Chapter 6:
I remember walking to the hover craft with Mags. Just before I boarded, I asked her to look after Finnick, to make sure he had a shoulder to cry on when I had passed on. She gestured for me to come down to her level, and then she murmured something to me, barely audible "He won't let you die!" I know she is right, there was no way Finnick would let me die without putting up a fight, but this was of little comfort to me, once I was in the arena there was nothing Finnick could do. Before I could reply, I was dragged on to the Hover Craft. Just before the doors closed, I screamed out "Tell him I love him". In that moment I didn't care if all the other tributes heard, if they thought I was just a silly little girl in love, all I cared about was Finnick!
The hover craft landed and we were brought to our launch rooms. My stylist, Grandis, was waiting for me. I hated him. I hated everyone in the Capitol. Because of them, I would never see Finnick again. He would never run his fingers through my hair, never swim with me and teach me to catch fish with a trident. "Sixty seconds" a loud voice called out. I got up from my seat and walked over to the launch tube. I stood there, and then I felt the ground beneath my feet begin to rise. This was it, by the end of today, I would most likely be dead, and if not today then defiantly tomorrow.
The light was so bright it took a couple of minutes for my eyes to adjust. The arena was a large field. Surrounding it was forest. It looked deep, plenty of hiding places. At one end there was a huge dam. The countdown began. I looked at the weapons laid out on the ground in front of the Cornucopia. Then I saw what I needed, A spear. I had been using a spear to catch fish since I could walk, but it was far away, at the mouth of the Cornucopia. The gong rang out. I still hadn't figured out what to do, so I just started to run towards the spear. It was my only chance of survival. I reached the Cornucopia before most of the other tributes. I grabbed the spear and was about to run into the forest, when I tripped over a backpack. This was it. I had been in the games for under a minute and I was about to die. A shadow loomed over me and I curled up in a ball. Then I felt someone through a blanket over my head. I dared not move. I lay there, in a ball for hours. I thought of Finnick, and how he must feel.
After a while the fighting stopped. I could hear people talking. A gruff voice said "She's useless, all she'll be is a hazard". Then I heard Bise Selkirk's voice, "Well I can't just leave her here, I promised him I'd do my best to keep her alive". After a lot of mumbling, someone lifted the blanket off me "Come on Annie, we have to go".
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