Ok this is the last chapter, message at the end!
Sorry if you cry!
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PeetaKatnissEverLark
chapter 5
As the 6th day begins they decide to stay in the cave and for the first time since the beginning of the games it is raining. They fill up the drink bottle with rain water but stay inside when it starts to become a lightning storm. Suddenly they hear a beeping noise from outside.
"What's that?" Barker asks.
"I don't know." She answers picking up her axe and walking towards the entrance of the cave. Then she sees it. A sponsor parachute. She runs out and grabs it. She comes back in soaking wet. She reads the note:
Your district is counting on you! Don't give up now.
Hope it heals.
-Ava
"It's for your shoulder" She says. She un-bandages his shoulder and spreads some of the cream on his shoulder. He winces.
"That feels better. You should put some on your leg" He says.
"My leg isn't to bad now." But she still puts some cream on it and it feels better.
That night they run out of food and Rowan tells Barker to stay there while she goes to find something to eat. She finds some edible plants that Dina told her about and heads back to the cave, they eat. And 3 names comes up into the sky, They didn't hear the cannon because of all this rain that they are having, The girl from 9, Girl from 2, Lana, and the boy from 1, Price. The two got split up from the other careers and were both shot with a poison dart in the back, the 2 remaining Careers found her and decapitated her. 6 left.
The next day is dry and Barker's shoulder is much better and the two tributes decide to go their separate ways. Rowan gives him a quick hug.
"Good luck Rowan." He says. Holding her, He genuinely means it.
"You too Barker." She says. They leave their embrace and Rowan feels cold.
They both head off in different directions. Rowan following the creek, east, and him following west. They both walk all day and Rowan stops and climbs up a tree, him doing the same. No one died today. Rowan wakes to the sound of a voice booming through the arena.
"Attention all tributes, I would first like to say congratulations to the remaining 6 tributes. In celebration of how far you have come, we are willing to give you each something. Something that could save your life. Tomorrow at midday we will have a feast at the cornucopia. Where this gift will be. That is all." The voice says.
Rowan starts making her way towards the cornucopia knowing it will take long to travel there, and she walks all day collecting berries and plants along the way. Stopping at the small pond to collect water on the way there.
Barker and Rowan had the same idea, to go to the feast and go to the pond on the way there. Barker watches her from afar. He could just kill her now, they broke their alliance, he wouldn't be breaking a promise. But no, he stands watching her from behind a tree. She turns looking around alert as she kneels down and fills her water bottle. It was originally her bottle after all so he insisted she keep it. He stopped here last night. Rowan stood up putting the water back in her backpack and walked away towards the cornucopia.
Rowan felt like someone was watching her then it felt weird, but of course someone was watching her, these are the hunger games after all. She traveled closer inward toward the centre of the arena, the cornucopia stopping after the sun set. She was close now. She climbed up into a tree ate berries and went to sleep thinking about tomorrow.
She woke early to another voice.
"Attention, the feast is held at midday. Good luck." The voice said. She climbed down the tree and continued walking all the way to the cornucopia.
Barker woke up that morning to the sound of the announcement too. And continued walking, he was a good mile behind her but moving at a fast pace wanting to be there before her to make sure she doesn't die. It was weird that he was willing to give his life for her to life, but he knew he had too. The Rowan he got to know deserved to go home.
She reached the cornucopia seeing the hovercraft drop down, she hid in the grass in between the field and the trees waiting for the moment to go in, She saw the 2 remaining Careers on the other side, waiting for their prey. Suddenly she saw someone charge in. She saw the district 12 boy got shot down by Paris. She saw someone else She realised it was Barker charging in to retrieve his bag that said Male 7. She took a deep breath charging after him as he was running straight into the careers. Paris jumped out of nowhere shooting him in the abdomen he fell to the ground. Rowan screamed charging behind Paris hitting her lower back with her tomahawk her teeth clenched, Paris screamed falling to the ground as the cannon sounded. Rowan's hands covered with blood as she saw Ashlar charging at her. But a big knife was thrown into his chest, he used his last strength to pull it out before a cannon sounding and he fell to the ground. Rowan turned and ran towards where the injured thrower of the knife was, he lay on the ground an arrow in his abdomen. Rowan put Barkers head on her lap as she sobbed helplessly stroking his hair as he faded out. She held his hand.
"You win." He said using the last of his energy. As life leaves his eyes. Barker was dead. She was the last tribute of the 312th hunger games. She was the victor. Hovercrafts came down as she held a dead Barker in her arms sobbing. She won but it didn't feel like it. People Grabbed her pulling her away from the body her hands were covered in blood, she screamed, she struggled trying everything she could to get back to Barkers cold body. Suddenly she was injected with something. Then it all went black.
THE END
Ok yep thats it bye….
joking. ok so I am actually currently working on a sequel and it's going to be like the life of a damaged victor it's called 'The Girl Who Lived' so stick around for that. I really enjoyed writing this story and I like the way it turned out apart from barker dying but please leave a review about what you would like to see in he next book, constructive criticism is appreciated. That all for now, Bye guys!
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