a knife, and I know where Katniss will go." Peeta says.

Marvel rubs his hands together.

"Are you sure you know where she's going?" Cato asks sounding irritated.

"Yeah, she told me all her strategies." Peeta confirms.

Cato nods. "Fine, three days, if we don't find her in three days or less we kill you. Slowly." Cato warns Peeta.

"Were gonna catch us a girl on fire!" Glimmer screams as loud as possible.

Marvel throws his head back and puts his hands to his lips. "You better look out girl on fire! We're coming for you!" he yells.

I roll my eyes. I really hope Katniss will be okay. The careers, and Peeta run off yelling annoying things. I jump through the trees about two miles away.

The anthem begins playing. The girl from District Three is the first face to appear in the sky. My only memory of her is that she was on a obstacle course, in the Training Center, when I took Cato's knife. I smile, seeing Cato so angry. My smile is replaced with a frown when I see the next face. Tuna. The boy from District Five comes next. Both tributes form Six and Seven appear in the sky. The boy from District Eight and both tributes from Nine. And the girl from Ten.

A few hours pass. I'm really cold. But It's not like I'm going to start a fire to keep warm. I see smoke form the ground. Someone actually lit a fire. The girl from District Eight sits cross legged near the fire. I roll my eyes and continue to watch this stupid girl.

She falls asleep. A few hours pass, I think this girl might live to see the day. A twig snaps beneath me. The careers stand in front of this girl. I stand up and jump through the trees.

I don't want to be too close to her when they kill her. I find a tree on the other side of the arena. A long time passes. No cannon. Did they kill her? Then the cannon sounds. A roll my eyes and fall asleep.

I wake up and move through the trees. Then I see a mockingjay. Like back home. Before I can stop myself, I smile and sing the four note song I use to sing back home. I put my hand over my mouth and check to make sure no one was around.

The mockingjays begin to repeat the song. I wonder if Thresh can hear it. I wonder if he knows what the song means. Once the mockingjays go silent, I hear them start up again. With a four note song very similar to mine, but not the same.

Thresh sang it. I tell myself. I guess Thresh is still my friend.

Thresh and I spend the whole day spending songs between the mockingjays. I wonder where his is. I think I'll try to find him at some point. I would love to see him one more time before my death. I stop sending songs and fall asleep.

The next day, I explore the arena. I notice some berries from home. I pick a lot of them. Later, I find Katniss collapsed in some mud. She lays there for a long time. I decide to watch her. She starts swirling her hands in the mud.

She looks like she's going to die. I frown. Maybe I should help her. Then Katniss gets up and crawls to a pond. She fills her water container up and drops iodine into the water and waits about half an hour. She drinks slowly. I guess she needed water, because she seems fine now.

How has she not noticed me? Maybe she was that close to death and she couldn't notice me. I wish I had told her she was right next to a ponds. Maybe she would have been my ally. But now, she's back in the Game.

I climb a tree and continue to watch Katniss. She fills her water container two more times and then climbs a tree. I didn't know she could climb. Great. If she notices me, she could kill me. I'd have to jump to another tree. At least I have an escape. I wonder what other strengths she has. She did get an eleven.

I watch her as she falls asleep, just a few trees away from me. She has a sleeping bag, which would be helpful for nights in this arena. I'm sure it keeps her really warm. She must have went into the Blood Bath like I did. To get the sleeping bag, and water container, and the iodine.

I'm cold, so I pull my extra pair of socks out of my jacket pocket. I put the socks on my hands and try to keep them from freezing. I rub my face with the socks and fall asleep.

When I wake up, I'm greeted by a giant wall of fire. I notice Katniss running away, her things packed up. I jump quickly out of the tree.

I run away. I manage to dodge a fireball that was headed strait for me. The Gamemakers made this. Another fireball flies through the air, sliding across my arm.