Iris
"Iris, Iris." Something shook me awake. I yawned and rolled over, a clear sign to leave me alone.
"Iris, wake up." The person whispered,
"I am awake!" I snapped, sitting up. A thin orange light spread across the horizon signalling it was dawn.
"What do you want?"
"Cannons…there was 4 cannons just then one after the other!" Morpheus said, speaking quickly and quietly.
"And?" I said, resisting the urge to punch my brother because he woke me up.
"Someone went on a rampage and killed loads of people, that someone is Diamond and Rolex. They need to be stopped!" I paused, thinking for a moment. Even though it was still dark I could see Diamond and Rolex fast asleep beside the cornucopia, could they have killed people and ten come back? I wasn't sure, but a weird feeling at the back of my brain said they were to blame. They were waiting for the chance to kill me, I was sure of it.
"We need to do something before they do something to us. Like kill us." I whispered, Morpheus nodded he had already come to that conclusion. I stood up, shaking the numbness from my legs. I pulled my long sword from my belt loop and passed it from hand to hand. I could kill them both right now, really easily. But could I? I'm hungry and tired and not at my best physical condition, whereas Diamond and Rolex seemed to be full of energy and all I seem to do is eat cactus. Cactus. A pang of hunger tore at my stomach; I picked up my ruck sack and started to eat the cactus supplies I had in there.
"You're up early?" Rolex said his voice right behind me. I froze and placed one hand on my sword.
"You're up early as well," I noted a slight acidity in my voice. Rolex shrugged.
"I haven't been sleeping very well; I'm up early all the time."
"Doing what? Trying to kill people, stealing supplies? I bet you do it all, you're probably poisoning us!" Morpheus exclaimed, he picked up his spear and ran at Rolex. Rolex punched Morpheus straight in the face and his spear clattered to the floor. Morpheus tried to pick it up but Rolex pinned him to the floor in one smooth move.
"Get off me!" Morpheus spat, wriggling in the District 1 boy's grasp.
"What is wrong with you, what's happened Morpheus? You've changed and I'm scared for you, the whole cornucopia episode and last night, I think there's something wrong." I sat beside my brother, unsure what to do. But as he mentioned last night something clicked in the back of my head, like a switch. I stood up, lifting my sword and struck Rolex on the back of the head. The boy lumped to the floor, blood pouring from his head. Morpheus scrambled from underneath him, a wide smile plastered across his face. A cannon boomed across the arena and Diamond woke up with a start. Her eyes darted around and caught sight of Rolex. She screamed, her once nice face contorted into horror.
"What have you done?" She exclaimed, running up towards me. Her hand reached down to grab a knife but Morpheus knocked her to the ground.
"You're trying to kill us, your both plotting. Well you were your little Rolex is dead now. You were both idiots to try and kill us because we figured it out!" I laughed, somehow finding this whole situation hilarious.
"Your insane, Iris. We weren't plotting-GET OF ME MORPHEUS!" Morpheus smiled as he dug his knees deeper into Diamonds gut; he had managed to grab his spear and was now trailing it down her arm. I lifted my sword, Diamonds blue eyes froze with fear and she made a sound like a sick animal. I dropped my sword down into her throat and her struggles stopped. Morpheus burst out laughing, blood had sprayed his face and it was slowly dribbling down his neck.
"We did it; we got rid of the traitors. We did it, Iris!" Morpheus grabbed me and pulled me up into a big hug, I laughed and hugged him back. Releasing me, Morpheus gathered a few bows, which we seemed to have a large supply off, and started a big fire. I watched curiously as he opened his back pack and spilt the last of his cactus onto the embers. I wiped the edge of my sword clean and began to eat my own cactus breakfast. By now the sun had risen across the orange sky and was casting a nice warm glow onto the arena. I stood up and walked away from the two dead bodies, realising the game makers would want to remove them. No sooner had I walked away did the hovercraft appear. I smiled and waved at the empty windows, knowing someone would be controlling that and would see me. Air time.
"Did you love that kill Panem? I have to say, killing traitors is so much fun! I would love to say a nice big hello to my Mother and Father who will be watching, I'll be home soon!" Morpheus looked up at me from his fire, cactus juice dribbling down his chin
"You'll be home soon?" He asked his voice laced with poison. I shrugged,
"Yep, I'll be home soon, nice warm bed and a nice warm meal. Yummy! And Mother can braid my hair again, like she did when I was going to the reaping. Nemsi tried to do the braid again but failed miserably, he just doesn't know how to make the ends of my hair curls so I look like goddess." I sighed dramatically and flicked my hair from my shoulder. Morpheus smiled slyly at me from his fire.
"You're going home? Oh Iris" Morpheus burst out laughing, I glared at him. "Iris, I'm the one who's going to win this, not you. You're never going to see Mum or Dad ever again, it's tragic really to think if you'd kept your promise you would have gone home." I picked up my sword and charged; a sudden burst of anger fuelling my actions. I swung my sword around and hit Morpheus shoulder. He rolled over, picking up his spear and stood up.
"I am going home, not you. Me. Everyone knows I'm going to win." I rolled my eyes; he was clearly crazy because no one had ever said he was going to win this game. Without warning Morpheus ran at me, his spear aimed straight at my heart. I rolled to the side, narrowly missing his spear head. Morpheus grabbed my arm and pulled me to my feet, I screamed and head butted him. My fingers grasped the hilt of my sword and I tugged it from my belt loop. Morpheus charged again, his spear hitting my arm. Almost instantly blood began to flow from the wound and drip onto the floor. I held my sword up and swung at his head, he kept ducking and dodging my swings, all the while he attempted to stab me with his spear. I turned around and scrambled up the side of the cornucopia, Morpheus grabbed my ankle and tried to pull me down but I had a firm grip and I shook my leg violently. Shakily climbing to my feet, I aimed my sword and threw. The silver blade struck right where I had aimed-the centre of my brother's head. Morpheus's dark eyes grew wide with fear as blood dribbled down his skull, a split second later he crumpled to the floor and a cannon sounded.