I sit on the top of the cornucopia, watching as the sun now sets on the arena. I was wrong. This was the cornucopia we started at, just I was thinking a little backwards. Disappointing, yes. Though to be honest, it wasn't anything to get hyped over. What IS something to get interested over is the fact that not very long after I started jumping trees, the announcer came back on the air and announced that tonight they'd show all of the currently deceased tributes to catch us up.
This is good because I'll get to know who's dead and who's alive.
Anyways. Let me explain what the hell happened between the time I got kidnapped by District 5 and 9 and now. I managed to get from tree to tree [Almost like a monkey] and then I rushed over here to the cornucopia. I got some drinking water and got on top of the cornucopia. For a while now, I've been watching from above. Nobody has run by me yet though.
At this moment, I finish eating the last of the crackers I had picked up at the cornucopia, back when the bloodbath went down. I'm still inspecting the area.
"Still... Nobody is around... Hm..." I say to myself.
I should've stopped drabbling around hours ago when I got here but sitting on top of the cornucopia while times flies is... actually quite relaxing. For the first time in... well, ever I think my heart is pounding out of excitement and not fear like it usually does.
After OH so many days of being on my toes, now is the day where I feel kind of interested in seeing what happens next in the games instead of being afraid everything is going to go downhill. Though the sky was already pretty dark before hand, the sky is FAR darker than it had ever been before leading to me assuming that it's somewhere around night time.
I was hoping I'd see more tributes before then but... Oh well. I take in a breath of fresh air as I stand up on the cornucopia. I question weather I should stay and wait the rest of the games out or just leave. Maybe I'll find my brother faster that way.
The story just gets off and off doesn't it. First my whole goal was to see how long I could survive. THEN I decided it'd be nice to stick around with an alliance and survive with them... Then I gave up. Now it's time to search for my older brother.
If he's alive that is but you know, I shouldn't doubt it. He was asked to join the careers after all.
I look up at the sky. "I hope he hasn't suffered from too many traumatic things." I sigh.
Since I've gotten here, I've been the only thing I've had. I'm not counting Byke, Troy and Monica. They were great but... They were only around for so long. Thinking of them again frustrates me.
The thought that has been clouding my head in the meanwhile is that... well I believe that I could've helped them. Troy died wanting to protect Byke and died doing just that. But then again, what was I supposed to do about that, fight the girl from 10? She would've run me over without mercy.
That also gives me a thought. Considering how she was chasing me, I'm surprised she let me off like that. It's lucky to be honest.
Whatever. I sit upon the top of the cornucopia for hours at a time, watching the remaining light in the arena slowly but shortly vanish. I await the news... knowing who has survived and who has perished. Today... Day 5... It'll be the halfway point for the games.
Honestly it's kind of interesting when you remember that last year, the games were actually only 5 days. Hm...
By this point, the sky is almost completely black. I don't know whether to blame the bipolar weather system or just the night sky that it's covering. I'm not thinking about anything in particular anymore. While Byke and Troy still haunt my thoughts annually I'm gradually accepting it... But that makes me feel horrible.
I mean, why am I just tossing their deaths to the side like that? Shouldn't I care. Something in me doesn't...
However, I jolt when the anthem begins playing. The Capitol seal appears in the sky, lighting up my surroundings as if it was the only star in the sky. I await the recap. Who has lived? Who has died?
I see the face of the District 1 boy, the one who messed with me in training. Then the female. However, it jumps right over to District 2 meaning that the others from our arena are still alive.
Over in the other arena, they lost their female counterpart. District 3 lost 3 out of their 4 tributes (Only having a male tribute from the other arena). District 4 still has both of its tributes from the other arena miraculously.
District 5 has only one tribute in the other arena as the other two perished.
Then... Comes Byke and Troy again. I sigh, seeing their faces once more. District 6 was complete wiped out. 7 Has at least one girl while 8 was wiped out just like 6. I sigh.
Next comes 9 which has both tributes from the other arena still around as well as the one from ours.
The only one from 10 happens to be Bella so...
Next comes 11, the first face to show up is Soya's...
My heart stops for a moment. I almost forgot about Soya... quiet... depressed and innocent Soya. Seeing her face up there... Her depressed look, her eyes widened like she was a puppy. But when I look closer, it looks more like she's in a state of shock. Her mouth is open, as if she wants to say something.
It pains me a little, knowing that she's gone. For the second time in the arena, I kiss my pointer, middle and index fingers before pointing them towards her image.
"Goodbye Soya. You didn't deserve this. They can burn and hell for doing this to you." I say.
I kind of smile at what I just said because honestly you don't know who I mean by they. Do I mean her parents? The Capitol? This kids who killed her? Well I can assume the Capitol can assume I'm talking about them but I'll deal with that one later...
The next face is one of the District 12 tributes. In only one second I go through a mood wiplash as I jump for joy, realizing that my brother is fine and alive at the current moment. Just I have to find him, that's all...
Find him...
I sit back down. Find him in THIS arena? Jee, that sounds easy doesn't it. I groan. I look back up at the sky. I know that every single move I make is critical and I can't afford to do anything stupid anymore. I might die after all. I need Alma though... I just need too find him...
Anyhow, looking back up I find that District 12 has lost all of their tributes. So that makes about... 16 of us? Whoa, that's... quite a lot... Better keep my guard.
I begin to get up and scoot off of the top of the cornucopia. I jump down, back onto the crate the helped me get up, before looking at my surroundings. The dark sky along with the VERY dark clouds make visibility nearly impossible now but I decide that it's now or never.
Slowly, I make my way up north. In this direction was not only the beach but also a very large mountainous area that surrounded it. It could be some pretty good cover for all I know.
I rush inside the cornucopia before settling down and slowly removing unnecessary stuff from my bag. After this, I grab some food before placing it inside my bag. After I do that, I get up and begin my exit from the area surrounding the cornucopia.
It seems that I have a long journey ahead don't I?
"CRRAAACCKK!" But suddenly the piercing sound of thunder interrupts my thoughts.
Another storm? Really?
I'm inclined to just continue on my way, as if nothing is going on.
"BAM!" When suddenly the next lighting strike hits a tree not very far outside.
I jump back, horrified. "Okay, so maybe I should stay back..." I begin walking back.
It only takes a few seconds for rain to start pouring from the sky. And when I say pour... It pours. It's raining so hard that I'm immediately drenched and cold. It's almost as if the sky was crying out.
I quickly turned around and ran for the safety of the cornucopia. My feet stomp up the mud puddles that the rain form as I charge directly over to the cornucopia.
By the time I've arrived in the safety of the cornucopia, I'm completely drenched and cold. I'm breathing heavily.
"Okay, so major rain storm is going to stop me from finding Alma... Guess I better hide out in here." I say to myself, breathing heavily.
I feel there's a possibility that another tribute might just rush up in here but at this point, I just want to stay out of the rain.
Quietly, I take off my bag and lay myself against a wall. However, it doesn't take very long for water to start flooding into the cornucopia forcing me to jump up on a create to avoid getting wet.
What a pain. So is this arena just a bunch of storms or something like that because it's getting VERY annoying.
I sigh. Tomorrow? Hopefully or something like that.
Iwatch as the rain continues to get increasingly heavier. While I said before that I thought the rain was soothing, it slowly starts to get bad. The rain goes from pouring to the ground to literally POUNDING the ground.
What the hell is this? This is even worse than the storms in 11?
Thunder continues to sound from the sky as time slowly goes by...
Time Passes...
I'm awoken by a sudden lighting strike. I'm jolted upwards, breathing heavily. "Oh, the storm." I say to myself.
I look around. I'm surprised the cornucopia hasn't just flown away due to the storm. Speaking of which, taking one look outside makes me glad that I decided not to venture through the storm considering how the winds have been bad enough to knock over a few of the trees in the surrounding area.
I gaze out, watching as the wind tears everything apart. Some of the supplies that were once inside the cornucopia have been moved. The wind inside the cornucopia is causing my hair to flow back a little but otherwise, it's not as bad as it is outside the cornucopia.
Somethings not right here. This isn't just a thunderstorm is it?
I just assume that it is for now. Anyways, I'm just going to have to stake it out until daytime comes. I take another look outside. The rain, the wind, the thunder and lightning... they all make going outside at the moment currently suicidal.
Lucky me. I get to hide out in the cornucopia. Sadly the other 15 tributes won't be able to. They'll be struggling against the awfulness of the storm..
Tomorrow... Tomorrow I'll find you... Alma...
Remaining Tributes
District 1 Male
District 1 Female
District 2 Male
District 3 Male
District 4 Male
District 4 Female (Monica)
District 4 Female
District 5 Female (Circa)
District 7 Female
District 9 Male (Bran)
District 9 Male
District 9 Female
District 10 Female (Bella)
District 11 Male (Altar)
District 11 Male (Alma)
District 11 Female (Ceres)
Thank god for Breath of the Wilds soundtrack, it wouldn't get me in the mood for writing. Anyways, I was actually surprised. I outdid myself because I have 16 more tributes to play around with meaning that... Well this story is gonna go on FAR longer than I meant for it. Hooray I guess?
Sorry for the AWFULLY short chapter this week (No this does not confirm that there's a weekly schedule, just it's always around a week when I get these done), I decided to split this part of the story since most of the problems that this storm will cause will need to happen... Well, when Altar wakes up for Day 6. See you then!
(Funny thing, I'm pretty sure I came up with the name for this chapter after binge watching all of Death Note in less than a week...)
