Motrid Twil POV

My stylist tells me to step on to this metal plate type thing after dressing me for the Games. He says not to get off of it until a gong goes off.

I step onto the metal plate and a clear tube comes down over me. After a few seconds, it starts to...lower? I start freaking out. I don't wanna leave! I don't wanna be in the Games!

The tube drops and stops.

I'm standing in a dark tunnel, with other tunnels branching from it. Behind me is a dead end. I can't even see the Cornucopia...

The countdown starts from sixty when I hear a shriek, a shriek that only one person could make.

BOOM!

Orchid's POV

Oh. My. Goodness.

Someone just stepped off their metal plate? Who would step off their metal plate?

I was standing on mine, careful not to step off or drop something, when I hear a shriek and then a bunch of explosions.

And only one person could make a shriek that sounds like that.

Glint's POV

This is perfect.

I'm standing in a dark tunnel, behind me a dead end, on either side of me are various other tunnels.

Thirty yards in front of me is the golden horn.

The countdown is on twenty now. I get into running position. I have to be the first there. How couldn't I be? It's right in front of me.

14...13...12...11

Azgaro's POV

What the heck is going on?

Where the heck am I?

Okay, so I'm standing in this really dark tunnnel with a bunch of other tunnels around me, and I can't even see the Cornucopia! What the heck!

7...6...5..

I'm so confused...

Anyways, I decide just to go straight forward. I guess that's the best way to find the Cornucopia.

3...2...1

BONG!

Brook Phillips POV

I turn around, wanting to sprint away from the Cornucopia as fast as I can, but it's a dead end. Cautiously, I step forward and see a side tunnel.

Perfect. I try to walk in, but bump my head on the ceiling. The ceilings are too low, so I crawl through. Yes, this will be my hiding place tonight. Just tonight. Then, I'l have to get out. As soon as possible.

And then, I realize something.

We're underground. Food doesn't grow underground. Which means-

The only food is at the Cornucopia.

I slap myself in the head. I guess I'll steal some from someone tomorrow, I have enough speed and stealth to do that.

I hope.

Serena's POV

I sprint down the dark tunnel as fast as I can, trying to reach the Cornucopia. After running for around three minutes, I see a flash of gold and know I've gotten there.

The first thing I see is the scythe. By the, I mean the only scythe. There's only one at the Cornucopia. And that old man Gyrke is reaching down for it.

No, I think, angry. There's no way he'll get it.

And, all at once, it happens.

A knife whizzes past my shoulder and lodges into the dirt wall behind me. I yank it out and run to the Cornucopia. This short delay has given Gyrke time to grab the scythe and start running.

But, I'm fast. I sprint, barely dodging an axe that only could've been thrown by Azura, and reach my target.

"Hello there, Nine."

Gyrke turns and looks at me. "Thought you were gonna get away with my weapon? I'll tell you this,"

I grab the knife I found and stab Gyrke through the heart. Bullseye.

"Heck no, you aren't," I finish, prying his limp fingers from the scythe.

Acacia's POV

I've finally reached the Cornucopia, after running around through tunnels non stop.

It's loaded. Tons of backpacks, food, water, containers, weapons, and some objects I can't quite place right away. Before I can even take it all in, I sprint toward the first thing I see; a sword.

I pick it up at the same time as Sprik. I yank it from him easily, but then he collapses to the ground, body crumpled.

Am I really so strong that I killed him?

Of course not. Standing behind Sprik is Mila Aaron, the girl from Two that refused to join the Careers.

She cleans the blood from her knife, looking at Sprik's body with sad eyes. "I'm so sorry.." she whispers, just as I lunge at her.

She dodges, in shock that I attacked her. She pulls out her knife again, freshly clean, just as my second swing comes.

She deflects it with a shield that she must of found at the Cornucopia.

Shields? I think. They have shields this year?

Just as I'm about to stab at Mila again, she's left, sprinted away into a tunnel.

Cal's POV

Finally, I see it!

A nifty bow and arrow, practically made for me! The Gamemaker's must have been watching me carefully, they found my skill!

I run as fast as I can for it, my fingers grasping the curve of the bow when it happens.

Unbearable pain, I can't explain it. THe sword cuts right through my torso. It feels worse than anything I've ever felt before.

I look up. Acacia Yandalu. District Four.

She stands above me, lips curled into an evil smile, sword splattered with my blood.

My killer is the last thing I see as my life flashes before my eyes.

Azgaro's POV

I find Glint, Serena, and Acacia at the Cornucopia and we get together as the "Career" alliance.

"Who'd you get?" Glint asks.

"I killed that guy from Nine...Gyrke Botre, I think his name is," Serena replies, cleaning her scythe with an extra shirt she found in a back pack.

"I got Cal, the ignorant girl from Ten." Acacia says, twirling her sword in her hands, bored.

"And you, Azgaro?" Glint asks. I roll my eyes.

"Give me a second," I say, just as I see her.

Galinda Glassman. District Seven. Trying to sneak around the Cornucopia to attack us. She even has an axe in her hand. I laugh. What a pathetic little girl.

I run up to her, no need to sneak, with my trident in hand. She freezes, paralyzed with fear. Galinda stands, back against the Cornucopia. I've almost reached her.

I stab my trident straight through her heart. She screams as it pierces through her skin. I can hear my allies clapping and cheering in the background. I laugh.

Galinda's body crumples to the floor, dead for sure. My grin falters. I just killed another person. She never did anything to me...

"Well done, Ice," Glint says, patting me on the back. Serena and Acacia follow her.

"And, Glint, can I ask, who have you killed?"

She blushes. "Well...,"

Dixie Therpast POV

I walk through the side tunnels, unsure of where to go, other than the fact that I don't want to go to the Cornucopia. The Careers and Anti's and Julius will be there and I don't want to run into them.

I take a random turn into a very small tunnel, one that I have to crouch down in to get through.

And come face to face with Julius Pow.

"Hello, princess," he says, smirking and raising his knife.

I scream and run, faster than ever. It's the most scary thing that has ever happened to me. I hear his loud steps behind me and pick up even more speed.

I hear the sound of a knife whizzing toward me and instinctively duck my head and move to the side. I make a sharp left and still hear Julius' steps.

I go into the first tunnel I see in every passage and then I stop, needing to catch my breath. I turn around cautiously.

Julius is gone, he must have taken a wrong turn. Now, I know how scary it is to encounter another tribute.

"D-Dixie?"

Tim Ul POV

I can't believe I didn't get killed at the Cornucopia.

I'm sitting in this spin off side tunnel, one of the last ones before the entrance to the Cornucopia. I went there, got a backpack, and cleared out to here. And, somehow, I didn't get killed in the process.

It's safe here, I think. No one will hurt me now.

"I think we should just stay at th-"

"No, there's bound to be someone hiding around here!"

"She's right, there's got to be a little kid around here somewhere-"

"Exactly,"

Voices. Ones I recognize.

The Careers are hunting me down. I can hear Serena suggesting to get some rest back at the Cornucopia. Glint saying that there's bound to be someone hiding here. Azgaro agreeing with her.

I let out a little squeal, I'm really scared. I don't know if they heard me...

"Shush, Serena," Acacia says.

"No, let me proove my point! I think we shou-"

"Shut it!" Acacia shouts. Serena shuts her mouth, taken aback.

"What?" Glint asks. Acacia bends down, just a few feet from my tunnel.

"I thought I heard something..,"

Just then, out of fear, I let out another whimper. Her head turns in the direction of where I'm hiding.

"Yeah..." Serena says.

"I heard that too," Azgaro comments. Acacia stands up.

"Well, then let's go!" she says, and they all run and stop right where I'm hiding.

Glint bends down, sword in hand. She smirks, seeing me. "Guys, look who we have here," she says, laughing a bit evilly. The rest of them bend down behind her.

"May I do the honors?" Glint asks, raising her sword. The rest of them nod, knowing it will be a good show.

I stand up, and try to run to another tunnel, but it's a dead end. I can't move anywhere except forward.

And Glint Sparrow is standing right in front of me, sword raised over her head.

"HA!" she shouts, smacking the blade on my head, making me fall to the ground. I try to get back up and move, but I'm dizzy and disorientated from being hit in the head.

Glint then pins me to the ground, and the other Careers come after her. "Say goodbye, District Three. Any last words?"

I close my eyes tight as her sword pierces through my gut, and scream when she twists the blade.

Serena Dragimir POV

"Nice one, Glint," Acacia says, patting her on the back. I shush them as the cannons go off.

"I guess the fighting is over?" Azgaro says, as we listen to the booms.

I count them. Seven booms in all. Seven dead in the bloodbath.

Seventeen more to go...

Kendrick's POV

Mila, Tasi, Callum, Azura and I lay down on the second floor of the arena, a maze. It's still underground.

"I wonder..." Azura whispers, her voice trailing off.

"Wonder what?" Mila asks, turning on her side to face Azura.

"How we'll know who's dead. There's no sky for them to project it in," she says.

"Eh, they'll think of something. They can't just not tell us who died," Callum replies, looking at the dirt ceiling.

"I wonder who stepped of their plate?" I ask curiously to no one in particular.

"I bet it was one of the little kids. I wasn't close enough to hear the voice, but I heard the explosion," Tasi tells me. I nod.

"Well, we might as well just watch the ceiling...," Mila says. Azura sits up.

"You're kidding. We need to make a plan! We need to have a strategy if we're gonna take out the Careers!" Azura rants on and on about the importance of a strategy and I grin.

"Fine then, let's plan," I say.

Ben's POV

Me and Motrid are on the first floor of the arena, in the side tunnel where we met up. We both wanted to get away from the Cornucopia so we ran to the side tunnel, the first one we saw, and ended up seeing eachother.

I lean against the wall now, Motrid going on and on about how hungry he is.

"I should've gone to the Cornucopia! I'm so hungry I could eat a whole leg of groosling! I could've gotten food!" Motrid complains, then puts his head between his legs. Then some music starts playing and he sits up.

"Ben? What's that for?" he asks.

"Their gonna show us who died today," I tell him.

We sit back an watch.

And then, it's like the ceiling dissappears, and is replaced by a dark blue sky. A symbol, probably representing the Capitol, appears in the 'sky'.

The anthem goes on as the faces apear in the sky.

Sprik Radin, District One. Age: 57

Tim Ul, District Three. Age: 12

Galinda Glassman, District Seven. Age: 14

Gyrke Botre, District Nine. Age: 47

Jackson Roddeney, District Ten. Age: 15

Cal Sam, District Ten. Age: 14

Bradley Scale, District Eleven. Age: 3

So Bradley must have stepped off his plate...

First Chapter of the Games is done! Did you love it? Did you hate it? Any suggestions?

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