Thank you so much for the reviews/favourites! I appreciate every review that I get, and if you have any ideas or anything just let me know! The grammar isn't very good in the first couple of chapters, but that's honestly because I wrote it thinking nobody would read haha! I hope it's improved a bit now :) Like I said I'm trying to update as much as possible :D
I came around to the sound of two cannons going off. Where was I? What had happened?
I thought back to my last memories, I was chased by the careers, climbed up the tree, cut the Tracker Jackers down and, passed out?
But I wasn't around the tree or the Tracker Jackers, in fact I didn't know where I was, and how these leaves had been put onto my body.
The intense hunger in my body was still there, I felt my back and the squirrel I'd hunted was still attached to me. I started a small fire, cooked it and devoured it. Never had I been so hungry in my life.
Judging by the position of the sun, it was midday. How many tributes were left? I started to walk around, getting my bearings. I had no weapon, nothing.
All of a sudden the light began to dim, nightfall was arriving. How could this be? Unless… It can't be the finale already? I stopped walking because I thought I could hear something. I heard the rustling of the trees around me, panic once again set in as I turned to see a snarling, slobbering, evil muttation behind me.
I turned and ran in what I believed to be the direction of the Cornucopia, if I could get myself up there, then they couldn't get me.
As the forest around me disappeared and the Cornucopia arrived in my eyeline, all I could think about was Prim. Had I made her proud? I'd manage to get through the games without directly killing anyone, and definitely not killing anyone for no reason. And then I remembered Peeta, poor Peeta. As I became closer and closer to the Cornucopia tears began to fall from my eyes. Was I about to die?
I finally reached the wall and desperately tried to pull myself up, however it was harder than it looked. I managed to get up just before the muttation reached me. Looking around I spotted at least 3 or 4 more muttations all heading towards the Cornucopia.
Then I saw him. Cato.
"This is it then?" he said "You and me. The big finale."
I have no weapon. I have no weapon. I have no weapon.
He began to laugh "You don't even have a weapon do you? Did you just wake up?"
I didn't reply, instead thought of my impending death.
"God, this is too easy" he muttered shaking his head
Suddenly I heard the dinging of a parachute landing behind me.
"Open it then!" he ordered
I backed away slowly, not turning my back to Cato. I grabbed the package from behind and brought it round to the front of me. Opening it there was a message inside.
He's not going to kill you. You're not going to kill him. – H
What? He's not going to kill me? Why not, it seemed like he was ready enough. I opened the tin inside and there were…berries? Why on earth is Haymitch sending me berries at a moment like this? Then I realised they weren't just any berries, they were Nightlock, poisonous berries.
"What is it a weapon?" Cato asked, I nodded my head. To my surprise he sat down and put his arms in the air "Go ahead, kill me. Finish this off and become the Victor. I'm already dead inside."
I looked at him, and for the first time I saw a boy. An 18 year old boy who was scared and probably just wanted to go home.
"No" I simply said sitting down opposite him "Why don't you just kill me? Isn't this what you've been living for? Isn't this moment supposed to be the epitome of your entire life or whatever?"
"Killing is no way to live, Katniss" he said this as emotion filled his face "That's what my mother always said. And now I finally understand her. Isn't that funny? I had to kill all these people to finally understand my own mother"
I was so taken aback by what I was seeing I'd almost forgotten about the games altogether.
"Well I'm not going to kill you" This statement took him by surprise "You won't kill me. I won't kill you. So let's take this." I held out the Nightlock to him "A handful each and they don't get their precious Victor"
He stared at the Nightlock and then at me.
"Are you crazy?"
"No, I just… I can't kill someone in cold blood. It's not me. It's not who I am. And Peeta" My voice flinched at the sound of his name "Peeta said that to me. He said he didn't want them to change who he was. I owe him this much" I held my hand out with a handful of berries, gesturing for him to hold out his.
He took them into his hand and simply nodded.
"Together?" he asked
"Together" I replied
"1, 2, 3" We both went to place the berries into our mouth's when suddenly an announcement was made
"WAIT! Wait!... Ladies and Gentlemen I give you the Victors of the 74th Annual Hunger Games!"
I looked at Cato in disbelief, was this actually happening? I couldn't register it in my head, and by the looks of it neither could he.
Not even when the craft came in to transport us out of the arena, not even when we were sat there being congratulated by the brightly coloured freaks of the Capitol.
CATO'S POV
I sat in the hovercraft opposite Katniss, she looked exactly how I felt. Empty, confused, tired.
I noticed I still had the Nightlock in my hands, as did Katniss, I opened my hand and allowed them to drop onto the floor.
It didn't take long for us to be back in the Capitol, and I was back in my room on the second floor, it's different though. No Clove. No excitement, I was so excited to go into the arena, but now it kind of feels like I'm on a downfall, like the day after your birthday and you realise that you've got a whole year to go before you can celebrate it again.
Because when I think back on it, I enjoyed the arena, I enjoyed killing all those people. Those children.
I heard a knock on the door and Enobaria walked in.
"You should have killed her Cato" she said, helping herself to the food
"I didn't want to" I sounded so stern when I said this, it took even her by shock
"What is it? Do you love her? It sure looks like you love her" she scoffed
"No I don't love her"
"Well you better have a valid reason, if you think you're going to get a hero's welcome when you get home, you're wrong, by the end of it the entire district was routing for 12 over you" she spat
I couldn't quite believe it, I hadn't even thought about going home. How ashamed must my district be of me? My family?
"I don't care" I lied
"Oh okay, what're you gonna do shack up with your new girlfriend in 12! Have you ever seen that place? It's disgusting!" she laughed
"Get out" I said, but she didn't listen, instead she just carried on mocking me "GET OUT" I shouted slamming my fist down
"Don't think I'm scared of you Cato, remember I won those games too" she said, coming closer to me, challenging me
I couldn't help but let out my rage, I literally picked her up and started carrying her to the door, as I threw her down outside, she looked back at me, horrified.
"And don't you dare think this makes weak" I spat and slammed the door shut
I don't want to lose the fact that Cato is still strong, and capable of killing! Like I said any ideas, let me know!