Day 6

District 10 – Sakura Dragomir

The days have been tough with Damien. I'm not going to lie. It's been extremely hard to push myself to survive. Yesterday, I fell in a lava river. I wanted to stay in there and just let the burning water kill me, but I knew Damien wouldn't approve of that. He wouldn't want me to commit suicide to just end my life. He'd be ashamed of me, and I can't make my dead brother upset.

No, I have to keep fighting, even if it's the last thing I do.

Today has been fairly easy. It's been peaceful in the woods. I'm trying to hunt right now because I'm pretty sure I'm dying of starvation. Who knew that would ever happen to me?

Have I killed anybody? Nope. I've been lucky not to do that yet. I don't want to kill anyone. Killing people is bad. It's wrong, and I can't do that. I just can't do that without feeling guilty. There is one person I want to kill – the murderer who killed Damien. He, or she, needs to go down. If only I can find out who killed him.

*SNAP*

I turn out to find Inferno Blackheart standing behind me. He raises a sword above his head. I scream as he lowers his arm.

"Please don't kill me!" I shout. He laughs mockingly and continues to lower his arm. He does it slowly, as if to make me wait even more. It's not even fair.

"Help me!" I shout out into the forest.

Suddenly, a sword smashes into Inferno's head. His cries out in pain as he drops to the ground. I gasp and cover my mouth with my hand.

"THIS WASN'T PART OF THE PLAN!"

I look up and see Jolie Talon standing over Inferno's body. He stares up at her as blood pours out of his head. I know he's going to die, but I never imagined Jolie would kill Inferno. They were a team. In fact, they were the best team in the Games. And now this happened?

"What the heck?" Inferno shouted. Jolie leans down to gaze into his eyes.

"I told you to kill her. She's the enemy. Her twin brother died, so she deserves to die too. It's just that simple. We went over and over on this! You don't do things slowly. You kill them quickly. I am surprised at you. I thought you were a better warrior than that," she says.

Inferno holds up his hands in surrender, but I see his eyes rolling to the back of his head. Oh no. His time is almost up. I know he's going to die soon. He's losing too much blood. Honestly, I feel bad for the dude. He didn't expect that at all, especially from his tribute partner. Who kills your own tribute partner on purpose? It doesn't happen, unless you're the last two left.

"Can't you spare me for my one mistake? I'm sorry!" he shouts. She smiles and shakes her head. She is one cruel girl. She is serious about winning the Games. She won't let anyone get in her way.

"I'm sorry, Inferno, but I'm through with you. You were helpful for a while, but I knew you weren't meant to win. You're not as strong as I am. So, good-bye. Have a nice life in Hell," she says. She pulls out her sword and slams it down into his chest. Inferno cries out in pain. I wince and turn my head so I don't have to see him spitting up blood.

Seconds later, I hear the boom signaling his death. I turn and stare at his dead body. Poor guy. It's unfortunate how you die in the Hunger Games. Some people die from starvation, some people die from drowning while others die from murder. It's a cruel, hard world in this arena.

"It's your turn, pumpkin," she says as she turns toward me. I stare at her with fear. Oh no. This can't happen right now. I'm not ready to die. I promised Damien I would fight until the end to save my life. I can't break that promise.

"Get away from me," I spit out. She rolls her eyes and steps toward me.

"Do you realize I can kill you in two seconds flat?"

"Yeah, but I don't care. You still won't kill me," I say. She stares at me, and for a split second, I see her draw back. I see her eyes quiver as she tries to understand the power in my voice. I have to be tough, and that is exactly what I'm doing.

"Who do you think you are?" she asks.

"I'm Sakura Dragomir. What do you think you are? Oh, I know! You're a bitch."

She gasps and steps away from me. Her mouth falls open as she stares at me with shock. Then, she glares and holds her sword up high into the air.

"Hey! Don't tempt me!" she shouts. I shrug my shoulders and cross my arms over my chest.

"Go ahead. See if I care." She raises her hand and gazes down at me.

"I'm going to kill you!" she shouts. I shrug my shoulders. I must keep up this behavior. I have to continue to be tough. I have to show her that she isn't the only one who's in control anymore. I can be tough too. I'm a fighter also.

"I'd like to see you try," I say. I step back and stare at her.

"What did you say?" she asks, inching her way toward me.

"You heard me." She steps toward me. She raises the sword above my head. As it comes down, a voice appears out of nowhere.

"Hey! Leave her alone!"

We both turn to see District 3's Reagan Lockster. It's a surprise I remembered her name, but that's not the point right now. Julie turns and glares at her.

"We're in the middle of something right now," she says. Reagan walks over to us and shakes her head.

"I don't care if you're in the middle of something right now. You need to leave her alone. I'm sick and tired of how you walk all over people. You act like you're the queen of the Hunger Games, when in reality, you're not even close to being a queen. You're mean. You're nasty. You're a bitch. I wish someone would just kill you so we don't have to deal with you anymore," she says. Jolie laughs and rolls her eyes.

"If you want me dead, then why don't you do the job?" she asks.

"Do you want to die?"

Jolie stares at her. She slowly drops her sword to the ground. She shrugs her shoulders and holds up her hands.

"You've got me. Go ahead. Kill me. I'm done with this. Do it. Kill me now," she says. I glance over at Reagan with surprise. Is she serious? This can't be right. She really doesn't want Reagan to kill her.

"Are you sure?" she asks Jolie.

"I've never been so sure about something my whole life," she responds.

Reagan looks at me with fear. She reaches down and grabs the sword from the ground. She steps back and raises the sword up into the air. She closes her eyes. I know she is going on in her head. She's wondering why she got so lucky to kill the biggest warrior in the Games, but she's probably also scared to kill her.

"Do it already!" Jolie shouts.

"Okay!"

Reagan slowly lowers the sword. Then, she draws it back up into the air. She opens her eyes and stares into Jolie's eyes. I glance over and notice that Jolie is reaching into her pocket. Is she reaching for her token? What the heck is she doing?

Suddenly, as Reagan lowers her arm, Jolie reaches out her hand and stabs Reagan in the neck with a knife. I scream and cover my mouth with my hands. Oh shit! I wasn't expecting that at all. I mean, I know she was reaching for something, but I didn't know it was a knife.

Reagan screams and falls to the ground. Within seconds, I hear the loud boom signaling her death. She's dead. It was so quite. 20 seconds ago, she was here with us. Now, she's dead and gone. How does that even happen?

"I've done it again. You wanna be next?" she asks me. I quickly shake my head. She smiles and turns away from me. "That's what I thought."

She runs out of the forest. I watch her run away in bewilderment. She's a wild one. You never know when she will strike next.

A/N: As always, the names in bold are dead. Sorry!

District 1: Carson Lear

Aurora Lear

District 2: Inferno Blackheart

Jolie Talon

District 3: Darius Dragomir

Reagan Lockster

District 4: Lance Alcott

Indigo Nightshade

District 5: Apollo Cylpso

Angel Ward

District 6: James Marin

Katia Sievert

District 7: Tasi Merkava

Malaya Ruanda

District 8: Simon Vitalee

Maddie Wilde

District 9: Alby Blossom

Thalia Millentum

District 10: Damien Dragomir

Sakura Dragomir

District 11: Thunnus Seidon

Tansy Marie Hepperly

District 12: Ryder Hustiths

Sea Jackson

There you have it! There are eight tributes left. Isn't that exciting? I think so! Who do you think will be the victor? You'll just have to wait and see.

As always,

Fiddlegirl