Annie

When the platform started to rise I started to panic. It was all black and I couldn't even see my hand at first. I knew not to move or else it would explode. What if I accidently did move? What if my bracelet fell off? I hastily tightened it even tighter.

Suddenly light exploded into my vision and I squinted my eyes, but I didn't want to show any weakness so I held my chin high and scanned the Cornucopia. The land was shaped like an enormous circle and each side of me went upwards into steep hills or a rocky foundation, in front of me was a large damn. Why would that be there? I decided to check it out later. Tress were place randomly up on the hills, some were all alone and some were in thick bunches and it made a mini forest.

I found Maxem, he was directly in front of me, and the damn was behind him. He nodded to me.

Caesar Flickermen's voice came on "Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds ever be in your favor!"

The robotic voice counted down "Ten… nine… eight… seven… six… five… four… three… two… one!" The cannon went off, and everyone took off running.

Surprisingly I was the second or third one off of the platform and I sprinted towards the golden horn. I dared a peek behind me and I saw Alanna running away from it. Good girl.

When I got there I frantically searched for a knife, I found one underneath a mace. I spun around a saw a male tribute running towards me with a cruel glint in his eyes. When he came a few feet away from me I kicked him in the side and he staggered. But he still kept on coming.

But a hand appeared and grabbed his shoulder, yanking him back. Maxem came with a spear in his hand and speared him in the stomach, I gasped and looked away. All around me cannons boomed. At least five were dead. Everywhere people fought, trying to strangle each other, or risking their change at getting a weapon, which seemed to be protected by the Careers.

"ANNIE GO GET HER!" Lilac shrieked.

I spun around and saw District 6 girl running toward the rocky edge of the hill and she started to climb it. She had a large yellow pack and a sword. Lilac and the other gestured frantically and I took off running, I grabbed a few knives as well. But what would I do when I get there? I couldn't kill her. Maybe I could say that she was just too fast. But judging her sloppy footedness I could catch up to her in the matter of minutes. When 9 is up on over top she is panting, and I was almost at the top too.

My hands were just touching the soft grass and her large foot went down on my fingers, I squealed and pulled myself up quickly. Next her boot connected to my shoulder and I realized she was trying to push me off, instead of killing me with the sword. She didn't want to kill anyone with her hands either.

I scrambled up and moved away from the edge. She tricked to kick me again but I grabbed it and yanked her forward, and she fell to the ground. Now what? Do I kill her?

She came up and lurched towards me fast, but I dove out of the way and she went tumbling down the mountain. I watched as she died; she hit her head hard on one of the rocks as she was plummeting. My hands went to my throat and I sat down.

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"Annie! Annie!" Someone yelled in front of my face.

I opened my eyes and saw Maxem's panicked face "You were just sitting there like that for like ten minutes! Are you okay?"

I blinked. Ten minutes? I felt my cheeks flush, I could just hear what the other pack was saying about me. I looked over the edge and so of them was staring off into the direction we were in, while others were talking or sorting supplies.

"I-I think so, yea. "I'm fine." I paused and sucked in a huge breath "How many are gone?"

"Nine."

That means they're fifteen tributes left.

We slowly got up and climbed down the hill. When I turned around I saw eight different bodies. The other one laid on the rock a few feet away with blood staining it. I closed my eyes and walked towards the Cornucopia.

Kanda was there grouping the supplies, she spun around and handed me tons of rope and wire "Here you go. You said you can make traps right?"

I nodded and sat down, far away from the dead tributes bodies.

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The sun was setting and I finally finished making all of the snares, and placed them around our stash of weapons and concealed them with dead grass or sticks. If any tributes came and stepped on it they would be tangled up and thrown high into the sky and hang upside down until we came back. I shuddered at the thought.

"Come on guys!" Lilac said "Let's go hunting!"

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If you guys haven't seen Mainstaypro's "Annie and Finnick Web show" (I think it's called that anyways) I suggest you go it watch it because 1. It's AMAZING and because that's where I got the whole idea of Annie-staring-off-into-her-own-world-type thing.

Also if my explanation in the Cornucopia confused you please let me know.