So all 3 of our tributes are left. I hope you enjoy :)

Danny Draddock D9

I dive into the hole into nothingness.

I'm sliding head first down some sort of chute. It's pitch black and I must be going at what? 50mph?

I'm going so fast that I'm scared what will be a the bottom. Will the game-makers just decide to kill me right now? I hope not.

The chute ends and I fly out. Except I'm not flying into anything solid, or liquid even, I'm free falling through an enormous cavern which could engulf the whole of the town of District 9 in one go. I'm falling so fast. So so fast. I can feel my mouth drying up and my eyes going bone dry.

I dare to look down and see water below. Murky muddy water probably full of mutts.

It's about 50m away when I get my body into a diving position which I saw somebody do in a past games. In about a second I slam straight into the water.

I get up to the surface and gasp for air. I glance above to see what's above me and can just make out where the cute ended and how far I've fallen. I'm surprised I'm alive to be honest.

I swim to the nearest bank and climb up to the side. Just in time because I feel a long black tentacle slither up my ankle and wrap itself round.

"AGHHH!" I scream out. Ugh. I take out a knife and hack away at it. I get a bit of the tentacle off and the mutt lets go. I run to a rock about 20m away and sit myself down on top of it.

I breathe slowly and calm myself down. I spot a cave about 50m down a tunnel to my right. I think that's where I will spend the night.

I walk into it and get the bag off of me. I lost my other backpack in the fall into the water so I only have 1 left. Oh well. It'll make it easier if I have to run away from someone. I open up my pack and examine the contents inside.

So, a bowl, a box of matches which would be great if I could find some fuel, a blanket, a pillow, a couple more knives, a metal flask and some water purifying tablets. I also have 3 packets of salted nuts, 4 apples, some tinned vegetable stew and 5 chocolate bars.

OK that'll be good. I also have a sleeping bag, 20 knives and 5 axes. I open up my coat and see the there are perfect slots to put my knives in. They must have made this just for me.

I put 5 knives in each side, some serrated, some fine and keep the rest in my pack. I slide 2 of the axes into my belt and I know that I'm ready if anyone ever comes at me.

I snuggle into my sleeping bag and eat an apple. I stuffed myself this morning so this should be enough.

I'm awoken by the cannons that signal the end of somebody's life.

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2

3

4

5

They end. 11 left. The names should be in the sky later. I'm not too sure how they will show the tributes, maybe have projections in every part of the arena or just have Claudius tell us all.

I snuggle back down and before I fall asleep I realise I should make a booby trap for the entrance to my cave.

I create a snare of sorts that when someone trips over a wire a knife will impale their face off and if they duck, an axe will slice their head off. I'm about to fall back to sleep when the anthem begins.

First, the girl from 1 which is extremely surprising, then the boy from 2 so there is only 1 career left, however it is Iris so I shouldn't underestimate her. The boy from 6 flashes up, I don't remember him from training at all, the same for the boy from 10. The girl from 12 flashes up and I tried talking to her at lunch one day but she just ran off. Oh well, her death means I'm 1 step closer to victory.

I finally lie down and close my eyes. I fall into a deep sleep.

Iris Hound D2

The tributes were just shown in the sky above me.

I'm sleeping alone in the cornucopia because Yoko died today. I'm definitely going to give that Connectus a slow death along with Lucy from 7.

I try to get comfortable and fall asleep. In the morning I will hunt.

Connectus Jones D3

The names just showed in the tunnel that we are in. Lucy and I are already the only ones left from our district so it's not all bad. We're closer to victory which is great.

Lucy says we need to find water and I agree. We have to otherwise we could get dehydrated and die and we both know how the game makers love to let people die in the arena.

I'm famished and none of our pack contain any food. I rub my stomach and Lucy sees me.

"Maybe there will be some animals we can eat down here Connectus, come on."

We carry on walking and come across a birds nest packed full of eggs. We take all 8 of them and wait for the parent to come. It comes and we shoot it down. It's not very big but will be good to eat once we find a way to cook it.

We turn a corner and are met by a miraculous site.

A cavern packed full of trees, 500m above is the sky and it's dark.

"So I guess we have found some fuel then Lucy." I say.

"Yes," she laughs. We're both just laughing with happiness now that we've found somewhere to hide and be safe until the numbers begin to dwindle.

We walk into there in good moods.

"Stop," Lucy instructs me.

"What?" I ask.

"Just stop," she says slowly.

"You hear that?"

"Hear what Lucy?" I say with a bored voice.

"That!"

I listen for a while. Oh no.

I look above and see about 20 tracker jacker nests.

"Ssh." I tell Lucy while pointing upward. She glances upward before letting out a shriek before covering her mouth.

We're slowly turning around when we hear running. People running into the forest.

"What do we do?" Lucy asks clearly alarmed.

"Show the pursuers where we are then run into the forest making a lot of noise. With the luck the tracker jackers will follow them not us."

"OK." she agrees.

About 20m away both from 4, the boy from 5 and the girl from 11 turn the corner. Their eyes narrow and they all have weapons in their hands.

"Over here!" I scream at them. They don't think it's a trap. How stupid of them.

"Run!" I scream to Lucy.

We run into the trees making as much noise as possible. The wasps are stirring and begining to take flight.

We turn around after about 200m and the wasps are on the boy and girl from 4 so they're both goners.

However 5 and 11 and still pursuing us.

"Climb a tree!" I order.

Lucy picks a sturdy looking one and begins to scale it. She gets to the top about 8m up and walks along a long branch. She throws an axe which takes down the boy from 5. I don't think he's dead yet.

I begin to climb myself. I'm about 3m up when I see 11 at the bottom. She's getting out a bow.

Oh god.

"Throw and axe at her!" I scream at the top of my lungs at Lucy. A cannon goes off, that'll be for one of the tributes from 4. Another one straight after. So both from 4 are dead.

"You're in the way Connectus!" Lucy shrieks.

"Well then mo...ve." I can only just make out the last part of the sentence. I look behind and see an arrow in my bum.

"Owww," I whine.

It starts to bleed and Lucy begins to climb down to help me up.

She grabs my hand and pulls me up before I fall.

When I'm up I look down to see 11 has gone. So has 5.

"Right turn over." Lucy orders me.

"Here?" I ask.

"Yes here, now do it before I don't help you."

"Fine." I roll over onto my front and can see the ground. We're very high up I can see.

I feel her pressing around my bottom and rubbing some antiseptic cream over it.

"Just to make it less painful" she informs.

"Right, I'm going to take it out in 3, 2..."

"OW!" I scream out. "You didn't finish counting!" She laughs and throws the arrow away.

She wraps a bandage around my waist covering the puncture and tells me to rest it for the night.

It's pitch black now and we can barely see each other.

We get into the same sleeping bag to conserve body heat and fall to sleep.

I hope you enjoy the chapter!

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The Fallen

Henry Tring District 4

Trina Trout District 4

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The Remaining Tributes

Iris Hound District 2

Connectus Jones District 3

Zachary Dandi District 5

Violet Anderson District 6

Lucy Sycamore District 7

Jimmy Richards District 8

Nicola Velvet D8

Danny Draddock D9

Simone Caracas District 11