Im going to be honest, I've wanted to end this story for a long time. I even wrote out a summary for this. However, I decided to give this story a real ending. It is a very Game Of Thrones ending, all the plot points are the same but it is a bit more...compact? I have all the chapters done from here to the Victors Interview. I hope you enjoy.

Gary Winslow, 18

District 6 Male

Paired With Cerulean Westwood

Cerulean left at first light in search of food. We had enough water to last us at least a week if we took care but we had left the bloodbath without even a crumb of food. The water was too heavy to cart around while foraging so Cerulean suggested I stayed behind, not that it bothered me. The thought of her out there alone with no weapon but my ankle was still sore from the bloodbath. I didn't want to risk not being able to stand at all.

I laid back in the tall grass that edged onto a small clear stream, tucked out of the way and not easy to get to. I listened to the water run over the rocks and now and again I'd see a lone kingfisher dart from the branch above my head and return a few moments later holding a small fish. It was almost easy to forget I was in the Games until the kingfisher turned sharply and vanished behind me, taking his fish with him.

Like a fool, I lifted my head, allowing my body to peek from behind the grass as I found two girls wading through the stream, just as shocked to see me as I was to see them. With a shriek, the unarmed girl turned away as the taller girl with the trident leaned back.

In a panic, I rose to my feet and turned to run, only for the steel trident to strike me in the back, the forks piercing through the skin in my chest.

Noelani Palmer, 18

District Four Female

I pulled the trident from Gary while his body still wiggled and screamed. I hadn't planned to kill him but I was glad it was him rather than Cerulean. I looked around for the girl but when I had decided that she was not a threat, I turned back to Ellie.

The girl looked at where Gary's body had fallen, shaking.

"Come on," I said, moving past her and back across the river. "We'll be safer this side."

Beckham Knox, 18

District 9 Male

The sun was high in the sky but Invidia was still beside me, sleeping off a night of guard duty. The first night we were truly worried someone would attack us.

It was hard to feel safe in the woods. The way the trees moved and they created forms and faces that were not there yet I had to be alert to everyone. So when I saw a shape, too lifelike to be human, I grabbed my weapon and rose to my feet. The form quickly gasped, looking back at me with startled eyes.

"Violet?"

"Shh," the girl hissed, beckoning me over with a wave. I hesitated for a moment, knowing full well Violet, since the bloodbath had been paired with Ezra. Yet I knew Violet, she was from home. It was the greatest dishonour to kill your ally. So, maybe with misplaced trust, I moved towards her.

"I've been looking for you-"

"I told you to run away from me," I said bluntly, still holding my weapon. The girls breath caught in her throat.

"But you are not with the Careers now-"

"You are on Invidia's kill list...if she sees you here, she will never believe you ain't working with Ezra-"

"But I'm not, that's why I want an alliance, Ezra will kill me-"

"She won't budge," I sighed. "You are a threat to my affections in her eyes...Ezra gives a reason to put a spear through your chest." The girl looked at the ground, processing the information I gave her.

"Then kill her?" She growled, her eyes darker than I had ever seen. "Kill her and lets ally, maybe we can win together-"

"She isn't a bad person-"

"Yet she wants me dead?" Violet snapped, louder than she should have been talking. "She is the enemy-"

The girl was cut off when something whizzed past my head, knocking me to the ground. When I looked up, Violet slunk to the ground, a spear lodged within her chest. She looked at the weapon wide eyed as Invidia came up behind her, pulled the spear free and kicked her to the ground. The blonde girl then turned the spear towards me.

"Are you going to kill me?" She asked coldly, any emotions she held for me seemingly gone. I shook my head. "Then what were you talking about?"

"I defended you!" I yelled. "She was frightened, she was panicking, you didn't have to kill her-"

"Would you have allowed her to kill me?" She asked, coming closer and placing the spear tip against my throat.

I hesitate, glancing over to Violet's body as she became still and her cannon sounded. I then looked over to Invidia with tears in my eyes.

"She only wanted protection-" I wasn't able to say more as in a fit of rage, Invidia plunged the spear through my throat and yanked it out again. Only to fall beside my body, tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry." she whimpered as it became hard to focus on anything. Then, between whimpers, she spoke the last words I will ever hear.

"I care about you too much to trust you."

Ezra Arlington, 18

District One Male

I had already seen Violets face within the sky and knew I had been paired with Cerulean. I made it my goal to avoid her. Instead, I stalked Noelani and Ellie.

I made myself as low in the grass as I could, trying to hide my bulky form, knowing that if Noelani spotted me from afar, she could throw her trident before I could move. However, the two girls seemed oblivious to my presence as they started to cross the river, taking in whispers. I turned in the grass, my gaze following then as they crossed the water, walking only five foot away from me, wading in the grass. Once they were passed, I charged from my hiding spot, grabbing Ellie from behind and holding my dagger to her throat. I held her across my body like a shield, knowing Noelani was less likely to attack when she could hurt Ellie.

I was right, the girl held her trident in defense, her eyes wide.

"I thought you were out killing boys?"

Noelani shrugged. "Things are faster this way." I smiled a toothy grin.

"I agree," and with one swift movement, I dragged the dagger across Ellie's throat and threw her to the side. Only dodging the trident by inches as Noelani threw it with a small scream. We both watched as the trident landed in the bushes in the far distance and at the same time, started to run. However, my target was much closer, Noelani only getting a few feet before I leaped at her. My large, muscular build overpowering her and crushing her ribs under my weight.

The girl cried out in pain as I grabbed her head and twisted, snapping her neck and bringing her screams to a sudden halt.

Mikeo Nunez, 17

District Eight Male

When the cannon sounded, we all turned to look at Niko who looked uneasy. He lowered his head and listened but when there wasn't a second, he seemed to calm.

"It's not her-"

"We don't know that," June said tenderly. Niko seemed angered by this comment.

"No, if it was her, there would have been two...one for Frederick." He stood up and started to pace, running his hands through his blonde hair.

"Why would Frederick die for her?" I questioned, turning to the frustrated boy. "I mean no disrespect but he doesn't seem like the type-"

"Akhal is different," Niko snapped. "Frederick hates any other District but Ten, it's why he dislikes us. Akhal is his sole chance of going home, she dies, he has to live and marry someone he looks down upon...he said himself he'd rather die-"

"Maybe Frederick isn't the most reliable person?" June sighed. "Look, no one is saying she is dead, but we can't rule out that she could be...Althea is gone, maybe she got wounded and died from blood loss, even Frederick couldn't have stopped that, no matter how hard he tried. But you have to accept that no one is above sacrificing someone else to survive...not even with Frederick's situation."

Niko started to crack his knuckles, chewing the inside of his cheek. "Are you above sacrificing yourself to survive?" he asked, looking over his shoulders at us.

I looked over to June, expecting her to grovel and retract her words but she just looked the blonde boy in the eyes.

"No."

Akhal Brekker, 18

District Ten Female

"We don't have many berries left...we should save these for tomorrow," I said, looking at the blackberries in the small plastic bag.

Frederick shook his head. "We can always find more, we might as well have our fill-"

"We can't guarantee that, if we don't find berries tomorrow, we will go hungry, better to be hungry now than starving tomorrow." Frederick sighed, looking at the berries before him. We had only been in the Arena four days but he had already started to lose body weight on his face.

"Fine, we will have the rest before we set off tomorrow." I admired the way he said that like we had a direction. Our goal was to find the rest of our alliance but no being able to leave signposts for them and avoiding grabbing the attention of the other Tributes, it was hard. Tomorrow was likely to be like today and the day before that, we would keep to the shadows, try and make our dwindling resources last and go to bed empty-handed.

Frederick reluctantly allowed for the berries to be saved for the morning and laid back against the tall tree we sat at the base of.

We fell silent after that until Frederick sighed and broken the tense air in the smallest, gruffest whispered I had heard.

"Do you like me?" I sighed, looking over to the boy's weapon. I didn't want to answer either way. If I answered no, he could turn on me, If I said yes, he would want to pair which means me or Niko would have to die. Truth was, I didn't know. Up until five days ago, I had no other attachment to the boy other than the comfort having someone else from ten brought. Now, I was starting to feel for him. Even I knew emotions didn't develop that fast.

"This is hardly the time," I grumbled. Frederick seemed angered by this answer and turned his gaze away from me, clenching his fist. He then looked back over to me.

"Y'know, you were the first girl I took an interest to. When your parents made me muck out the stables, I used to watch you through the window training those foals. You seemed to take an adventure in your stride, nothing really seemed to phase you...I mean look at you now, five days sleeping on mud with the looming threat of death and bearly any food, even I am at the end of my tether. Yet you remain as passive as ever, even when I start arguments with you," he chuckled at the end but I just stared back at him blankly, not really knowing how to react. I wasn't even sure what he wanted me to say but he was clearly looking for something as after a few moments of silence he picked a twig up and threw it away from him, far into the darkness. "Whatever,"

After that, we didn't speak for the rest of the night aside from deciding who was taking guard. Even then, when I volunteered, Frederick only mumbled a thank you and decided to lay on his back, watching the stars until he himself fell asleep.

Laura Hope, 16

District Twelve Female

It had been half an hour since Andrew had vanished to the toilet. Yet I was too frightened to go looking for him. So instead I stayed inside of the tent we had been sponsored and waited. I was getting ready to go look for him when something started to open the zipper. When I saw the blonde hair, I relaxed, when I saw the strong face and body, I panicked.

Ezra, covered in warm sticky blood pulled me out of the tent by my hair and pressed his dagger to my throat.

"From now on, you are my ally, do as I say and I won't kill you. Do as I say and you can win with me...understand?" I felt like crying as droplets of blood dripped onto my forehead. However, I managed to force a nod of my head. Ezra smiled. "Good."

17th Place: Gary Winslow, 18 District Six Male- Killed By Noelani, District 6 Female

16th Place: Violet Hardgrove, 16 District Nine Female-Killed By Invida, District 2 Female

15th Place: Beckham Knox, 18 District 9 Male-killed by Invidia, District 2 Female

14th Place: Ellie Nimrod, 17 District 3 Female- Killed By Ezra, District 1 Male

13th Place: Noelani Palmer, 18 District Four Female- Killed by Ezra, District 1 Male

12th Place: Andrew Struss. 18 District Eleven Male- Killed by Ezra District 1 Male