*Imp* Here is the sixth chapter! Finally!
"I still don't feel right about all this… carnage. This is Ares's turf, not mine!" Annabeth complained as she and Katniss made their way towards their camp.
Katniss rolled her eyes, saying, "None of us like it. Do you think I volunteered last year because I wanted to ruthlessly kill? I volunteered because I wanted to save my sister. This year, I was forced to participate."
"What's life in your world like?" Annabeth asked, always curious… always wondering.
"We just… we go to the Reaping every year, and hope the odds are in our favor." It pained Katniss to talk about it too much, so she said, "What about you?"
Annabeth perked up. That was effective, Katniss thought. "We live on Camp Half Blood. I loved it there. Percy…" Her voice trailed off, and she didn't say another word.
"I'm sorry," Katniss whispered.
But her voice was so quiet that she knew no one heard.
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Jace tromped through the woods. He he'd been thinking about getting an ally, but he decided to fly solo.
I just don't want to get close to anyone.
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"So, umm, what do we do now?" Fernie asked Tris, after she had calmed down.
"Die," Tris said in a monotone voice.
"While that does seem to be the goal of the others for us, it's really not productive for our goals." Gustav said, looking bored, per usual.
"You're hopeless," Tris said, still in the same monotone voice. "I'm not. I can win. For Tobias."
"Well, if I'm hopeless then I must be a ghost. If I was really hopeless I think I'd have been dead a long time ago," Gustav said plainly.
"I'm going to strangle you," growled Tris.
"You'll have a hard time with that. He's very fast," Fernie piped up. Gustav nodded in agreement.
"I guess we know who's a Candor smart mouth." Tris ran her fingers through her hair.
"Candor?" Fernie asked curiously.
"'Society is divided into 5 factions. Those who blamed cowardice for the worlds problems formed Dauntless. Those who blamed ignorance formed Erudite. Those who blamed violence formed Amity. Those who blamed selfishness formed Abnegation. Those who blamed dishonesty formed Candor.'" Tris sounded like she was reciting something from pure memory. Something drilled so deep into her brain, it could never be dug out.
"Oh, that's nothing like what our world is like," Fernie said.
"Wanna bet?" Tris irritably asked.
"No, not really. We did have a bit of a scare when an evil human turned shadow tried to take over the human world, but we stopped him," Fernie said, smiling. Gustav nodded and sent a small smile Fernie's way.
"Yeah?" Tris yelled. "Ever tried to defeat someone who wanted to literally get rid of human nature? What about some madman who literally designed my city as an experiment? I'm sick of you people thinking you've been through more than I have!" Tris was enflamed by rage, not all directed at Fernie and Gustav. It was directed at the brunette girl-Katniss-who killed Tobias. She forgot all about her vow to keep Fernie alive.
"Good luck to you." She nodded at Fernie. "And good riddance to you, Ghost Boy." She nodded at Gustav. "I'm leaving. There is no more alliance."
Without another word, she walked away, tears blurring her vision.
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"Well, that was rather rude." Gustav said, and Fernie rolled her eyes.
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Sam and Gwen walked through the trees, glancing over at the other occasionally. Gwen finally broke the silence. "So what are things like in your world?"
Sam thought for a moment before responding. "Well, supernatural I suppose is the best way to put it. My town is constantly being attacked by ghosts-"
"You mean Ectonurites?" Gwen interjected.
"No, I think I mean ghosts. And my boyfriend is half ghost himself," Sam answered, then added, "What are Ectonurites?"
"Aliens. They act like ghosts. They're all grey, usually with black veins that look like cracks all over, and one eye," Gwen explained, then her expression darkened. "They are malicious, but thankfully sunlight destroys them."
"Yeah, definitely not what we've got in Amity Park," Sam said, and Gwen nodded thoughtfully.
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AN: *Bookworm* Thanks for the review! Much appreciated :) *Imp* Hello, sorry we haven't updated in so long, haven't had the chance. Yes, thank you Textoria for your review. Oi, I just realized how bad our spelling has been. I'm sorry about that, usually I get the chance to read over my stories a few times to weed out the worst offenders, but we've been posting as soon as the chapters are done so I haven't had the chance. Hopefully we'll also get chapter one fixed later today.