Today was the day, the day I entered the arena
I hadn't seen Peeta all morning, but now I was being flown out to a secret location, as the woman came and placed the tracker into my arm a feeling of pure fear swept over me
I felt sick to my stomach, I could be dead by the end of the day.
I looked around at the faces of my fellow tributes, most twisted with fear, Clove looked determined, Glimmer looked bored, as if this was nothing, Cato had his same stare on, just like he always has, not even a glimpse of the smile he portrayed yesterday.
We landed and were all ushered off separately, escorted by peacekeepers to our entry rooms.
I walked in and saw Cinna, my usual feeling of calm and warmth that I get when I'm around him wasn't there, instead I just felt numb, I embraced him and he just rubbed my back reassuringly
When the time came I stepped into the pod which would soon transport me into the arena, this was it, I stared at Cinna saying nothing, this could be the last time I see him, I tried to find words as I was lifted up but nothing came out.
The light blinded me as I arrived in the arena
Forest. Forest! Great the odds had actually been in my favour! I looked at the Cornucopia and remembered Haymitch's words "The Cornucopia is not your game, run in the other direction!" But I looked and saw a bow and arrow, I knew they'd been put there for me, as the clock started counting down from 60 I stared at the other tributes, most looked ready to go, but scared
I caught Peeta's eye and he shook his head at me, it's like he could read my mind, I just looked away
10, 9, 8, 7, 6
It was decision time, do I go for the bow and arrow or run away?
5, 4
Trying to make a decision in my head but for some reason all I could think about was home, were they watching? Could they too read my mind?
3, 2, 1
Before my body could even register that I was doing it, I realised that I was running towards the Cornucopia, panic immediately set it, I was sure to be killed by one of the careers
I reached the centre and grabbed the bow and arrow, somehow I'd managed to run faster than the other tributes
As a few of the other tributes arrived I realised they too had no intention of killing anyone they didn't have to, the careers however had other plans, they started slaughtering everyone they came across, cornered inside the Cornucopia I realised what a fatal mistake I had made, this was it, there was no escape
Clutching my bow and arrow I had no choice but to arm myself and try and run, I was about to make a run for it when suddenly Cato arrived inside the Cornucopia
I froze, I had no idea what was going to happen, I took three deep breaths and wondered why he hadn't killed me yet
Nobody else had noticed our confrontation, too busy killing eachother
Cato approached me and reached his arm forward, I thought he was going to wrap his large hand around my throat, but instead his arm went straight past my face as he reached for the large sword behind me
"Go" he whispered so quietly I wasn't sure it was even what he had said
"What?" I replied, my voice croaky
"Go!" he said more loudly and he stepped to the side to let me go, I didn't stay for long enough to ask him why, I just ran
CATO POV
"Go!" I said for the second time as Katniss stared at me, I stepped to the side to let her through and she ran
I walked out of the Cornucopia and Glimmer, Clove, Marvel and the female from District 4, whose name I had not bothered to learn came into the Cornucopia to pick up weapons and supplies, we had decided to form an alliance before the games begun
"12?" Clove said to me
"Got away" I lied
"Urgh" she moaned, rifling through one of the bags
"What's our strategy?" Marvel asked
"Wait here until nightfall, then we wait for the idiots who start fires, hunt them down one by one" I replied sitting down
Glimmer took the seat next to me and started battering her eyelashes and stroking my arm
"I can't wait to kill that snarling girl from 12" she purred into my ear
"Hm" I just grunted, I really wasn't interested in having a romance with Glimmer, sure she was attractive, but when I thought about her, I thought about watching the light leave her eyes as I slowly killed her, when I thought of Katniss, I thought of how soft her skin looked, and how beautiful her eyes were. God what was happening to me, the sooner Katniss was dead the sooner I could get on to winning these games.
We sat and rested inside the Cornucopia, taking it in turns to do 4 hour watches, I sat inside with Clove and Glimmer while Marvel was on watch, the sun was nearly down and Glimmer was leaning into my chest
"Cato?" Marvel shouted, I pushed Glimmer off of me and walked outside
"What?" I grunted
"The boy from 12, I think he's… walking over to us" he said pointing to a figure slowly getting closer
I watched, deliberated killing him, but decided not to
"Go inside I'll deal with this" I said and Marvel walked inside
I waited for the boy to arrive, his name, like many others, I hadn't learned
"Give me one reason why I shouldn't cut your head off right now" I said, this took him by surprise as his eyes widened
"K-Katniss" he almost shouted "I know everything about her, I trained with her, I can… I can help you find her… Kill her"
I didn't really know how to register his comment, what game was this boy playing? I knew for a fact he was infatuated with Katniss, why would he want to help us kill her?
"Fine, it's your watch until sundown" I said and walked back into the Cornucopia
"Did you kill him?" Marvel asked
"No, he's going to help us find her"
The others looked shocked at this, so I reassured them
"We find her, kill her and then kill him" then they started smiling
Nightfall came and we gathered our stuff, it wasn't long before some idiot started a fire
"Cato, over there!" Clove said pointing into the trees, and we all started heading towards it