Okay, ready or not, it's bloodbath time! Yay! :-D

Yvonne Starr (D10 F 18)

I get one last glance at my stylist, and then the tube rises up to ground level. Will this arena work to my advantages? Hopefully it will. I was fine with the last arena I was in, so hopefully this one won't be too different.

The first colors I see when I rise out of the ground are blue and green. A cloudless sky hovers above us. I look around and see that we are on an island; one about as big enough to hold a house the size of one in Victor's Village. I look around, and see we are surrounded by clean, light blue water. On the water, many islands lie, some as small as a bathroom, yet others as big as our district's biggest plantation. I see a huge island with a cliff and a waterfall, a small one holding only a rock and a tree, and a bare one the size of my house.

On the island we are standing on, all twenty-four tributes are positioned around the cornucopia. The cornucopia is overflowing with bags and weapons. I think I'll grab one or two that are closest to me when the gong sounds, and then dash away. I'm not waiting for Larry, Erika, and Harris. They will only slow me down... a lot.

The countdown starts.

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I wonder which island I'll go to.

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There's a big one with a jungle that looks very promising.

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The one with the cliff and the waterfall doesn't look too bad either.

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I think I'll head to the one with the big jungle.

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Which bag and weapon should I go for?

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I spot about five thowing knives sticking out of a small bag next to a bigger bag.

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I'll grab the knives and the bag, throw the knives into the bigger bag, jump into the water, and head for the jungle.

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The gong goes off, and I head straight for the bags that I want. I grab them, duck a sword flying toward me out of nowhere, and dive into the water.

Shadow Truly (D1 M 17)

I'm so excited to finally start these Games. I'm hungry for some kills.

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The gong goes off, and I head to the closest weapon, a spear. I scan the island to find the closest, most helpless, tribute, and run toward the boy from District 3. "Hey Lyandel," I say, remembering his name. "I think you're too late to leave this island." I plunge the spear into his gut, and he falls in a heap to the ground. This is going great. One tribute down, twenty-two to go.

Masher Lynch (D2 M 18)

I've just seen Shadow take down that boy from District 3. It's my turn for a kill. I scan the island for a machette; my favorite weapon. I can't find one, so I settle with the sharpest one I can find. Now, I search around for someone to kill.

I see the boy from eleven picking up a small blue bag, and looking at it with a dazed look in his eyes; perfect. I think he's the brainwashed one. I walk over to him. "Hey, Eleven!" I shout at him. He doesn't move. "Hey Eleven!" I shout even louder. He must not know I'm reffering to him. I stick the knife in his face. "Hey Eleven."

Now he turns around. "Are you talking to me," he asks. "Cause my name's Harris, not 'Eleven'."

"Who cares what your name is," I say, and I plunge the knife into his heart. He collapses to the ground. Perfect; now Shadow and I are even, but we won't be for long. I look around for more tributes to kill. My now, about half have jumped into the water and swam away. I search around for another weakling.

Ray Flash (D8 M 15)

I run to a bag with a sword on top of it. Immediately, I see that the girl from District 12 has the same idea. I know I am quicker than her, though, so I sprint as fast as I can and grab the sword. I chuck it at her and it misses. I scramble to the next weapon, a bag of throwing knives, and chuck them at the girl. The first misses, the second misses, but the third hits her in the head. She collapses and screams in pain. I walk up close to her and chuck the fourth one at her heart, and silence her screaming.

While I am killing the girl from Twelve, I don't notice the girl from One approaching behind me with a spear. She stabs it into my back, and pulls it out as I fall to the ground. I scream in pain on the ground, and she forces the spear in again, forcing my world into blackness.

Larry Frost (D10 M 16)

Erika and I jumped into the water right after we saw Harris get killed. I had planned to stick around to get more weapons and to find Yvonne, but I don't want Erika to die like Harris did. Good thing we spent time learning how to swim. This helps us a lot. We swim for a couple minutes to the nearest, yet biggest island we can find. We climb onto a big one with a jungle in it. We climb ashore, and walk for about five minutes on foot.

After this five minutes, I figure we're about in the center of the island, so we stop and set up a camp. The island is blooming with plants and wildlife, so we find a big bush that we can conceal ourselves easily in. We sit and wait for the bloodbath to end, so we can see how many tributes died.

Sunny Loffman (D1 M 14)

Just about all the tributes have disappeared from the island. I now see why the Gamemakers had a pool in the training room this year. I watch Shadow approach the last non-career on the island. He's the tall one from District 7, and I doubt he can swim. He's doing an okay job ducking the blows from Shadow's spear. Finally, one hits him full blast in the chest, and he falls to the ground. Shadow kicks the boy's body into the water.

I guess the Gamemakers count that as the end of the bloodbath, because the cannons start firing.

"Boom."

"Boom."

"Boom."

"Boom."

"Boom."

Five deaths; pretty average for a bloodbath, but I would have expected more considering that the conucopia's on an island, and not all districts teach people how to swim. I guess most of them knew how to swim because of that pool.

The six of us leaf through the corucopia to find all the supplies and weapons that weren't taken. We find lots of food, water, first aid kits, night vision goggles, sleeping bags, and other survival materials in the bags. We find bows and arrows, a variety of knives, swords, and spears. It's not a huge variety, but it's enough.

Sidney During (D6 F 17)

Our alliance has escaped to a big island with a stream that runs through most of it. The island is kind of a forest landscape, with trees, plants, and animals everywhere. Now that Carlisle has died, I took control of the alliance. Our alliance is constructed out of me, Carolina, Flower, and Lauren. We find a nice spot near the river to settle and create a camp. I turn to the group and say, "Anyone want to come look for food with me?"

"I will," says Lauren. So Lauren and I walk alongside the stream, scanning the area for food, while Carolina and Flower set up our camp and take inventory on what we have in the bags we picked up at the bloodbath.

Lauren and I walk for about ten minutes, and find a blueberry bush. We pick all the blueberries we see, and stuff them in the empty bag we took along with us. We walk for a little while, and then find another bush blossoming with berries; raspberries this time. We pick as many as we can, and I decide we have enough for a few days since there's probably some food in a few of the bags.

Here's a recap of the bloodbath deaths:

Lyandel Hammond (D3 M 16)

Killed by Shadow. He took a spear to the stomach.

Harris Framer (D11 M 18)

Killed by Masher. A knife was thrust into his heart.

Carlisle Feingold (D12 F 18)

Killed by Ray. She was hit in the head and the heart by throwing knives.

Ray Flash (D8 M 15)

Killed by Sunny. He was hit many times in the back with a spear.

Cyan Holliday (D7 M 16)

Killed by Shadow. A spear was plunged into his chest.

Here's recaps of who killed who:

Shadow: Lyandel, Cyan

Masher: Harris

Ray: Carlisle

Sunny: Ray

Here's updates on alliances:

Shadow/Sunny/Masher/Phenomena/Jackie/Mary Kay

Sidney/Carolina/Lauren/Flower

Larry/Erika

Yvonne

The rest are unknown.

Yay, the deaths have started! All five of them were destined to die in the bloodbath because of their weaknesses, especially Lyandel and Harris. So, next chapter will probably be the rest of day one, and will catch up on the other alliances. :-)