Parson Link
I open my eyes and flinch away from the blinding Sun shining in the door to my stone hut. I walk outside and see a silver parachute on the ground woth my name on it. I pick it up and carry it inside. I hope it's food. I found a small water source by the vocano, but I've been living on small berries from a few of the bushes surrounding the island and I've been getting hungrier and hungrier every day. I open it up and pull out the contents; a loaf of bread and a package of dried fruit. Good. I'll be able to live now that I have food.
I think about Cliff.
I've been doing that a lot for the last few days.
When someone dies for you, you can't help but think about it a lot.
Yesterday, the ghost guy and Dreu Anders both died.
I should be dead right now, and I can't stop thinking about it. Cliff should be here, not me.
He had a life to go home to. Me? I'm not sure I even want to go home. I don't want to go back to beatings and pain. I'd rather die. But Icarus is stuck there with father. I hope she left, I hope she's safe.
There must be a lot of action going on somewhere right now, because I can't believe they haven't started trying to move me from the safety of my little house yet.
I don't know what to think of that.
They must like me, at least a bit, because I've gotten two sponsor parachutes in the games, the one today and the one on the first day.
I'm starting to understand why Icarus always stayed with me at home.
Being alone almost... hurts. I hate it. I want to talk to someone, anyone, but no one has come.
It makes me wonder... why do people try to win, when afterwards, they'll just be lonely again.
Ruby Emerson
It is latest night. I am sick of this. I'm sick of being the other one in the pack, I'm sick of being left behind To guard the stuff, I'm sick of these games. I don't know why I ever volunteered. It doesn't make sense to me now. I could be safe at home, but instead, I'm here by my own choice. It always ends up like this, doesn't it. The rest of the pack decides that they don't like one of the tributes. Then they just abandon them.
I just can't deal with this any more. Yesterday they left me here, without waking me up At all, and went off and made a kill.
Today, they'll probably do the same.
I'm starting to understand why Cassia and Aaron left the pack. I envy them. My head sinks into my pillow and I fall asleep.
~Meanwhile~
Charlotte Lace
"Sawyer, wake up, she's asleep now." Sawyer opens his eyes and sits up.
"You're sure you want to do it so early in the games?"
"Look, then it'll just be us and Cleone. Cleone is definately staying, she's worth something. Ruby is pointless."
"Alright, for you." He kisses my cheek and then picks up his sword and tiptoe over to Ruby's sleeping bag. He taps her shoulder and she opens her eyes ad stares up at him, Her eyes wide and full of fear. "Sorry Ruby, but you just didn't cut it." He Slams his sword into her stomach. She screams and covers her wound with her arms.
"I thought... you were my friends."
"Oh, we WERE. But not anymore."
"What... did... I ever..." she collapses.
BOOM!
I hug Sawyer. "Wow. Already almost halfway through the tributes. Were at 11 dead, right?"
"Yep, 11 I think. Almost Halfway through."
Stream Wrena
"Stream, Stream HELP!" My eyes fly open and I jump out of the sleeping bag and run outside. Gwen is lying on the ground crying. I don't understand what's happening for a moment and then I realize that Gwen's leg is stuck under some sort of trap. A huge spike is jammed into her calf and a tarp is wrapped around it, trapping her so that she can't move. Muffy is helplessly trying to get it off her but she can't. I run over.
"Shhh, shhh, everything is alright. Okay, Muffy, you, need to move. Muffy walks away from the trap. I run over and examine it. Gwen is bleeding all over. I grab the dagger from my pack and cut at the tarp until it falls apart and Gwen isn't trapped under it. "This is going to hurt a lot, but it's the only way." I grab the spike and yank until it cones out of Gwen's leg and drops to the ground. Gwen sobs and cries. I stare at the huge bleeding hole in her leg. I don't know what to do, so I just sort of pick her up and carry her inside. The only thing that could fix it would be some sort of capital medicine or bandage, but we don't have anything like that. I tear off the bottom of my cargo pants so that they're more like shorts, and wrap the piece of cloth around her wound. I lay her on the sleeping bag. "Okay, Gwen, Muffy will stay here with you. I had an idea. I dont know if it will work... but I'm going to try." Muffy walks in.
"Wait, no, Stream, don't go anywhere. I can do whatever it is. You need to take care of Gwen."
"No, Muffy, it's too dangerous."
"Look, were in the middle of the hunger games and I can do dangerous things. Its no different then you doing it."
"I know, Muffy. But it probably won't work at all."
"What is it?"
"Well, I think the district eleven girl and her ally came back to the main island too yesterday, and I remembered that they were both pretty nice. I mean, obviously they're good since they're alive, but I thought I could try approaching her. Then if I managed to befriend them, I could ask her about any plants that will help wound like this. I know it's a stupid idea. There's no way it would work, really. But I could try..." Muffy stares for a moment.
"I'll do it. I'll go. I'm not afraid to die trying."
"No, Muffy-" she runs out he door of the snack and I kust watch as she runs off into the distance. I know that nothing I do will stop her. She has too strong a will. So I sit and wait in the shack with Gwen.
Muffy Lepidus
I run through the street of the main island.
I have to find Amina Hambley, the district eleven girl. I have to. Yesterday we caught a glimpse of her an her ally making camp in a stone house over near the docks. We just ran away. But I'm good at retracing my steps, I always have been. That's why I have to do this. Because I know I can.
"Eva, listen." I hear the voice and look at the stone house right by me. I very slowly peek in the door.
"Please, don't kill me!" I say.
"Who are you?" The really, really short one says.
"I'm Muffy. Muffy Lepidus. Please help me. Dont kill me. I need your help." Amina frowns suspiciously.
"Empty your pockets. Then you can come in." Thankfully, I don't have any weapons. Once I prove that to them, They, still suspicious, let me in. "So what do you need? Why come to us? We're supposed to be your enemies."
"I know... But... look, my friend Gwen, she got a huge spike in her leg and she's bleeding all over. I thought that, since you're from district eleven, you might know a plant that could stop infection and help heal it." She stares at me.
"You came here for one of your allies?"
"Yes." Amina looks at her ally and her ally nods.
"Okay, well, I'll help you. But only this one time. I shouldn't help you. But I will. Come on, we have a boat. We'll have to go to the jungle.
Amina Hambley
I'm a bit lost at what to do. I know that I should kill her, because she isn't my ally and I can't be nice, but at the same time I really want to help her. After all, I would provably do the same thing if Eva was dying. I sail our boat to the jungle island.
"Eva? What should I do?" I whisper.
"Help her!"
"Okay, fine."
"Muffy! Over here, I think I see some!" I grab a handful of dark green leaves. "Make a paste with these using water. The just rub it on her wound. It should help it a lot." The little girl takes the leaves from my hand and stuffs them in her pocket.
"Thank you so mu-" She drops to the ground. I have no idea what's happening and then I realize that another girl is standing behind us. Kate, I think. Muffy is lying on the ground with a knife in her runs to the boat and unhooks it and I pick up Muffy and jump in before the other girl can get us too. We sail back to the main island at full speed.
"Amina... I have to... get these to Gwen. I have to." Muffy whispers. "I... can't die yet." We hook up at the docks and I think for a moment.
"Fine. Tell me where your alliance is staying. But don't tell me exactly, just the near vicinity." I don't want her to tell me exactly, because then I'll have to betray her and her allies, and I don't want to do that.
"N...near the volcano. I... I can... go from there." Eva and I help her to the base of the volcano and start to walk away.
"Muffy? Good luck." I say. Then Eva and I head back to our camp.
Muffy Lepidus.
I drag myself to our camp. It is slow and very, very painful, but I have to get the leaves to Gwen. I have to. I see our hut and collapse, gasping in agonizing pain.
"Stream." I say as loudly I can. She walks out of the house and runs to me.
"Muffy! No, Muffy, what happened!"
"I... I found them, like you said. We went... to the jungle... and she found these." I weakly hand Her the leaves. "But I... got stabbed. I... had...to come... back. For Gwen." I start shaking uncontrollably. "Put it on the... gash. It'll... save her."
"No, Muffy, you can't die! No, Muffy..." Stream sobs, hugging me tightly.
"Its okay... Stream. Now you can... win. Its... alright." I close my eyes and slowly sink into darkness.
"You're somewhere better now, Muffy. I'll never forget, I swear I'll never forget..." Streams voice grows softer and softer until it is gone.
BOOM!
Alright, another chapter! Sorry these two chapter took so long, but I was I was camping with no WiFi.
What did you think of this chapter? Two more sad deaths? Please review!
Explanations:
Ruby: I didn't ever like Ruby that much. I mean, she was a good OC, but I just didn't LIKE her. So now she's dead. Sorry!
Muffy: NOOOOOOOO! I loved Muffy! I really wanted her to live. But it was either her or Gwen, and I have sone plans for later in the games, so she just had to go. RIP Muffy. You'll always be my favourite.
