Yay! Fast updates! I hope you like this chapter- it's entirely Meredith's point of view, but it's about the same length as the other chapters. Also, after this, there's only one more chapter of the Games! Let's see how it plays out :)

Disclaimer: I don't own StarKid or the Hunger Games.

MEREDITH STEPIEN, D9, 14
I hear yet another cannon during the eleventh day. Who could it be? Hopefully it's a Career, because the only other option is Lauren from 5, and I don't want to be left alone with the monsters from 1, 2, and 4.

I still can't get over the fact that Brian is gone. He's gone. He's... gone.

I don't even know if I want to work out my feelings for him anymore. If I do realize how much I really did like him, it will just lead to more heartbreak, and I can't afford to be weak at this point in the Games. So I ignore my thoughts about him, and walk onward with my spear.

That night, I climb about halfway up one of the pine trees and tuck my spear away in a hole in the trunk. I watch the Capitol seal in the sky, followed by the boy from 1's picture. I let out a quiet sigh of relief... one more down.

Now, who's left? The boy from 2 and the girls from 4 and 5, and me. I sit thinking about it... I just can't sleep tonight.

The boy from 2... What do I know about him? He's got a bow and arrow, I saw that at the bloodbath. I don't know if he can actually shoot or not... I suppose that remains to be seen.

I literally know nothing about the other two. The girl from 4 is a Career, and the girl from 5 allied with the boy from 5... I remember from training. I'm surprised that she's made it this far. Then again, I'm also surprised that I'VE made it this far.

The next morning, I've had about two hours of sleep and I'm really tired, but if I sleep during the day I feel too vulnerable. I pick up my spear and start walking again.

As I walk, I begin humming an old folk song from my district. No one knows where it originated or who wrote it, but it's really sweet and I like it.

"Baby, you're not alone, 'cause you're here with me, and nothing's ever gonna bring us down 'cause nothing can keep me from loving you, and you know it's true, and it don't matter what'll come to be, our love is all we need to make it through."

I've always loved that song. It makes me smile.

As I walk, I hear the sound of footsteps on snow. But it doesn't register right away.

Crunch, crunch, crunch. Hmm... that's a strange noise. I wonder— Oh my god.

I stop and look around. Someone's watching me... but who?

"Who's there?" I whisper, trying to sound confident. Then, a figure emerges from the shadows. I hold my spear aloft, but make no move— it's tiny Lauren from 5.

"I-I don't want to kill you," she says.

"How do I know I can trust you?" I ask slowly.

"I can't make you do anything, but I think we should be temporary allies," she says.

I still say nothing, but lower my spear slightly.

"I'll share my food with you, and I have a backpack... I have knives, too. They might come in useful." She stares at me, unblinking.

"Okay," I finally say. We've become allies, but tentative allies.

As we walk, I learn a lot about her. She was supposed to ally with the boys from 5 and 10, but the one from 10 died in the bloodbath, and from 5 soon after in an avalanche. She's been living off of a small handful of raisins and a bit of dried meat everyday, as well as the snow. Lauren tells me that she watched me shove Britney from 2 into the forcefield from a tree, and that after I stormed off she dropped down and took the knives and some food from Britney's backpack before the claw got her. She's been living off that, too, and finally she found me.

I tell her about Brian and how we'd been getting daily parachutes, but I don't anymore since he died. I tell her about how I killed the girl from 10 at the bloodbath... it makes me shudder, just thinking about it. It really was self defense— she had tackled me down and she had a mace, so I slashed my spear about and it buried itself in her chest. Besides Britney, she was my only kill.

Lauren and I decide to camp in a tree for the night, and I tell her I can keep watch, so she goes to sleep. Sometime several hours later, I shake her awake and sleep as well.

The next morning, we're faced with an incredibly difficult decision.

"Well, they're allies, we're allies, and we're avoiding them. If we don't approach them soon, the Gamemakers are gonna force us to them, and it won't be pretty." She's really thought it through, and I agree with her reasoning.

"So, you think we should try and find them?"

"Yes."

"And what if we kill them both, and only the two of us are left?"

"We'll figure it out if we find ourselves in that situation..."

"Okay, let's go."

We pack up the backpack and I grab my spear, and we trek up the mountain. We know they're at the Cornucopia— it would be illogical for them to be anywhere else.

Finally, we've gotten as close as we can without revealing ourselves, and we can spot them. Lauren pulls out a knife, but I stop her.

"Before you do that, I have to tell you something. If I die, take my spear and FINISH THEM."

"Okay," she says, nodding. "If I die, then take my knives and win."

She proceeds to pull out the first blade.

"Can you throw a knife?" I ask, curious.

"I'm okay," she shrugs. She inspects the knife in her hand, and then aims it at the boy, her tongue sticking out. I nervously watch. I trust her, but still...

She throws the knife and it completely misses her target. However, a cannon fires as the girl crumples, the knife buried in her skull.

Died in this chapter:

District 4: Devin Lytle

Still alive:

District 2: Dylan Saunders

District 5: Lauren Lopez

District 9: Meredith Stepien

Alright, now we're gonna have a little contest! The first person to answer this question correctly (reviews only- I won't take PMs) gets a Tup, Spayonder, Buguary, or Tootsie Megagirl one-shot.

Why is the song "Not Alone" a folk song from Meredith's district, and not one of the others?

I will be super excited if any of you get this! I'll give you 'til the end of the story to answer it.

(Also to my best friend Carly, if you're reading this, DON'T TELL! I know you know the answer.)

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