Fear. That's what I've felt all day long. Fear. Fearing for my life. For Peeta's life. For the life of little Rue. And the lives of countless others that weren't in the careers. Having the highest score in the games set a target on me. Telling the others that I was their strongest enemy. The worries that stuck in my head were the ones to keep me up most of the night. I laid in bed, staring at the wall, after seeing Peeta on the roof, thinking. How was I going to die? Would my parents watch? Would Prim and Katniss be watching? I woke up, tired, to Effie rubbing my back lightly. She looked sad. Like she actually didn't want to say goodbye. I sat up on the bed, pulled on a black shirt and green pants and then laced my boots before looking to her. She wrapped her arms around me and sighed lightly. I wrapped mine around her and let a few tears fall.

"Thank you." I whispered to her. She nodded and let her arms fall to her sides.

"I'm rooting for you." She said and walked from the room. I looked to the door and smiled sadly to Haymitch.

"Let's get a move on sweetheart." He said. I nodded and walked out the door. He walked behind me, escorted me to the elevator and stood in front of me as we went down. "They'll put all kinds of stuff right in front, right in the mouth of the Cornucopia." He said. I nodded once listening to his every word. "There'll even be a bow there. Don't go for it." I looked to him slightly confused.

"Why not?" I asked.

"It's a bloodbath." He said. "They're trying to pull you in. That's not your game." He added. "You turn, run, find high ground, look for water." I nodded again. "Water's your new best friend." He said as we walked to the doors. "Don't step off that pedestal early or they'll blow you sky high."

"I won't." I said looking to the doors that opened moments later. We walked from the elevator, and around to the back. The doors opened before us greeting us with the sun. I squinted slightly and progressed to the transport waiting for me.

"Madge." Haymitch said. I stopped and looked to him. "You can do this." I nodded and wrapped my arms around him, hugging him tightly.

"Thank you." I said. He hugged me back tightly before we separated. I walked to the transport. I took my seat where I was told to and watched as a few peacekeepers walked around. I took a few deep breathes trying to calm my racing heart. I looked up to a female peacekeeper confused. Not hearing what she said. "What?" I asked.

"Give me your arm." She said while taking my wrist.

"What is that?" I asked. A long needle injected itself into my arm causing the nerves in my arm to twinge.

"Your tracker." She said as the needle removed itself from my arm. I looked to the flashing light in my arm with sadness before feeling the transport start to rock. I looked up and sighed lightly. I heard the girl next to me laugh lightly looking to Cato with a light grin. I let my eyes fall closed as I wanted for the transport to land. It wasn't a long before we landed and each of us was escorted to the prep room. I opened the door and found Cinna looking to me with a sad smile. I walked up to him and hugged him as tightly as I could. He hugged me back, before pulling away to grab my jacket. I looked to the pin attached to the jacket and smiled slightly. He smiled and pressed his finger to his lips. I nodded and hugged him again.

"Thank you. So much." I said to him. He smiled and zipped up my jacket.

"30 seconds." A woman's voice. I looked to Cinna sadly biting my lip to stop the tears.

"I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, I'd bet on you." Cinna said with a light smile. He kissed my cheek and placed his forehead against mine.

"20 seconds." The woman said. I wiped away my tears quickly and looked to the tube leading to the arena. I walked to it ever so slowly. "10 seconds." I heard the announcer say. I stepped into the tube and turned to watch the door close behind me. I looked to Cinna teary eyed as he nodded to me once. The platform beneath me moved upwards, sending up into the arena. I squinted slightly when the sun met my eyes when I finally reached the surface. I looked around, giving my eyes time to adjust to the light. I looked to the Cornucopia and instantly found my bow and arrows. I looked to the other tributes for a moment. Looking at them as they prepared to run for the items. I looked to Rue and watched her prepare to run for the woods, and then saw Threash.

"50, 49, 48, 47…" I took a deep breath. A minute. A single minute to get my mind together. Think of what to do. Do I follow Haymitch's instructions and run for the woods or do I run for the only weapon that just might keep me alive. I looked to all the tributes again before spotting Peeta. He looked to me in horror, sadness obvious on his face.

"It's ok…" I mouthed to him. The same words I mouthed the day of the reaping. He shook his head, scared for his life. I looked back to the count down as a voice boomed over the arena.

"46, 45, 44, 43, 42…" I looked around the pedestal and for a moment thought about stepping off. Ending it now. Knowing that I have no chance at this at all. But then my mind went to Prim. And the promise I made her the day I left. I shook my head, knowing that I couldn't break that promise now. It was too late for that. "41, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36…" I bite my lip harder counting down in my head. "35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20…" 20 more seconds before the games begun. I looked to the woods for a moment, thinking about running to the woods like instructed. Then I turned my gaze to the other items. Knowing that I stood a better chance with them, than without them. "19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10…" I got ready to sprint across the field, only 10 seconds left before it began. I looked to Peeta once more, catching his gaze.

"I love you." I mouthed. He frowned shook his head once and mouthed back.

"Don't you dare give up." I looked away. 5 seconds left.

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1…" And so…It began.