Entrance to the Arena

Lucy fell against the side of the tube when it suddenly came to a stop. She looked around confused. Was there a malfunction or something, but the number was still counting down. It was pitch black and she felt herself shiver despite the jacket. Suddenly the sides of the tube were gone. The number was slowly counting down. "10, 9, 8." Lucy took a deep breath. "7, 6, 5." She got ready to run. "4, 3, 2" To where she had no idea. "1"

"Let 57th annual Hunger Games begin." A voice said from somewhere in the dark room. Lucy hopped off the pedestal and reached for the wall, but there was nothing. She stumbled forward and felt her foot kick something. Reaching down she picked it up. After feeling it for a bit she realized it was a backpack. Slipping it on, she kept walking straight. She had to run into a wall sometime. Eventually she felt her hand brush against the stone wall.

Keeping one hand on the wall she continued to walk forward. After what seemed forever she felt some sort of pole. Looking up, she thought she could see some sort of light. Gripping the pole she began to climb up. After a little bit she felt some sort of bars sticking out of the main pole. The pole had become a ladder she slipped her hands around the smaller bars and continued to climb upwards toward the small light at the top.

Even with the help of the bars it was sill tiring. Eventually the light got bigger and finally she reached it, but there was some kind of trap door above her. She tried to lift it, but it wouldn't budge. Her arms, and legs were beginning to ache and she knew she had to get out of here before she fell. Lucy felt all the sides of the trapdoor and found a bolt.

After pulling it out, she could finally budge the trapdoor. It was still incredibly heavy but she eventually managed to lift it. The sunlight alone almost made her fall off the ladder. Covering her eyes with one hand, she tried to let her eyes adjust to the light as she climbed out of the hole. A couple of minutes later she could actually see.

She was in a large circular meadow and at the center was a large tower. She was sure that was the cornucopia. All around it, were little trapdoors much like hers. Lucy looked around for Natsu or Wendy. But there was no one except for few tributes running toward the cornucopia. She couldn't wait much longer but a golden glint caught her eye. Her keys. Without thinking she rushed forward. She tore open the bag and sure enough it was there, along with her whip.

Just before she could grab them, a long sword pocked the ground next to her weapons. Looking up she found herself staring into icy eyes. The girl, woman had long light blue hair. Lucy tried to back up and the woman looked at her with a bored expression. The sword moved up to her throat and Lucy knew she was about to die unless she did something quick.

Rolling quickly to the side she reached for her keys. The sword swung at her and Lucy managed to duck just in time. Her hand touched the side of the bag and she quickly grabbed it. Then she took off running toward the cornucopia. The woman was only a couple of feet behind her and would catch up anytime.

Lucy burst into the cornucopia and looked around frantically. The cornucopia was a round tower with stairs off to the far side. Different supplies were strewn everywhere but she didn't have time to grab anything. The woman was right on her trail. Lucy managed to make it to the stairs and quickly started running up them.

As she made her way up the tower she pushed the different barrels that contained food and other supplies behind her to slow the woman down. After several minutes of hard running she reached the top. Quickly she opened the door to what she hoped was the roof. Sure enough she found herself on top of the tower. Turning around she shut the door and locked it. She knew the lock wouldn't last but it should slow her down.

Anytime now the blue haired woman would open the door and Lucy knew she didn't stand a chance. Rushing to the side of the tower she looked over the side. More tributes were climbing out of their trapdoors and rushing to and away from the cornucopia. She thought that she recognized Levy but she wasn't sure.

That's when she noticed that a little bit to her left was a large rope that hung from the tower out to the trees. On the ground next to her were shorter, about her arm's length rope. Quickly she grabbed one and hung it over the rope. Clutching it tightly she jumped, Lucy heard the door open just as she began to slide down on the rope.

Sure enough, when Lucy looked back the blue haired woman was there watching her. For a second Lucy thought that the woman might come after her. Luckily the woman turned away from the rope and Lucy didn't see her again. As she continued to fly through the air she noticed the ground was quickly approaching.

In front of her was the tree which the rope was attached to. Her arms were aching but she held on. In a few seconds she would let go and hopefully land safely on the ground. Just before she ran out of rope she let go. She flew a couple feet further and then her feet hit the ground. Her legs buckled under impact and she quickly rolled to take some of it off them.

She didn't realized her eyes had been closed until she opened them and found herself face to face with the blonde haired boy from 2. He was kneeling down next to her but wasn't looking at her. Instead he seemed to be looking up at the trees. Behind him was a girl with purple hair that was tied back in a loose ponytail.

"Are you alright?" He asked quietly. When she nodded he stood up. Lucy watched as he fingered his bow before turning away. The purple haired girl followed quickly behind him. Once they were gone Lucy let out a sigh of relief before sitting up. Why they hadn't killed her she wasn't sure. Before she could think about it much longer Natsu burst through the trees, Wendy in tow behind him.

"Lucy!" She heard him yell as he came running over.

"We saw you come into the woods." Wendy said. Lucy smiled. Now that they were in a group they were much safer.

"Do we try and find the rest of our group now?" Wendy asked. Lucy looked over at Natsu who was busy sniffing the air. When he didn't say anything she said "Sure." With that they took off through the woods.

Author's Note: So the Hunger Games officially started, please tell me in the review section who you think will win.