AN: I don't want to change the arena much so I'm going to keep it as the clock but add other obstacles.
Katniss
I don't have time to think about witnessing Cinna being attacked, I dive into the water and swim as fast as I can towards the large golden horn. I silently thank my father for teaching Peeta how to swim, as other tributes stand on their metal plates afraid to dive into the salty water. I reach the cornucopia and grab the only bow and arrow I see.
"I didn't think you'd be able to swim," an annoying voice purrs. I spin around and through my wet eyes I just make out a blurry Finnick Odair. I waste no time and aim my bow at him. I've pulled my bow back and I'm about to let go when I see something shiny on his wrist. I squint and realise its Haymitch's bracelet, which means he's trying to tell me something: that Finnick Odair is my ally. I don't want that, I don't trust him. He's from District Four after all so I let go of the arrow. I know I won't get a good hit as I can barely see through my blurry eyes.
I wipe them quickly and my vision becomes clear. I watch as Finnick yells in pain and clutches his arm that had been shot. The trident he'd been holding is now back in the water. I know I should finish him off but a sudden part of me remembers Peeta and all thoughts of Finnick vanish. I grab another sheath of arrows and a few sharp knifes. I notice that there are no backpacks, which means no food and no drink. I shake my head mentally, forcing myself to think of Peeta.
I turn around and watch as tributes battle it out. My eyes fall on a familiar blonde fighting with the male tribute from District 9. I run towards them, bow loaded and shoot. The male tribute drops to the floor as Peeta looks around in confusion. His eyes fall on me and relief floods his face. I grab his hand. "Come on!" I yell and we run in the direction of the trees.
We run for what seems like hours and after a while we stop for a break. "Did you get anything?" I ask Peeta and he shakes his head.
"I didn't have time," he pants and I hand him the few knifes I took and a sheath of arrows for him to look after for me.
"Finnick Odair," I mumble.
"What?"
"Haymitch wants us to team up with Finnick," I reply. "He had Haymitch's bracelet on but I don't trust him. I shot his arm."
"Oh," he says. "How many do you think are dead?" he asks and I shrug.
"They were still fighting when I came after you. I saw a few dead though: both from five and nine and Cecelia," I answer and I feel tears sting my eyes when I think of the kids that had clung onto Cecelia at the reaping.
Peeta stands up and puts his arms around me, pulling me to him while I wonder while I feel so… sad. I've always felt sorry about the tributes that had died but I'd never actually cried about them. I wonder if my emotions are telling me something. Maybe I'll finally have a period after a few months of not having one at all. I've never worried about missing periods as I've always been un-regular. I put it down to stress.
"Are you okay?" Peeta whispers, bringing me out of my thoughts. I take a few deep breaths before nodding and pulling away.
"Let's carry on walking for a while," I say. "We are far away from the cornucopia but I think we should go a little further before making camp."
He agrees and we start walking again. While we walk I take in our surroundings. We are in the woods, no a jungle. There are tall trees shooting towards the sky and long grass sticking out of the ground. I look for a source of water but find nothing and wonder if the only water in the arena is from the salty sea surrounding the cornucopia.
We walk for another two hours before stopping for another break. "I'll climb a tree and see if I can see anything," I say and start climbing without waiting for Peeta's reply. I reach the top of the tree and realise we've walked further than I thought because the only think I can see is more trees but no cornucopia. I climb back down and sit down next to Peeta against the tree.
"Anything?" he asks and I shake my head.
"Nope. I can only see more trees," I reply and yawn. It's then that I realise how tired I am from all the running.
"Do you want to stay here?" Peeta asks and I look around before nodding in agreement. The tree we are leaning against is being hid by surrounding trees and I'm 90% sure we'll be safe.
I ignore the dry feeling in my throat and rest my head against Peeta's shoulder. He puts his arms around my waist and leans his head on mine. "I'll take first watch," I offer even though I feel like falling asleep.
"No, you sleep first," Peeta replies and his eyes tell me not to argue. I nod gratefully and close my eyes. I bring my knees against my chest, trying to warm myself up. Soon my eyes are closed and I've fallen asleep.
Peeta
I watch Katniss as she sleeps against me and peck her lips lightly. I stay on watch for hours and my eyes start feeling heavy. I know that we are pretty much safe and that we should still be okay if I close my eyes for a little while. I close my eyes and soon find that I am indeed falling asleep. I give in but a twig snapping makes my eyes fly open.
I jump to my feet with a knife in each hand, wide-eyed and alert. I stand in front of a still-sleeping Katniss, guarding her from whatever made the noise. I look around with my eyes searching for the something or someone. I'm starting to think I'd imagined the noise when I hear it again. "Snap!" My eyes dart to the direction it came from and my eyes settle on a large bush. I take a nervous breath and start walking towards the bush.
I don't expect it. I don't know what I'd thought would be behind the bush but I wasn't expecting a large beast to jump over the bush and land in front on me. My eyes widen even more and I gulp nervously. It takes every part of me not to yell at Katniss to wake her up but I know any sudden movements can cause the beast to come after not only me but also Katniss. I watch as the beast open his mouth revealing a large set of yellow… fangs?
I take a slow step backwards trying not to make much noise but I bet you know that's impossible. I'm Peeta Mellark, the baker boy who can't hunt and makes a lot of noise. As soon as I step back the beast pounces and I jump out of the way a second before he could get me. I don't even look to see what happened to him. I run to Katniss's side and shake her awake.
"What?" she says, quickly jumping to her feet and letting me drag her in the opposite direction to the beast.
"Just hurry!" I say in a loud whisper and we both run as fast and as quietly as possible. I don't know if I'm more surprised about the beast standing in front of us or if I'm surprised how fast it had caught up to us. Then I wonder how it could be in front of us when the beast is behind us. I gasp as a thought comes to mind. I slowly turn around and I'm only a little surprised when I see the same beast from earlier a few metres in front on me.
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