A/N: Ok, second chapter! Thanks so much for the reviews and alerts and favorites! You guys are too awesome!
I just wanted to thank Dawnmist of RiverClan for pointing out that the original one may have confused someone who hasn't read the Hunger Games! Retain this information brain, retain it!
Disclaimer: If I didn't own Victorious or the Hunger Games last time, I don't own them this time.
Jade's POV:
For the next week they trained us separately, twenty minutes in everything; archery, sword fighting, hand-to-hand and survival. The last day the trainers asked me what I liked best.
"Archery," I replied, flatly. I honestly did. I picked it up the fastest and found it to be the most effective.
The day the game is suppose to begin, they give me a seethe to hold the twenty-four silver arrows that glint the same way the bow does in the light. I stare at them in awe. I don't think I've seen anything so amazing in my life! The downside of the day (other than the games) was the fact that, this was the first time I was going to see the other players. I could've watched it on TV but, honestly, I didn't care enough to.
As soon as I entered the room, a few people caught my eye. The first was a girl no taller than 5'1''. She had big brown eyes that almost resembled a puppies and cherry colored hair that made the blue highlights the stylist gave me, seem like nothing and. I didn't see a weapon on her, but I'm sure I would as soon as she attempted to slit my throat like everyone else.
The next person I noticed was a boy, no older than me. The first think I noticed was the fact that he was staring at me. He turned away before I had the chance to glare at him though. I then noticed he had a seethe too. His with golden arrows and a matching bow.
"Great," I mumbled under my breath,"favoritism already."
The third was a girl with brown, innocent eyes and pretty decent cheek bones. A sword hung at her hip. She flipped her brown hair away from her face and caught me looking her over. I turned away before she managed to make eye contact.
The boy standing next to me was super scrawny. He had what seemed to be an afro and had black rimmed glasses. I don't notice any weapon on him either and doubt he's going to be doing hand-to-hand fighting. They give us all a dagger for backup, so he may just use that.
The final boy I get a look at has some pretty cool dreads. He's darker skinned and has a sword like the brunette. He looks really tough and strong, but his eyes are full of fear, like the others. By the holes being burned in my flesh, I can tell I'm the only one who doesn't look scared right now. Why should I be? I'm going to die; no one's going to care. That's how it works.
The next think I know I'm listening to the clicking of the countdown to the start of the game. Great, all there's left to do now is dying.
The flare goes off signaling the start of the game. Before I can take two steps, an arrow goes whizzing by my ear. Before I can raise my bow in a counter attack, I hear a piercing scream of pain from behind me. I whirl around to see a boy twice my size laying there, dying. I would have felt bad if his sword wasn't out, ready to attack me.
I give arrow boy a knowing nod before he takes off in the other direction. I'm not sure why but I take his arrow and take off opposite form him. He has twenty-three others, he won't miss one. When I finally get in the woods I slip the bow in with my others.
I try to make out his reasoning for saving me, of all the people, besides, one more dead, one less to worry about. I'm yanked out of my thoughts by a twig snapping. I whip around with my now loaded bow ready to attack to see the red headed girl cowering in fear. I could've killed her. Gotten it out of the way, but something won't bring me to do it. I simply sigh and unload my bow.
The girl gives me a wide grin and extends her hand more than happily.
"I'm Catrina, but you can call me Cat!"
I shake her hand knowing this is either going to go really well or absolutely awful.
Cat's POV:
I was so grateful Jade didn't kill me. I thought her name was Jadelyn, but she said she didn't like that name and to call her Jade. I liked it better anyway. She told me about the boy that saved her. She called him arrow boy, I think his real name is Beckette though.
"So, Cat," Jade started," tell me something interesting. I'm boring myself."
"Okay, I got picked because of my brother."
"You volunteered?" she asked, horrified.
"No, my brother has problems. He breaks the rules a lot and I always took the fall so he wouldn't have to play the game. Now I'm gone though, what if he gets in trouble and they hurt him? I have to go home Jade! I just have to!" I could feel the tears welling in my eyes. These games were so mean! They tore families apart for fun. It wasn't fair!
The trumpet sounded signaling they were showing the dead players, similar to the book the Hunger games. They would play the anthem and show the dead players in the sky. Jade climbed one of the nearby trees like a monkey. I simply looked up through the branches. A boy from four, a girl from six, a girl from eight, a boy from eleven and a boy from thirteen, Jade came back on the ground.
"That leaves arrow boy, dreads, afro, brunette, you, me and two others." She looks at me, as if waiting for a response until finally she says "let's go to bed."
Jade's POV:
The next morning we start looking for water. I know I said I wasn't going to try, but I'm doing this for Cat, not myself. About fifteen minutes later we find a river, as well as arrow boy and another boy. The other boy pulls out and a sword and Cat pulls out her dagger and puts it in a throwing position. So that's what she does, throw knives.
I load my bow and aim it at arrow boy who has his aimed at me. My heart skips a beat when I see which arrow is in the cock. The golden one still covered in blood. I gave a half thought to switching arrows, but if I so much as sneezed at this point, he'd shoot me on the spot.
"Thanks for keeping my arrow safe, although would it have killed you to clean it?" Ignoring his smart-ass remark I sarcastically said,
"I thought I'd return it."
The funny thing is we all just stood there. No one dared to flinch, move or even breathe. Finally I put my bow down, sick of this pointlessness.
"What, you're just going to give up," arrow boy asked.
"Yeah, so if you'd be kind enough to shoot me already." They all just stared at me, unsure of what to do.
"You're not even going to try to win," the other boy asked.
"No, it's a fact my names got pulled and now my colony is waiting to see me die a painful death, so shoot me already." They all put their weapons down and arrow boy walked up to me.
"I'm Beck, I'm your new ally, and so is Evan." I stared at him blankly for a minute; finally I grab his now extended hand and say,
"I'm Jadelyn, but if either of you call me that, I'll kill you on the spot." Beck drops my hand. I'm not sure if it's from fear or shock. Either works.
A\N: Wow! That was way longer than I thought it would be! I'm glad though. I might not be able to update for a couple days. I promise I'll have it pre-written so I'll I have to do is type it up. REVIEW! They make me so happy!