THE GAMES START NOW! Starting with Peeta's thoughts and feelings ;) This chapter might get confusing because the POV changes a lot and very quickly so be prepared.
Peeta's POV
I wake up to Katniss, who is sitting straight up on the bed. I wait, hesitantly because I still feel guilty from yesterday night. I chew on the inside of my lip and sit up.
"Katniss, is everything okay?" I think about last night and how she broke down before she fell asleep. She turns around quickly and lets out a sigh.
"Today's the day." She says glumly. "I guess we should wake the two." She gets up, grabs some clothes, and goes into the bathroom to change. I let out a slight huff and change as well. Just as I pull down my shirt, Katniss comes out. "Let's go." We walk out of the room and I go over to Dray's room. I pound on his door and wait for a response.
"Dray, time to get up!" I call and the door swings open. Dray's rubbing the sleep from his eyes and walks right passed me. Katniss come in with Ray and I quickly go get Haymitch. I jog over to his room and don't even bother to knock. He's passed out on his bed with liquor in hand. I take a spare bottle of water and dump it on his head. He jolts up out of bed, on the alert.
"I didn't do it! Oh." He looks at me with a bored expression and then at the dripping strands of hair hanging in front of his face. "Of course." He goes to get a towel and dries his hair.
"Come on. Katniss, Ray, and Dray are waiting." We walk out of the room and find the trio.
"So, some advice." Dray begins. Katniss and I look at Haymitch and he just smirks.
"Stay alive." Dray rolls his eyes while Ray just looks at Haymitch with a questionable look on her face.
"Why are you wet?" She asks and Katniss let's out a small laugh.
"Ask lover boy that." He points to me and I just manage to smile.
"Okay, any real advise?" Dray hangs on to the word real. I think and look at the fourteen-year-old Seam boy.
"Makes some allies. Believe it or not, they do help." I see the gears turning inside Drays head and then they have to go. My stomach turns as we walk away so they can talk to their stylist.
"Come on, we have to look at the arena." Haymitch orders us and we follow. We go through many doors and hallways until we reach the room that I'm pretty sure Haymitch loves. There are a few screens with a control panel of some sort, and two doors. We follow Haymitch to one of the screens, the only one that is active.
"So want to tell us what everything is?" Katniss says, not really excited. Non of us are really.
"Well, you have three screens. One for the preview of the arena and the others are for keeping an eye on your tributes." He gestures to the screens. "Those are the rooms." He points to the doors and I just shake my head. "There, any more questions?" He crosses his arms and Katniss raises her hand mockingly.
"What about the sponsors?" She asks.
"I tell you later, right now we need to see the arena." We walk over to the biggest screen and take a look at the arena. It's basically a mountain. There is a small portion of woods but the rest is rock and caves. There are many waterways but they're hidden. Except for one. It's a large stream that runs down the mountain and the Cornucopia is sitting to the right of it.
"Well, we know where the Careers are going." I point out and Katniss shakes her head in agreement. All of a sudden, the screen goes black and the other two come on.
"Games are starting." Haymitch says and we all sit in the three chairs provided by the Capitol. I see all the tributes, taking in every inch of the arena.
"Ladies and gentlemen," I hear Claudius begin. "Let the Seventy-sixth Hunger Games begin!"
Dray's POV
I count down until the gong rings out.
Thirty, twenty-nine, twenty-eight…
My hands are sweating as I tighten my fists, ready to charge for that sword at the edge of the weapons.
Twenty-seven, twenty- six, twenty-five…
Ray's POV
I'm counting down the seconds until the bloodbath begins.
Twenty-four, twenty-three, twenty-two…
I need to grab anything that I can get my hands around. The thing I spot is a brown backpack, right in front of my vision.
Twenty-one, twenty, nineteen…
I just need to sprint as fast as I can.
Eighteen, seventeen, sixteen…
Dray's POV
Only fifteen more seconds left.
Fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, twelve…
I spot Ray at the other end of the Cornucopia, ready to take off at any second. I take my attention off her and on the sword.
Eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six…
Ray's POV
Five more seconds! I ready myself and focus solely on the backpack.
Five, four…
Get ready Ray. I think to myself.
Three…
Two…
One…
The gong rings and I'm running.
Dray's POV
I hear that gong and I'm off that plate in a second. I sprint my hardest towards that shiny weapon, but another boy from District 6 has his eye on it too. Both our hands touch the handle and he tries to punch me with his free hand, but I dodge it and kick him in the 'soft spot'. I also grab the nearest bag and am about to turn when the same boy has a knife at my throat.
"Not so lucky now are ya miner boy?" With a quick motion, I swing my sword up and it knocks the knife out of his hand. As much as I'll regret it later, I take my sword and jam it through his chest.
"Neither are you." I run away from the bloody scene and head for the woods. As I run I can hear the yells and screams of people being slaughtered. I run and run and run until my legs can't go any farther. STUPID! I scold myself… bad. You were supposed to save Ray! As I scold myself, I check my bag to see what I've got.
In the bag are two water bottles, a small half loaf of bread, some dry fruit, and some knives.
"Well at least you have water." I say to myself because I know I'm not going back to the stream. It'll be crawling with Careers. "Just keep moving Dray" I say to myself but stop dead in my tracks. The girl from 4 is staring at me with her greenish eyes.
"Well hello Dray." She purrs. I wield my sword and she raises her hands. "Slow down, I'm not gonna hurt you... unless you don't agree." She says mockingly.
"Don't agree to do what?" I say with an edge clinging onto my words.
"We Careers happen to see you battling it out with your sword. You're good. Really good. So we want you to join us." She smiles at me and holds out her hand. "So what do ya say Dray?"
I see this as a bit of an advantage. "If I join, do you promise not to kill my sister?" I ask her and she just shrugs her shoulders.
"Sure, why not?" She coos and dad's advice nags me non-stop. "Think like a Career."
I put my hand in hers and shake it. "I'll join." I say with a wicked grin on my face.
Dun, dun, dun! Okay, I know it sounds like what Peeta did but trust me. It'll be different. Remember to click that little blue review button right below this Authors note. You know you wanna do it. More reviews might mean a quicker update ;)