Recap chapter!

I sit quietly on top of a supply crate as I watch the rain continuously pound the ground. I try my hardest to get comfortable against the wall. However, I can't find myself sitting still at all. I shake, feeling colder and colder by the minute. I take a deep breath.

A week ago, I wouldn't have expected to be here in the games freezing to death. Wondering if I was going to get out of this storm alive or not. Wondering if my older brother will be fine. You could've gone back and told me that I'd be reaped. Maybe I'd believe you, maybe I'd expect the worst. However, I wouldn't expect it to dig this hard into my head.

I take a few deeps breaths, looking outside and watching the rain pound the dirt and mud. Watching the wind destroy trees. Watching the world fall apart around me. I look back inside the cornucopia and try to warm up. I feel helpless again. I don't feel too scared, but I just feel empty.

For some reason though, this brings me into another thought. Soya. The other girl from my district who recently died. She always sat silently around the rest of us. I remember on the train ride. She sat silently next to Ceres. Now my thoughts move over to Ceres. Ceres is the other District 11 girl. She was clearly the opposite of Soya. Loud. Angry. She proved that she was a force to be reckoned with by the way she acted everywhere she went. In the bloodbath, she was dominant. She took out the careers almost single handedly. I'm getting chills just thinking about the whole bloodbath situation.

I look over my shoulder and notice that the bloody wound that has been there for a few days is slowly starting to heal up. I got it from a small skirmish with the District 10 girl, Bella, back in the bloodbath. It wasn't too bad but it still kind of hurts.

I look back outside. I blankly look outside as the whole arena is torn apart. I take a few deep breaths, trying to stay calm at the situation. I'm starting to wonder if it's possible for the whole cornucopia to just be ripped of its support and fly away. That'll leave me with absolutely nothing, then again it isn't like it wasn't like that before.

Way earlier into the games I found myself joining up with my assigned partner, Byke. We would be sharing the same supply line so if she died, I wouldn't be getting anything. Originally I was doubting my abilities. I thought joining up with somebody would make me feel less scared to be completely honest. Well, to be honest I forgot about my worries early on into the games.

I was too busy freaking out over every stupid thing Byke did. This included the District 6 male joining with us, which was her plan on along just she didn't let me know this beforehand. After that we ended up joining up with the girl from 4, Monica. Together, we managed to hide away from most of the early competition as they killed each other. It felt like an eternity. Me, Byke, Troy and Monica running along the arena hiding and talking about ourselves. Sometimes you could almost say I even forgot we were in the Hunger Games.

While it may have felt like an eternity... We were only together for a day and a half. In the middle of the night, my district partner and a girl she aligned with practically slaughtered us all. I was lucky to get out in one piece.

I lay back on a box, looking towards the ceiling. I should've known that everything would be torn apart in the way it was. My district partner, Ceres, is dangerous. I don't know what she did in 11 but it was bad enough that they rigged the reaping to put her into the games. Early on she was beginning to turn a few heads in her direction. She was narcissistic, snarky and all around clever. Hell, some even said she was quite sexy for somebody from such an impoverished District like 11.

She was the most confident and for the most part, I knew that she, along with the careers, would be the biggest obstacle in the games. The fact that she had aligned herself with the District 10 girl right as the games kicked of was also a problem.

The District 10 girl, Bella, seemed mysterious as soon as the reaping began. She was obviously going to be quite dangerous. Really, the only noteworthy thing I know she's done as of now is helping take out the careers, killing my friends and chasing me in the bloodbath.

Remembering the events of the bloodbath is still quite chilling. I will probably never forget the things I saw. Peers being killed all around me as I tried my hardest to quickly grab a bag. If it wasn't for the fact that I only slightly out of the way from the rest of the tributes I would've most definitely died.

I take a deep breath. My shoulder got sliced, that was about it. My shoulder is only bruised now but otherwise I'm fine there. I look down at my ankle. I'm surprised it isn't swollen from all the constant walking I've done, combined with the bird mutt that attacked me only a few days ago.

While I was in the little alliance with Byke, Monica and Troy I was basically caught in the middle of a barrage of attacks that would come out of nowhere. The first one was soon after we officially became an alliance. A giant serpent attacked us. Monica and me managed to take it out (While the others distracted it). It wasn't too much of a challenge but it was still pretty scary.

Later on that nearly got trapped in a cave as it filled up with water. Monica managed to rescue us (Albeit nearly drowning herself). Before we got attacked by Ceres and Bella, we were attacked by a pack of mutt birds that jabbed at them through the forest. we all ended up critically injured. Thankfully we were all given sponsorships and because of that we never bled out.

Soon afterwards though, we were attacked by Ceres and Bella. Byke and Troy were both eliminated very quickly with me and Monica barely getting out alive. Since then, I haven't seen Monica. Not once. At this point, I've decided to finish the games on my own.

Or... Well that was the original plan. Reminder: The games are done with two arenas. My older brother was in the other arena and from what I know he's currently alive. I'm so thankful for this because if I find him, we'll team up together. Though the only remaining problem is the fact that only one of us can come home, however I shove that thought far back.

I sit up and look back outside the cornucopia. The wind is howling and the rain is pelting the ground, causing mud to splatter the ground and upwards. Outside the cornucopia, the world seems to be spinning at 100 Miles per hour. It'd be a nightmare to be out their right now.

Alma is out there as I speak... Hope he's okay.

I don't actually know if he's still alive at the moment, but currently all I know is that I've heard 4 canon shots so far and I'm hoping that none of them are Alma.

I look back outside. The wind is howling violently and right into the cornucopia. I shiver heavily. I'm still wondering how long this storm will last. It's been about a day since it began storming and honestly this is worst than ANY of the storms I've seen in my life.

District 11 had thunder storms. This is worse than any thunderstorm that I have seen. It makes me wish I had my mom here with me...

And that reminds me of reaping day. Reaping day was just...

Considering it was my first time at reaping, I was expecting quite a sight to behold. But never in my life did I expect to be reaped. Nor did I expect it to happen to my brother.

I remember talking with mom. She couldn't hide the pain this brought her. It seemed as if she was having flashbacks, and I honestly bet she was. It's obvious that the reapings were rigged. Two siblings being reaped into the games in a District as big as 11? Pft, there I don't doubt it. Me and Alma always bet on the idea that they chose us since we were related to a former tribute. Rue, the 12 year old who died in the 74th Games.

Anyways, we didn't even get to completely say goodbye to our mother, and that left a bad taste in the mouth of both me and Alma.

I wonder... The chances of either of us coming home are low. However, would the Capitol be expecting it? I never really saw any reason for us to have been rigged into the games other than just to prove a point. Otherwise, our inclusion is almost pointless.

I look back outside of the cornucopia, watching the rain continuously fall. It doesn't remind me of 11, but it actually makes me home sick. Even in a place like 11, I felt safer...

I had people that cared about me. That held me tightly in situations that I couldn't comprehend. All of that was taken from me... And for what? Propaganda? A joke? I grit my teeth with anger.

Never did I think that I'd miss home more than I have now...

It's funny too. Wasn't I just talking about how awful District 11 was and how I wished I could leave. Somebody said there was a saying for this. Something like... You don't miss it until it's gone.

...

That reminds me of my dad. Whatever happened to him... That cold, snowy November night. I came home from school, still hiding my fear under that childish smile. My mother and Alma soon came back from the fields as it became to snowy to work and thus, they were forced to come home.

My mother brought up chocolate and we ate it.

We wondered where our dad had gone... And we never learned...

All I know is that life slowly dove inwards on itself for me. Imagine how my mom must feel. Lost her husband. Her dad. Now both of her kids... It's just...

"CRASH!"

There's a lighting strike not too far from the cornucopia. I look outwards, into the storm.

I... I...

I just wanna go home...

Heh. Nothing but a short recap chapter for the time being. Sorry it's so short but oh well. If you don't know where this series went, since I'm working on that SYOT I wanted to hold off this story, but I was working on this for a while.

Icyz11 - No problem. Also yes, Altar mercilessly kills animals... Isn't he 12...

Lol, thanks for reading and I'll see you next time.