The tributes have all woken up, and it's 1:30pm. No matter where you are in the capitol, your TV will automatically open, and you will have to watch the 1st Annual Hunger Games. The escorts have just given their tributes some tips, and they told them that even if they didn't get along in some circumstances, they're still special in their hearts. It is now 1:55, and the tributes are about to get into their tubes to be put into the arena. As every tribute says goodbye to their escorts, and even to their district partners, they all get lifted up into the arena. Their final goodbye's have been said. The order of the tributes around the pedestal were:
District 5 Amell
District 11 Ackley
District 1 Cartier
District 4 Isaac
District 6 Helen
District 2 Claudia
District 6 Jet
District 1 Pia
District 12 Colton
District 12 Allison
District 2 Byron
District 8 Denim
District 7 Rosewood
District 9 Senwe
District 11 Chisholm
District 8 Calico
District 10 Blaine
District 5 Oswald
District 4 Nila
District 3 Lectra
District 10 Heidi
District 3 Arthur
District 7 Ewan
District 9 Dagan
''You ready?'' Isaac asked Cartier.
''You already know.'' Cartier answered.
''Hey Byron!'' Claudia shouted.
''What?'' Byron shouted back.
''Get Rosewood!'' She mouthed.
''Ok!'' he yelled out.
The clock struck 10. The tributes all looked around each other becoming scared and not knowing what to do. The clock struck 3,2,1... 0. Every tribute sprinted to the cornucopia, and Isaac was the first to get there. He grabbed two spears, and a backpack. He quickly stepped back, and stared at the other tributes. Byron running right after him got a spear as well. Rosewood came straight after Byron and she got a hammer. Byron quickly chucked a spear at Rosewood who dodged it at the last second by dropping her body to the floor
BOOM
A large cannon struck. Every one turned their head to the sight of blood, and it was Amell from district 5 who was struck on accident with the spear. Her lifeless eyes took a toll on the other tributes. Everyone was paralyzed in fear.
''First blood.'' Byron commented.
Rosewood quickly took off into the trees where she couldn't be found. After that, Cartier, Claudia, and Pia all got to the weapons at the same time. Pia grabbed a bag, and a tiny sword. Claudia grabbed at least twenty throwing knives and placed them all in the bag she grabbed. Cartier on the other hand grabbed a sword and got right into action. He ran straight for Oswald who had barely made his way to the center of the cornucopia. Oswald saw him running towards him, and he decided to quickly head back. Cartier followed Oswald into the thick trees that were hard to get past by. Oswald lost Cartier for a while, but soon tripped. Oswald kept still, and didn't make a sound. He had lost Cartier, and he continued to walk knowing that he did not have a partner anymore since his was dead. Back at the cornucopia, Pia struck down the district 8 female, Calico. Calico was running towards the area where most bags were located, and Pia quickly saw it. Pia ran straight towards Calico, jumped onto her, and stabbed her in her chest with the tiny sword she had and just continued to bring it down onto the rest of her body. Calico's body was cut so deeply that her blood just spurted out. She quickly began to faint as the blood loss was too much to handle for her. She closed her eyes, and didn't wake up.
BOOM
''What is that stupid cannon sound?'' Claudia asked.
Nobody saw how sneaky Senwe was. She grabbed at least three bags and just took off. She turned her attention towards Dagan, her partner, and told him to hurry up. She tried to mouth to him, but he didn't understand.
''RUN WITH ME!'' Senwe yelled.
Everyone took a look at her, and that gave Jet from district 6 a chance to get a bag and run. Helen, his district partner on the other hand was not quiet enough to get to the area where a bow was located without being seen. She ran straight for the bow, but made so much shuffling noise that Claudia ran towards her. Claudia quickly threw a knife at Helen's leg which stumbled her for a while. Helen was able to drag herself towards the bow, and quickly shot it. She was too worried about her leg to focus on Claudia. Her downfall was soon. Claudia was about to strike the final blow to Helen, but she was jumped onto by the girl from 3, Lectra. Lectra quickly jumped onto Claudia's back to get the knives that she had, but she was wrong for doing so. Claudia quickly pushed her off and slit her chest with the knife. Helen quickly ran and got away while Claudia was stabbing every limb of Lectra's body. Lectra soon lost way too much blood and just died.
BOOM
''Hey Claudia! Kill Pia.'' Byron shouted.
Pia ran for the trees as she was running, she saw someone running towards the weapons. She grabbed onto the person and held them by their neck. She put a sword up to their throat but didn't do anything. She was using them as a shield to block Claudia's knives. Claudia didn't care, and she just kept throwing. Every knife that she threw hit the target instead of Pia. The target was the female from four. The female from four, Nila, was yelling and screaming for her life. Isaac was hiding behind the table where nobody could see him, and heard the screams. He didn't look up yet though, so he didn't know who it was. After each knife hit Nila in her vital spots, she just got tired. After that, Pia quickly slit her throat and threw her onto the floor. Nila was killed by the hands of Pia.
BOOM
''Fuck!'' Isaac said as he looked up.
''Your all mine now, pretty boy.'' Byron said to Isaac.
''Come at me bruh.'' Isaac challenged.
The two had a long out going battle that seemed to last forever. The capitol people were placing their bets on who would win that battle. Which ever one was gone would leave all the others to a giant advantage because Byron and Isaac both had incredible scores. Byron was fighting with a sharp sword, and Isaac had a spear with him. Byron got Isaac onto the floor but Isaac quickly hit him with his spear on the arm. It cut Byron's right arm deep, and Byron just quit. Byron ran towards where Claudia and Pia went. After that, districts 11, 12, 10, Arthur, and Ewan made their ways toward the cornucopia. Ewan got their first and just took off with a bag, Ackley arrived next, and then district 12 both arrived. Chisholm got there soon after, and Arthur arrived last. Everybody left the cornucopia except for Isaac, and Arthur. The two stared at each other, and Arthur was scared for his life. Isaac had a spear clutched in his hands and was about to chuck it. He ran towards Arthur who was running as well, but Isaac was so much quicker. He pushed Arthur to the floor, and stole his bag. After that he just took off into the trees.
''Oh thank god.'' Arthur sighed.
The arena was a thick heavy forest with foggy areas, and some really tall trees. It also had swamp areas and very dangerous mutations. Kill monkeys that would jump on you and rip your skin with one bite, dangerous birds that crap acid, heavy thick fog that could choke you if you took a breath with your mouth open, and giant camouflaged tree snakes. The gamemakers where thinking about adding way more to the arena, but saved it for later.
''There you are.'' Cartier smiled.
''Please, leave me alone!'' Oswald cried.
''You aren't getting out of this alive, you know that right?'' Cartier said.
''LEAVE ME ALONE! I WANNA GO HOME!'' Oswald cried out for help.
''I got you then. I'll send you home right away.'' Cartier said. ''Sorry kid, I just really wanna win it. I would take out the competition first, but they're a pain in my ass so...''
''Please...'' Oswald was whimpering. ''How did you even find me?''
''There are foot prints. You didn't realize that you were running through mud. I just tracked you down using your foot prints that you left in the mud, and I saw you sitting here behind the bush. Rule number one, never stop moving.'' Cartier stated.
He quickly used his sword to chop a piece of skin off from Oswald's right cheek.
''AHHHH!'' Oswald yelled.
''Shut up! I'm trying to end your misery.'' Cartier said.
''DO IT QUICKLY'' Oswald screamed.
Cartier quickly took the last blow, and hit Oswald dead center in his chest. The started wiggling the sword around Oswald's body, and Oswald just had lifeless eyes that looked deep into your soul. Cartier pushed Oswald's non-moving body into the mud where he just sank.
BOOM
''Yo, that sound is sooo annoying. What the hell is that?'' Cartier asked himself. ''A cannon or something?''
''CARTIER, CARTIER WHERE ARE YOU?'' Pia yelled. ''ARE YOU STILL ALIVE? I NEED YOU!''
She quickly ran towards the area where Cartier was at and jumped through the bushes to find Cartier holding a bloody sword and Oswald's lifeless body sinking into the mud.
''He's gone, right?'' Pia asked.
''Yeah.'' Cartier answered ''So you need me, huh?''
''No, I never said.. I would neve-.''
''I need you too.'' Cartier cut off Pia.
''…''
''…''
There was an awkward silence between the two until they heard the voices of both people from district 2. Cartier grabbed Pia's hand and they both hid in a bush, he quickly stared into her eyes and was lost in the moment. She slapped him quickly, and got his attention. The two from 2 looked all around to see where that noise came from.
''I can take them both, I promise.'' Cartier said.
''No! That girl is a beast with throwing knives, and that boy, Byron. He slays with swords. He, and Isaac had a fight back at the cornucopia. I don't know if Isaac died or not, if he did though, that's one threat out of the way.'' Pia whispered.
''Good. We can win now.'' Cartier said.
''We?'' Pia asked.
''Aren't we a team?'' Cartier asked.
''Yeah, but only one can live.'' Pia stated.
''Fuck that rule. As long as I live, we'll both win.'' Cartier told her.
''You're so sweet.'' Pia commented.
''Ugh, you lost Pia!?'' Byron angrily asked Claudia.
''Nooo, I let her off with a warning because I felt bad..'' Claudia said sarcastically. ''OF COURSE I LOST HER. You think that I would let that... skunk get away? No, I would not.'' Claudia answered angrily.
''Don't give me any type of attitude.'' Byron said.
''Bite me ass hole.'' Claudia sputtered out.
Byron quickly swung, and the two from district 2 were furious. The two were crazy mad at each other, and continued to fight. Claudia slapped, Byron swung, Claudia swung, Byron was gonna attack again, but Claudia kept swinging at him. She kept up with Byron's hits even though they were hard hits. Byron was gonna hit again until Claudia quickly pulled out her knives to quickly kill Byron, but she knew that she needed someone to be partnered with. She knew that nobody else would be her partner.
''You done?'' Byron said in a voice as if he was gonna cry.
''Get slayed by a girl, bitch!'' Claudia snapped.
''Shut up, let's just continue seeking out other tributes.'' Byron said.
''Mhm..'' Claudia said.
''Wow, she got him good.'' Cartier said.
''Listen, Cartier. I'm sorry for the way that I acted towards you for the last week.'' Pia apologized.
''It's fine.'' Cartier said. ''At least we're all good now.''
''Yeah.'' Pia said.
The two got closer to each other, and the tips of their noses were touching. The two were about to kiss, but Cartier stopped, and said that they needed to keep moving. The two went out and just kept searching for the first day.
''Ughhh. I'm so done. I can't find anyone.'' Isaac said as soon as he ran into Rosewood.
Rosewood quickly stood up into a stance as if she were gonna strike Isaac with her hammer.
''Just strike me down. I'm pretty much done.'' Rosewood said.
''Why you down?'' Isaac asked.
''I just.. I was thinking about my family life. My family hates me, my life in district 7 is just difficult. Everyone thinks that I'm perfect, but I'm not. It bothers me because, I have many flaws.'' Rosewood said.
''Is this why you're down?'' Isaac asked.
''Yeah.'' Rosewood responded.
''Get the hell out of here, you know how bull that is. People think that you're perfect so they look up to you. You don't like the praise that people give you? They think you're pretty, smart, good at using weapons. People think you have it all.'' Isaac said.
''That's what I don't like. It just pisses me off. I'm an optimistic person, but screw it. I guess you're right. I'm not perfect, and the capitol people will know that as soon as I die.'' Rosewood stated.
''Ok.'' Isaac said. ''Imma go out and slay some scrubs.''
''Cya.'' Rosewood said.
''Ally. Oh my gosh, I can't believe we made it out of there alive.'' Colton said.
''Me too, but hey. At least we didn't get spotted by district 1. Did you see Pia's kill? That was intense.'' Allison asked.
''Yeah, she just let that girl get wounded by knives and then slit her throat. That's messed up.'' Colton said.
BOOM
''Woah... Those cannons scare me. They come so unexpected.'' Colton said.
''I think that's the point haha. We don't know how many times a day that they will come.'' Allison said.
''Chisholm... What happened?'' Ackley asked.
''The girl from 10 was killed by the girl from 2.'' Chisholm said.
''Wow.'' Ackley responded.
''Stop hogging all the kills Claudia.'' Byron said.
''It's not my fault that you can't slay.'' Claudia told Byron.
''Oh my gosh, you piss me off.'' Byron angrily said.
''Do something about it then.'' Claudia tested.
Byron quickly ran through the woods looking for people to slay. He couldn't find anyone for quite a while, and that was pretty much the point where he separated himself from Claudia. He would search for hours just looking for someone. It had been four hours ever since the last kill was made. A forest fire was made, and it was very bright. Ewan, who was all the way to near the end of the arena could see the light from where he was. Byron, Isaac, and Ewan all made their ways toward there. While they were looking for the fire, Chisholm from 11 was sitting on top of a tree just staring at the person who made the fire. She looked down at the bottom, and loved the pretty warmth that the young lady had made. The party was over though, because Byron made his way there. He found the girl from 6 who was stabbed by Claudia in the leg. As she finally looked up, the sword was right at the tip of her nose and because she looked up so quickly, it cut her face a little.
''Please, I beg of you.'' Helen said.
''Nope.'' Byron said as he hit his sword right onto Helen's face. Chisholm from up top was watching, and she wanted to do something but knew that she would have probably been hurt. She was going to vomit at the sight of seeing Helen's face being cut in a brutal way. Isaac made his way there, and so did Ewan. Ewan looked at Isaac, and Isaac looked at Byron, and Helen. Ewan quickly ran away while Isaac just hid himself in the bushes. Isaac later looked up to find Chisholm vomiting on the ground from the top of the tree. He aimed his spear, but just couldn't let it fly. Byron quickly walked his way back to where Claudia was. He found her there sleeping, and he knew that it was his chance to kill her, but he didn't.
BOOM
Everybody heard. It was now 9:00, and the faces of the dead tributes came up into the night sky.
District 3 Lectra
District 4 Nila
District 5 Amell
District 5 Oswald
District 6 Helen
District 8 Calico
District 10 Heidi
''Wow, I feel so bad for them.'' Ewan said as he was walking.
''Hey Ewan!'' Rosewood said.
''Hi.'' Ewan said.
''You ok?'' Rosewood asked.
''Yeah, why?'' Ewan asked and said.
''No reason.'' Rosewood said. ''Wanna team?''
''Sure...'' Ewan said.
''Hey, let's not make this awkward.'' Rosewood said.
''Ok.'' Ewan said. ''I'm done for today, I'm gonna go to sleep.''
Ewan pulled out a sleeping bag from the backpack that he took. Rosewood also pulled out her bag, and she slept as well.
''Night.'' Ewan said.
''Night.'' Rosewood replied.
''Colton, why are you so quiet?''
''Sorry, I'm just sleepy. Do you mind if I go to sleep?'' Colton asked Allison.
''Not at all. Good night my district 12 partner.'' Allison said.
''Good night, Ally.'' Colton said.
Day 1 Ends