I'm sorry if you don't find this chapter as good as my other chapters. I promise I'll try harder next time :D I'm just not good when it comes to describing fight scenes and such. I don't mean to be stereotypical but I'm a huge girly-girl. I rarely watch action pack scenes and such. I'm more of Rom-Com, Fantasies and Animation. I only watch action/adventure or whatever when there's a hot guy in it or when I like the story/plot. Hell I haven't even watched Star Wars yet. Yes yes I'm ashamed. Many people have gasped when they found out. So anyway, I'd really love it if you could give me some tips or creative criticism as reviews for this chapter. Thanks and enjoy reading :D


One minute. How can one minute feel like one hour? We're required to stand on our circle for one minute. This must be the longest minute in the history of minutes. Although I'm not eager to start the Games, I need all the time I could get to impress the Careers. I looked around me to find Katniss and I saw her concentrating on something at the Cornucopia. It is a large shell shaped cone made out of gold. The Cornucopia is the place where tributes can get the most essential supplies. There are other supplies scattered around the Cornucopia but the most important ones are at the Cornucopia. One of the reasons why a tribute from the Careers is almost always a victor is because of the Cornucopia. As if it was a tradition, the area of Cornucopia and the Cornucopia itself is exclusively for the Careers. Although I'm sure others have tried to dominate that area before the Careers, most of the time the Careers have claimed that area as if it was a token of survival, which in a sense is what the Cornucopia is.

I looked at the Cornucopia and tried to find what caught Katniss' attention. She's supposed to follow Haymitch and head away from the Cornucopia. What's so important that she won't even listen to Haymitch's survival tip? And then I saw it. It was a beautifully crafted silver bow and sheath which is filled with arrows. She's probably thinking of a strategy on how to get them without others gaining up on her. I saw look around and finally notice me. I started shaking my head, hoping she'll get my message and not push through with the bizarre plan she probably made in the last 5 seconds. The gong rings and we're allowed to move from our metal plates.

I start running towards the Cornucopia, shoving people along the way. I need to show the Careers what I can do. They have to include me. The girl from District 2 got to the Cornucopia first. She pokes around before grabbing a handful of knives. She starts flinging then around with startling accuracy to other tributes, each one dead after a few seconds. I saw Katniss, fighting some guy over some backpack, for a brief second before I saw the girl from District 2 fling a knife at her direction. Luckily, and unluckily for the guy, it hit the guy she was fighting with and she only got sprayed with blood the guy coughed out. I was so outraged that adrenaline started pumping into my veins. The girl saw me and flung a knife at my direction. I don't know how I did it but somehow I managed to grab the knife with my hand without getting cut. The girl was as surprised as I was so I made use of her distraction by sending the knife back to her. Unfortunately a guy appeared in front of her and the knife hit him instead. It hit his shoulder so I grabbed the knife from his back and looked around. I notice the others that aren't dead and not part of the Careers started advancing towards me. Then as if someone was controlling me like a mindless zombie, I started attacking every single one of them. I flung the knife at the nearest one and fought hand and hand with the next. I'm not sure who I was fighting with or what's his/ her gender, all I know is that I just injured them. I, of course, made sure of that. I tried my best not to hit any vital parts with my knife and/ or fists. Once all my attackers are finally retreating, I looked at the Cornucopia and saw the Careers watching me. I must have impressed them since they actually stopped before attacking me. I notice the leader didn't join the others when it came to attacking me. So I guess this must be a test. They're probably testing my skills. I grabbed the nearest person and threw him or her to the person brandishing a sword to my right. I grabbed the sword the person dropped and slashed at the next person attacking me. Once the person I was attacking started retreating that was the only time I noticed they stopped attacking me. I turned my head to their direction and lifted one of my eyebrows to them as if to ask if I'm good enough to join them. The leader must have understood it because he suddenly approached me and started talking to me.

"I hate to say it but you're good lover boy" he said to me. I kept silent and waited, still kind of tense just in case he starts attacking me.

"What do think about becoming allies?" he asked me. I looked around as if I was only considering it now and It wasn't my strategy at all.

"Sounds good. You can call me Peeta" I told them

"Fat chance lover boy, I'm Cato" Cato said and then he pointed to the girl who "gave" me the knife and continued "that's Clove" and then he pointed to the boy with the aristocratic features and said "That's Marvel" and pointed to the blonde girl with seductive but mischievous smile and said "That's Glimmer" and lastly he pointed to the girl with big animated eyes and pouted lips and said "and that's Marlene"

"Uh..hi?" I said not really knowing what to say.

"Okay enough talking we need to work. Girls keep watch and look for food in the Cornucopia while the guys and I will make shelter and fill our bottles with water. Alright move it" Cato said. Before we could make another move, cannons start to fire.

BOOM!...one

BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!...two, three, four

BOOM!BOOM! BOOM! Until it reaches eleven.

Eleven dead. A great lost. Before anyone could say another word, Cato looked at us as if to say "what are you waiting for? Move!"

We worked and at the same time we examined all our goods. While the girls were looking for bottles they found 2 pairs of glasses that doesn't work on sunlight. Marvel found a box of knives and a handful of grenades. When no one was looking I hid the silver bow and sheath Katniss behind some big box. I thought, if I could, I could give it to her when no one is looking. That'd mean of course I have to find her first and knowing her I have to look up at the trees.

By twilight, Cato made us assemble in a huddle.

"Ok our plan is this. We move around at night to kill other tributes and sleep a little. Then in the morning after a light breakfast, we hunt for more. We take shifts every night as a watcher. No one eats until everyone is awake. Drink from your own bottle and if you finished yours the others aren't allowed to share theirs with yours. Everything I've said applies to all of us. If you have a problem with that we'll kill you next. Marvel you stand guard to our supplies for now" He said to us.

We all nodded gravely and followed Cato. We started trekking uphill, looking for innocent victims to murder. We walked for quite a while before we heard the anthem playing. I looked up and saw the kids that died today. The last one was from District 10. That's good! She's still alive. Not that it was impossible but I was worried. The last time I thought about Katniss was this morning. I can't believe my strategy worked. I thought I'd be one of those faces in the sky by now. I never thought they'd actually be impressed with what I've done. My dream came true. I'm with the Careers, Katniss is safe for now, and she went for a bow and sheath set at the Cornucopia and left before she could get it. I can't believe my dream was slightly accurate. I wonder if I did the right thing by going with the Careers though. I don't trust any of them, no matter how nice they may seem to be.

It started to get colder as we walked uphill. I looked to my right and saw a column of smoke going up to the sky. It's not too far from here. I hope the others didn't see it. Maybe I should steer them away from that area? I mean I know it's not Katniss but I don't really want to see another person die right now. I know it's not Katniss because she isn't stupid enough to light a fire in the middle of the night where everyone can see it. Before I could suggest to go left, I heard Cato's footsteps quicken. He saw it. He saw the smoke. We started running after him trying to catch up. Once we got nearer, I noticed the person who lit the fire must have fallen asleep. We weren't quiet but when the person heard us a second too late. We surrounded her before she could run. Glimmer darted forward but Cato was faster. He picked her up by the back of her neck and took his knife from his belt. He slit a thin line on her neck and plunged the dagger on her chest. Not enough to kill her instantly, just enough to make her die filled with pain. That's probably the last thing she'll ever feel. Pain. I can't bear it. It's too harsh. I looked away after this. I didn't hear anything, almost as if someone placed ear muffs on my head. I saw her lips move but I didn't hear anything. I saw the Careers celebrating but I didn't hear a sound. Marlene poke around her supplies before deciding that there's nothing good. Finally I heard something.

"Better clear out so they can get the body it starts stinking" Cato said. The girls agreed and we start walking away from the dead girl. After a couple of minutes of walking, Cato stopped walking.

"Shouldn't we have heard a cannon by now?" he asked

"I'd say yes. Nothing to prevent them from going in immediately." Glimmer answered

"She's dead. I struck her myself" he said

"Then where's the cannon?" Marlene asked

"Someone should go back. Make sure the job is done." Clove said

"Yeah, we don't want to have to track her down twice" Glimmer said

"I said she's dead" Cato insisted

They'd probably go on and on so instead of listening to this I butted in.

"We're wasting time! I'll go finish her and let's move on" I said to them. Without waiting for an answer, I walked back to the poor girl. She looks so pale and fragile that I wanted to kill myself for allowing them to kill her while I stood by and played mute. I don't want to kill myself. I need to live until I have fulfilled my purpose in life. Protecting Katniss. Once I know that she's safe and a victor, I'll be able to rest in peace. I need to protect her but I'm getting off the subject. I took the girl's hand and whispered a blessing we give to the dying in District 12. She smiled and closed her eyes. All of a sudden the hand I was holding became limp, that's when I knew the girl went to sleep. Sleep of the peaceful. The longest sleep. The sleep of death. I walked back to the Careers so that they'll be able to get her body and bring her back to her parents and other family members. I didn't look back even when I heard the hover craft. She's safe now. Good and Safe.