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Review reply to malola165: Sorry i forgot to reply yesterday. I was in a rush and mixed everything up. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to review. I'm glad you liked it and that he's your favourite one :)
A/N: There will be twenty-four oneshots in all, going in district order, boy/girl. Each one will feature a different person and their reason for sponsoring the designated tribute. Updates will hopefully be one a day, with one exception. Please, enjoy and thanks for the very kind reviews :) By the by, if you have any concrit or anything, please feel free to tell me. It's always appreciated.
10) Menna Vale (Foxface) – District Five (Girl)
Apart from killing, I think the worst part of the Games for the tributes must be the solitude. That's my biggest fear – being left alone. If I didn't have my family and friends, I don't think I could cope. Yet these children can spend up to weeks on their own. It must feel horrible.
This year, a lot of tributes seem to have someone there for them: they team up, they're in love, they want to protect people. In fact, as the Games progress, the only person with no apparent human contact is the sly girl from District 5. She's working by herself. She's smart enough to survive but I wonder what's going on in her head. Is there someone she misses? Someone she longs to see again? Someone who, at this moment, is watching and praying for her to come home?
I watch her forage for food in utter silence. I haven't heard her say a word since her interview. How does she bear it? All that silence, all that loneliness … I shiver at the thought. Just watching her is making me feel clammy. I hope Atticus comes back soon.
The screen flashes to the other tributes. She's the only one by herself. Completely alone.
But she doesn't have to feel completely alone.
I sit upright. What a thought! I'm lucky enough to have people who are always there for me – why don't I do the same for her? Why don't I let this girl know she's not alone?
I practically run over to the phone.
"Hi there. I'm interested in helping Menna Vale from District Five."