Glimmer
I feel a tap on my shoulder and groggily turn over, wanting to escape back into sleep. But no such luck. The hand shakes my shoulder and Clove's face comes into view.
I prop myself up against the tree, the one where Katniss, the girl on fire, the one who outshone me, is treed. Stuck.
Then something tumbles down from the branches.
A nest.
Everyone scrambles to their feet and starts running. I'm still half asleep, but I can tell that this is a serious, full-on tracker-jacker attack.
"To the lake! The lake you idiots!" Cato screams at us.
I stumble around and sharp pains pierce me. Soon every place on my body hurts and I shriek.
I scream for the others to come back and help me, but they don't.
The stings bulge into plums. I see my sister, my damn sister, emerge from the tree where Katniss is and she's whispering, You could never be good enough. You could never be good enough…
She slips away, into the tree, leaving me alone.
Alone to be surrounded by the awful, death bringing bees.
And soon enough, I too, slip away.