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She's dead.
She's finally dead.
I have killed Katniss Everdeen, the girl on fire.
I've finished celebrating, becoming particulary alert when the girl from 7 runs at me with an axe. I fling my knife into her stomach, and falls on the ground. I decapitate her with the axe, putting an end to her suffering.
I can see Cato, creeping up to a small grop of people rummaging through the supplies at the Cornucopia. His long sword is in hand, ready to take down anyone who stand in his way. Noah is looking in backpacks, discarding anything we won't find useful. I look for Marina.
The boy from 8 is advancing on her.
"Marina!" I shout, and her black hair bounces over her shoulder as she spins round. She brings down her axe on the boys head, splitting his skull. He groans in agony before falling over.
"Thanks." She says "Glimmer's at the Cornucopia by the way."
"Great."
Glimmer is just leaving the Cornucopia, when I catch up with her.
"Leaving so soon?" I snarl.
"No." she growls. "The fun is just getting started." She flings a spear at me, which I catch in mid-air.
"You'll have to do better than that." I laugh, and throw the spear back, hitting her in the hand. I flick a knife at her, and it hits her in the shoulder, the same place it did yesterday.
"You bitch!" she screams, walking closer to me. I can see Marina coming over.
Glimmer punches me in the face, and it all goes black.
"Clove?"
"Clove?!"
"Cato, she's not waking up."
"She will!"
"She won't Cato. The cannon will sound any minute. I don't know what Glimmer did to her, but it was nasty."
"There's always hope Marina."
I hear a new voice.
"No Cato. Glimmer was repeatedly hitting her in the face. She'll be lucky to live, and I am very surprised her nose isn't broken. But we need to take care of those wounds, before she bleeds to death."
That's all I hear before blacking out again.
Ooow, my head. It kills. I struggle to sit up, but it's so hard.
"Cato?" I ask.
"Cato!" I look around. I'm in a tent, the large tent that was at the mouth of the Cornucopia. But I'm on my own. No Cato, no Marina, not even Noah.
I struggle to stand up, falling back down every time I try. I give up, and crawl out the tent, knowing my best friend is near.
Rue. She'll help. She'll stop the pain in my head. The burning of my body.
I drag myself through the woods, knowing at any point, a tribute could pick me off. And for me, that will probably be the case. The mud stains my clothing, camoflaging me, so I continue dragging myself along, in a poor attempt to find her.
"Rue." I whisper, as the world begins to turn black.
A small figure pops out, running over to me. But I fall unconscious before she reaches me.
I hope it was Rue.
If it wasn't, I'm dead.
I wake up, a thick layer of leaves around me, my head propped up on a log. I'm alive. It was Rue.
"Rue." I croak, my voice hoarse. She sticks her head up. She must have been sleeping on the other side of the log.
"Clove!" she says "You're awake!" she hands me a full bottle of water, which I down thirstily.
"Have you seen Cato?" I ask. She shakes her head.
"Not recently. Last time I saw him he was at the Cornucopia."
"Which tributes are gone?" I ask, not wanting to use the term dead.
"The girl from 3, the boy from 5, both from 6 and 7, the boy from 8, both from 9, the girls from 10 and 12." she answers.
Cato, Marina and Noah are fine. But so are Glimmer and Marvel.
"So how have you been?" Any close calls?" I joke
"Yes." she admits. "Glimmer tried to climb the tree I was in, but fell out." I laugh, imagining the whole scene.
"Come on." I say. "We, are going to find Cato. The careers will protect you, and I will make sure of that."
"Ok." she grins.
I stand up, recovered from Glimmer's attack, and I feel awake and strong. I put on my jacket, filled with the knives, and sling Rue's backpack over my shoulder.
"Tell me about your family." I say, as we begin to walk. This surprises her.
"I have a mother and a father. And 5 younger siblings. We live in the poorer part of District 11, and every summer we all work in the orchards." she says. I nod my head.
"It sounds nice." I sigh.
"Tell me about your family." she begs.
"I have a mother, but there is no love between us. It's like living in a house with a stranger." I sigh. "But we have a nice house, and every day, she works at the grocers, and I go training."
"I'm sorry..." she falters "It must be so hard for you."
"It was. But then I met you and Cato, and the hole in my heart was filled. But at the end of the games, it will either be buried with my body, or broken so badly it will never work again." A tear rolls down my face.
No matter what happens, I'll never get my happily ever after.
Happily
Never
After.