Well, I think it's safe to say that the four of us have done pretty good so far. We made a plan to ambush someone. This older by names Jason from District 11 was walking through the forest when he saw Emma look like she had hurt her leg. He leaned over to help her, and he was dead in seconds. Emma had a knife hidden under her other leg. After that I went off on my own. It had been hours and I hadn't gone back to camp yet. It was also starting to get dark. I peeked through some trees to see the girl Ally from District 3 kill another girl, Terry, from District 2. That Ally was fast and deadly. I left shortly after the canon went off. I had eaten a little of my food, but I still had plenty, enough to get me through the night. I didn't plan on going back until the next morning. They would see I'm not dead later, when they show the pictures of the dead tributes, but they would still worry a bit. I hadn't said I wouldn't come back, so they wouldn't know what happened to me. I laughed quietly at the thought and continued through the woods until I came across a clearing with not so many trees. One stood out in particular. It was a tall, dead one, and there was a boy lying in it, asleep. I was feeling mischievous so I decided to mess with him instead of just straight out kill him. First, I didn't see any supplies nearby, so I checked around the tree until I found a hole in it that contained a black backpack. In it was a flashlight, some crackers, and several arrows with no bow. I grabbed all of it and then took a match out of my backpack. I lit it on the tree and then threw it into the hole. The tree went up in flames almost instantly, and the boy, who I now knew to be Matt from District 3, gasped in surprise and jumped out of the burning tree, looking around wildly, but I was already long gone. I didn't hear a cannon, so I knew he had survived, but none the less that was pretty amusing. I found a spot in a tree myself to sleep in. I watched as the tributes were displayed in the sky. Jason and that other girl, Terry. That left... 11 people. And we were 4 of them, so only 7 to pick off before we had no choice but to turn on each other. I pushed those thoughts aside and fell asleep with a light breeze blowing across my face.
When I awoke, there was a faint dawn light seeping through the trees. I jumped to the ground and surveyed my surroundings. I now had another backpack, which I would give to Rima when I got back. I had been making my way back to camp for around half an hour when I heard a branch snap behind me. I pulled out my knife to see the boy from my own District, Ryan, standing there. He was older than me by 2 years, and he had to be smart to last this long. I had never spoken to him before we were both chosen. He seemed to recognize me. He had a weapon in his hand I recognized as something called a mace. It was a rod with a chain attached to the end, and a spike ball hanging off of it.
"Kady," he said, "wow, fancy running into you." I shrugged, not putting down my knife. He seemed offended by this.
"Come on," he said, "we're from the same District; you don't think I'm going to try to kill you, do you?"
"Oh come on. This is about surviving, not mercy. If I don't kill you, you might turn it around and try to kill me later." Ryan smiled.
"You're right, I might as well just kill you now," and with that he lunged forwards, swinging at me with his mace. I jumped back and then went around beside him. I managed to get in a slash at his ribs when the spike hit me, square in the stomach. I stumbled backwards. It wasn't going to kill me, but I had some minor cuts and I hurt like hell. Ryan laughed and came over to finish me off. I wait until he's right over top of me, and then thrust up with my knife, digging it into him. He gasps and drops to the ground, dead. The cannon goes off as I pull my knife out. I sit back against a tree for a moment, and then stood up and went as fast as I could back to the camp.
When I arrive, I'm more then surprised, and everyone is surprised to see me. I'm covered in Ryan's blood, and the front of my shirt was cut from the mace. I'm also holding two backpacks. I ditched Ryan's after getting his supplies. I'm surprised to see two new people in our camp. One is the female tribute from District 5, Taylor, I think, and the other is the male from District 8, named Carson. They're sitting talking to Leo. They all turn to look at me when I come in. Rima runs towards me at full speed and hugs me. I hug her back and when I pull away she's smiling. I finally understand that that last cannon could have been mine. It's not like they'd know until tonight. The two newcomers stand up, as well as Leo and Emma, who was leaning against the left wall. We all have questions, and Leo starts.
"What happened?" he asked, "are you ok?"
"Don't worry; half of this blood isn't mine. I ran into someone and killed him, and it was kind of messy."
"Well, where have you been?" asks Emma.
"Well, I spent most of yesterday on the move. After dark I found someone in a tree, took his supplies, and set the tree on fire. He survived, though. Then when I woke up I ran into Ryan, from my district, and we fought. He hit me with his mace, but I managed to kill him. That's what most of the blood's from." Leo nods and Taylor and Carson peer at me.
"Who's this?" I ask.
"This," says Leo, "is Taylor and Carson. And they've joined us now."
I listened to a story of how a wolf had tried to get Rima, but then Taylor had jumped in and
saved her. That's when they joined us. Apparently, they were sort of together, even though they had only known each other for a few days. I accepted it and helped Leo divide up our supplies again. We now had lots of food, five water canisters, medicine, clothes, matches, weapons, enough for pretty much all of us. Taylor and Carson agreed to share a water canister, while everyone else got their own. Then we talked strategy. We all agreed Ethan was someone to take out, as well as Ally, but then I explained that we'd never find her. If she doesn't want to be seen, she isn't. We decided to try to take out Ethan before anyone else, and planned an ambush. Emma and I would lure him into a clearing where the others would we waiting. Then we'd take care of him once and for all.
Until about four o' clock that afternoon, nothing happened. Then Taylor caught sight of Ethan and our plan came together perfectly. Emma and I ran to the clearing with him in pursuit. When we got there, he became trapped. We covered all sides, and the look on his face showed he knew he was dead. He tried to reason with us but in the middle of him talking Leo stabbed him and it was over. We went back to camp, and on the way encountered a surprise. A 16 year old from District 10 named Jacob approached us, asking to join us. We finally agreed after much debate. This group was already too big, but after a while he was in. It turns out he's a genius. He knew exactly where two of the remaining tributes were camping, and even knew some of their strategies. We talked and ate, and before long we were asleep. I was the last one awake, left to think. Ten left. And only three that aren't in our group. That means I'm going to end up killing someone in my group. I just hope someone else does it for me...