All you have to do is call my name
No matter how close or far away
Ask me once and I'll come, I'll come runnin'
And when I can't be with you dream me near
Keep me in your heart and I'll appear
All you gotta do is turn around
Close your eyes, look inside
I'm right here
-Right Here by Miley Cyrus
Sobs racked through my body. For a day straight I cried and I couldn't stop myself. Only one person died yesterday, and today it's official we have been in the arena for a full week. But it doesn't even matter. Nothing matters when your alone.
I heard the sound of footsteps. My body froze instantly. Titus found me like he said he would, no other tribute would wander off to my location. I know no one would, because even I wouldn't. And it has to be him because every other tribute that passed by just left me alone, sure I was going to die off myself.
I placed myself in fetal position. He wouldn't be able to unlatch me while I'm still alive. I was holding my knees so hard my knuckles turn white. The footsteps grow closer and my fear thickens.
"Serenity?" A voice asks but it's not Titus. It belongs to a girl. "Serenity, is that you?" It asks again. "What are you doing on the floor?
I unfold and look up. It was Ebony. I wipe my arm across my face. "What are you doing here?" I snarled. I don't care who she is or how old she is. I know I can beat her. I know she fears me. I don't owe her the niceness I would have given Blue or maybe Faith.
"I heard crying and I thought who ever was stupid enough to attract attention was weak enough to be killed by me." She shrugged and I could tell it was the truth.
"Well you must have thought you would have gotten a small lame-ass District because if you really think you can get a Career you're mistaken." Before I could even stop myself I just hiss.
"Really? Didn't you ally with a lame-ass tribute from a lame-ass district?" Ebony shot at me. What a little bitch.
I quickly brought my knife to her throat. I think it really shows off my fierce personality. Just what the Capitol wants. Because that's all I'm doing at this point. That's all that really matters. Entertaining the Capitol.
She laughs softly and I stare at her like she's out of her mind. "You wouldn't kill me." She whispers. This isn't a movie, we aren't acting, if my knife kills her, she's dead.
"You wanna fucking try me?" I growled, bringing the knife closer and closer to her neck. I'm now just mocking her. But at the same time I'm also wondering if I would actually do it. That little in my voice in my head is telling me not to but the devil side is saying go for it.
I just dropped the knife back to my side. "You got lucky." I said, feeling drained.
She looked at me, I could even read the expression. "Look, you're alone, I'm alone. Maybe if we teamed-"
"No." My voice was set. "I am a number one target. Everyone wants me. You're better off on your own."
"Oh am I?" She mocked. "Does it really look like I'm better off?" She was practically inviting me to give her a good look. Let's just say, she didn't look like the innocent angel she was in the Capitol. I shuddered just thinking about looking half as bad as she did.
It was noticeable she dropped severeal pounds. Her eyes were bloodshot, from so little sleep. Her skin was turning black and blue from I don't even know what. She even had a battle scar on her upper arm. I had to give her props, who knew she could get in a battle an survive?
"The scratch on my arm was my idiocy." She caught my gaze. "I tried using a spear and it didn't work in my advantage."
Well, that explains that.
I thought it over. I knew I was being a crabapple but was it worth it? She could slow me down. But so could Trey, and he didn't. But if Titus were to find me...No one deserves to die the way Trey did. Could I really bear if that? Two deaths, on the hands of me.
"Please." Ebony asked.
"Let's get one thing straight." I sneered. "I have been through more than you have, I have the more experience in this." She nodded quickly. "And if I tell you to do something, even if your iffy about it, you do it."
"That's fine by me." She said and I wondered what was really running through her mind. It certainly wasn't ease.
I blinked. "Then it's settled." I looked around the cave. "We should get out of here." I decided. She didn't say anything as I took my supplies and walked out of the cave. "How many people are dead?"
She thought it over. "Fourteen." It was almost funny how the cannon rang immediately after she spoke. "Fifteen." she corrected herself. When she saw my face she looked worried. "What's wrong?"
"The Capitol." I whispered. I thought it was pretty obvious. We should have our final four left. There's so little deaths per day, we can't be that amusing. I know a twist is coming if it hasn't already. And if it has, I'm the next victim.
She read my mind. "I wouldn't be that worried. When I was camping out two days ago the Captiol sent the Careers a pack of hungry wolves. A litlle dissapointing, no one died or remotely got hurt.
I frowned. "Shameful." She laughed. "I wonder what's-" I started but felt a burning sensation on my arm. "Ow!" I yelped, leaping back.
On the floor was a meteor the size of a golf ball, glowing red and spewing molten rock from it's surface. My arm was blistering, and bleeding from two small cuts. "Back to the cave!" I shouted, running back with her. The sky was now dotted with fiery dots of hot rocks.
"Go to sleep, I take watch." I said, back inside of the cave. She opened her mouth to protest. "No. You promised to do as I say."
With that she shut her mouth and layed down.
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"Serenity!" I felt Ebony shaking me. "Serenity, get up! SERENITY!" She screamed.
"Quiet, you'll attract other tributes." I mumbled sheepishly.
"Too late for that." She muttered. "The guy who died last night built a fire and he was near us! Serenity, I can see the Careers! They're headed right for us!" She shrieked.
I bolted from the floor and stoop up, picking up the knife beside me. It was too late, they were already in the cave with us. "Get behind me." I snarled.
Jessa was leading the pack. Her face was distorted in a smirk and the only other person that looked smug was Cristan. Blue and Faith were frowning and Fathom, like always, was expressionless.
"Aww, lookie what we've got here. The two twelve year olds." She mocked, eyeing the dagger in her hands.
"This is our fight, Jessa, leave Ebony out of it." I said in a commanding voice. "You know you want me, not her."
Jessa shrugged. "I take what I get. And besides who said I wanted you? I already got what I wanted from District Four." She leaned over and kissed Blue who kissed back obediently. She was looking at me as she did it, probably to see how I would react.
"You don't want to know what I want from District One." I threatened.
"And I got what I wanted from District Nine." She continued looking at Ebony sadistically. Behind me Ebody stepped to my side.
"Erik died of natural causes!" She shouted angrily. "I was there, I saw."
"Naturally. But I finished him off." Jessa said mindlessly.
Ebony hissed. I stepped in quickly. "If you got what you wanted from our Districts then why are you here?"
Jessa thought. "I guess I just wasn't satisfied." She shrugged, throwing the dagger to me with her incredible aim.
I dodged it easily. "I got a ten. Do you really think you can beat me?" I taunted. "What did you get again? Oh...and eight I think."
She looked at her district partner. "Cristan!" She screeched.
Cristan shot the arrow. I got out of the way instantly. "See, you can't beat me." I stuck out my tonguue.
Jessa smirked, and I had no idea why. Was she seriously that big of an idiot?
"Serenity..." Faith whispered pointing behind me.
Ebony crippled to her knees and the cannon sounded. The arrow was right through her heart.
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Hey, school is finally out! Sorry the chapter is so short and it might possibly suck. I know it's not one of my best. But now I'll be able to post more frequently and next chapter (SPOILER ALERT) Serenity finally gets what she wanted from day one.