The Games: Day One… Part One

Author's Note: I'm so EXCITED! Thanks for sticking with me.

Koda Vazer (District Six)

I let go of Ryland's hand as we step onto the plates. I inhale deeply and tell myself over and over again… I can do this. Ryland and I will stand together until the end.

I rise to the arena. We have to stay on this metal plate for a whole minute. Sixty seconds. I look around.

The arena is sort of beautiful. The water is beautiful and clear. It's too good to be true. It seems like the arena from the 50th Hunger Games. Everything was poisonous.

I look at Ryland as a warning. She stares back at me, her pretty face emotionless.

I see the water sources (although it may be poisonous) and bushes all around. The water might have fish in it.

What's this arena's fault?

Terrana Stoner (District Two)

The river stretches across the arena. Just beyond it is the Cornucopia.

I have to get a weapon. I don't care what it is. I'm not very good with anything besides weapons.

Food. I have to get food, too. I see bushes behind the Cornucopia and a forest way beyond. The arena goes beyond the forest, but I can't see any farther.

"WHAT'S GOING ON? WHERE'S THE GONG?" I exclaim, even though nobody answers.

"SHUT UP!" That stupid girl, Zroya, yells.

"MAKE ME!"

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN," Claudius Templesmith, the announcer, shouts.

The gong sounds and I run off the plate, heading toward that golden Cornucopia.

Calla Emmerlyn (District Ten)

"BROOKLYN!" I shout. Brooklyn looks toward me. "I'll meet you behind the Cornucopia."

"Got it," Brooklyn replies, grabbing Jocelyn by the arm and going to the stream. They leap over it and I grab everything I can get.

"Hurry," I mumble to myself, running faster and faster. My legs ache as I leap over the stream. Someone knocks me over and I scream. It's Cole.

"Don't!" he shouts to me. I don't understand until I see Zroya standing above him. She was going to kill me, but he knocked me over… and saved my life.

"Thank you!" I yell. Cole smiles weakly and rushes away. Zroya curses loudly.

He saved my life.

Colt Evans (District Nine)

Reddas is running quickly and I'm tripping over my own feet. Sparkz is behind us. We formed a quick alliance with him and Cole.

"Run, run!" Reddas urges.

"I'm trying!" I answer. Cole runs another way and I shout after him. He doesn't respond and I just shake my head.

"Zroya," Reddas warns. My breath catches in my throat and I propel faster.

"HAH!" Zroya shrieks. I turn around and see Sparkz drop to the ground.

"Sparkz," I tell Reddas.

"Oh, no," Reddas sighs. "We can't stop!"

"We have to keep going," I tell him. If Sparkz is with Zroya, he won't make it.

Brooklyn (District Eight)

"JOCELYN?"

I turn and see Calla kneeling down beside Jocelyn, who is on the floor, limp as a rag doll.

"What happened?" I ask.

"I… don't know." Calla starts shivering. "She just collapsed!"

"She's having an attack," I tell her. "She told me she has this weird disease where she passes out for five to ten minutes."

"Help me carry her," Calla demands. I nod and we hoist her onto our shoulders.

"No, you don't," Terrana shouts. She attacks us from behind and we fall to the ground. Terrana plunges her knife into Jocelyn's back and I shriek.

"DON'T!" I shout. I try to reach her, but Terrana picks her up and flings her far away.

"Run!" Calla orders.

"Jocelyn…"

"She's gone. We have to go!"

"O-okay…" I start crying and tears blur my vision.

Kale Morgan (District One)

I've heard two cannons go off. Zroya and Terrana have run off to kill the others, but the rest of the Careers are trying to find food. We're in the wheat field.

"So thirsty!" Coral sighs. "Guys, I'm going to drink the water behind the wheat field."

"Okay," Vincent answers.

"I'll come," Jared says. I follow them. I'm thirsty, too. Coral drinks first. She drops to the ground, water splattering onto the dusty ground.

"C-Coral?" Jared kneels beside her. "Are you okay?"

"Stupid… water…" she chokes. "It's… poisoned…"

"Coral, don't die," I mumble.

"Leave me here," Coral coughs. "I'll be fine."

"B-but…"

"JUST DO IT!" Coral shouts. She pushes us away and starts coughing. Flora starts crying and we leave her behind.

Ryland Fray

"THIS IS FOR ME!" Zroya shouts. Koda and I exclaim in surprise and turn around. Wesley is beside us and he leans down, panting hard.

"Selena!" Koda takes my hand as we back away. Once Zroya finds someone, there's no chance of surviving. Selena shrieks and Zroya plunges a dagger into her heart. Wesley looks away and I squeeze Koda's hand. Zroya smiles creepily, but doesn't come to us. Instead, she runs the other way. She's weird that way. She won't take out a whole group. Only a few people from each alliance.

"Selena…" I lean down beside her. Koda does as well.

"I'm… sorry I let you… down…" Selena whispers.

"Shh," Koda mumbles. "Don't talk."

"No, I have to," she coughs. "If you win… if you see… my dad… give… him… a hug…"

"We will," I promise. Selena smiles wanly and closes her eyes. She takes a shallow breath, lets it out, and doesn't breathe again.

Deaths:

Sparkz

Jocelyn

Selena

Coral

Author's Note: Sigh! I wish I could keep all of the tributes alive. ='( I'M SO SORRY! I'm thinking about writing a scene with all the dead tributes later. You'll find out. THANK YOU FOR READING!