After the BB

Eva Estevz

Amina and I run and run and run and run. I didn't think I could even run, much less for this long, but whatever. When we finally reach the docks, There are still two boats left. I think the little girls took one of them. We clamber up onto a shiny sailboat and Amina drops the small pack she managed to grab onto the boat floor.

"So... how does this thing work?" I say, staring at the steering wheel thing.

"I think..." she hops off the boat and looks around. "Yeah, I need to unhook this. Okay, be ready to pull me back in." She unhooks the rope from a hook and I haul her back onto the little sailboat deck as we start to move. I can't believe that we got one of the boats! Take that, careers! Amina starts steering around the calm water, and I open up the pack. "What's in it?"

"Ummm... rope, and a package of dried fruit and this dagger."

"Oh, I was hoping for more."

"Eh, It should be fine. We showed those careers! I just hope another tribute gets that last boat, because then they'll have to swim!" We sail by a cold, snowy looking island, a forest, an island full of caves, and a jungle. Suddenly the air changes. It is sharper, and carries some mist.

"The last island. The hidden island." Amina mumbles. She sails towards the shape of an island and the mist gets thicker and thicker.

"Aminnnnnnaaaaa?! We should go back to the forest.I can't see anything."

"I know you can't. But neither can anyone else!" Suddenly we break out the mist and I see the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. And that's coming from me. The island in front of us has got to be paradise! A huge, crystal waterfall splashes into a pool on the far side, where we are. It is lush, and full of flowers. We sail towards the waterfall and park our boat on the edge. Amina grabs her lack and we step off.

"Hey look!" I point at the waterfall and we run towards it. Behind the sparkling water, I can just make out the outline of a hole! A cave! We run to the waterfall and run through as fast as we can,even laughing as we get wet. We venture into the cave. The walls sparkle with minerals and gems. It is perfect!

Stream Wrena

We step off our boat onto the forest island. We didn't want to go farther than we have to, because if someone steals our boat, we don't want to have to swim very far. None of us speak. We are all still mourning for Shae. We each took something from the cornucopia, so we take our backpacks from the boat and drag the boat of on shore a bit, so it is better concealed. We walk for a little while, and then Muffy stops. Its strange, because my friends look so different now than they did yesterday. So sad.

"We Should camp here, in that tall tree. We can sleep up there, where the branches part. I make a safe sort of bowl." I'm not sure who else died this morning other than Shae. We saw a boat a few minutes ago, but just for a split second before it disappeared into one mist. Muffy and Gwen help me climb up, since my brace is in the way. Then they throw their bags up to me and start climbing themselves. When we're up at the top, we are concealed by leaves and branches. We sit down in the little space and open our packs.

"Well just share everything." Muffy says. We find that combined, we have a sleeping bag, a fleece blanket, a package of dried fruit, two loaves of bread, and a small but full bottle of water.

"We did pretty well."

"Yeah." Gwen stares up at the sky for a moment and then looks back at us. "She was my friend. She was so like me. Why did she have to die? Why did they do that."

"Because this is the hunger games, and that's how it goes."

"Now... now we have to win. One of us has to win, for Shae. For everyone that died."

"Yeah." We sit there. The sky starts to darken and we hear the anthem. We all look up in the sky as the faces begin to appear.

Cliff Xavier comes first. I can't stand to look at his emotionless, blank face on the screen

Thomas Cox. He was arrogant and annoying, but seeing his face on the screen, covered in blood still, he just looks like a little boy. A scared little boy.

Lorcan Scythe. I can't believe he's dead. One of the stronger underdogs must have killed him.

Jackson Revise. I never knew him very well, but his face looks almost peaceful. He is sleeping now.

Chloe Darkwood is next. I really liked her, and hope that her ally, Jon didn't die too. They were always really nice. Her eyes stare blankly.

David Cornell. Muffy starts quietly crying when she sees his face, because she knew him well. He was her partner, I think.

Shae Montgomery. Her ponytail is matted with blood, and her eyes are closed. Gwen stares for a moment in horror, and then holds up her fingers in salute to Shae. Then Muffy dies the same, And I finalize the salute. Shae's face flickers and disappears, and the anthem plays yet again. Finally the sky is black. Gwen enrolls the sleeping bag.

"You guys can share it. I'll just take the blanket." We lay down, Muffy and curl up in the sleeping bag, and we all fall right asleep.

Parson Link

I run. I run away from Cliffs body, I just run and run. It should've been me. I was the one who started the fight with the careers, I was the one who slowed him down, I was the one that he died for.

Its not fair. He had a reason to live, a reason to win. And now he's dead, and its my fault. I stop and stare up at the huge volcano that is in the center of the island. Knowing the homemakers, it won't erupt until nearer to the end. I walk into one of the tiny stone houses and sit down on the floor. The careers won't fond me here. There are so many stone houses, they won't be able to check all of them. I didn't manage to get anything in the bloodbath.

"Why?" I whisper up to the sky. "Why do you kill my ally, and then leave me with nothing?" And just like that, I hear a little bell and a parachute drops down by my door. I hesitantly bring it inside and open it. In it lays a dagger. I look up at the sky again. "Thank you." I read the slip of paper inside.

"Parson- you survived the bloodbath, now FIND AN ALLY!" Love, your escort Victoria Phillipe.

PS- don't do anything stupid." I want to rip the note to shreds, but I don't. No matter how dense she may be, she possibly just saved my life. I tuck the note in my pocket and then peek my head out of my little house and watch as the anthem plays and the faces are shown in the sky. Cliff looks so blank, not like the real Cliff at all. I feel a tinge of happiness, though, when neither Eva or or Amina show up there. I'm nothing like them, and I never will be.

But they're nice, and they deserve to live.

Alright, so that concludes the first day of the games! Currently, this is what is known about the whereabouts of tributes.

Eva and Amina- "Paradise Island"

Little girls- forest island

Careers- near the cornucopia

Parson- in a house by the volcano

Everyone else- somewhere...

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