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IT'S TIME FOR THE GAMESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. XDDDD I'M EXCITED FOR WRITING THIS CHAPTER. WOOHOOO. But I'm sad that Dave and Rue have to go in it and get tortured. -_- ARGHHHHHH. Watching the Olympics as well. GO HONG KONGGGGGGGGGGG. :D And there's this annoying bug on my screen. Cursor time. :D

Disclaimer: I don't own the Hunger Games. :(((

Rue

Where am I? What is this place? I am lifted up and I see a snowy desert. I look down and see that I'm on a platform. I start to panic and look around me. Nobody. Nobody's here. Except for one.

"HELP!" that person screams.

I run to that person as the countdown has finished. I gasp when I see who it is. "FINN!" I scream. He has fallen to the ground. There is a huge gash on his arm. I reach him and cover my eyes as I see how big it is, "I'm going to get something from the Cornucopia. Wait here." I say to him. I run back to the Cornucopia and see that 2 people are inside it. I rush over to them and gasp.

"Mom, dad!" They are shivering since the Capitol has put them into a t-shirt and shorts. I hear a voice over the speaker, "There's no way out. You're stuck here with your family. That'll teach your parents not to mess with us!" Claudius Templesmith says. My jacket is swiped away by a gust of wind and I am shivering like crazy. I look over at mom and dad then at Finn. Who should I go to first? My knees fall to the floor and I scream loudly. Why are they doing this? Can't they just get over it or something? I fall into the deep, thick snow and freeze to death.

Dave

I hear a scream from the other room. I bolt straight up. It might be Rue. I should probably go over there and calm her down. But then again, she still hates me. Should I go and help her? Or should I not? I decide not to and go back to sleep. As I start drifting off, I hear her scream again and decide that I go to her room. Well, it's too late for it now. Someone beat me to it.

"Shh, Rue. It's okay." the woman says. I can tell that Rue is shaking. When she speaks, she stutters like crazy. I can't blame her. She's like that when she's scared. I'm not talking about that slight shake that isn't so strong but the opposite of that. She shakes like crazy! Okay, off topic, Dave. Stop that! I thought. "Th-th-the g-games. They w-want to k-k-kill u-us." Rue says to the woman. My eyes widen at this. Why would they kill them? And who's them? "They won't, Rue." the woman says.

A few minutes later, the woman starts singing a lullaby. I'm familiar with that lullaby. Mom used to sing that to me when I was little. She just left us like we were nothing years before. I decide to go back to my room after the woman sings the lullaby. Just when I open my door, I hear the woman talk to me, "Good luck, Dave." I turn around and see Rue's mom standing in front of her door, closing it. I nod at her, "Thank you, Mrs. Mellark." "I told you not to call me that, Dave!" she exclaims. I laugh and eventually she laughs as well, "Goodnight, Aunt Katniss." I say. She smiles and walks away. I walk into my room, jump into my bed and drifted to sleep.

Rue

I wake up from a dreamless sleep and walk to my closet. I take out the outfit Torrence told me to wear yesterday and put it on. I don't bother to take a shower. I tie my hair into a high ponytail and walk outside to grab a quick breakfast. Dave is outside as well but having a bigger breakfast than mine. He's wearing a similar outfit to mine except his shirt is green and mine's blue. I decide to go to the roof since there is some spare time. I start to think about the arena. Would it be snowy as my dream would be? Will it be a desert? Forest? Jungle? I groan at the suggestions I'm making. None of these would help me, wouldn't they?

Whatever the arena is, I hope there are bow and arrows in the Cornucopia. I can't live without it, well, except maybe knives. I'm good at knives as well, aren't I? I take a deep breath and let it out. Today's the day I go to the arena built for people to die. I look down at the weird and odd people down the street. They're walking their poodles (which is probably a popular choice of dog) and talking loudly on their phones. I can hear people screaming and shouting from the square. They're excited to watch tributes die. Oh, how much I loathe them. I sigh and walk back to the penthouse. Torrence and Dave are in the elevator. How long have I been on the roof? I shrug off the thought and walk in with them. I'm shaking. Why am I shaking? Ugh! Too many questions today!

"Rue, you're shaking." Dave says. Great, he notices. I ignore him and the elevator starts moving. Is it going up or down? Great, I'm not focusing because I'm shaking too much. The elevator doors open and I see a hovercraft a few meters away. Dave and I face Torrence, "Well, I'll see you." he says. I run over and hug him, "I'll miss you, Torrence." I say. He strokes my back and pulls away, "I'll miss you both. You were my best tributes so far." he says. He shakes Daves' hand and we both go inside the hovercraft. Some tributes are here and my seat is right next to Camille, which makes me relieved. Since I have the edge seat, I am considered lucky (in my case). Dave sits at the other end of the seats next to Andrea, the girl from 8.

The rest of the tributes come in and I find that the boy from 2, Mason, is sitting opposite me. He's glaring at me and I look away. He thinks he's so tough, but just because he's from a career district, doesn't mean he's so strong. We finally take off and I just glance at Camille every now and then. She's completely spaced out right now. I sigh. She's probably as scared as I am. The ride is painfully quiet and awkward. We're supposed to be fighting to the death but we're here in this hovercraft, waiting for this thing to land.

After painful long minutes in this hovercraft, we finally land. We are then placed into different rooms. I see mom holding a jacket as the peacekeeper shoves me in the room. I start to tear up and run up to her. I hug her as tightly as I can. After I release the hug, she puts me into the jacket she's holding, "This is a hi-tech jacket. When you feel cold, it warms up. Then vice versa." she says. I nod and she reaches into the collar of the jacket. I notice her mockingjay pin on it. My eyes widen, "Your pin?" She nods, "There were bad memories of that, but I just want you to know that we'll be there for you." I look at it closely. It's still very shiny since the last time I saw it. It was in a box when I was helping mom clean up her room. I hug her again when I hear the voice saying 20 seconds. "I love you, mom." I say. She releases me and kisses my forehead, "I love you too, little bird." she says. I release a tear that I have been holding back and wipe it away. I walk into the cylinder that will shoot me up into the arena.

This is it. I'm going into the games.

I take a look at mom one last time. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. 10 seconds, the robotic voice says. I open my eyes again and see mom is tearing up as well. I'll be strong for you, mom I thought to myself. The cylinder closes and she gives me a final wave. Suddenly, I am into darkness. A few seconds later, the bright light hits me. I am blinded for a second but regain back my sight. I look at the environment around me. A snowy desert, a beautiful forest with flowers and trees, a sandy beach, and a forest where leaves are falling. I suddenly realize what kind arena this is. Seasons. The Cornucopia has backpacks lying around and weapons inside of the golden horn.

I look around and try to find any weapons around the golden horn. I scan my eyes through and there it is. A beautiful weapon that is calling my name. It's next to a backpack which is convenient for me. I try and find some knives lying around but no luck since most of the knives are inside the horn. I look at the clock and see that there are 30 seconds left. I try and find Dave but he's no where to be found. He may be behind the horn. 20 seconds left. I decide to grab the bow and arrows first then the backpack. Yup, that will work. I close my eyes, take a deep breath, then open them again.

10 more seconds.

Tributes position themselves to run and grab their weapons or to run away as far from here as possible.

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4

3

2

1

Tributes sprint and run to the Cornucopia. The careers already got their weapons and start looking for their targets. They get the weakest tributes and start torturing them. I run over to my beloved weapon and grab the bag next to it. As I start running to the forest, someone pins me down, "Those are mine!" she screams. She turns me over and starts grabbing my weapon. I pull much more force as I pull it towards me. "You may have strong hands, but you're body is weak. No little thirteen year old can win these games." she says as she's pulling the weapon. Suddenly, she is pushed onto the ground sideways. I look at her direction and see that Camille is pinning her down, "You won't get away with this!" the blonde girl that's pinned down screams.

"Shine, you may be a career but you're weak as a baby!" Camille shouts. Shine starts pulling her hair, "Run, Rue! To the forest!" Camille says as she's punching Shine on the nose. I stand up and start sprinting to the forest or, shall I call it, the Spring section. I look at the beautiful flowers and berries on the bushes. I ignore them and start running as far as I can. I can see a tribute on my left just a few metres away from me. I run faster and faster and can tell that the other tribute is far away from me. I shouldn't have run too fast. I am sweating and panting right now. I try to climb up a tall tree. Unfortunately, I am slowed down because I am really tired. Luckily, I reached as high as I can possibly reach.

I decide to take a look into my backpack. Some crackers, rope and a flask. I open the flask and find that there is no water inside. Great, this is just great. I groan and decide to pick some berries. Before I go down and pick them, I scan my surroundings, whether there are any tributes or traps. There are no signs of them and I climb back down. I start picking some blueberries and climb back up to my tree. I start to lift them up to my mouth but then I realize something. I take a closer look at the berries and drop them to the ground, with a disgusted expression on my face. I can't believe I almost ate that, I thought. I remember this plant in the edible plants station. And I also recall something years ago. Mom and I were in the meadow and I was staring at the same kind of berries inside the woods.

"Those are nightlock. They're completely dangerous. They will kill you before it reaches your stomach." she said. My eyes widened and I stepped away from the fence. Mom laughed and soon later, I laughed as well. I smile at the memory and decide to just sit here in this tree.

Finnick

Phew! She almost ate that thing. Glad she noticed it before it went inside her mouth. Of course, she's Rue and I know she's smarter than that. For the past few minutes she has been sitting on that tree. She gets startled when she hears a cannon. I count how many tributes have lost and I see she's doing the same. 12 tributes. So, 12 are gone and 12 are left. Wow.

My thoughts are interupted by a knock on the door. I walk over and open it, "Hey, Finn." a girl says on the door. My jaw drops, "H-hey, Lynette." The blonde girl smiles at me, "May I come in?" she asks. I nod and open the door wider. She walks in gracefully, "Your place is amazing. I wish my place would look like this." I raise an eyebrow, "You're the mayors' daughter." She turns around and looks at me with her clear blue eyes. I feel like I could get lost into them.

Okay, I have the hugest crush on her. I am actually quite surprised that she's here. She never talks to me because she probably thinks that being the son of 2 victors, I would act snobby and mean. I sigh at the thought. "Anything wrong?" she asks. I shake my head, "No, nothings' wrong." I hear screaming at the TV. Lynette and I look at it and see that Rue is telling a girl not to eat them. Too late. She didn't hear her and she collapses on the ground. Lynette turns over to me, "Your sister is really brave." I nod, "She's braver than I could ever be." "Don't say that." she says. I slightly smile and walk her to the couch and watch the games. I wonder why she's here. Maybe I'll ask later. Right now, we're watching the careers in the Cornucopia discussing a plan.

"We need to find her and then chop her to bits." the guy from District 1 says. I think his name is Rain. His district partner, Shine (which is a ridiculous name), scoffs, "I would've done it in the bloodbath if it weren't for YOUR district partner." she says pointing at the guy from 4. He throws his hands in the air, "Not my fault they like each other." Shine glares at him and turns over to Rain. The camera switches over to Dave, who's walking in the forest where Rue is in. But I don't think he can find her in one day. Probably the next day but not right now. She ran pretty far and she's a fast runner. She's the fastest runner in our school track and field team. What an advantage.

Lynette faces me, "I have to go. It was nice hanging out with you for a while. You're not as snobby and mean as I thought you were." she says. I lead her to the door and she waves me goodbye. I close it and think to myself, She actually came here and talked to me!

Rue

Nightfall comes and I'm still in this tree. I guess I will start hunting tomorrow. I start to hear voices from afar. I stay still and hopefully they won't see me. I hear fast pacing footsteps and I say that that person is running. A girl comes out of the bushes and runs for her life. I look at the girl closely. Brown hair, green eyes. My eyes widen. It's Camille! I look at the people chasing her. It's the Careers. Great. I wait for them to pass by my tree. I decide to help my friend instead of doing nothing. I climb down with my bow loaded and start running in their direction.

I see them run into a cave into the winter section and I start running faster. As I enter the cave, the careers have cornered Camille. She is shaking with fear but has determination to fight. The careers laugh when they see it, "You think you're strong to fight us?" Mason says. Shine smirks, "You escaped me once, but you won't do it again." I stand at the side of the cave and start aiming at my target. I let the arrow fly and it hits the back of Camille's district partner. I stand straight and decide to move more to the side. I can hear the careers go out of the cave and try to search for who did it, "She's here! She took my bow and arrows! I know it!" Shine exclaims. Deanne gets annoyed, "Shut up, Shine! She can hear us!" The start bolting for the spring section and I go back inside the cave.

"I took care of them Camille, don't worry." I say. She smiles and hugs me, "Thank you. I owe you one." she says and winks. And then she bolts to the spring section and disappears. I sigh and look for a sturdy tree. When I finally find one, I wrapped the rope around the tree. I realize how tired and thirsty I am. I can get rest now but I need to find water tomorrow. It's a must.

First day of the games is done! WOW. I'm tired of typing. :) But at least it didn't take me a week to get it done this time. :D HOPE YOU LIKED THIS CHAPTER. Please review. ^^ I'm not forcing you really, it's your choice. ^^