Hey I am sorry I haven't been writing every day but I have had stuff to do with friends, family and school etc. soon I'll be on holidays in a week so I can try to update every day.
"Gale wake up we have to get going" I say shaking gale awake
"Huh what's wrong? just five more minutes" Gale whinges
"No now, we have to go the seasons have changed" I say
"Let's go then" Gale says jumping up
I watch as he goes over to Haley and wakes her up lifting her onto his strong shoulders
"GAAAAALLLLEEEEE DUCK!" I scream
In one swift movement he slides Haley off his shoulder and as he lays down he trips over the attacker and grabs the dagger in his waistband and stabs the attacker. We hear his Cannon go off pretty fast. Gale hands me a few daggers and slides the quiver onto his back and loads his arrow
"Here Haley hop on my back" I say
"I can do it" Gale says
"Gale you need to be keeping alert plus you have the quiver on your back" I say
"We need to go before someone else comes to get us" Kale says
"Agreed" we all say
We walk for what feels like ages until a mountain comes into view
"Do you think anyone could be up there?" I ask
"I don't know but we'll find out" Gale says
I take Haley off my shoulders and crouch down in front of her
"Do you think you can walk now?" I ask
"Yeah" she says and I can hear the fear thick in her voice
"You will be fine trust me" I tell her
She nods and goes to stand with Josh who puts an arm around her Josh is a lot older then Haley but they look so similar and I make a connection that they are brother and sister.
"Okay Gale you're in the front of the group I'll cover the tail" I announce
"No I'll go tail" Says Kale
"But you don't have weapons" I say
"Give me yours" Kale says holding his hands out
I hand him all my weapons
"Okay the rest of you in between us" Gale says
"Single file" I add
We walk up the mountain without fault and discover no one and nothing inhabiting the caves. We all collect twigs and leaves that are scattered throughout the cave for a fire.
"I'll go hunt for some dinner" Gale says
"Kale go with him and take my knives" I say
"I don't need help" Gale huffs
"No but you both need someone to have your backs in case of an attack" I say
They leave without another word while they are going we mostly tell stories, stories of back home we hear three cannons go off which sends a wave of worry over us
"I was eight when our father died Haley was only four so it was pretty hard on her I mostly cared for her and we got our names entered so many times so we could have food but I never thought either of us would be reaped especially not both of us" Josh explains
"I don't think any of us thought we would" I say
After a while I hear footsteps outside I grab my knives at look outside to see Gale coming up the hill carrying Kale
He walks past me and lays Kale down and places six rabbits on the ground before speaking
"What happened?" Layla asks rushing over
"He didn't duck" Gale says
"You got attacked?" I ask
"Yeah I killed all three of them though easily" he says
"We were worried the cannons…." I trail off
"Hey I wouldn't let anyone take me away from you… and the group" he says
Butterflies fill my stomach at what he says. Bethany goes over with the water from my bag and helps Gale clean Kale's wounds. I skin the rabbits and then cook them over the fire. Haley and Josh curl up beside each other and so do Jacob and Bethany. Layla and I take first look out so Gale and Kale can sleep. The next day is filled with looking out for the others and we hear two cannons go off signalling that there is ten of us still alive but that won't matter because soon we will be rescued.