Chapter 51:
Dracana Molloi, District One, Age 18
Victor of the 126th Hunger Games
None of them know exactly what is about to happen to them. Dracana had been careful about what information she revealed about herself in the Capitol to not let them have any idea about the real reason she volunteered. She let them believe she was just a dedicated friend who wanted to honor her former friend after her tragic death in last year's Quarter Quell. Let them take pity on her. Think she's weak and barely holding it together still after the death of her beloved Lorelei. And she is still feeling the pain from her best friend's death, Dracana won't deny that. She is a dedicated friend who wants to win for Lorelei.
But she's also here to make sure District Two is destroyed for what they did to Lorelei last year. She will not let District Two get a victor after they let their victor last year so brutally kill Lorelei. She was killed in cold blood…killed without a chance of a fight.
Not this year. This year, it will be District Two getting killed without a chance. She is going to show them that they picked the wrong person to mess with last year.
Dracana waits as the timer counts down, waiting for the start of the Games. She let the pair from Two come up with a plan for their alliance at the start, allowing her to know exactly what their plan is so she can sabotage that. None of the others know her plan, all the better so they aren't prepared to stop her. So when the pair goes to attack other tributes, thinking Dracana will be watching their backs, she'll be watching alright. Watching as she drives a knife into their backs.
Ten more seconds. Ten more seconds until she will get her revenge.
"Just know that this is all Glacia's fault," Dracana whispers to herself, hoping the cameras pick up on it so the victors from Two can know. She wants them to know she had this planned.
The gong sounds and Dracana takes off, running to the cornucopia to get supplies, taking a large bag from the mouth, a belt of knives, and a sword, knowing she doesn't have time to grab more. Not if she wants to catch them unaware.
Screams are already starting around her as the first tributes fall, making her scowl that the first deaths were not the pair from Two. But she finds the first of them quickly as Eddard pulls his sword out of the stomach of a tribute. Their other allies are staring to arrive, getting their weapons as they prepare to defend their supplies, and Dracana makes her move. Eddard moves to his next target, unaware of Dracana until her sword is sticking through his chest.
Eddard coughs as he falls to the ground as more tributes keeping screaming. But one person yelling stands out as Dracana runs over to Lillian, the girl from Two doing what she's trained to do, kill tributes. "Dracana, what the fuck are you doing?!"
Lillian looks over at the sound of Dracana's District partner yelling, seeing just in time as Dracana tries to stab her. She deflects her sword enough for it to go in her shoulder instead and she cries out as she tries to stab Dracana in return, but Dracana places a good kick to her stomach, sending her backwards to the ground. With one quick movement, Dracana stabs the girl in the chest, ending District Two's chances.
Dracana cries out as an arrow pierces her back, stopped from being a fatal hit by her bag. She turns back and just barely has enough time before Elaina shoots another arrow at her, the girl from Four looking quite pissed at Dracana. "What the hell are you doing?"
"Getting my revenge!" Dracana holds out her hands, gesturing at the pair from Two that now lay dead at her feet. "Those bitches shouldn't have killed Lorelei!"
"Dracana, why would you do this?" Trystan says to her as her District partner is dragged forward, a knife at his throat from their other remaining ally.
"Sorry bud," Dracana says, not really feeling sorry for her District partner. He was going to die anyways for her to win. "This was always my plan."
"You've fucked things up for all of us!" Elaina yells at her again, shooting another arrow and making Dracana start running again as the knife is pulled across Trystan's throat, leaving her District partner dead.
Dracana doesn't look back as she runs off, running in a zigzag motion to keep dodging the arrows being fired at her, waiting for the satisfaction to hit her that she did it. But it never comes. After who knows how long of running away, she starts to slow, confused at why she's not feeling happier about finally seeing her plan through. "I don't understand," Dracana says to herself as she looks down at her hands stained red with blood. "I did it…"
But the two deaths aren't changing what happened last year. It's not going to bring Lorelei back from the dead. It's not going to make Lorelei the victor instead of Glacia.
Dracana collapses next to a tree, trying to hold in the sobs that want to escape as she realizes this hasn't done anything to numb the pain. If anything, getting to this point has just made the pain come back renewed since there's no longer this goal distracting her thoughts.
It was a dumb move…so, so stupid… She hadn't even told her mentor what she was going to do and she doubts she'll get any support now. Not after her actions inadvertently got Trystan killed.
She's on her own…with no Lorelei to lead her or give her guidance. She has to keep making stupid decisions and hope that they get her out of this arena.
Oof I forgot how much Dracana really just Snapped. We love that connection to FQQ. Also "friend" Lorelei lol, nah, there were totally feelings there. Yeah turns out revenge killing two tributes who had nothing to do with Lorelei's death doesn't help with grief at all! What a shocker XD Also a repeat one for you Legacy readers, but I figure it's been like two years since this was posted, surely we've all forgotten the details lol I know I have.
Alright time to pull up the spreadsheet, who's up next for 127th? Ooo that's a good one. We'll get to see a victor who tried to do something good for someone else after winning, just to lose them later on. See you next week!