51st Hunger Games: Felina Powell, District 2, age 18
The first thing the alliance does is beat the tar out of the kids from Twelve. It means more get away from the bloodbath, but the honor of their districts is salved and now they can go about their business. As a pack they hunt down three single tributes and the pair from Seven in three days, and all seems to be going well. Until Tiberius decides that he doesn't trust their allies from One.
She's seen the glances and whisperings of Shimmer and Garnet too, and knows that the pair will probably try to backstab them eventually, but she tells him it's too early to pick a fight yet. He doesn't listen. He calls out Garnet, who he thinks is the bigger threat, and the boy from One responds quickly and skilfully. Tiberius, for all his brute strength and unending stamina dies to a small sharp knife that snicks his femoral artery.
Garnet is bruised and angry, but ultimately the rest of the alliance holds, at least until they take out the other fodder. When it comes to the melee, she knows she's the obvious first target. For all the talk of not caring, it's rare for any of them to go after a district partner when there's someone else to strike first.
Both boys come at her, and for a moment she considers taking the dishonour of stepping out of the rough circle scratched into the muddy ground. But her district has already lost honor enough this Games with Tib's stupidity, and she manages to weather the attacks until Shimmer, the winner of the other duel distracts Warner. One on one against Garnet, she is wary of his blade skills, and makes sure he only cuts her where it won't matter in the short term.
From the corner of her eye she sees Warner go down, and twists aside at the expected attack from behind. Shimmer over-balances and crashes straight into Garnet, giving her the chance she needs to end them both.
As the light goes out of Shim's eyes and the trumpets of victory blare, all she can think of is her former ally helping her fix her hair and laughing about boys. They could have been friends.
