Sapphire Holbrooke District One
My breath came out ragged as I sprinted, my feet moving so fast that I felt that if I spread my arms like wings, I'd take off into the sky. At the moment I wish I could've, as all I could hear was my heavy footsteps, my breath, and the giant crack splitting the ground behind me, the large fissure racing towards me. My eyes widened in terror, chancing a glance back to see the crack opened up meters apart, leaving a bottomless pit in its wake.
Without a second thought, I dove to my right, rolling down a steep hill, pushing sand up my nose and into my eyes before I came to an abrupt stop against a rock. I inhaled sharply as the crack took a slight detour, whipping around and running down the hill. It created a wide circle around me before moving on. Taking the chance while it was still there, I stood up and moved to dash away, but was stopped again as a large body crashed into me. My hands and knees hit the ground, my hair hanging over my face as I stared at the sand beneath my fingers.
I looked back to see a large body straighten up and loom over me. I leapt to my feet, simultaneously pulling a knife from my belt and throwing it at him blindly. I simply stared at him, looking back and forth between his eyes and his hands covering the knife that stuck out of his stomach. The wound dripped blood and his eyes bore complete and utter shock.
I stepped back, my mouth turn up in a snarl as he weakly stumbled for his spear. I searched around, terribly aware of how defenceless I was; my only weapon was currently lodged into his stomach. I turned to run, but as my feet passed over the crack, the ground suddenly split further. I felt myself fall for one second before my fingers grasped a piece of rock. I shouted, looking down and seeing no end, just darkness. The other ledge was ten meters apart from this one, and the distance was still growing.
I clenched my eyes closed shut, hearing his heavy footsteps approaching at a leisurely pace.
I couldn't help it, as he peered over the edge looking at me with pure hatred, my eyes screamed for help. I recognized him then as Taraed Yila from District Nine, remembering talking to him before suiting up for the chariots.
However, there was no sympathy in his eyes. My heart leapt with hope as his hands rested on mine, but that simply disappeared as he dug his nails into my skin. I let out a whimper, my grip loosening and my eyes flying open in terror as I watched him smirk at me.
I saw his face cringe in pain, his gaze harden as he then pushed with all of his strength forwards, causing me to fly off the edge and into the bottomless abyss.
Ayame Ryu, District Eleven
I walked beside Bree, the air silent and tense. I jumped as two loud cannons caught my ears, spinning around and staring at my ally with scared eyes. She started right back with squinting eyes, then turned away and tugged my sleeve. I jerked out of her grasp and adverted my gaze forward.
"I had to do it!" Bree shouted suddenly. I nodded, biting my tongue so I didn't snap back a retory, "It's either us or them, Ryu! Don't you get it?"
"Yes, yes, I get it!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, throwing my arms in the air.
"Shut up, you're going to draw attention to us," she muttered coldly, looking around. I laughed to myself; now why was it that she could yell and scream all she wanted, but I wasn't to make a noise.
"I should have never agreed to this," I mumbled.
"What did you say?" her threatening eyes turned on me, but I was no longer scared of it, scared
of her; I knew she was not as tough as she appeared.
"I. Should. Have. Never. Agreed. To. Be. Your. Ally," I spat each word with venom. I let out a small gasp as she suddenly grabbed the collar of my shirt, pulling me close so I could see her blazing eyes.
"So that's it?" she hissed, "If I kill one person, that's it? I didn't ask for this, Ryu. I just want to get out of here alive, and this is the only way."
I pushed her back, "No, that's not it!" I paused as we both stared at one another like gun-slingers, "You're fake, Bree. You act like nothing hurts you, but that will catch up to you real quick."
Her eye flickered for a second, looking back at me.
"You don't know me, Ryu," she said, pushing her hair back and wiping the sweat away.
"Maybe I don't need to know you. Maybe I shouldn't. This was stupid," I said.
"What?"
"We should have never been allies; I knew that from the start. I can't care for another person as well as myself."
"You can't take care of more than one person?" she started laughing, then she abruptly stopped and closed her eyes calmly, "I have been taking care of you. You only have that knife because of me, you know."
"I would have found it eventually"
"Where? On the river bed?"
"This is over," I said strongly, turning the opposite direction. Sheesh, this was beginning to feel like a breakup gone extra-wrong.
"Fine!" she yelled, though her voice croaked at the end, "Just don't think I'll be so friendly
next time I run into you!" She ran forward, leaving me in the hot desert sun alone.
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I walked toward the cacti forest, my mind blank and my feet aching with every step. I looked over to my right to find a huge mountain where the canyon used to be. What the... changing landmarks, always a bad and confusing sign.
As I walked toward it, I spotted something near the bottom. Excited from what I could see, I dashed towards it and recognized it as a pile of weapons and supplies. I had struck gold! I mentally jeered at Bree and her thoughts that I couldn't provide for myself.
I picked up whatever I could, overstuffing my pockets and filling my arms with whatever I could carry. My inner-celebration I had going in my mind was ruined though as I heard breathing behind me, spinning around to come face to face with Monica Robson of District 7. I glanced down, noting her foot binded with professional bandages and her fingers holding onto a cane that looked to be sculpted straight from the Capitol tightly.
My throat was stuck and I accessed her noticeable lip and she slowly walked forward. She didn't seem to remember me; did she know what she was getting into?
I looked to my left to suddenly see the two tributes from District Twelve emerge. How was everyone ending up here of all places?
I sighed as I noticed more and more people appear from different directions, my eyes focussing on Bree as she idled in. All of their eyes were hungry as they saw the items in my hands and in the leftover pile.
My mind began to calculate then; who was the fastest runner, who could through a spear
from where they were, etc. I bit my lip as the final scene was painted in front of me; there were six
tributes in front of me: Monica Robson, Zac Melitta, Marina Melitta,
Delphinidae Propoises, Bree Suidae, and Evan Kite.
I dropped a few items and stepped to the side. Zac made the first move, shooting forward with
Marina at his side, but Bree was close behind, her weapon flying over her head. Within seconds, weapons were clashing and shouts and grunts filled the air. It was like the bloodbath at Cornucopia.
I went by unnoticed, simply frozen and watching the scene unfold before me.
I glanced to my right, spotting Delphinidae glaring at Zac and Marina with pure hatred and rushing towards them. However, Evan caught her shirt by the collar, yanking her back and speaking in her ear before directing her at me.
Immediately, I took a defensive stance as they dashed at me, Evan holding his wooden spear tightly and throwing it. I deflected it swiftly with a sword I had found in the pile earlier, crushing his weapon on the ground with my feet.
Delphinidae brought her sword down on me with a more practiced hand and I lifted my weapon just in time to block the blow. I was nicked by her blade and I felt blood streamed down my face as I clashed blades with her, trying to get the upper hand.
From my peripheral vision, I could see Monica Robson trying to reach the pile, but Evan standing in her way with a new weapon in both hands. I could see her sly grin as she pulled out a long dagger.
But at that precise moment, Delphinidae twisted her blade, hitting my head with the butt of the sword. I fell backwards to the ground, looking up at her. She brought her sword down on me, but I dodged out of the way and nearly choked with fear as it dug into the sand just millimetres away from my fingers.
I took this opportunity to back up and flee, grabbing my sword and a knife from the ground and hoisting a small sack of food and water over my back. I sprinted away, leaving the battlefield far behind me.
Marina Melitta, District Twelve
I fought alongside my brother, grunting with effort as Bree spun and twisted my weapon away. I stumbled back, landing on the ground from the sudden vibrations. I spat and picked up a knife just a few inches away from me, moving to stand back up.
"Go now!" Zac yelled, his voice rough with urgency. I nodded, tucking the small blade into my boot before crawling forward before jumping and sprinting forward. I ran past Delphinine, both hands on her sword that was planted deep in the sand, trying to pry it out.
I came up to the pile then, grabbing a rather large brown bag and tossing it over my shoulder and turning back. Just as I was about to pass Delphinidae, I heard and saw her yank her sword from the ground and immediately throw it at me. I yelped as I felt it slice my arm, looking down to see a huge gash open. My arm suddenly went limp and I lost feel, letting out an agonized moan.
She ran up to me as I sunk to my knees, kicking up the blade from the ground and catching it as she stood right over me.
"Marina!" I could hear my older brother scream from the distance.
"This is for Victory," she muttered. Delphinidae didn't hesitate this time as she swung the blade down on me, silencing my world and all feeling.
Kyle Vant, District Five
I coughed as dust swarmed my face. I pushed myself up, now seeing a large rock wall in
front of my eyes and groaning.
"Arcadia?" I muttered, my hands tracing the rock weakly. I coughed again.
"Arcadia?" I shouted louder this time. I could hear a muffled noise from the other side.
"Kyle," I heard, though I wasn't sure if it was her or just my mind playing tricks on me.
"Arcadia!" I yelled, my ear pressed against the gritty rock wall.
"Hey!" I heard again.
"Oh!" I sighed with relief; she was fine.
"Kyle? Are you okay?" I could hear her voice moving as she searched for some sort of passage through or a hole.
"I`ve been better," I said, pounding on the wall with my fist absentmindedly, "You?"
I kneeled down and ran my fingers along the line of dust and sand; how could I reach her?
"I'm fine," she said after a long pause, her voice choked.
"Every… everything is going to be alright," I called to her, desperate now in my attempt to find a way through. I dug my fingers into the ground in frustration and closed my eyes shut, "Really."
I didn`t even believe myself.
"What does it look like on your side?"
I leaned back and fell on my ass, searching through the pitch black for some sort of sign as to where I was.
"I don`t know – it`s pretty dark. I think it's a cave," I shouted through the wall.
"Oh, Kyle!" I heard her voice break and something fall against the other side of the wall and slide down, "How are you going to get out?"
"I'll find a way. Now, Arcadia, just look around," I instructed with a firm tone. I heard shuffling footsteps as she obeyed and banged my forehead against the wall.
"I can't find anything," I heard her whisper to the right and crawled over, raising myself to the height of her voice. There was a small hole, big enough for maybe a pupil with dull light shining through.
"Ohh-kay," I dragged out the syllables, thinking fast, "Well, I still have the bag, and I`m pretty sure there is a flashlight in it. I`ll look around the cave for a way out, or if there`s anything useful."
There was a pause and I think she nodded. I peeked through the tiny hole and saw nothing but orange and yellow, and sighed and pulled away, "I know this isn`t what you want to hear either, but... I want you to leave, right now. Go to the hill we saw before all of this, set up between that other place; it`ll be safe. I`ll come for you-"
"-Nope! Don`t ever start any sentence like that ever. I can't leave you!"
I quirked up a tiny sad smile, "You have to though. Don`t worry about me, I`ll be fine."
"Yeah, Kyle. But what if it isn`t?"
"Just go,"
There was silence afterwards, but I still felt her presence there. Crap, Arcadia. `I need to get to you,` I thought determinedly.
"Kyle," I heard her mumble weakly.
"Yeah, Arcadia?" I asked, loving the way her name rolled off my tongue and wishing nothing more that I could claw through the rock wall with my bare hands, just to be out of this darkness and with her again. I felt something crawl up my leg and batted at it.
"I know, this isn't the place or time... but I want to tell you something, just in case."
"Anything," I narrowed my eyes in curiosity, placing both hands against the rock and pressing my forehead to the smooth and still-warm material.
"I… I`ve felt more for you in these past few weeks than I have ever felt for anyone in
my life. And, well, I needed to tell you this because, uhm, if you don't make it out I would have wanted you to hear it," she choked.
I stayed silent, and nodded in the darkness for her to go on, a small grin urging at the sides of my mouth.
"Kyle… I-I'm in love with you."
My heart skipped a beat and my breath stopped all together; she loved me? Why now?
"Kyle?" her voice was worried after I didn`t reply. I broke from my stupor and pushed myself to the wall, trying to get as close to her as possible. She must have heard the thump, because this time her voice was confused and quiet, "Uh, Kyle?"
"Arcadia, I knew I loved you from the very minute, no, very second I bumped into you," I grinned through each word, "And I knew that I would never be the same; even though we`re in the – jeez –the Hunger Games, one of the worst, most deadliest places on Earth, I cannot help but believe that these days are the best. Because, Arcadia, these are the days I get to be with you."
She was quiet for a second, and I wished that I could see her face just so I could understand what was running through her mind.
"I don't want to go," she cried.
"You have to – I`ll be there as soon as I can manage, I promise."
"You better," she murmured, "I love you, Kyle."
"As I love you."
And she was gone, and I was alone in the darkness.
District 1
Male-
Female-
District 2
Male-
Female-
District 3
Male-
Female-
District 4
Male-
Female- Delphinidae Porpoises 15
District 5
Male-
Female-
District 6
Male-Kyle Vant- 16
Female- Arcadia Delos -15
District 7
Male- Evan Kite
Female- Monica Robson 18
District 8
Male-
female-Bree Suidae age : 15
District9
Male-
Female- Topaz Greene age:14
District 10
Male-
Female- Aska Galie age: 14
District 11
Male-
Female- Ayame Ryu (aka Ryu) age : 15
District 12
Male- Zac Melitta age 18
Female-
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