As sigh as I wipe the sweat of my forehead. We have been walking for hours now and we still haven't found any water. At first we were certain we were close, but all we found was a dried up pond. Now I have Oak whining every five minutes about how thirsty he is. We are all thirsty, but some of us just know how to keep it in.

I have even had to hold back Alex from killing Oak because of his constant whining. "I am so thirsty" Oak says as he drags his feet.

"Oh my god" Alex said as she turned around, "Shut the hell up!" she yelled at Oak. Oak flinched back and went for his dagger. I see Alex grab hold of her sword handle.

"Enough" I shout. They all turn to me. "Oak, just shut up about being thirsty. We all are and whining about it won't help" I tell him. He lowers his dagger and nods. "And Alex, just calm down a little. I know it is hot out and we only have about a cap full of water left, but if we start turning on each other we will not be able to take down the careers" I say with dominance in my voice.

Alex just turns around, still holding her sword. I see that Chip and Thorn have started to walk on so I push Oak forward and we all keep walking. This is going to be a long day.

It is sunset now and we have just found sign of water. The ground is damp which means that the soil has become wet somehow. "Over here guys" I hear Chip yell and we all run towards him. He is standing by a little stream that is running through a little clearing.

"Finally" Oak says as he runs towards the water. He gulps it down, not worrying about bacteria or anything. For a 15 year old, he sure does act like a little kid.

"This looks like a good place to rest for the night aswel" Thorn says. I take a look around and see a rock formation that is formed like a hanger. That would be a good place to sleep in case of rain, very unlikely. There is also moss on the ground which would be a good cushion for rest.

"I agree" I reply. After filling up our water bottle and canteen and adding a drop of iodine in each one. Then we had to think about food, "I think we should split. I will go with Thorn and Alex and Chip" I say.

"What about me?" Oak asks.

"We need you to stay at camp, if anyone comes, grab our stuff and hide until one of us get back" I say.

"OK, let's go" I say as I turn and leave. I feel bad about leaving Oak, but he will only slow us down and we need food today. Thorn and I stealthily walk between the trees. I have my knife out in case we run into either a tribute or an animal. I am hoping for a squirrel or a rabbit because I can easily take them down, but if it is a deer or something big, I would need an axe. And because some stupid idiot took the axe I was aiming for, I have to make do with a hunting knife.

We don't stray too far from camp because we don't want to get lost. Thorn and I are silent, just the way I like it. He isn't much of a talker anyway so it's fine. As I step behind a tree with Thorn right behind me, I hear a twig snap to my left.

I look around the tree and see a squirrel scurrying up a tree about 15 feet away. Perfect! I lock on to the squirrel and then let my knife fly through the air. It stabs the squirrel in the back before the poor animal couldn't even react. "Got ya" I whisper as I jolt out and run over to it.

I pick it up and turn to Thorn, "What do you think?" I ask as I show him the skewered animal. It is a big one but it won't be enough to feed all 5 of us.

"We may need another one or two" he replies and I nod. We get looking for more. Suddenly cannons started firing, signalling the deaths of the tributes. There are 9 cannons which means the bloodbath is over. 9 people dead in the space of 4 or 5 hours.

I am pretty pleased with my catch. I have found 2 squirrels and one small rabbit. We will be eating well tonight. Thorn and I get back to camp to see Oak, Alex and Chip sitting around a small fire. "Look what I caught" I say as I hold up the two squirrels by the tail and the rabbit by the ears.

"Sweet" Oak said as he begins to drool.

"How?" Alex asks.

"Didn't I tell you I am good with a knife?" I ask rhetorically. She smiles and shakes her head. "We found some berries, but wanted to bring them back for you to identify. You seemed good at that in training" Alex says as she lays the berries on a flat rock. I move over and look at them. I pick up the small black ones and sigh.

"These are nightlock. One drop of the juices and you will be dead in a minute" I tell them. Alex gulps and Chip smiles at her. "What?" I ask him.

"She went to eat one, but I was smart enough to get her to wait" he replies. I look to Alex and shake my head.

"Don't ever try that again, it can't be good if you die on us" I tell her and she smiles at me. "The rest are good though" I tell them. I was my hands from the canteen water and then take a drink myself before filling it back up and adding a drop of iodine.

I go over to my catches and start to skin the animals as best as I can. We get some good meat from the squirrels but the rabbit was mostly bone. We cook them on sticks and eat the berries and drink water. It is not bad for the first night in the arena.

By the time we have finished dinner we are all tired so we decide to sleep after they have shown today's deaths. As if on cue, the anthem plays throughout the arena and then the capitol seal shows. After that the faces comes and I make a mental note on them.

D5 Female

Seems as though all the careers survived and little Micro Stellar from district 3 which is surprising.

D6 Male

D8 Female

D9 Male, Female

D10 Male Female

D11 Female

I see Thorn frown at this. He must have known her back home.

D12 Male

Yeh seems as though the careers survived which is disappointing. I was hoping for the two outer district careers to die. There are 5 of us and 8 of them, not very even odds. The seal disappears and we fall into darkness again.

"Who is taking first watch?" Oak asks. I look around and stop of thorn who has sighed.

"I will" he says plainly, with no expression. He must want time to go through what has happened to his district partner. I nod and pat his shoulder on my pass him. I first wash of my knife in the stream and then I find a good place to sleep. As soon as I lay down, all of the emotion and exhaustion of the day comes and I fall fast asleep.

A/N: So, here is the first day in the arena over. What do you guys think? The games may start of slow because, not all the deaths will happen right away. Seems like all the anti-careers are alive, but so are all the careers. Will this be bad news? Most likely. I will see you all next time and remember to review~