The Seventieth Hunger Games chapter 5
I ONLY OWN MY OCS AND NOTHING ELSE FROM THE HUNGER GAMES
Hey guys! So, this is Chapter 5. I wanted to try to start getting chapters out faster for this story, so that's what I'm doing.
EAH HG GEEK: Thank you! Yes, your story did get very sad. Yes, Lily will survive. I don't even mind saying that, because I'm going to be making a story for each of The Hunger Games with Lily in it and I was never even thinking about killing her off. You mean you thought of a better way to kill Eve in your story? I'm not entirely sure what you meant. I noticed that in your story, the District 11 tributes were named Lily and Ethan. I thought that was funny because that's what Lily and her district partner's names are in my story. Did you do that on purpose or was that a funny accident? Tell me in the reviews or PM me.
I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, so I'll shut up and let's get started.
Lily's POV:
Mal and I got to the top of a small hill and climbed a huge tree at the top of it. The view was amazing and we could see if people were coming. I sat on my branch and hung my bag on a smaller branch. It was sunset and the fallen would be shown in the sky soon.
"So, what's your life like back home?" Mal asked.
"Hmm? It's…. Okay," I replied.
"That doesn't sound good. Care to elaborate?"
"Well, my relationship with my parents leaves a lot to be desired. They only see me as a possible ticket to the Capital if I can get a job there one day and so they want to be this perfect daughter all the time. I'm not who they want me to be."
"Oh, yeah. I saw your interview. That sucks. So you have siblings, right?"
"Yeah. I have three younger brothers. Vincent, Will, and Peeta. I get along okay with Vincent and Will, but they kind of follow what my parents say. I love Peeta though. He's the youngest. He's the only one that actually cared enough to say goodbye when I got chosen. He's the one that I'm trying to get back for. Enough about me. What about you?"
"Mm. My home life isn't nearly as interesting as yours. My parents both died when I was seven. My little sister and I lived with our grandma after that. But… Last year… My little sister got into an accident with a bunch of kids from her school. She didn't make it."
"Oh, I'm so sorry."
"It's alright. I'm seventeen. I was so close to getting out of this thing. I guess the universe just hates me."
"Well, you might make it out of here."
"I guess it's possible, but I doubt it. Look, it's night. Let's watch the fallen."
I turned from looking at her and looked at the sky. The Anthem played and the pictures of the fallen appeared in the sky. The boy from seven, the girl from five, Cole from six, and the girl from ten.
"Four," I said.
"Thirteen left," Mal said. "You get some sleep. I'll take first watch."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. I'm older, I should take first watch."
"Okay."
I leaned back with my back up against the tree. It wasn't cold at all tonight, but it was cool enough that I kept my thin jacket on. Within minutes, I was fast asleep.
I woke to Mal shaking me awake. "Come on, we got to run. They're coming!"
We jumped down from the tree and bolted. I could hear the Careers running footsteps behind us.
"Get them!" a male voice yelled.
Mal and I zigg-zagged through the woods, trying to lose the Careers, but they were gaining on us. I saw Mal ready her bow and arrow.
"There!" Mal said, pointing behind a large rock.
We hid behind the large rock and looked over it at the Careers that were running towards us. Mal aimed her arrow, pulled it back and fired. Her arrow went right through Grover from District Four's neck and he fell dead, immediately.
"Grover!" Zarah, his district partner yelled. "They killed him."
"So what? Grover was weak," Alec from One snapped. "We're better off without him."
"Grover was my friend," Zarah growled.
"You can't have friends anymore," Colleen from Two argued.
"Don't tell me what I can and can't have," Zarah snapped.
"We're wasting time! Stop arguing so we can kill them," Tatia from One stepped in.
"She's right. Let's kill them," Alec said.
They started coming toward the rock we were hiding behind. Mal readied her bow again and pulled it back, trying to figure out which one to shoot first. Finally, they were getting to close and Mal pulled back her bow and let the arrow fly. It went straight through Xavier from Two's head and he fell to the ground dead. There were only four left now.
"Distract them," I whispered to Mal.
She gave a small nod. I jumped up and flipped up onto a tree branch and began to climb. They couldn't see me through the thick branches. I shook branches in different directions away from me to make them think I was climbing away.
"Where the hell did she go?" Alec demanded.
"Looks like you're all alone, Mal," Colleen taunted.
I got into the branch right above them. I had to be careful. If they looked up and saw me, I'd be dead. I got a good grip on my hunting knife and jumped down. The second my feet hit the ground, I grabbed Colleen's hair and pulled her head back, slitting her throat. A sickening gurgling noise came from her throat. I pushed her body into Alec and Tatia, giving me barely enough time to run back to Mal.
"Run!" I screamed.
She stood, but then turned back to Tatia and Alec, pulling back her arrow one more time. She fired, but was slightly off because Alec and Tatia were already running toward us. Her arrow went right through Alec's upper leg. He yelled in pain and crumpled to the ground, slowing them down a lot.
"Go!" Mal said.
We ran for dear life. Hoping they wouldn't catch us again.
Alright, so I'm just going to end this chapter here. Hopefully, it's not too short. Okay, so I have a problem. As I said in my last chapter, I changed my username, but I don't know if I want my FanFiction username to be the same name as the character in this story as the first name of my username is Lily and so is the character in this story. And also, now it matches my FictionPress username, but I don't know if I want it to match anymore. So, I kind of want to change it back to something with Esme in it again. I think if I change it again, I'll just have it be Esme Montgomery and leave it at that. So I want to know what you guys think. Tell me in the reviews, because I can't make up my mind. I'll shut up now. Oh wait! I do have some other news. I am going to be publishing an Ever After High story! I'm kind of obsessed with Ever After High right now, so I thought I'd write a story for it. I'm going to try to get the first chapter published by next week, so stay tuned. Okay, I'm done rambling now. Bye guys, - Lily