I wake to the sound of the mockingjays. I slowly open my eyes and look up at the leaves of our tree.

Abby is already awake. She looks up as I shift my eyes to her.

"Good, you're awake. We got more bread from District 12 last night. I suppose I can eat now?"

I laugh. "Of course. As long as you save some for me."

Abby breaks the loaf in half, then breaks one half in half again. She gives one half to me and eats the other.

I watch a mockingjay fly overhead. Two smaller ones follow it.

Abby whistles. The mockingjays make the same sound.

"That's awesome." I say with a laugh. I try to whistle, but can't. I can only make a similar but quiet sound through my teeth. Close enough.

I make the whistling sound through my teeth. The mockingjays don't hear.

I call out to the birds, and they hear that. They imitate it.

For hours we call out to the mockingjays and they respond.

Finally we take a break and go to the water. I carry both my axe and my knife and leave them on the shore. Abby lays down her sword and we splash water at each other.

A sickening feeling fills me. I turn around and find three tributes standing about ten feet from the shore. Skye from District 6, Marilyn from District 9, and Jeff from District 10. They must have heard us calling out to the mockingjays.

Jeff raises a knife that looks more like a saw and runs forward.

Abby and I splash to the shore and grab our weapons. We try to run back to the tree, but they chase after us.

Abby splashes across a smaller pond, and I stumble after her. She scrambles up a hill. I swiftly follow.

Jeff, Skye, and Marilyn easily follow. Finally Jeff throws the knife. I dodge it. He quickly grabs it. I keep running. We all slide down the other side of the hill and jump to our feet quickly. We keep running. We have to get away. They're stronger than us.

Abby quickly notices a cave in the sand. While the others are busy trying to get to their feet, we swing ourselves into it.

"You okay?" she asks, panting.

"Yes."

We hide deep in the cave for what seems like hours until we think they're gone. We climb back out and realize we were wrong.

They chase us into the grass. Water is spread across the area. I see the Cornucopia in the distance. We could lead them there and try to trick them into rubbing against the cornucopia.

But we don't have time for that.

Jeff throws the knife again, and it hits Abby's burned foot. She screams and crumbles to the ground. Jeff grabs the knife and Marilyn comes up behind them.

Abby swings her sword blindly, desperately trying to keep them away. They dodge it and keep trying to kill her.

Skye knocks me to the ground. I forgot about her.

We wrestle in the grass. I try to get her wrist with my axe but she always blocks it with her knife. I have to trick her. I should go for her wrist and then get her head.

A cannon fires and my stomach drops. That can't be Abby.

I glance over and see that it is not Abby, but Marilyn. She finally managed to hit her with the sword. Now she wrestles with Jeff.

I fake the axe to the left, then swing at her head. She figures out the trick and grabs my wrists.

My arms are pinned back.

Skye raises the knife and prepares to thrust it into my heart.

"Abby," I whisper. "Help."

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