Heyyy, well it's here, the blood bath xD I have no idea what to call chapters after this...hmmm...I'll think of something anyway, this chapter I've tried to do all the Pov's from tributes I haven't used yet, except from Saffra, if I was usong all tributes I hadn't used I would be having two Povs from the career alliance and I think it's best to say about other people :) Anyway in this chapter I haven't named any tributes who have died, I have just said (for some) what district they're in, you'll find out in the next chapter when the tributes find out :') Anyway...I hope it's ok :)
Leonis Ballantynn (District 2)
I was pushed up into the arena and was suddenly hit by darkness. I couldn't see any of my surroundings, not even the tributes. I swallowed down hard. I waited for light to appear but it remained dark. How was I supposed to find my way in the dark?
"10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1."
Then, all of a sudden the lights flickered on, but I wasn't facing the Cornucopia, I was facing a wall. I whipped around to see that I was surrounded by walls. I stood off my plate and began feeling at the walls, only then did I find a door knob. I grabbed hold of it, twisted it and pushed. I came out into what seemed to be a corridor. I began walking down; I didn't really know where I was going.
I stopped and looked around and that's when I noticed, it was a maze. The arena was a maze! I turned left and began to pick up speed; the cornucopia should be in the middle of the maze. I just had to get there. I saw some other tributes in passing but I didn't have a weapon, I just let them run, I'd get them later.
I finally reached the centre of the maze and without a doubt there was the cornucopia, stacked with weapons, Silver and Sean where already there, searching the cornucopia for weapons.
"Leonis," Silver yelled and she threw a sword over to me. "Have you seen any of the others?" I shook my head in reply.
"I'll go hunt for some tributes," I told them and I ran out of the cornucopia, I heard footsteps coming from my right and I held up my sword ready to kill. I was about to bring it down when I noticed it was Yvette. Her eyes were wide with shock, I quickly apologised and asked whether she'd seen Finley, she hadn't.
"Look out!" she screamed I turned around quickly to see the boy from district 7 hurtling towards me, axe held above his head. I pushed Yvette away and sent my sword through his chest. He dropped his axe to the ground; I had to jump back before it cut my feet in two.
He pulled the knife out of his chest; his eyes were full of hate as he dropped to the floor. My first kill, ever, and he wasn't even a weak tribute, he received a 9 in training, just one less than I. I stood staring at him for a moment before I realised there were twenty two tributes left to kill. I turned to Yvette and quickly thanked her before running away.
I ran until I caught sight of another tribute. I didn't even remember which district this girl was from. I grabbed hold of her fleece and pulled her back.
"Cynara!" she cried, I looked up to see another tribute, a boy, standing at the foot of a ladder about a hundred metres ahead. He looked at us in horror before deciding to climb, a good idea really, otherwise I would have surely killed him too.
I turned back to the girl and sliced her neck without even thinking.
I decided to go and see where the ladder the boy climbed up led to. Obviously both tributes were heading that way.
I ran over to the ladder. At first glance it seemed to be made out of wood but as I began climbing, it became obvious that the ladder was made of something much stronger, metal maybe.
When I reached the top I found myself standing in mud. The arena looked very strange, there was a smaller land in the centre, presumably above the cornucopia, and then water surrounded that. I was stood on the other side of the water. On my other side, the arena carried on but all I could see was some trees and some mountains in the distance.
I noticed that there were backpacks lying around but only a few, I guessed other tributes had already taken them.
I saw a small girl; I think she was from district 11, running towards the trees not far from where I was stood. She was carrying two backpacks. I began running for her, sword held at the ready. When I reached her, she let out a scream. Tears began running down her face as she begged me to spare her life. I shook my head and plunged my sword into her stomach.
Trinnith Justice (District 5)
My back was pushed up against the wall; I had to find a way out of here, after about a minute of contemplating on what I should do, stay here or run. I stood up, ran into the door and sprinted down to my left. I saw a knife out of the corner of my eye and scooped it up. I soon found myself facing another wall. I could either go left or right. I chose right, and began running. There were many twists and turns in this maze and at one time I found myself running in what seemed to be a complete circle only to come to a dead end.
Then I heard it, a cry which could only mean one thing, the blood bath had begun. The blood bath had begun and I was still here. I was hoping that the careers were stupid and they wouldn't get to the cornucopia for a long time. I guess that I was wrong.
I had to be extra careful now; I could not run into any tributes. I finally found a ladder and climbed it. I looked around to see many tributes running for their lives. How many of them would survive?
I decided to run. I ran as fast as I could for the nearest set of trees.
That's when I heard it, it was as if something was cutting the air and hurtling towards me. I dived to the side and the knife just sliced the top of my arm. It stung like mad. I stood up quickly, grabbed the knife which was lying just ahead of me, slid it into my belt and carried on running for the trees. Whoever threw that knife decided not to come after me.
When I reached the trees, I was out of breath, my mouth already felt as dry as the desert. I needed water. I passed through the trees and to my surprise; I came to a path, an actual path which was made of stone. My first instinct was to follow it but then I realised that this was just a trick which was made to make tributes walk into each other, to maximise the deaths. It wouldn't fool me; I decided to carry on walking through the trees.
Saffra Rankine (District 2)
I ran as fast as I could, carrying the one backpack I had managed to pick up. I didn't know where any members of my alliance were.
When I reached the trees, I stopped to catch my breath. My main priority right now was to find somewhere safe to hide. For all I knew; everyone in my alliance was already dead. I barely made it out in time. I was sure that the district 4 girl was going to kill me, but she wasn't armed, she simply knocked me against the wall. It wasn't hard enough to knock me out though, but I did have a massive bump on the top of my head.
"Saffra," I heard someone whisper. I looked around quickly, who was it? I couldn't see anyone.
"Saffra, up here," I looked up to find Griffin hiding in one of the trees. That was easier than I thought.
I smiled and began climbing the tree to join him.
"Have you seen any of the others?" I asked him, trying to keep my voice down as much as possible. He shook his head. "How long have you been up here?"
"Quite a while, I was one of the first to get out of the maze."
I began to think that making an alliance with Griffin was a good idea, if he could find his way around a maze that quickly, he must be smart as well as fast.
We keep a look out for Floss and Wade for what seems like hours, I begin to have less hope of us finding them. Maybe they are dead. But then we see her, Floss, Climbing up out of the ground and running towards the tree's on the other side. She seems to be struggling on her leg, is she hurt?
"We need to go find her," I say. There wasn't any point in keeping an eye out for Wade; we had been here long enough. It was time to move on.
We decided to walk further into the arena, before going around to meet her. That way it would be much safer for us. It would be about half a day's walk, maybe longer without water, but we had to find her.
Terra Lockhearst (District 7)
My hair lay on the floor in front of me. I gathered it up and placed it in the water and let the current take it. I didn't want anyone knowing I was hiding around here.
I saw my reflection in the water. My long hair was gone and now all that was left was a short bob. The games had already changed me, now I realised that I was fighting for my life. Now I understood that people would have to die at my hands in order for me to survive. That's why I cut my hair, I felt like, I would forgive Terra Lockhearst; the girl from district 7, if I didn't look like her when I killed someone.
I could have killed someone today. Luckily for her she moved out of the way, my knife just cut her upper arm. I let her get away; I wasn't ready to kill, not yet anyway.
BOOM! The first cannon took me by surprise. I counted eight in total. That was less than most years, but because of the maze, it gave time for tributes to escape.
I looked down at my mother's ring; it looked like a circular tree branch. The thought of my family, my parents and my brother Ray, brought a smile to my face, they would know that I escaped the bloodbath unharmed. I wondered if they were more optimistic now. They knew that I had good survival skills.
I heard a snap of a branch which forced me to jump into the underground cave that I had found. I peeped above it and saw the boy from district 8, Cynara, walking amongst the trees. I could kill him but he looked too vulnerable at the moment, his hands were shaking and he was weapon-less. I decided to let him pass; he would be the last one I allowed to get away.
I waited for a few minutes and then jumped out of the cave.
I could see the sun beginning to set over the mountains. The anthem would play in a couple of hours, until then I would hunt for some food.
What did you think? I talked about 3 deaths there, so who are the other 5?hmmm, and I didn't exactly name those 3 but can you guess who the are? Sorry if I killed your tribute :{ The district 7 boy - he was really strong but Leonis was just stronger then him:( And district 11 girl :'(( and who would call for Cynara? hehe. Anyway it's my birthday today, so as a birthday present do you mind getting me to 35 reviews? or more... xD Please? Review Review, Review! Thanks xxx
