Yo people! Ok, so the most recent chapter was definitely my favorite, but apparently not everybody's! The bloodbath and the beginning of the games! We have 14 people still alive and ready to kill in order to win! Nobody won the review contest because I only got up to 58 reviews. You CAN start sending sponsor items through PM ONLY! Look at the previous chapter for prices and points that you may or may not have. This chapter: There will be a death or two-let's see. Um… I'll start writing the chapter now.
Coralie Odair
District 4
The bloodbath is finally over! Yes. Careers rule! Oh, I'm kidding. Luster, Courtney and I are ditching to find and ally with Prim. Jacob and Cruise have no idea. Careers are kinda stupid, because they are in a big group and walk around killing everyone else until there's a winner. I mean, I want to win, but I also don't want to kill people to do it. I am swimming back from the Cornucopia, hauling weapons so we can build up our stash. Cruise is helping, while Luster sorts them into groups of 5, each one a weapon for someone certain, and Courtney and Jacob hid them in places. Once we're down to 11 weapons, we divvy them up among ourselves and start trying to find a safe place to sleep. We post 2 people on guard at a time. Starting out, it's Cruise and I.
"Hey," Cruise says. "Do you want to ditch them?"
"No," is my immediate reply. "They can help us, and plus, I trust them."
"Ok," he answers. We go back to surveying the area in silence.
That's when I hear a shriek. Cruise. I whirl around and spot a gigantic bear-dog thing, like some kind of beast mutation. It's the size of a bear and on it's hind legs, with the head of a lion, the body of a wolf, claws that are the equivalent of razor-sharp blades, and a long whip-like tail with a stinger on the end that pulsed with electricity.
"Get up and help get rid of this thing," I howl. Snatching up my trident, I stabbed it into his chest, keeping him occupied while Cruise snuck behind it and thrust his sword in. Jacob and Courtney grab their weapons and go to either side, and once Cruise has moved, race forward, each snagging a arm that is stuck to a tree. I hand Luster her bow, and she fires arrow after arrow, until the beast's corpse is littered with them. We approach cautiously, grabbing the weapons used to kill it out so we aren't short. Finally, it slumps to the ground and we leave. After we've left the jungle and are on the beach, sponsor gifts rain from above. There are 10 in all. Each one has a label-D1F, D2F, D2M, D4F, D4M. Everyone gets 2 and opens them greedily, hoping for water. I got a empty canteen in one and a fishing net in the other. Looking around, I see that everybody got a canteen, but Luster got a spile as well, Courtney got a tarp, Jacob got rope, and Cruise got a hammer and nails. I reach out and snatch the spile from Luster's hands and walk away with a dagger as well. Once I reach a tree, I begin to create a hole in it, stuffing the spile in. Water, fresh, scarce water, pours out. I fill up my canteen, as does everyone else, and then we take turns underneath the faucet. Once we finish with that, a shelter needs to be built. The guys chop down the trees, Luster carries them to the area we picked for our shelter, and Courtney directs the placing of it. I fish, using my trident and net to attempt to get some fish, clams, shrimp, anything. Finally, I resort to dragging the net along the bottom, trying to get something. The sad thing is, I only got a couple tiny fish, but I also got 5 large clams and a boatload of shrimp. At the shelter, they got a fire going, and we begin to roast shrimp over it, along with one of the clams. Food, water, and shelter. We have it all. How can we give it up? Suddenly, there's movement. A tribute, running to the ocean. Luster is up and moving toward whoever it is. A cannon booms, and another tribute is dead. I wander over, and see Spectra's motionless body. We go back to the shelter, and divvy up the watches. I decide to take first watch, and study the dead as they are projected in the sky. I switch with Jacob, and fall asleep.
Author's Note: I know, really really terrible and I took a while, but my plan is to do a chapter per alliance, and there are currently 3 alliances, so 3 chapters per day of the games. I know I said I would update every week, but I can guarantee I can update at least every month, and try to update each week. Sorry for how terrible this was, but it's been a while, and I just wanted to post it. Thanks for reading! Please forgive me, I will try to do better next time.