Veronica Mathers District 2
I am the first to wake up. I sit up and find that my skin is hot and I have perspiration on my brow. I wake Jared up by giving him a kiss and we head outside. The heat is so intense that I go dizzy instantly. I look down and find that I am standing on an enormous sand dune. Thankfully, our wire protection barrier is still there. We will need water today. That will be our first priority. We run back into the shelter and tell everybody the news. Everyone looks panicked except Tamika and Cayton. 'What's so hard about finding water in a desert?' she says. 'Well, if you can see, there's nothing around here except sand and the occasional cactus.' Jared replies. I nod in agreement. 'Yeah well where do you think the cactuses get their water from? The moon?' she retorts. 'Anyway, we're going off to find some so whether you come or not, good luck with finding water.' Jared finishes as he stalks out of the shelter. All of us except Tamika and Cayton follow. Jared takes the lead and we walk down the sand dunes in the melting sun. Our weapons are tucked into our belts incase we encounter any danger. I'm sweating already. If we don't find water soon, we're as good as dead. We don't come across any tributes for about two kilometres. 'Let's rest. We're all tired and we'd better save our energy.' You can tell that Blaze and Malcolm were waiting for me to say that for the past ten minutes. They drop to the floor as if they don't have an ounce of energy left in them. I see Blaze look up at the sky searching for clouds but the sky is completely blue.
Three hours later, we're all parched and haven't found any water. I swear we've walked around the whole arena twice. Discouraged, we walk back to the shelter and find Tamika and Cayton gulping down canteens of water with a grin on their faces. 'Any luck?' Cayton asks. I roll my eyes. 'Care to share where you found that?' I ask. 'Yeah. You're standing on it.' he replies wearing a smug look. 'I'm sorry, I don't understand riddles. If you don't tell us where you got that damn water, this knife will be in your head.' Malcolm threatens. Tamika and Cayton laugh again. 'Are you that stupid?' Tamika asks. 'Cayton just said you're standing on it. Dig!' We all go outside and before long, we have five large pools of water seeping up through the ground. Blaze sighs in disbelief. We walked at least twenty five kilometres today and the water was right here. That girl is smarter than she looks. I can just imagine the whole Capitol laughing at us. Well there goes a few sponsors for us. We come back inside and just as the water is about to roll into my mouth, Tamika says, 'You really are stupid. You walk twenty five kilometres around the arena and decide to be satisfied with polluted and sandy water that could make you sick in ten minutes. There's a reason for iodine you know.' she tosses us the bottle. 'Two and half drops then wait half an hour' she says. I drop two and a half drops into my canteen and sit back and wait. Half an hour later, we're all glugging down canteens of water and preparing more. Suddenly, three parachutes land with a thud outside our tent. 'I'll get it.' Blaze says. On each of them there is a note that says, 'Originally for District 7, but since you all found water, you can share it.' With a yellow smiley at the end. The Capitol is teasing us already. We tear into the packages and find rolls of bread, jam and butter, steaming hot stew, crisp fruit and icy cold lemonade. 'As much as I hate to say, but I guess we have to thank Tamika and Cayton for the water and food.' I say with a sigh. Those two may have had a joke with us today but they know a lot about survival. Without them, we'd probably all be dying of thirst and starvation. We dig in and all finish with a large belch with no-one to chastise us for. 'Come on, let's go out and watch which tributes died today.' Blaze suggests. 'Okay.' Cayton says in reply. We follow Blaze out of our shelter and sit on the sand that has become cooler compared to what it was earlier today. The Capitol anthem plays and the seal appears in the sky. The only tribute that appears is the girl from District 11. The seal reappears and the sky goes black filled with stars. 'Did you kill her?' Tamika asks. 'No.' Malcolm says. 'Well if you guys didn't kill her on your search for water, then that means that someone else is injured. That girl from 11 was tall. I don't think she could have gone down without a fight. She got a 10 in training.' Tamika replies. 'Okay,' I say. 'Let's make a list of who's left. 'Got it.' Cayton says while getting up. 'I'm going to fetch a cactus.' 'Pfft. You can't take a cactus out of the ground!' Jared exclaims. 'Watch and learn. You don't need to take the whole cactus out of the ground. It's called cutting it down.' He turns and leaves. Blaze snorts with laughter at Jared's stupidity, trying to keep it in. He may be my boyfriend, but I chose him for his looks, not his academic skills. Five minutes later, Cayton returns with a whole cactus slung over his shoulder. He cuts it up into squares and skins off the needles. 'Okay, who wants to write?' he asks. 'I'll do it.' Blaze volunteers. She takes her blade out of her belt and scratches into the cactus flesh.
District 1 - Girl
District 2 - Girl & Boy
District 3 - Boy
District 4 - Boy
District 5 - Boy
District 6 - Girl
District 7 - Girl & Boy
District 10 - Girl
District 12 - Boy
'Um... Blaze, how can you remember all that?' Jared asks. 'What, you doubting my abilities?' she retorts. 'No. Just, I can only remember the people in the Career group. How can you remember EVERYONE else?' he asks. 'I have a good memory. Deal with it.' Blaze spits out. She glares at him then gives me the map. 'Well Cayton... thanks for getting this but its cactus flesh but it's going to dry and shrivel up overnight.' I say. 'Well, I'm not that stupid. Cactus preserves in any sort of weather.' He sighs then gets up. 'I'm going to sleep. Anyone care to join me?' he asks. 'Yeah.' We all say in unison. We trudge back into our shelter and settle down. 'I wonder what the environment will be like tomorrow!' Tamika says with a grin. 'KK, goodnight guys.' I call. I blow out the fire and go to sleep.
A/N: Day 2 of the Games! I loved making fun of Blaze, Veronica, Jared and Malcolm. To be honest, my idea of a 'Career' is an arrogant, stuck up excuse of a human being. I've never really liked them so I had fun making fun of them! Day 3 of the Games will be coming shortly! Toodles!
~Celinachan