Disclaimer: I have yet to own the Hunger Games...

Okay, on with my updating spree.

This idea was suggested and dedicated to mymockingjay: The death of the girl finished off by Peeta.


Emerza Flames (Age 14) female – District 8

I am cold. No longer cold from the temperature of the atmosphere but from the gash that resides across my chest. How that is possible I do not know, but it is cold. Maybe it is because when you die your soul slowly exits your body, leaving what is left to try to warm the physical aspect. And when there is less than half left, you feel cold. But to whatever matter of why exactly I'm cold, the point is: I'm cold. I should be dead, and at this rate I wish that I was. The pain was increasing, and a small trickle of blood was starting to flow down my mouth. Why did it have to be so cold?

It was almost moments ago that the Careers had come crashing through the brush, waking me from my sleep. Maybe it was stupid of me to light a fire, but I was cold. I was asking the same question then: Why did it have to be so cold? A fire would be nice, and how clever would they think of if they knew that I would be able to start one. It probably was stupid to fall asleep, but I was tired. I begged with them, begged for clemency, but to no surprise they saw nothing of it. Now I lie here, with the semi-fatal wound, gasping for air in short, rasping gasps. Another question: Why couldn't that boy learn how to use a sword? Weren't Careers supposed to be good with weapons? I can't help but wonder what they will do when they find that I haven't died. I hope they don't send him back.

I face my fire which is now the dying embers of what was my beacon to death. I face the place where the Careers took off back through the woods. Both my death calling and cause in the same sight. I don't know what I'm waiting for. Perhaps a faster death than the pain that faces me now. I let my eyes slip closed, hoping that they won't open again. I'm sorry—that's what I would say to my family. I'm sorry that I left. I'm sorry that I can't come back. I'm sorry for your tears and pain, but I don't know if it is as terrible as my own. I can't bring myself to break the silence hovering in the air. For a few seconds I'm in the deathly silence of the night.

I hear the distant crunch of twigs and my eyes automatically open to the noise. Emerging from the distance is the blond-haired boy. The District 12 who was running with the Careers. His blue eyes showed a mask of annoyance which quickly softened to sympathy once he laid eyes on me. My face remained unmoving. He held a knife in his right hand and I knew what I should ask: something that the real Careers would never give me. A quick death.

"End this." I say; my voice a hoarse whisper, barely audible. I'm not sure if he could make out the words; but I think he heard me. He moves forward and kneels down next to where my body lies.

"Are you sure that there is nothing to save you?" I look to his eyes and I see they etched to sorrow. He is no murder. He belongs here not. Then again, I, and half the others, don't belong here either. He keeps himself from dropping tears though.

"Please. It hurts. Nothing can be done. Just make it stop." My voice is more distant now. I can feel myself slowly slipping away. But the pain is still there. Along with the cold.

My shut close and I mouth "Please" one last time. My life is still within me, but I no longer have the strength to move. The last of my soul is leaving, and the cold is getting worse. I can't stop shivering now. Why must it be so cold? I feel the cool tip of a metal blade drag itself across my neck, but I'm too far away to feel any pain. I just feel the cold. Maybe it is in my mind that I tell him thank you, but I hear his footsteps walking away before the last of my soul leaves my body. I wait for the warmth to come back. I'm sorry I say in my mind one last time to my family, I should have tried harder.


Okay! On with my updating spree then. Since I updated my last chapter I have no one to thank for reviewing it... so Thanks to everyone who will review and will read!!! Yay!!! I'm in a good mood today!!!!