Brine looked around the arena, taking in his surroundings. There were lots of trees, but not the kind that would be easy to climb. He could hear a waterfall somewhere which was good, because he'd get water fast. He turned his attention to the cornucopia and looked around for useful supplies, the center had the best stuff, but he didn't want to risk his life to get it when there were plenty of semi-good things thrown around the edges. He spotted a pack and a spear that he wanted.
When they got the signal to leave the pedestals, he quickly ran towards the pack first. A boy got in his way, but fell when someone threw a battle ax in his head. He looked back, surprised then continued towards his destination. He reached the pack at the same time as the girl from district three. They looked at each other, both knowing what the other wanted. When he realized that she probably wasn't going to do anything, he leaped toward her and quickly snapped her neck, cringing at the noise. He picked up the pack then the spear which was lying right next to it and darted towards the forest.
He saw the girl from district six, Rose, running the same way as he was a few feet ahead of him. She turned back and looked at him, startled at how close he was. He watched as she put her hand her pants and pulled out gun and pointed it right at him. He held up his spear and threw it. It landed in her back and she fell, dead. He ran past her picking up his spear and her gun on his way.
Smiling at his new toy, he turned around and began shooting at the other tributes still running around in the blood bath. He grinned as he watched four of them fall, then turned around and continued on his way.
When he reached the forest, he stopped for a minute to listen for the water that he had heard earlier. He smiled to himself when he figured out which way to go and felt a wave of happiness wash through him as he realized that he had a good chance of winning and returning back to district one victorious.
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Viola was running her fastest towards the sound of water, she could see a boy running ahead of her. She was watching him, making sure to keep out of his view when all of a sudden she heard him scream. She ran faster when she heard the cannon explode. She went to the edge of the trees and looked down. There was a waterfall, with rapids where the water fell. It looked like the pictures of Niagara Falls she had seen in her textbooks. She muffled her scream when she saw the blood in the water.
She walked up to a tree. It was tall, with no reachable branches. She decided to walk toward the beginning of the waterfall, hoping to find a place to get water. She slinked between trees, making sure to stay hidden. She heard the cannon explode again. She looked down and saw a body floating in the water. Another surprised by the sudden drop into the water. Surprised and dead. When Viola got to the beginning of the river she saw animals drinking the water. At least there would be plenty to eat. She took a drink from the water and sat down for a minute. She then got up and decided to try climbing on of the trees. She was a very good climber so she thought she might be able to do it. She put her arms around the tree and jumped. Then fell. She had an idea and took her jacket off and pulled it around the tree. She then used her feet to push up. She made it 25 feet up to the closest branch. She then sat and waited to see who would come to the river.
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Tirzah waddled as fast as she could towards the forest. All she had managed to grab was a small army knife and a water canteen that was unfortunately empty. She knew she should look for water, but she thought that that would be what everyone else would be doing and she didn't want to run into anyone just yet. So she went the opposite way of where she thought the water would be, hoping maybe she would stumble across a small pond or something.
As she walked further and further into the forest, the screams of the others slowly faded away and she slowed down to save her energy then came to a complete stop as she rested against a tree. Her breathing was heavy as she looked around, familiarizing herself with her surrounds.
She jumped when she hear a branch snap to her right and immediately raised her knife even though she knew it would do no good. He heart sped up when she turned around and found herself staring right at the end of a gun.
She closed her eyes and put her arms around her belly, her one attempt to protect her baby and waited for the shot that would end her life. When she hear the gun go off, she wondered why she felt no pain, why she wasn't dead. She hesitantly opened her eyes to find the boy dead at her feet. She looked around curiously to see another boy, with a gun in his hand staring at her.
He smiled and said, "Need an ally?"