Here is chapter 37 everyone! Hope you all enjoy! And please review!
Luca Vassera, District 3 POV
Everything was really quiet right now. The animals were still gone, and the wind wasn't blowing that much. All I could hear was the sound of my breathing as I hid myself in a tall tree. It was almost sunrise now and the feast would be beginning at any time. I was really nervous, but I knew that I could get in and out before anyone even noticed I was there.
I was currently standing up on a branch. I had climbed a really high tree so I could see my surroundings easier. I didn't see any tributes around, but my guess was that they were all just hiding. It was almost sunrise even though there still wasn't an actual sun in the arena.
I was really nervous and my anxiety was starting to overpower me. Was it really worth risking my life to get some mystery item? My mind soon became filled with thoughts and guesses to what this item would be. This item better be worth it or else I would be risking my own life for nothing.
I remember watching past games were District three tributes were killed during a feast of some sort. The female tribute from the 133rd Hunger Games made it to the final seven. She attended the feast to get some special weapon she was highly skilled with, but she was soon killed by a male tribute when he shot her with an arrow.
The arena was slowly getting lighter and everything was becoming clearer. I looked around the hill that led up to the cornucopia and I instantly saw two tributes slowly making their way up the hill. I recognized them as the girls from District seven and nine. They were close to each other and they didn't seem to notice me high in the trees.
As I watched the two girls walk up the hill I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. I turned my head to the left to see the girl from District four make her way out of the woods. She looked around nervously as she made sure no one was watching her. I was watching her though, but she didn't see me.
The feast was about to start any minute now, and I needed to get there fast. I instantly started climbing down the tall tree I was in. I finally jumped from a low branch and landed on my feet. I looked around at the tributes to make sure none of them saw me. It didn't look like any of them saw me.
I started to silently jog up the hill that led to the cornucopia. After jogging for about thirty seconds I finally stopped once I got to the top. I instantly got down on my knees so I didn't stand out as much. I looked to my left and to my right, but I didn't see any tributes. I knew the girls were hiding somewhere since I saw them already. I hadn't seen the boy from District eleven or Raphony though. Maybe they were hiding on the other side of the hill.
I looked in front of me at the pedestals where we rose up into the arena from. They were pretty tall and wide. I quickly got to my feet and ran to the pedestal directly in front of me. I then ducked down on my knees and hid myself behind the pedestal. I looked around and behind me again, but no one was in sight.
I peeked out from behind the pedestal and looked at the cornucopia. I hadn't seen it since I came into the arena. The first thing that stood out to me was the huge pile of bodies on the side of the cornucopia. At least half of the tributes must have been in that pile. I felt like throwing up, but I restrained from doing so.
There were multiple boxes, crates, and other items lying around the area as well, but they all looked like they had been burned. They had all been rendered useless. I looked again towards the mouth of the cornucopia. I heard a strange clanking sound as well as some sort of buzzing noise. A metallic table soon appeared in sight as it rose from the ground. I could see six nylon bags, but the one that stood out the most was the one that had the number three labeled on it. Well here goes nothing. The feast was now about to begin.
Raphony Timplesmet, District 1 POV
The Hunger Games usually always had a feast. They were pretty much my favorite part of the Games besides the bloodbath and the finale. Some unfortunate tribute always died during a feast, and one unfortunate tribute was about to die in this feast. Maybe even two tributes will end up dying today. Let's just hope that whoever gets killed dies by my hands.
My sword was gripped tightly in my right hand as I watched the metallic table rise from the snowy earth. I was currently hiding from within the cornucopia itself. I know it had been done many times before, but I knew it was a smart move. The tributes had probably forgotten the possibility that someone was hiding in the cornucopia waiting to strike.
The metallic table soon stopped rising and it came to a complete stand still. Everything was quiet and all you could hear was the winter winds of fate. I peeked out from the cornucopia to see if anyone was coming, but no one seemed to be. We were all waiting for someone to make the first move. I quickly hid myself from sight again and I took a deep breath.
Why was I feeling so nervous? I know I had it in myself to survive. The rest of the remaining tributes were only minor threats. I could kill anyone of them easily; except maybe Cherri. The little girl from District nine had proven to be tough, but she was only twelve. I could overpower her easily if I wanted to. Luca from District three was weak too, but I still wondered how he made it this far.
I silently creeped out from behind the cornucopia again, but still no one had made an attempt to get their bag. Calibur said that the table would only be here for ten minutes before it was taken back down, so someone would have to make a move soon. I was starting to get impatient. Why wouldn't anyone make a move? I knew for sure that if I made myself known to the others first they would just flee like cowards.
Something finally caught my eye and I instantly looked to my right. Aeriel seemed to appear out of nowhere. She was sprinting to the table as fast as she could. I saw her seastorm green coat sway in the air and I also saw a spear in her right hand. She also had an axe tied around her waist. A smile spread across my face as I waited to attack her. She was the final Career besides myself. She betrayed me at the bloodbath, and now it was time for her to pay the price.
Aeriel finally reached the table and grabbed her bag. I started to step out from the cornucopia, but I soon stopped as the boy from District eleven made an appearance. I watched in astonishment as he tackled Aeriel to the ground. Aeriel screamed in surprise and they both grunted when they hit the snowy ground. The boy from District eleven had a small sword in hand and was trying to shove it down into Aeriel's abdomen, but Aeriel had both hands gripped around the blade of the sword tightly.
I watched in amusement as the two struggled to gain the upper hand. Aeriel had shoved the small sword away form the boy and was now kicking and punching him. They both continued to duke it out and I suddenly saw something else coming from my left side. Cherri and the girl from District nine were running side by side.
Cherri seemed to have her axe and the other girl seemed to only have a single blade in her right hand. This was now my chance to make a move. I waited in anticipation as I waited for the right moment to strike. Cherri and the girl form District nine were now almost at the table. I waited another five seconds before I slowly walked out of the cornucopia and stopped once I had gotten behind the silver metallic table.
Cherri and the girl from District nine suddenly stopped running as they both looked at me in horror. My smile widened even more as I stretched my arm out and pointed my sword at them. They were only five feet away from me on the other side of the table. The girl form District nine kept looking back and forth between me and the other two tributes who were still wrestling on the ground. Cherri was only glaring at me, and that made the situation even more exciting.
"You two want your bags?" I asked in amusement. "If you want them then you'll have to get past me first!"
They didn't say anything back to me. They just continued to look at me. Fear and confusion was radiating from the little girl, but anger and determination was reeking from Cherri. I watched in surprise as Cherri raised her axe and pointed it at me like how I was pointing my sword at her. She then smiled at me.
"I think you mean you'll have to get past us if you want your bag." Cherri said as she suddenly grabbed my bag off the table and threw it far behind her.
Cherri Noirson, District 7 POV
Grace and I ran as fast as we could. The girl from District four and the boy from District eleven were too busy to deal with us. We ran straight for the metallic table that had our bags. We were only going to grab our bags because if we grabbed someone else's bag then they would only hunt us down.
We finally reached the table, but we suddenly stopped when Raphony appeared from inside the cornucopia. I can't believe we fell for that old trick! Raphony walked to the backside of the table and stopped. He looked at us and smiled evilly. He stretched his sword out at us and only looked amused. Grace kept constantly looking back between Raphony and the other two tributes. I knew she was truly frightened, but she needed to be brave right now.
"You two want your bags?" Raphony asked in amusement. "If you want them then you'll have to get past me first!"
I didn't respond at first. Grace and I continued to look at Raphony. I could see the fire burning in his eyes. He was really determined to kill one of us, but I was now very determined to kill him. I then raised my axe and pointed it at Raphony as I started to smile just like he was.
"I think you mean you'll have to get past us if you want your bag." I said as I quickly grabbed Raphony's bag and chucked it far behind me. Raphony watched in shock as his bag hit the snowy ground at least twenty or thirty feet behind us. Grace looked backwards at the bag too, but then quickly turned back around.
Raphony finally looked back at me and his smile quickly turned into a frown. He raised his sword quickly and swung it as hard as he could at me from across the metallic table. I instantly jumped back and Grace screamed a little as she stumbled back in surprise.
"You shouldn't have done that Cherri." Raphony said with hatred. Raphony suddenly grabbed both Grace's bag and mine and threw them backwards like I had done to his bag. Grace and I both watched in horror as our bags flew inside the cornucopia. Raphony then bent down and grabbed the bottom of the table. Grace and I only watched in shock as he suddenly picked the table up and flipped it over to the side.
There was now nothing standing in between Raphony and us. Grace was shaking a little, but she had her blade raised high. I wouldn't let anyone hurt Grace, especially Raphony. Five of the nylon bags were scattered around the ground. Raphony's bag was about twenty feet behind us and ours were inside the mouth of the cornucopia. The girl from District four had her bag, but she was still fighting the boy from District eleven. The other two bags were lying just to the side of us.
Raphony was now standing guard at the mouth of the cornucopia as he waited for us to make a move. How were we going to get those bags? Raphony was too powerful, even for the both of us together. The next thing that happened was unexpected. The boy from District three seemed to come out of nowhere. He quickly ran in between all three of us and picked up his bag, which happened to be lying right between Raphony and I. He zoomed right past us just like that and Raphony seemed caught off guard.
Raphony started to chase after the boy form District three. This was now our chance. We needed to get our bags quickly before Raphony came back.
"Come on!" I yelled at Grace. "Now is our chance to get our bags!"
"Okay!" she yelled.
We quickly ran into the cornucopia and picked up the bags. Both of the bags were nylon and a silver shiny color. There was a little stripe of color on both of the bags that represented our District. Mine was a russet brown color while Grace's bag had a bottle green color to it. The number seven was placed in between the colored stripe on my bag, and the number nine was on Grace's bag.
"Okay." I said calmly. "We have our bags. Let's get out of here now!"
I quickly ran outside from the cornucopia and kept running as fast as I could. I was nearly at the pedestals when I suddenly heard a yell.
"Cherri!" Grace screamed from the top of her lungs. "Help me!"
I instantly turned around to see Grace still inside the mouth of the cornucopia. Raphony seemed to have returned because he was now standing between Grace and her escape. She was trapped inside the cornucopia with nowhere to go. My eyes widened in fear as I watched Raphony slowly make his way towards Grace. Grace was retreating further back into the cornucopia as she continued to yell for help.
I quickly started to run towards her, but I suddenly felt something very heavy hit the side of me. I instantly fell down to the ground and the boy from District eleven fell right on top of me. My breath seemed to all come out at once as I felt the boy's heavy body on top of my own. He grunted in pain for a second before he quickly stood back up and started running. I looked to the side to see him chasing the girl from District four, who seemed to be running towards the forest. I watched for a while until they both disappeared from view. I looked back at the cornucopia and saw the by from District eleven's bag still lying on the ground. I guess he didn't really care about it.
I soon remembered what I had been doing as I heard a scream from within the cornucopia. I quickly got to my feet and started running again to the cornucopia. I could clearly see both Raphony and Grace inside the cornucopia. Grace was standing with her back against the wall and Raphony was right in front of her getting ready to attack her with his sword.
I was almost there as I watched Grace suddenly thrust her blade at Raphony, but he caught her hand with his own and stopped her from getting him. I could see Grace struggle to push the blade into Raphony, but I watched in horror as Raphony turned her own hand around with his own so the blade was pointed at Grace.
"Grace!" I yelled. "I'm coming!"
My eyes started to fill with tears as I entered the inside of the cornucopia. I suddenly stopped moving and froze in horror as I watched Raphony push Grace's hand down onto her chest. I heard Grace gasp loudly and heard Raphony chuckle slightly. Raphony suddenly let go of Grace's hand and backed up until he was a good two or three feet away from her.
I looked over to Grace. Her whole body was shaking and her hand was still holding the blade that was currently inside of her chest. My eyes filled with tears as I watched Grace quickly pull the blade out from her body. She gasped even more as her whole body slid down to the ground against the wall of the cornucopia.
"Grace!" I yelled out loudly. I quickly turned my attention back to Raphony who somehow ended up outside of the cornucopia behind me.
"This isn't over." Raphony said sternly. He quickly started to run away and I watched him as he picked up his bag that I had previously thrown. I started to run after him, but a voice stopped me.
"C-Cherri." Grace said quietly. I instantly turned back around and saw Grace sitting with her back against the cornucopia. Her hands were on her chest, but the blood seemed to be flowing out of her body at a frightening pace. I ran over to her and bent down beside her. I took her hands in my own and she looked at me while tears ran down her cheeks.
"I'm so sorry Grace!" I yelled out as I started to cry my eyes out. "I promised you that I would protect you, and I-I didn't! How could I have let this happen? I thought you were right behind me, but you weren't! I could have saved you if I actually waited for you! Can you ever forgive me?"
Grace only smiled slightly as she squeezed my hands tightly. "You did protect me Cherri." Grace said weakly. "You saved me from those monsters we call the Capitol. I will never ever forget you Cherri."
Grace suddenly closed her eyes and her hands stopped squeezing my own. I heard her breathe one last breath before all went quiet. I didn't know what to do now. I waited for a second before a cannon sounded out. I instantly broke down crying as I picked up Grace's body and hugged her tightly. She was now dead, and there was nothing I could ever do to bring her back.
Damian Platurkk, District 11 POV
I watched as the metallic table rose from the ground. The feast was going to start any second now. I waited for someone to make the first move, but no one seemed to want to. My eyes soon looked at the metallic table again and I found my bag. I really wondered what was inside of it.
I suddenly snapped back to reality as I saw Aeriel appear out of nowhere. She was booking it to the metallic table, and I only grew angry at the sight of her. I quickly got to my feet and started chasing her as fast as I could. I was really fast and I was almost on her now. I was right behind her now and she still didn't notice me. She quickly grabbed her bag off the table and turned around. I instantly jumped at her and tackled her to the ground.
Aeriel screamed in surprise and we both grunted once we hit the snowy ground. I had the small sword in my hand that once belonged to Andrew. I had hid all my other weapons by a tree because I didn't want to carry too much things. I rolled around on Aeriel until I was on top of her. I instantly shoved my sword down at her chest without thinking. She quickly grabbed the sword and stopped it in mid air. I tried to push down hard, but she proved to be strong. She suddenly threw my sword to the side and I accidentally let go of it.
I watched my sword fly to the ground in astonishment. Aeriel then started to punch and kick at me, and every hit felt like a slap to the face. I quickly stood up and ran to the side. I picked up my sword and saw that Aeriel had gotten up herself. She suddenly started running again towards the direction of the pedestals.
"Oh no you don't!" I yelled out at her. I started chasing her again, and I soon caught up to her once we reached the pedestals. She looked behind her shoulder once before turning her head back around. She then jumped up onto one of the pedestals and turned around to face me.
I quickly swung my sword at her, but she deflected it with her spear. I was pushing as hard as I could, but she was far stronger than I thought. She was pushing back and soon enough I fell backwards onto the ground. I grunted again and looked up at her. She was smiling and looking down at me.
"I thought you would have been much stronger." Aeriel said. "I guess looks aren't everything."
She then laughed as she jumped off the pedestal. She started running from pedestal to pedestal as she jumped on and off each one. She was laughing loudly to herself.
"Just try to catch me Damian!" she yelled out.
I screamed out in anger as I rose to my feet. I grabbed my sword off the ground again and started to chase Aeriel yet again. After about thirty seconds I had caught up to her again. We were now running side by side. She was still running from pedestal to pedestal, which I found strange. She was only making herself slower.
She then looked at me and smiled. She suddenly made a ninety-degree turn and pushed me with all her might. I stumbled backwards and soon felt myself hit something. I fell to the ground again, but this time I landed on the girl from District seven. We both grunted in pain and I looked up to see Aeriel running away towards the woods. I couldn't let her get away. I couldn't let her get away again.
I rose up to my feet again and started chasing Aeriel into the woods. I glanced backwards to see the girl from District seven running towards the cornucopia. I heard someone screaming, but I didn't have time to stop and watch the show. I started running down the hill and saw Aeriel run into the woods.
I continued to run for about two minutes before I realized that I had lost her. I stopped running and threw my sword at the ground. I screamed out loudly because I was so frustrated right now. Aeriel had escaped again. I soon calmed myself down, but fear shot through my whole body once a cannon boomed loudly. Someone just died. I honestly hoped it was Aeriel, but it was highly unlikely. One of the other tributes probably died back at the cornucopia. I didn't care much about them though. All I cared about was Aeriel. I will see her again, and when I do I will make sure she doesn't get away again.
End of Chapter 37
I hoped you all enjoyed the feast! I know it was so sad the Grace died, but all of them have to died except for one! I thought it was so sad! Who do you think will win? Who else will die? All will be revealed in upcoming chapters! There is only 6 more chapters until the victor is crowned and only 8 more chapters until the story is finished! Hope you all enjoy this story! Please remember to review, please just do it. It means the world to me. I only get like one review for every chapter I put up. just please review! :) Until next time, have a good day! PEACE
District 1
-Raphony Timplesmet
-Tetra Merribrown (blinded by a flash bomb and then speared through the heart by Aeriel)
District 2
-Barndo Deletush (killed in an avalanche)
-Millicent Sanrain (blade thrown into back by Chaelleigh and then thrown into boiling lake by Iris where she boiled alive)
District 3
-Luca Vassera
-Rwanda Cattlecope (died from her infected wound)
District 4
-Pivon Ghoown (killed by Luca by getting head smashed against a ice rock and then drowned in a pond)
-Aeriel Pavorotti
District 5
-Wattson Draindrop (killed by Barndo by arrow through neck)
-Chaelleigh Surgelect (killed by Raphony who cut off her legs and then died from loss of blood)
District 6
-Kriston Heslop (killed by Raphony by sword through the stomach)
-Sarahna Arleston (killed by tracker jackers)
District 7
-Jacko Fernas (killed by Raphony by sword through the stomach and side)
-Cherri Noirson
District 8
-Kitt Lonell (killed by pink colored birds who skewered his throat until they killed him)
-Auburn Orttos (killed by Spade with a poison dart in the back of her neck)
District 9
-Spade Winvester (killed by Kitt by getting a mace to the head)
-Grace Jaelson (Killed by Raphony after he corned her in the cornucopia and stabbed her in the chest with her own blade)
District 10
-Denvin Surices (killed by Tetra by knife attached to her whip which slit his throat)
-Iris Matthews (Killed by Cherri when Cherri sliced her throat open with a blade)
District 11
-Damian Platurkk
-Sonny Mauver (killed by Millicent by poison knifes which made her heart stop)
District 12
-Andrew Truarkk (stabbed in the back by Aeriel)
-Sapphire Luvally (electrocuted to death when she raised her blade up to the sky in the electricity filled wasteland.)