The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth

by Theuglyduckling492

The 188 Hunger Games. Crystal Baker (District 1) has never met anyone her age, so going into the Hunger Games is even more of a shock than usual. Anyone from the same district can come home and she thinks she loves one of her district partners. What will happen in these Hunger Games? Does anyone ever leave the arena?

14. Gone

I wake up (in the tree) and it's dark. I guess I missed the anthem, but I already know who died. I look down and see Vincent sleeping. We're all innocent in sleep. But truly, what are we? Innocent children.

Everybody is asleep in their hiding places and I feel strangely alone. The clearing is dead silent. I hear footsteps, but I don't wake anyone. The tribute might run away and I can just kill them with my knives.

The two boys from 8 walk into our clearing. They begin to fill their water bottles. I wait until they're finished so I don't contaminate our only fresh water. They stand up and start to walk back into the forest. I throw a knife at the taller of the two and it hits him in the neck. A cannon fires.

The shorter one yelps and dashes toward the trees. I throw another knife, but I'm too late. It catches his arm as he escapes into the trees. I scream out in annoyance. Why didn't anyone back me up? The cannon must have woken them up!

I look below me and Vincent is struggling with his belt. He pulls it off and jumps to the ground. "Hey guys, let's come down and get his stuff."

Cliff, Fiona, and Ares join Vincent. "I don't think I can get down, but I'm with you in support," I say. They laugh. Ares says, "Where are Allison and Sheen?" "Allison?" I shout into the darkness. "Sheen?" No one answers. "Well," I say, "I guess they left the alliance. We're lucky they didn't kill us in our sleep. But we need to stay together. We still need some sort of pack."

"Agreed," Vincent says. They get the boy's supplies and go back to their hiding places.

We sit there almost all day before a girl wanders into the clearing. A spear flies out of a tree and pierces her gut. A cannon. (The sky told us she was from District 3.)

I wonder where Allison and Sheen have gone. The hatred of them deserting us boils up inside me and I wish they would come into the clearing so I can destroy them.

A scream comes from the distance. I organize my knives, but surprisingly, I'm calm. No one comes to our clearing. I sit, ready to strike. A cannon. They were obviously trying to get to the finale. The arena is silent.

The rest of the day is uneventful. The anthem shows, then the District 3 girl, the District 6 girl, and the District 8 boy. I guess the District 6 girl was the one who we didn't kill. I wonder who killed her. I bet it was Allison and Sheen. I want to kill them so much.

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