CH 9: Alliances
I wake up to a cannon, 12 left half gone in the first 24 hours. I hope it wasn't Valina.
I untie my self from the tree and keep moving away from the careers. Then about 50 yards away I see smoke. Idiot, I immediately sprint in the other direction. 10 seconds later I here the cannon signaling the end of the fire starter.
I don't stop until in sure I'm very far from there and I know I am because I'm in the border of the forest section and the Tundra/Mountain section.
I climb a tree about 20 yards from the border of the two sections. It's mid-day and I really need some water. I set my stuff up In a tree and bring my bottle and my mace and head off to find a river. After about an hour I sit to rest. Im starting to feel the effects of dehydration. I keep moving and here running water, this excites me I run to the sound and just as I rush into the clearing, I see a river and an arrow flying in my direction.
I barely get out of the way in time and I fall to the ground. Then I hear a familiar voice "Oh My God! Sorry Amber, it's me Valina, I thought you were a career. Valina shouts. "It's okay, no harm done, alliance? I ask. "Definitely".
I head back to my tree to bring my stuff to the river. I climb up a tree next to the river above a covered branch so no one will see us. We sort through what we have, Valina has water purification tablets, a bow and quiver full of arrows, a knife, beef jerky, and a water bottle.
She goes to hunt and I collect edible plants. "You sure these aren't poison?" She asks as I return with two hand fulls of red berries. "Oh yes I remember them from the training center". She puts down a rabbit and a squirrel, I skin it and I remember how to light a fire without a lot of smoke. I cook them, put the fire out, and then refill both the bottles. It's now night and the Anthem begins, we watch from the tree as we see the fallen tributes.
The Fallen:
District 6: Female
District 5: Shane
It hits me and I burst into tears. How, he was so good and strong and I thought he would have made it to at least the final 8. Valina comforts me as I cry Shane must have been on the careers kill list. The District 6 girl lit that fire. I fall asleep after hours of crying. I think of who's left, both from 1, both from 2, both from 4, me, the guy from 7, Valina and Allen, the girl from 11, and the girl from 12.