Zircon/ D1 Male

"Give me your arm..."

I look up, hearing the Capitol woman's voice and extend my arm. The tracker...

I close my eyes and grimace, feeling the large needle pinch's on my skin. She rubs ointment over it to stop any blood from coming out. I rub my arm gingerly, feeling the lump of the tracker.

I watch as the windows turn black and stand up, knowing we're in the launchrooms. I get off, and get escorted to my room marked with "One: Zircon" and they turn the knob.

Inside, Turqio smiles. He embraces and me and I smile. "What are the tributes outfit this year?"

It turns out to be tan pants, sturdy boots, and green shirts with black vests and finger-less gloves. The socks are comfortable, I note, wiggling my toes.

I manage to drink some water until it's time for me to leave.

I wink, stepping into my tube. "I'll see you soon, Turqio. Thank you- for everything."

He smiles as the tube closes, and starts to rise. I turn, facing forwards and watch the lights flicker by until a dazzling sun emerges at the top.

Shaiden/ D2 Female

I cover my eyes as we emerge, and then blink, hearing the faint sound of running water.

I look forwards and notice I'm facing the side of the horn. But, surrounding us is a vast grass valley. Then, forest. To the right, the ground slopes down more, but tree tops are visible.

I smell fragrant flowers and butterfly's flitting in the air. But, their wings glitter. A look closer tells me the wings are made of crystal. The bees, I see near a patch of flowers as well. Actually, many grass blades are too.

I look beside me, and see the tiny girl from eight. I clench my fists and see her catch my eye.

She squeaks, and turns, her bushy brown hair in a high pony-tail. My hair is in a tight braid and my fingernails are painted light blue. I also notice no one is to my left.

Swallowing, I get into running position, watching the timer tick down to thirty.

I consider taking off a boot, and throwing it at the girl from eight, but no. I'll savor her death.

I notice many people facing the woods, but still, the majority seem focused on the Cornucopia. I can almost hear the Capitol cheer.

I wonder what District Two is doing right now, but I feel like their are cameras in the puffy white clouds or bright blue sky above.

Right as I breath out, the gong goes off.

Patrick/ D3 Male

I leap off my plate, sprinting to the horn's mouth. The girl from Nine gets there first and yanks up a bag and water-bottle, turning towards me she steps forward, but seeing the boy from two yank up sword makes her eyes glow and she sprints off towards the woods with no pursers.

I turn, yanking up a tiny bag of food and a pack of bandages and run, run, and then hear a scream and my blood runs cold.

I turn and watch as Scarlet gets pinned by Zircon, and he swiftly draws a knife over her neck. I stop breathing, and my legs go weak. Her hair splayed out, her arms limp, her mouth open with a scream.

Blood slips from the smile in her neck and the boy gets up, brandishing his dagger. Thirteen... Thirteen.. She was only thirteen... The chaos only grows louder, and I lean over, vomiting and can't force myself to look again. I vow to murder the boy though...

As I stumble off into the woods, those words ring out in my mind... "I will kill him..."

Aqua/ D4 Female

I ignore the sounds of snapping bones, children's last breath, the ear-piercing screams... I focus on collecting apples and other foods and water from the ground and stuffing them into the pack. Camas kneels beside me, his sword clean without blood.

"Why aren't you out there?" He says laying a hand on mine.

"I don't think I should. I'm watching Isaac though. I don't trust him," I murmur.

Camas stands up, smiling. "I won't let him hurt you. Bye, Golden Girl."

Then he leaves, running off to chase some poor person.

I really hate being here, but I can't stop it. I know I can't. So, I just tug on my fish-tailed braids and stuff the packs...

Ignoring death around me.

Aaron/ D5 Male

I raise my sword as the boy from six falls to his back and finish him off quickly, no pain.

Turning I yell, clashing sword with the girl from one.

"Aw," she says, stomping on my foot. "You think your good."

I bite my lip, feeling the pain throb in my heel and toes."I am."

"Not enough," she whispers, and whips it around, dis-arming me.

For a minute everything goes quiet and everything slows down. Her hair in bun bobbing, the blood-slick ground curving up...

And then it speeds up...

Baie/ D7 Female

I pant, rushing through the sparse woods on pine-needles. Me fingers are curved around the pack I managed to swipe and I run I trip over a rock.

Rolling down the hill, I don't stop. Colors of green and brown and blue rush by until suddenly I run into something prickly.

Gasping and pushing the branches away, I get out of the bush nearly unscathed. I brush off my pants, glancing around and gasp. It's... an oasis.

Clear water flows into a lake from a large stone waterfall. Across the lake is a grove of willow and fruit trees with crystal animals grazing.

I smile, taking off my boots and socks and dip my feet into the water. I dip a hand too, watching the bloody scratch from the tumble down suddenly dissapear. I gasp, surprised and happy. The water has healing properties...

I grin and decide to unpack my bg. Unzipping it, I find a small dagger, water-skin, sting ointment, and a pack of dried fruit.

Hm... Maybe I can last in these games...

Dimity/ D8 Male

I slide around the girl from two who's wielding a mace and grab a girl by the end of her vest. She shrieks, slipping to the ground and dropping the water bottle that was clutched in her fingers.

She winces, hitting the ground and her pigtails splay out. I feel bad, but I had to get the bow she was reaching for.

I slip my fingers around the quiver and bow string and yank them up and turn.

"Buck!" I yell, ducking around sword and spears and hearing screams and yells ring in my ears.

I see my ally and grab his arm and we run off, but I turn back as we dissapear into the forest and see the girl that I pulled down scramble to get back up. She was the girl from six, I think.

I see the boy from six came at her with a spear as she struggled to get up.

I swallow and turn before I can watch more and run.

Rye/ D9 Female

I step carefully from my hiding place in the dark shadows of the horn to grab a backpack. Tiptoeing around the girl from four, I press myself against the cold cornucopia surface and slink around the side. I feel a hand grip my should and scream as I turn only to see Briony grinning, clutching a hand full of throwing knives and a belt with a sword around her waist.

"Jumpy," she says rather calmly, though being in the back of the horn is away from the chaos, but you can hear it.

"Let's go," I say quickly my throat tight.

We both start running until suddenly something falls in front of my, and I trip of the soft surface and roll on the ground a bit before coughing and pulling grass from my braid.

I turn to see what tripped me and shriek and feel tears sting my eyes. It's the girl from Ten, Renn Jarvis, with a dagger in her heart. I pull my feet up and feel woozy and feel Briony picking me up.

I still see Renn's face as we go into the woods. Her eyes large and terrified... But with no light...

"Where's Proxilus?" I whisper.

"With Zepherentheseus. My District partner," I hear her say.

I nod, letting my arms fall limp and my eyes droop closed.

Tasi/ D10 Male

I turn, feeling the cut in my hand sting. I look around me and see the boy from seven drop to his knees, dead.

I feel my head spinning, tears running down my cheeks.

I just want to leave... I want to get out!

I breath heavily, watching the girl from one string an arrow and turn... Her eyes lock on mine.

And I stand there waiting, ready for her to pull.

And I close my eyes, ready for what comes next.

Briony/ D11 Female

I set Rye down and she yawns, turning over on the pine needles below out feet. It's perfect because I hate noise of running, and it'll cover tracks.

I feel the wetness of my hand and look down at the deep gash that cut through my finger-less glove. I take the material off my fingers and strategically stretch and knot it over the cut and then open the pack Rye got.

Inside are matches, rope, dried beef, water, a sling-shot, thread, and extra fabric.

I take out the extra fabric and put everything back. Putting soft leaves under Rye and myself, I spread the extra fabric which is light brown and look at the bright blue sky, waiting for the cannons.

Jacob/ D12 Male

"Night, night," I hear Camas say.

Turning slightly, I see him stab the girl from five who was wounded and on the ground.

The girl whimpers and curls up into a ball hugging herself as Camas twists the sword, then yanks it out.

Soft cries echo from her as she lays there, bleeding.

Shaiden sighs. "Can't she die quicker."

Camas smiles wickedly. "The torture is half the fun."

"Well, the sound is annoying," Zircon says. He grabs a knife from the stack of blades and stands over her. Then, swiftly draws the blade over the girls neck. She coughs some, clutching her neck, then stops and a cannon goes off.

"She was only a year younger older than us," Zoe whispers to me. I see the terror in her eyes- how could a human being do something so terrible and not even be sorry?

I nod. We all listen to the cannons. Seven in all.

After making camp, night falls and the sky lights up. I watch their faces fade and then sigh, holding Zoe's hand. I wish the Games were already over.

Dead:

D3 Female: Scarlet Moon/13-5

D5 Male: Aaron Mande/18-7

D5 Female: Prolixus Richardson/15-7

D6 Male: Cole Hallow/16-6

D6 Female: Ariella Gerland/15

D7 Male: Mizell Loyer/17-6

D10 Male: Tasi Merkava/16-3

D10 Female: Renn Jarvis/16-5