Day 8

In short, I screwed up; you probably noticed I took the poll down; it's because I missed off one of the tributes and I thought it's hardly fair considering there have already been 9 voters so I'm reposting it now. I'm really sorry for the problem; what I'm gonna have to do is post this, then a Capitol chapter, then Day 9 ending with another Capitol bit so I can conclude the contest as I wanted to.

Whittier Lear POV

I wake up feeling restrained; great that big lug Lupus has his arms around me. We shared a sleeping bag last night; I would have given him his own but Santana snatched one for herself, leaving just the one and I couldn't very well have him and Scout in a position where they could plot together could I? So I had to leave one of them out in the cold. Scout was the obvious choice; he's so easy to manipulate. Plus even if he didn't buy it, what's he gonna do? It's Scout for goodness sake. I'm pretty sure Lupus wanted to do more than just share the sleeping bag last night. But like I say; it's all about the teasing, not about the pleasing.

"Morning beautiful; when did you wake up?" Lupus smirks.

"A while ago; I missed the feel of those muscles" I touch his hard abs; he's

"Hey, I was missing the feel of your jugs before I fell asleep."

He tries to touch my boobs but I grab his hand.

"Uh-ah; like but don't touch babe; that's the rules" I tease "Though maybe a kiss wouldn't hurt."

I've kissed Lupus once and that's enough for me to tell we he likes. If there's one thing I've learned here, it's that men are as weak as I always thought.

"Whittier what are you doing?" cries Scout suddenly.

"Oh jeez Scout; I can explain sweetie" I unzip the sleeping bag and wriggle out of Lupus's grasp.

"No I can; it's about time you knew Scoutie boy; Whittier is my girl. You know why she's my girl? Because you're a boy and I'm a man" Lupus snarls; tears appear in Scout's eyes "Aw what's wrong kid? You gonna cry about it?"

"Well this is about to get interesting" Santana sits up and smiles; eurgh who invited this bitch into the conversation.

"You son of a bitch" Scout's eyes are seething with hate, directed at Lupus.

He picks up a spear; oh shit are they gonna fight? Not that I hadn't planned for it but this is too soon. I can't have them killing each other; we'll be outnumbered compared to some of the other alliances. But Scout walks straight past Lupus and towards the woods; then he turns back and looks at me.

"I'm going hunting; I'll prove to you I'm as much a man as him" he points at Lupus then runs off.

I go to Lupus for "comfort"; like I need it. We both know that dope probably won't come back; it's a small price to pay. I don't care.

Jenneth Myra Speare POV

When I wake up, I still feel weak. From the looks of things it's about midday but Luke is still sleeping. For a split second, I'm panicked but then I see his chest rising and falling regularly. He's exhausted by the looks of it; he's probably been watching me all night. I don't recognise where we are; I just know we aren't in the labyrinth. It looks like we're in some kind of cave; it's a small one though. The ceiling is low; I can only just sit up. There's just enough room for Luke and I to fit. I look down at the rags that acted as a bandage; they're red, but the blood is dry. I crawl past Luke as carefully as I can without waking him and cautiously out of the cave. We're in the middle a forest by a small river; Luke must have carried me for a least a couple of miles. I go to stand but I hear something tear and the blood comes back. It'll take me weeks to recover; there's no way of me winning Nor Luke while he's constantly trying to look after me. I may not love him, but I care for him deeply; I have to give him his best chances. I quickly spell out; I DID IT FOR YOU with some pebbles before ripping of the rags. The rip is like a small pinch but then a burning pain feels my body, as if I'm living the attack all over again. I jump into the river and lie there; the stinging goes. This time as my vision blurs it's almost- soothing. God forgive me.

BOOM

Scout Parker POV

I'll show them; I can kill in a heartbeat. Just because I don't torture doesn't mean I can't kill. I can be strong. I set up a net, climb up and a tree and wait. A few minutes later, I see the girl from 6 walking along quietly. She has a penknife in her hand but that's it. She'll be easy pickings. Sure enough, the trap is sprung and I hear her wheezing in panic. I jump down from the tree and pull out my spear smirking at her.

"What do we have here?" I try to sound threatening.

"P-please" she whispers.

"I'm sorry; but I have to do this."

I raise my spear- but I can't do it. She's looking right at me; her brown eyes are so innocent. It's like I know what I'm supposed to be doing but something is stopping me. It's more than guilt; I don't want to hurt her. I'm not- I can't be in love with her. I'm in love with Whittier. I notice she's stopped panicking and she's looking at me too. She doesn't look scared anymore. We don't say anything else; I cut her down and she runs off into the night.

Dandelion Wildflee POV

We can't stop; it's like we're trapped. We're using our last energy trying to find the one thing that can restore it. I don't know what keeps Clio moving. Neither of us has eaten or drank for days. It's dark now; I'll lose him if I'm not careful.

"Clio; Clio come back. I can't keep up!" I call as loud as I can.

Without warning, my legs go numb and I fall. But to my joy, I look up to see a berry bush. I reach for it greedily when someone cruelly pulls me away. I can't see who it is and I'm too exhausted to resist. They only take me a few feet away; I don't bother to consider why before going after the berries again.

"Dani no!" I hear Clio's croaky voice and look up "That's nightlock Dani! You'd be dead in a minute."

I back away from the bush as fast as I can manage; how could I be so stupid? With Clio's help, I get back up again but I don't know how much longer I can do this.

"What are we going to do? We can't keep running forever Clio" I whimper but he doesn't respond "Clio?"

"Shh; can you hear that?" Clio asks; I listen hard.

Is that water running? We both follow the sound to find a river. I rush over first and cup some in my hands; I can't drink it fast enough. Clio soon joins me. We don't care who sees us; we're just trying to survive the next few minutes. Then I see it- and I scream.

"Dani, stop; someone will hear you" Clio shakes me to get me to be quiet, but it's when I start coughing I stop.

"Girl; there's a girl there. I don't think she's breathing" I stammer still slightly hoarse.

Before he can look; the hovercraft appears. I don't know why it didn't get the body before but I see the identity of it when I look up to the sky.

District 11: Jenneth Myra Speare

I don't know who she was, but she's the first body I've seen and I didn't like it one bit.

Jeez, I don't even know what I'm gonna do with Dani but I'm worried for her. If you're a fricken idiot, the girl from 6 was Juliette. I'm sorry to see Jenneth go; see below for my reasons. I should say Juke (Jenneth and Luke) was the second most popular couple. I have left way too many questions open here; I hope you're all really confuzzled but I'm gonna add some questions for you to ponder. Why couldn't Scout kill Juliette? Who's dominating the Careers; Lupus or Whittier? Who would I rather be, SpongeBob or Mr T (Russell Howard FTW)?

Death List

24th- Lewis Simmons: I had no problem with him but I thought one of the alliances should have a loss plus I think following Ruby is the kind of thing Lewis would do. I will miss him though; he was all cheery.

23rd- Mai Moonheart: I always felt so sad when I was writing for her; I had no idea what to do with her character. I thought it'd be best if I just ended her pain.

22nd- Coal Hartcell: I felt kind of bad killing him because he's been pretty popular but I struggled to write for him.

21st- Terrian Demetrius: I'm sorry to his creator but he was one of the hardest characters for me to write for. I have no idea why. Plus, he was all bitchy towards Cersai and I'm thinking "this girl has enough issues without you targeting her".

20th- Riddell Thicket: After not giving him an alliance, I didn't know what to do with him. Sorry to everyone who supported him.

19th- Dusty Abernez: In short, I thought I should have another death and believe me, choosing who to kill off was pretty bloody hard. In the end I chose Dusty, just because I thought he'd fallen under Whittier's spell the most and was therefore most likely to do something stupid.

18th- Ruby Rachel Rodriguez: I literally chose the first person who I could think of a death for; it was the only way.

17th- Annaliese Slate: Pretty much the same reason as Ruby but also because I didn't want her death end up too cliché.

16th- Jayden Williams: He wasn't as popular as some other tributes and I thought he'd run his course.

15th- Reedman Phelps: Like Jayden, he wasn't overly popular but I did like him quite a bit; at least he died a good man.

14th- Jenneth Myra Speare: She was actually reasonably popular but I just wasn't feeling her storyline anymore; also, I unfortunately left her in an awkward position what with her critical injuries and all.

Remaining Tributes

Both District 1 Tributes

Both District 2 Tributes

Clio Slate of District 3

Santana Wolf of District 4

Both District 6 Tributes

Nicole Jade Smith of District 7

Angel West of District 8

Cersai Grace Helms of District 9

Luke Matthew Pond of District 11

Dandelion Wildflee of District 12