This is going to be a short chapter because I only have a limited amount of writing time. I have lots of math homework and I have to study for a GIANT English test.
I will be updating over the weekend. Hopefully that chapter will be relatively long, or at least longer than this one.
Katniss Everdeen
I wake up, slowly. Strangely, I didn't have a nightmare.
I shift my head to the side and my cheek brushes against sharp pine needles. The side of my head throbs painfully and I grit my teeth. I hear muffled talking behind me.
I raise myself on my elbows and it only makes the throbbing worse. I feel sick to my stomach and I start gagging, but I swallow hard and ignore my headache.
The talking has stopped by now and I turn around to see Peeta and Rue. They're just sitting there, in the darkness. We stare at each other for a long time, until I say "Are we allies now?" my voice sound foreign to me.
"Are we?" He asks, turning the question back to me. I hate when people do that. "Sure." I respond plainly.
I look at the silhouettes of the trees, in the darkness, that surround me. This area of the arena makes me feel very uneasy. It has no brush or anything besides trees to hide us. Someone could find us easily.
I take a deep breath. "So. How did we get here? What happened?"
"You fainted. Most-likely from the lack of oxygen. You inhaled a lot of smoke." Rue says "But we carried you here, just barely and the fire eventually disappeared."
"That explains the headache." I tell them.
After a long pause, Peeta asks "Do you have any extra weapons?"
I find my bag in the darkness and dump out the contents. "Did you guys get anything?"
"No." Peeta responds, "We didn't have a chance to get to the cornucopia."
I count four knives. I pick them up, trying not to cut myself and hold them up at eye-level. "Would you be able to use them if it came to it?" I ask. I can't picture either of them killing anybody.
They both nod and I put one of the small knives in front of each of them. I still don't believe them.
I'm sorry, I have to end this here! I am actually getting a headache, myself.
BTW tomorrow is "Positive Hardcore Thursday"! If you know where I got that from, good for you!
If you don't know where I got that from, I'm sorry. So, so very sorry.
XD Bye!
