Day One of the Games: The arena

Yay! Let's get this show on the road! At the end of every chapter I will post a list of who is still left standing. I will also tell how many deaths there are in that chapter, and how each tribute dies. Remember, no offense, it's the Hunger Games. Most of the deaths are purely random, I just drew random names honestly. Here we go!

Archer Droke POV

The metal plate lifts me up toward the hole in the ceiling. This is it. The Games are beginning. I wait for the fresh, outdoor air that awaits me in the arena….

It never comes. I quickly adjust my eyes to the light. It's really dim in here, where's the sun?

"Let the 125th Hunger Games begin!" the announcer booms. And the seconds tick away.

55.54.53…

There is no sun. It's a cave. We're in a freakin' cave. The area is lit somehow but I don't know how.

….

The Cornucopia is equidistant from all of the 48 tributes. We're arranged in what looks like a half circle around the Cornucopia.

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There is a giant pool of water behind the Cornucopia. The Cornucopia is filled at the mouth with goods, food, some weapons. The items are scattered around the Cornucopia, their value decreasing as they reach the tributes. There is a wooden knife a few feet in front of me.

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I look left and right. There are a ton of branching passageways off of this cavern. Behind us there is a large passage. There aren't any passage ways across the pool behind the Cornucopia.

30.29.28…

To the right of me is the District Eleven guy, Benjamin. To the left is my brother Ross. He nods in my direction.

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I take a running pose and wait for the gong. I notice the ventilation on the sides of the room. So the tributes don't die of air loss.

.1…..GONG!

I dash off of my plate, as others do the same. I reach the Cornucopia after a couple of others and I quickly grab a short sword. It's the weapon I was best at in Training. I wheel around to find my brother Ross, also armed with a sword. He grins at me, and I notice a rush of movement behind him.

"Behind you!" I yell over the fighting ruckus going on around me. Ross acts lightning fast. He turns around and immediately slashes with his sword. The girl he just cut in the stomach falls to the ground, life leaving her small body. It's the girl from District Eleven, Elyona. Her sister is with the us and the Careers. Ross and I leave her as she is, with red staining the dirt and her clothes.

We dash around the Cornucopia, avoiding blows from opponents. One of those nerd tributes from District Three falls right as we move past him. Blood trickles out of his mouth and where a trident is sticking into his chest. We go past the scary sight.

Finally, I decide to even up with Ross on the kills. I see an opportunity and strike, not even knowing the tribute in the first place. The poor girl from District Ten who had that condition crumples to the ground. I remove the sword from her body and turn away. I'd rather not look in the first place. Instead, I grin at Ross, and together we both go back to the bloodbath.

Dehlia Zahler POV

GONG! I immediately head for the Cornucopia. I know that Zuper and Izzi are coming with us. I spot one of them on my way. It's Zuper.

"Grab some food and get out of here!" I yell to him over the din of the battle.

"Okay," he calls back, and he reaches down and grabs a pack. I find another two and immediately turn back to the plates.

Oliver followed my instructions. He stayed where he was. I hand him the spare pack of food and we both take off. I don't know which passageway to take, so I pick one and motion for the others to follow. They do, and suddenly we're in almost darkness. It's hard to make out anything, but it's a straight passage so we keep running. We pass through several caverns, all of them empty, all of them with passageways branching out of them. How are the Careers ever going to find us, I wonder. Our group takes several more turns and then finally we take a resting stop.

We can't hear the sounds of battle anymore. Good. We're out of range. We have been running at least an hour. I sit down to examine the packs that we got. In mine, there is a flashlight with batteries, an empty water bottle, a rolled up sleeping bag that could keep in heat, a largish piece of cheese wrapped up, a package of crackers, and a beef stick. Good, there is a lot of food. Izzi's pack contains about the same material, but it also includes a pair of sunglasses and a couple of rods filled with some liquid.

"What do you think it is?" Izzi asked. "Why would you need sunglasses in this dark cave?"

"I don't know," I reply. "But the rods. I've seen them before. This is what you do." I pick up a rod and crack it with my hand. Light radiates from it. "It's a glowstick," I say.

"Cool," Zuper says, "I got some of those too." Then the cannons start firing. The shots roll off. One two three, four, five, I count. They keep going until I hear eleven shots. Eleven tributes are dead in the bloodbath. A quarter of us gone, already.

Willow Wolf POV

When the gong sounded, I leaped off of my plate to go get a weapon of some sort. Me and Ephraim didn't have an alliance to turn to. I see the other tributes get there first, so I stop running and just settle for a knife on the ground. However, Ephraim ran up to the Cornucopia for the better stuff. He left me in the dust completely.

"Ephraim!" I call to him. He doesn't hear, but he seems to know that we should escape. He throws something large over his shoulder, and takes off towards a passage on the left side of the Cornucopia. Suddenly, there's a Career in his path.

My brother seems unfazed, even though the Career girl is armed to the teeth. She strikes at him with her spear, but he whips out an axe and parries. I watch in horror as he brings the axe down on the Career, who falls as soon as the axe blade cuts open a huge gash on her shoulder. I pass her, and she's the girl from District One. She's not dead, she's still whimpering. I try to erase the image from my mind, but it lingers. My brother just killed someone.

We dash out of the bloodbath and into the cave. It takes my eyes a few moments to adjust to the lighting, but I can see almost clearly now. We don't stop running away from the fighting until we hear the cannon shots. We've stopped in a large cavern, with lots of stalagmites coming up from the ground. And I smell, water. There is a small pool nearby. Good. We could stay here for the night. And just hope the Careers aren't in the mood for running.

Luke Micheals POV

"Let's go!" I yell to the rest of the alliance. The gong just rang, and I move to go pick up whatever junk I can. That's not in the Cornucopia, of course. I'm too smart to walk into that death trap.

Basil and Blake have gone to the center for bows, because that's what they need. I am gratified to see them get out alive. They dash past a District Ten kid, who is viciously sliced up by Eric Smithstone. They dodge the falling kid and reach our group, along with Tecna, and Tron. Isa Smithstone isn't here. Neither is Josh. Wait, Josh is gone! I yell for him, calling out his name. I finally spot him in the dim light of the cave. He's bent over the supplies, picking something up. That's when I see Goby Craybess, trident poised to throw.

I know what will happen before it does. I'm unable to stop it. The trident whizzes through the air and makes contact with Josh's stomach. It's a fatal wound, I know one when I see one. The trident's tips are burrowed in his vital stomach area. I still scream, wanting to die with him as well, but someone else holds me back. They drag me into the biggest passageway that is facing the Cornucopia.

I refuse, but they still drag me. Then one of them behind me screams, and I open my eyes. There's a small District Twelve kid, one of the twins with the weird name. He has a few knives, but then an arrow flies out from behind me and lodges itself into his skull. District Twelve kid falls over, blood pouring out of his wound.

I'm still pulled back by the others, and then they drop me off in an even bigger room. This room is well lit, with a circular passage that goes around a huge pit. There are several walkways that go across the pit. The light in the room seems to emanate from the pit. "I don't like this room," I finally speak up. The others seem surprised that I recovered so quickly. But they agree and we all head off a side passage from this room.

We've walked for a while and this cave still has no end. I've seen these weird mushrooms growing on the walls. Finally, I just stop walking. I sit down and call for a break. Everyone is exhausted. It has definitely been a hard day. I don't even know what time it is, there isn't any sun to check.

The alliance has decided to spend the night where we are. I didn't anage to get anything from the Cornucopia. I dropped everything when I saw Josh. The memory still brings back unbearable pain. I clutch myself, trying to hold on. It must be nighttime, since I hear the Capitol anthem ring throughout the cave. How are they going to show the dead tribute's faces'? My answer comes in a second.

The floor beneath me lights up. This must happen in all of the large caverns. I see faces, I don't want to watch. The second one that comes up is Josh's. I fall to the ground, not paying attention to the others like the rest of us are. Finally, the Capitol anthem plays again and it's over. I don't sleep at all that night. Too scary too.

Okay, here is the bloodbath deaths of Day One:

Samanda Frinder, D1, was stabbed in the shoulder by Ephraim Wolf.

Josh Micheals, D3, impaled by Goby Craybess

Andre Rosen, D6, was shot by Bianca Taylor, took the arrow instead of having it hit his sister

Lutara Rosen, D6, finished off by Bianca's sister Claire

Leda Hanover, D7, shot in the heart by Raven Welroot

Ren Malik, D10, killed by Eric Smithstone

Coral Malik, D10, same thing as above

Aberee Washington, D10, slain by Archer Droke

Chloe Washington, was shocked by her sister's death and was paralyzed when Bianca Taylor killed her.

Elyona Welroot, D11, cut by Ross Droke

Tempest Tamashii, D12, threw a knife that injured Basil Dew, then was shot in the heart by Blake Dew.

That's all for today, looks like a lot of people were smart and didn't join the bloodbath.