No one's POV
Valentine's Day means different things to different people- love, friendship, or sitting alone at home while watching your favorite show- not that there's anything wrong with it. Or you're "that kid" who just got dumped, so you spend Valentine's Day curled up in sad heap on the floor. In the Capitol most years, Valentine's Day is just another holiday. That's what makes this year different. This year the Capitol doesn't want to miss is or what will happen in the arena. After all, roses and valentines are easily connected.
Roses are Red
Violence is too
On this night of hell
I'll be coming for you.
The birds still clutch onto every tree branch in the vast arena of death. They hunt for prey, although they haven't found any just yet. However one has poked around with the little Girl from District Twelve. Will Autumn become its first meal of the night? What about her ally, Cassandra? What will happen to her if she finds her ally dead? And what about the boy they ran into that day- Raiden? Is he really mental or was all that a hoax so he'd stay out of jail and spend time in an asylum instead?
Is Sanus okay? There certainly wasn't a cannon… And what about the cat fights between Lillith and Skye? Will it end in a death? Does Glass even care about the girls in the first place? And then there's Canzi, the twitchy Girl from Two. Is she really meant to survive in the arena? And Sceptor, he's so quiet it's almost as if he's scheming up a plan- oh wait! Maybe I'm giving too much away with the Careers. Suppose I should move on to the other tributes?
How about the Konan, Frankie and Rendwick alliance? Can they survive the heat? How do you think they'll work together? Is Frankie regretting volunteering, or will it all be worth it in the end? Are Rendwick's "Alice" dreams going to stop? Konan has nothing to worry about, right? Wrong. He has a big secret to reveal to his allies…
Ivy learned sword fighting skills in training, so she thinks she's ready for the arena, but is her killer confidence… a killer? Her ally, Matthias is getting second thoughts on an alliance- can he really deal with another loss?
And then there's the Calico, Lani and Aiden alliance. They don't know it, but each of them are in great danger. What could it be? Can they make it out alive, or will the alliance be broken and three more roses added to the garden?
Ash and Morgan seem to have it pretty good, perched up high in a tree, but they are in the possibly most dangerous place in the arena. Can Morgan's wits save them? Will Ash's quick thinking find a way to get them out of the perils before it's too late?
This was a TEASER chapter. The new chapter should hopefully be up soon, but I don't know if I can get it up on Valentine's Day. So it might be late:P.
NEW POLL! For ships!
Who are you most worried for? Did anything scare you? Interest you?