Victor

My t-shirt sticks to me as I tread water trying to stay up above the surface; the Career girl from District 2 was glaring at me with eyes full of hate. She is blue now, turning purple and it is just her and me. I know if it wasn't for the earthquake that she could kill me with her bare hands but I'd spent many years in District Four, this is my advantage, she is already struggling after thirty minutes. I start swimming laps again; I can't get hypothermia though it seems as if the Career already has. It manages to warm me up but I'm still nervously waiting to see if the Game Makers will send another disaster. I swim back and watch the brown haired girl look at me pleadingly and mouth 'help', but I can't. It's me or her. She takes one last breath then sinks into the water. Bubbles float up, then a minute passes and they stop, I know she's dead. The cannon confirms it. I win.

The trumpet sounds in the arena and Claudius Templesmith calls out, "Ladies and Gentleman, I am pleased to present the winner of the Seventieth Hunger Games, Annie Cresta of District Four!" The hovercraft comes and lifts me up though I have no pleasure in winning. Andy's dead. I killed a boy. Finnick will never love me anyway, I'm evil. I start screaming as the Capitol people drag me inside. The cold overwhelms me as the cool air hits my wet skin and everything starts blacking out…