They pronounce that I am the last tribute standing and I wait to be taken away but nobody comes then a voice appears,
"By decree of the Capitol if a Mini Hunger Games is shown to the public the victor has to stay in the arena for another two or three days after they win."
I hang my head in dismay but a parachute floats down into my lap, I open it up and read the message it says,
"Only two days and I will have you back in my bed darling… from your dear Alexander xx"
I start to laugh but at the end I cry then I open the box and find a little bottle of water and a bit of turkey wrapped in a tissue to keep it as fresh as it could be. I hold onto it and decide not to eat or drink yet so I would save the food for tomorrow but it's very hard so I plant my head on bunch of leaves and wrap my coat further around me to go to sleep.
Although I was meant to stay here a day or two a week has gone by and I am thinner than a twig and all out of tears to cry. My little bit of turkey and bottle of water are gone, I feel really sick and exhausted from trying to find water and all I can think of is the sight of my mum, dad and brother crying at what they have done to me as punishment for my mother and my father winning The Hunger Games. The dreams are getting so horrible that I end up screaming for them,
"Mum, Dad help me!" I expect to see their faces but I don't see them so I curl up in a ball and rock myself to sleep like Alexander did when I was weary.
Suddenly I see a helicopter come overhead and I stand up so it can see me but it isn't here to rescue me at all. Arrows start coming out aimed at me so I run. But then I see a bird that looks like a MockingJay but it's not and it starts to follow me. The creature comes up to me and opens its mouth I hear words from Alexander's mouth and start to cry, then it plays words from my mother, father and brother. At the end of its chorus it flies away but its noise is still in my head… I start to scream because I can not take it but my screaming doesn't even drown it out. There is only one thing I can think of doing, I grab a fairly big sized rock and bash my head with it, hopefully knocking myself out but it doesn't work so I carry on until I hear another helicopter and a voice.
"We declare you winner of The 100TH Hunger Games mini heat!"
A ladder comes down and I climb on. The Capitol doctors check me over and clean me up, one says,
"Well Miss Mellark you did very well and no cuts but towards the end we thought you were going insane!"
"What happened to the two day wait?"
"Well the Head Gamemaker, Mr Lynsander Rankin's, and President Snow wanted to see how long you would last out there."
"Oh okay."
"If it were up to me I wouldn't have the Hunger Games, seeing young innocent children die every year just isn't fair but don't tell anyone I said that okay?"
"Sure, what were you saying again?" I reply as the other doctor comes out to check on me,
"Thanks" he answers quietly.
"Hello I am Doctor Rowan and the man over there is Doctor Welks"
Doctor Welks waved and smiled,
"I believe we have already met"
"Good, good. So Miss Mellark, you will be taken to the District 12 floor and put into your bed in your room any further questions?"
"Will I see Effie, Haymitch and Alexander?" I say quietly trying not to hear the names,
"Well I don't know I will speak with Mr Rankin's and see"
"Okay … Thanks"
"No problem. Right, Doctor Welks will stay here as I get ready for landing"
"Okay"
"So sit tight"
I was laid on a hospital bed with tubes coming in and out of me but all I seemed to care about was my family and friends.
