Ello everyone. Sorry it took so long. Life is shitty. Anyway make sure to vote in the poll.

And just to address this, some of you didn't realize Jase died. His death is in Miki's POV from last chapter. Just to clear that up.

Melanie "Mel" MacDougall POV

6 cannons, 6 deaths, 6 faces in the sky. Those people are gone forever. It seems unreal. How can they be dead? The entire concept has been messing with my head all night. I roll the white coin and red pill between my fingers. Both will be very helpful but it won't do much good without supplies. Sooner or later, I'll start getting super hungry and dehydrated.

I push myself up into a sitting position. The night seems so peaceful. I stand up and survey my surroundings. As far as the eye can see, cherry blossoms sway in the warm breeze. It could be worse. We could have been in the middle of a freezing ocean. The Careers would have won for sure, but now we have a chance! With these pills and the extra supplies we should be able to have a non-career win! Then it hits me.

I have a coin. I almost laugh out loud. This is the key to the supply building! If I can make it there I can get supplies! But what kind of building is it? I head over to the tallest cherry blossom tree in the area and scale its trunk. Blossoms fall around me like snow, as I attempt to shimmy up.

It takes a few tries but eventually I am successful. I take a sweeping gaze of the area. The night and the trees obscure most of the arena. Who knows what is hiding under all those blossoms. I see the pond by the Cornucopia, and I turn 180 degrees.

A dark towering shape is in the distance. I'm almost positive that that is the building with the supplies. I just have to go straight.

Naturally I got lost. I let out a groan of frustration. I need to get to that building! I let out a small shriek as a light illuminate next to me. Paper lanterns line the trees in an obvious path. My immediate thought is trap, but it could be a sponsor gift.

I contemplate my choices. That scream could have been heard so I need to get away from this spot. I decide to follow the lanterns.

As I follow them, all the lanterns behind me go out, leading me on and not back. There's no telling who or what could be lurking out there so I decide to keep following.

I've been walking for what must have been a few hour or more when I hear the sounds of running water. I sprint ahead not even thinking what the water could mean. Soon, the water seems like it is right there. The lanterns stop once the trees do.

In front of me is rushing river. The water is a deep blue color. It's beautiful. However the water is moving exceptionally fast, and the only way across to the lantern floating on the opposite bank in a bunch of small stepping stones.

"You've got to be kidding me." I search to my left and right looking for another way. None greets me. The towering building, which is now recognizable as large pagoda, towers in front of me. It was in one of my books back in D3.

"So close!" I groan. I take a deep breathe.

"I can do this. I can do this." I take a step onto the first rock. Water roars around me. I take another step and another. I have to make a little jump to the next one. I keep making my way across towards the lantern. So far so good.

"Ok, just three more." I say to myself.

"One." I step.

"Two."

"Three." I cross to the last step. The bank lies in front of me. Just one short hop. I prepare myself to jump. Suddenly I'm tilted.

"Oh no." The rock slides to the right unnaturally, throwing me into the angry waters. I'm spinning and spinning. I gasp as I surface for a moment and tumble back under. I hear another rumbling. A waterfall, and I have no idea how big it is. I don't have choice. I tumble over the side and look that the risen sun before I plunge down below.

The sun warms my face as I wake up. The sky is a bright pink. Dawn. I get brushing stones and dirt off me. I'm lying just beside a small lagoon that the waterfall flows into.

I'm so lucky! I should have died. I look at my reflection in the water and almost throw up. My hair is mangled, my outfit torn, and I'm bleeding all over. Then I see the rock imbedded in the side of neck, just far enough away to not instantly kill me.

"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god." I start to cry. Not just because there's a rock in my neck, my red pill is missing and this whole place is just awful. I just lay down, listening to the sounds the waterfall.

The pill is gone. I needed that! I get up and desperately search the lagoon. I'm there for maybe an hour before I give up. I decide the only chance I have of not dying of possible infection is either getting to Odessa or the Temple.

Odessa or Temple. The decision pains me.

"I'm sorry Odessa." I trudge up small hill and look for the towering object, which is not as close as it was. I begin my trek towards it. It might be my only chance of survival.

Tati Rutherford POV

I flip around the bloodstained coin. It's a shame the pure white had to be messed up, but it was an effective weapon. I wish I had killed more though! I'm a pissed. At least we are suiting up for some hunting.

"Ok, so are we going to camp at the building, stay here, or rove? What will it be?" Blake says.

"I think we should all go to the building and go from there." V says. She jumps off the crate she was sitting on, literally springing into the conversation.

"Yeah, but then we leave this stuff unguarded." Marnie declares.

"We could throw this stuff in the water." I offer.

"We don't have any idea what supplies are in the building. Perhaps it is better if some stay and guard here." Calder states.

"Yeah but if the other large alliance attacks, the person left could be in trouble." V says.

"Hmm." Calder ponders.

"What if we leave Lennon here since he's really not looking well?" Calder finally says.

"I'm fine!" Lennon glares, but his face and body language show otherwise.

"I'm sorry Lennon, you did well, but you need rest. How about you stay here with the speed pill just in case. Also someone else should stay behind." Calder staring at us. No one offers.

"Oh what the hell, I'll stay and watch him." V says sitting next to Lennon. "I know a few things about medicine."

"Very well. The speed pill is yours. The rest of us will head out. Marnie, Tati, keep hold of those coins." Calder instructs. We pick through the weapons and packs. Each of us takes a nearly identical tan backpack with a few medical and food supplies. We leave plenty of room for supplies from the building.

I find a particular sharp sword. It's as flashy or long as Calder's katana, but it works very well for me. I smile at the blade wondering how many lives it will claim. Calder, Blake, Marnie, and I head out, leaving on one of the bridges. We have a sense of where we are going since V did some scouting in the early morning.

Marnie carries throwing knives, Blake holds and trident and a sword strapped to his back, Calder has his katana, and I have my super sharp sword. I can't wait to see what tributes these weapons will pierce.

The blossoms soon obscure our view of the Cornucopia and V and Lennon. We decided to leave the speed pill with them in case they are attacked. We take Marnie's black coin and my white coin however, because they have something to do with the building.

We work our way through the trees. Every so often Marnie scales a tree to make sure we are going the right way. It takes a really long time before we hear water rushing.

"Ah." Blake says sitting at the edge of the river, dangling his bare feet in. The water is moving really fast. I won't touch the water. Stone steps go across the river to the other side. The building with sloped roof awaits. Marnie is already hoping across. Calder is sharpening his katana on a sharp rock at the edge of the river near Blake. I take a sweeping glance of the surroundings. No one seems to be near us.

"Hey guys, someone was here." Marnie calls from the other bank.

"Wait what!" I answer back approaching the edge. Marnie hops back across with ease.

"Yeah the last stone a scrape, like someone fell off it. It's probably either really wobbly or a trap. We should skip that stone and just hit the other bank." She informs us. My stomach turns. What if I fall in and don't get the jump. Really the only thing I'm scared of in the arena is water. I'm so glad it wasn't a water based arena, but this is still bad.

"Shouldn't be too much of a problem." Calder says, rising.

"Yep, let's cross. Everyone grab their stuff." Blake says. Marnie leads, with Calder right behind her. Then me, and then Blake. I cross pretty well. Then the final step. I breathe deeply. Don't think, just jump. I jump. My feet hit the bank. I stumble back a bit, but Calder catches me.

"I wasn't going in, I had it under control." I glare.

"Can't be too careful." He says. I huff. Blake makes the jump and we collect ourselves before continuing.

"The person who fell is downstream, so they will probably still be in the area. Keep an eye out." Marnie says, leading us off towards the towering building.

When we finally push past the blossoms, the building stands in full height. It is in a large clearing, with trees lining it. The left half of the building is white, and the right half is black. Instead of a solid base, supports slope up from either side of a small pool. The pool is directly underneath the middle of the entire building.

"Wow." Blake gawks. He springs towards the pool. Those D4 kids. He pulls off his shirt and pants, and wades into the water. That will get sponsors probably. Or maybe he just wants to relax in the water.

"Guys, look." Marnie whispers, pointing. 2 small boys emerge from the forest on the black side.

"Calder!" I hiss. He doesn't respond right away. I motion to Marnie. We will take care of them ourselves. We sprint towards them.

"They see us!" I spit. Marnie pulls out a throwing dagger and throws. It hits one of the boys in the chest. He falls. I see crimson already spouting. The other boy lets out a scream and races to the building. Marnie throws again, but hits the building as he passes out of view, as we round the side, the boy puts a black coin in a slot on the door. The door slides open, and he dashes inside. The door closes as quickly as it opened.

"Damn!" I shout. I hear a moaning. I look at the boy on the stained grass. He head crunches as Marnie finishes him with her dagger. A cannon fires. Calder and Blake were already behind us when Marnie finished him.

"Nice." I compliment Marnie. "The next one's mine though." She grins and nods her head.

"Guys check this out." Marnie pulls a strength pill from the boy's broken form.

"Hell yeah!" I say.

Calder stands there, smiling at the body. "Another kill for us, and another pill." Blake is dripping wet, still in only his undergarments.

"I'll dry off then." He says. Calder throws him blanket and he heads off behind the building.

"Over there!" I screech. A girl who is noticeably bleeding is heading towards the door on the white side. The three of us sprint towards her. Marnie shoots a dagger. Her aim is little off and the girl is fast. Her dagger still manages to hit the girl's leg. She screams and fall on the steps.

"Oh we got this one." I say, going as fast as I can towards her. We reach the stairs, but somehow, she has dragged herself the stairs. We watch her disappear into the white door.

"FUCK!" I yell kicking the door.

"Can't we enter too? I mean you do have a white coin." Calder points out.

"Oh yeah." I pull out the white coin and put it in the slot. The coin shoots back out.

"What the fuck!" I yell.

"Maybe only one coin at a time is allowed inside." Marnie suggests. I sigh.

"Well they can't stay in there forever, and I think this may be the perfect spot to catch tributes, I mean we've already seen three toady, who knows how many more." Calder says grinning.

"Agreed. But we should head back to the others first." Marnie says.

"Should we? Let's wait it out and see." I offer.

"Alright. We will camp out here." Calder decides. Blake rejoins us and we fill him in. He bites his lip.

"I hope the others won't be worried." He says.

"Oh come on, as long as our faces aren't in the sky tonight, they will know we are fine. Let's set up." I say.

"Then it's settled. I can't to see who we will catch next." Calder says gazing at the trees and endless blossoms.

Denver Collins POV

Our alliance is off to a really god start. We should be overjoyed. However, losing Jase really has taken its toll on us. We mourned all last night. Miki and Lorn saw it go down, and both were deeply depressed. According to them the large boy from 2 killed him when he was escaping.

"He saved me!" Lorn had bawled. It was a very depressing night. We have to orient ourselves though. This is the Hunger Games after all. We have to move.

Miki got a white coin and I got a black one. I'm sure both we be useful once we reach the building. The best fine was by Callie, who found a speed pill in a pack.

I gather the five of us around.

"Ok guys, we lost Jase, but we can still keep going. We have a black and a white coin, plus a speed pill. We can do this. I think our first order of business is make our way to the Temple. But we need someone to climb a tree and get a perspective." I say.

"I'll do it. Climbing to heights was my specialty back in District 5." Miki volunteers.

"Great! Just find the highest tree in this general area." I say. Miki dashes off.

"We should eat." Travis offers. We agree. We shift through the food Travis got in the 4 backpacks he grabbed, and the one Callie grabbed. We have lots of crackers, dried fruit, and bread.

"Honestly this is the best we could hope for." Callie says, biting into a cracker. She was wrong. A silver parachute floats and lands next to her.

"Is that a sponsor gift?" Lorn exclaims.

"I think it is!" Travis replies.

"Callie, you do the honors." I grin. She swallows the crackers. She opens the contents and finds a platter of cheeses.

"Oh my God!" She gawks.

"Ok guys, but we have to ration it." I warn.

"We will do our best!" Travis laughs.

"Hey, I'm going to check on Miki." Lorn says.

"Ok Lorn, just be careful." I respond.

A few minutes later a cannon booms.

The three of us stand up in hock.

"Lorn, Miki!" I call. I know it's dangerous but we need to find them. They race back, both visibly shaken.

"Thank god everyone is ok." Miki says. We let out a collective sigh of relief.

"We should move. Now." Callie declares, already packing.

"Agreed. Let's move out."

Karolina Williams POV

So far the day has been uneventful. Only one cannon fired. It could be anyone. When it fired I puzzled over what could have killed them. Was it the Careers, Lorn, another tributes, mutts, or something else? I guess it doesn't really matter. They are dead after all, and nothing will bring them back.

I claimed a rope, a knife, and flint/steel. Not the best, but it is the essentials. I'm glad I did some edible plants. There's lots of exotic stuff in here. These berries I've been eating all day are particularly good.

The best thing I got was a yellow pill. The yellow colored ones give super strength. I'm sure that will help be a lot in the future, so I must save it until the end, or when I have no other options available.

The boy from 9 is shone in the sky after the anthem plays. Then the night is still except for the rustling of the blossoms. I decide to climb a tree. I surround myself with the blossoms obsercuing me from view below. They are quite comfy. I let the rustle soothe me into sleep. It's going to be a long week or so.

There we go. That was the longest chapter so far. I hope it was worth the wait.

D9 Male: Wentworth Bell (13)-Knife thrown by Marnie. Wentworth was a tribute who was just kind of there. He didn't stand out, but wasn't unnoticeable. He did not have the skills to win and was lucky to survive the Bloodbath. I'm glad he made a friend in Angus in his short time. He was a sweet boy. Placed 18th

Alliances

Careers: Calder, Tati, Lennon, V, Blake, Marnie

Denver, Callie, Travis, Miki, Lorn

*I didn't put Mel and Odessa because they aren't together rn*

Loners

Mel

Odessa

Karolina

Rina

Angus

Achyles

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