665th Hunger Games: The Wild West Games

Hello there fans of the oldest survival royale you can think of. I am Johnathan Cyprien, and I will be presenting to you a games of my own creation.

These are... the WILD West games.

The Background Info
In this universe, Katniss and Peeta did not survive their games. Even though they did die, this didn't stop rebellions from forming against the oppressive capitol. However, any rebellions that did occur did not succeed.

It has been 665 years since the games began, and they are still the primary source of entertainment of the Capitol and even some of the districts. There will be some differences between what you know as the canon games and the ones that will take place in the Cyprien universe.

New Districts Competing
The biggest difference is the format. Districts 0, 13, and 14 are added along with the original twelve. 13 was discovered after a failed rebellion and now are punished to be in the games as well. 0 and 14 were expansive districts that were added along as well, to serve a trade. These trades are:

0: Astrology. After a meteor strike killed many, the district was formed in the cold and unforgiving Alaska. However, the land was untouched and the sky the most clear, so the district was created to study the cosmos and warn of any outer space activity that could affect the land.

14: Muttations. The Capitol moved the majority of their mutt creation to District 14, located on the lush and heavily jungled Hawai'i islands. While 14 itself is on the big island, the other islands are often used to test the mutts and evolve them to be better.

Capitol Involvement in the Games
After a certain point, a group of people in the capitol attempted to overthrow the president. Their coup failed and as punishment they were thrown into the Hunger Games to represent the Capitol. This punishment ended up inspiring others in the Capitol to want to actually compete themselves, instead of grow fear of it. So, the Capitol would allow two tributes to join in, usually volunteered. If no volunteers were available that year (which was very rare), the reapings were rigged to throw in an enemy of the Capitol in the games instead.

Game Changes
After a bit, the massive fanbase of the Hunger Games wanted more personal takes with their favorite tribute. As such, each tribute is given an action camera if they wish to document their games experience on a personal level, similar to confessionals of a reality TV show. While optional, some have used it to gain sponsors by wit and charm.

The Map
In the Cyprien universe, the map is slightly different from the canon map, with districts in the following locations. As you can see, the area in Dark Green is unmarked wilderness. It is usually very dangerous and filled with Mutts, and other dangerous areas. The other bordered areas each have their different color along with their corresponding District number. Climate varies depending on location, and as such can be summed up here.

Capitol: Usually kept under a large dome force field, making the climate very mild and always sunny.

0: Polar climate, temperatures always below freezing

1: Arid desert climate, hot days and cool nights

2: Alpine climate, usually brisk days and chilly nights

3: Temperate climate, very rainy and wet

4: Mediterranean climate, with hot sunny days and stormy nights

5: Tundra Climate, almost constantly cool

6: Humid continental, with hot humid summer and blistering cold winters

7: Humid continental, warmer than 6 by a little.

8: Coastal wet climate, with mild summers and cold winters

9: Semi-Arid Plains, with dry hot summers and mild winters

10: Humid subtropical, with scorching summers and warm winters

11: Humid subtropical, slightly cooler than 10

12: Temperate forest, with warm summers and cold winters

13: Temperate plains, almost identical to 12

14: Tropical, with year round hot humid weather

This should cover all the differences between Cyprien and Canon. Any other slights are posted in their respective categories below.

Rules

 * 1) No stupid tributes. If they have 0 effort put into them or are obviously made as a joke, they'll be rejected easily.
 * 2) No overpowered tributes. No one is perfect and your tribute shouldn't be either.
 * 3) The limit of entrees will start at 3 and may raise if spots are needed filling.
 * 4) Some spots will be filled by nameless tributes or named ones if they aren't taken by submissions.
 * 5) Don't spoil deaths in the comments.
 * 6) Don't go crazy and get mad if your tribute dies. There's only one winner after all.

Tribute Template
Name:

Age: 12-18

District: Capitol, or Districts 0-14

Weapons: I have a list to help you if you need ideas

Personality: How does your tribute act?

Appearance: Descriptions and real life pics preferred. If you submit one of those cartoony avatars I will find a picture that looks like it to use in the gallery

Strengths: What your tribute is good at, skills they possess.

Weaknesses: Your tributes flaws that can hinder them.

Height/Weight: Try to keep it semi-realistic, aka no 8 foot 400 pound goliath tributes or someone who is 2 inches tall.

Backstory: No limit here, just give your person a story.

Preferred Alliance: Look in the alliances tab to see info on this one.

Alliances
Careers: The strongest and most dangerous tributes. The Capitol, and Districts 1, 2, 4, and 14 are considered career districts, and as such tributes from those districts have no difficulty getting in. Other districts can join in, only if the tribute is proven to be strong enough to make it.

Members: Duante Pitts (CM), Arabella McAfee (CF), Johnathan Cyprien (1M), Jenna Morgan (1F), Jackson Brewer (2M), Sierra Leon (2F), Neptune Rain (4M), Rebekah Summers (4F), Zane Onyebuchi (5M), Ivy Juniper (7F), Isaac Fabbri (8M), Keoni Iolani (14M), Makelina Kekoa (14F)

Anti-Careers: Usually tributes who's sole goal is to take out the careers, to better even their chances of surviving with the strongest competition out of the way. Usually made up of the poor districts, such as 10, 11, or 12, though welcome anyone who opposes the careers.

Members: Katsuko Yokono (3F), Jolyne Powers (5F), Arya Shrivastava (6F), Misty Soot (12F)

Custom Alliance: These are usually alliances that don't fall into career or anti-career, and as such are of their own. Usually a duo of trio of random tributes trying to survive together.

District 0 Alliance: Zara Hail (0F), Arthur Winters (0M)

Members 2:

Members 3:

Loners: These tributes do not ally with others, relying on only themselves to win the games. Expect the majority of the tributes to end up being this type.

Members: Violet Lee (8F), Kyle Lee (9M), Braxton Ortez (10M)

Items
These are the items you can acquire in the games either from the cornucopia or from sponsorship. Every day your tribute survives they get 1 sponsor token. You can save these up to get higher tier items. Here is a list of the items and their tiers, along with their token cost.

Zara Hall, District 0 Female
Bzzt

My alarm goes off, the loud noise awakening me from my slumber. I slowly rise up in my bed, looking out my window to see the cold ice land of District 0 in the distance. Not wanting to waste any time, I get dressed. I know what today is, execution day as I liked to call it. But the rest of the world calls it the reaping.

I brush the tangles out of my hair, getting dressed in winter clothes as I leave my home. The cold wind bites my face as my breath comes out in clouds of steam, the arctic air being still and quiet.

"Hey sis!" I hear my sister say as she walks beside me.

"Hi. Another reaping huh?"

"It would seem so."

We continue to walk throughout the grey lifeless buildings of the district, as more and more people begin to walk the same streets heading to the town square. "Think our odds are good for another year of luck?"

I nod my head. "They should be. We have taken little tesserae. I think we are going to be fine."

Sara gives me a nervous smile. "I hope so."

Eventually, we reach the square, as snow begins to fall lightly. I wince as the peacekeeper pricks my finger, as I step forward into the massive reaping square with other girls my age.

A short moment later and everyone is gathered around. That is when the escort of our district appears dressed like a mountain climber. Silly capitol outfits, and even sillier capitol people.

"Welcome to the reaping for our 665th annual Hunger Games! Who is excited for the newest season?"

Silence. Our district was one of the worst ones when it came to bringing home victors. Astronomy didn't really help you out in a fight to death. No one was eager for this day unless they had a death wish.

"Anyways, the capitol has prepared us a nice little movie to watch. Enjoy!"

A large screen extends down from the city hall, and a film that has played for the last 20 years rolls on.

"Anger... hatred... 300 years ago the districts thought they could rebel. They failed. They tried again in a terrorist attack on the Capitol in 604... but where snuffed again. Rebel against us again, and there will be no more districts. You will not rebel. You will remain obedient."

I look around as the propaganda film rolls on, seeing our sole mentor. She was getting older, and must've been getting tired of being the only mentor. Her victory was long ago, and rather anticlimactic, as she managed to outlast the other tributes in a blizzard.

"Alright, what a nice film. Now, let's get this going. Ladies first!"

My attention snaps back to the escort, who begins to file around in a bowl. My stomach is in knots, as a name is pulled from the bowl. I nearly fall when I hear the name.

"Sara Hail."

I turn to see my sister about to melt down. I knew what I had to do. Quickly, I rush up to the stage before she can react. We were identical twins, so its not like they could tell us apart. I lock eyes with Sara, who nods in thanks.

"My, what interesting eyes you have!"

I look at the escort and back at the crowd, not giving him a response as I begin to feel nervous with the whole district staring at me. I might as well have signed my death certificate.

"Well, now let's sort out our boy tribute. Shall we?"

The escort does that irritating dramatic drawing again, and unfolds a piece of paper before reading out the poor soul's name.

"Arthur Winters!"

I can see the other boys turn around, and eventually I spot the boy. He doesn't look like the rest of our population, and I'd think he was from District 2.

I realize how tall Arthur is once he gets on stage, as he must've been at least a whole foot taller than me. He was very large, muscles bulging, and had an intense gaze.

"Nice to meet you." he says in a deep voice.

I gulp, managing to squeak out "You... too."

His hand dwarfs mine as we shake, as I can hear the escort clapping. "There you have it District 0! Your two tributes!"

I sit in the town hall, waiting for my final goodbye. Arthur is there as well, but no one seems to show. Finally, Sara arrives, hugging me and crying.

"Z-"

I shush her quick before she says my real name. "Sara, remember?"

She nods. "S-Sara.... I can't believe it.... they got you...."

"It's going to be okay Zara. I promise... keep our family safe for me, okay?"

Sara nods, as I bid her farewell. I look to Arthur, who's stoic look remains on the opposite wall.

"Where's your family?" I ask, trying to better know my district partner.

"Probably on vacation somewhere." he says gruffly, turning away from me. I probably hit a sour spot, so I decided against pushing it further.

Peacekeepers come in, escorting us to a long bullet train. I take one longing gaze back at my district as we speed off, as this may be the final time I would get to see my home.

Isaac Fabbri, District 8 Male
I awaken, smelling that sooty factory air once more. "Ah, good ole smelly District 8!"

I knew what today was. Hell you'd have to be a fool to not know. Reaping day. A lot of people would be scared, but I know I wouldn't be. Why? Because I have been in much sticker situations, let me tell you, then some dramatic bowl drawing ceremony.

I practically skip out of my house, whistling a tune as I stroll through the streets. I get some looks from others, who are all sad looking and scared, as I waltz, but I know they are just fearful. Besides, there were like, thousands of people in the district, so what would they have to worry about?

I continue going down the dark and smog filled road, seeing a large group appear at the reaping square. "Come along now prick that!" I tell the peacekeeper who gives me a very annoyed look.

I then enter the square, looking up and down the other scared faces. I laugh to myself, thinking of this as nothing more than a waste of time.

The escort eventually takes the stage, her features resembling that of a horse, as I continue to smirk. "Welcome District 8. To your reaping. Now I know you guys can be trouble, so I will remind you, any attempt to prevent us from collecting the tributes will result in a tear gassing."

I remembered the events a few years back, when a very popular girl was reaped, and the whole district rioted so she wouldn't be taken to the games. It was all for nothing, as they just shot the rioters and took the girl anyways, who died in the bloodbath.

"Now, pay attention to this video."

They click on this mind numbing propaganda film, as I just yawn bored. Deciding to entertain myself, I decide to stir up a little bit of trouble.

"Boo this film sucks!"

Instantly the boys around me stare at me, as I can see the escort glare angrily. "You know what? Forget the film. We are reaping right now!"

She sticks her hand in the bowl fast and rips out a piece of paper. "Violet Lee, get up here right now, you are reaped."

I turn to see a young girl, barely 12 years old, look down at her feet. She slowly shuffles up to the stage, her eyes locked on the ground as she goes up there. I sigh, feeling sorry for the girl, who was no doubt going to die.

The escort rips out another slip of paper, and reads it aloud.

"Isaac Fabbri"

I feel like someone had punched me in the gut. This whole time I thought I was safe. Oh well, I was a trained assassin, this shouldn't be no problem.

"Yep, that's me."

I hold my head high as I walk up to the stage, standing next to the tiny Violet. "Oh great, you." the escort says.

"Better get used to it lady, your stuck with me for the next week!"

The escort shakes her head. "Let's just get going."

Ivy Juniper, District 7 Female
Today had been hectic. I did not expect to get reaped. But that happens, and I had to prepare myself for the next challenge, which was getting out of these games alive. To do that, I had to win. My thoughts are interrupted when I hear a crowd, as I see our train pull into the capitol.

I am breath taken by the capitol, never expecting it to be so marvelous. There are many capitol people cheering as we pull in, as I give them a smile and wave at them. I had to get on their good side if I were to increase my chance of winning.

We arrive to the train station, as I get off, being escorted by peacekeepers through the mob of Hunger Games fans. I am led to a room that looks like it is used to clean. A bunch of capitol people are in here, and they look at me. "My, you're gorgeous! This shouldn't be hard at all."

I smile. I liked being complimented, it felt nice. I sit down in a seat as the capitol prep team gets me ready for the chariot ride that was going to take place tonight. I just hoped we wouldn't be dressed ridiculously like trees or something dumb.

After any body hair I had is waxed and my whole figure washed, I am shown myself in a mirror. I smile, as I do look really good, and hope some sponsors in the crowd notice that and send me a gift or two.

I am led out to this large open area where the chariots would be riding down. Some tributes are circling around and inter mingling, but most are keeping to themselves. I scan the groups and notice one that would really help my odds of winning. The strongest alliance of the games.

The career pack.

Taking a deep breath, I walk forward to the group, which is made up of Districts 1 and 2 right now.

"1 and 2 have always been the heart of the career pack, and have been the longest running group. We solidify that tonight."

"Excuse me?" I say, as I see them turn around.

My eyes widen when I see them from the front. The 2 male is big, and the 1 male is huge, with a ripped physique. The girls are very toned and look very dangerous as well.

"What do you want 7?" the 1 boy asks.

"I want to join your alliance."

A momentary pause, before the careers turn to each other and laugh.

"Stop laughing at me!" I yell, as they look back at me.

"You, a career? You're so small, so young. Too us, you're bloodbath bait."

My hands start to shake in anger. "I am not! I can use an axe like the best of them!"

The 2 girl smirks. "Chopping trees is not killing tributes. Run along now runt."

I storm off, angry tears coming down my face. I wipe them quickly so my makeup doesn't run, as I go to my chariot. "I will prove it to them in training! No one overlooks me!"

I have to calm myself as the parade is soon to begin. Can't have a sour face in front of all the possible sponsors. I step on board next to my silent district partner who's name I already forgot, as it lurches forward.

"Here come the tributes of the 665th Hunger Games!" I hear an announcement ring.

An enormous crowd is applauding from stands high up. I wave to as many as I can, smiling and waving trying to get some kind of attention. I even blow kisses to some of the audience, I am that desperate for some advantage.

Eventually the chariots circle around and stop in front of the large president's manor. The president is there, wearing all black and looking rather intimidating.

"Welcome tributes, to the 665th Annual Hunger Games!"

The crowd roars as the president talks.

"May the odds, be ever in your favor."

He drinks from a glass of what looks like wine, as I look at the other tributes. I had to rest good tonight, as I had a big day in training tomorrow. I was going to show those careers for making fun of me.

Sierra Leon, District 2 Female
I'm up before the sun even rises, as today is training day. District 2 was the strongest career district, and I needed to continue proving that. Jackson is also awake, stumbling around the District 2 apartment as we get ready for a hard day of training.

"You meet any of the other career districts?" I ask him.

"No, just District 1 from last night. I'm sure we will see them today."

I board the elevator, as it's just Jackson and I in it. The building is quiet, as no one had really woken up yet. The elevator goes down and down until we reach the main training floor.

I open the door and walk in, seeing a vast area with just about any kind of training equipment you could think of. The room is mostly empty, save for the girl from 3, who seemed to be meditating, and the boy from 10, who was bulls eyeing the same target from across the room.

"Weirdos." Jackson says with a smirk. I really wish he wouldn't be so disrespectful all the time but he was my ally so I decided to keep quiet.

We begin to stretch and warm up for training. After we warm up, we head into a room that would simulate a combat situation.

"Let's do this!"

I knew Jackson from the career academy back in 2. He was a pretty capable career there, and he didn't disappoint. We start the simulation and I watch him cut up hologram people left and right like nobody's business. I shoot my bow and take out further away targets, dodging their projectiles.

We manage to last for twenty minutes against endless waves of enemies before we fatigue and are "killed". I step out of the room, wiping sweat from my forehead with a towel, to see District 1 had arrived.

"Twenty minutes eh? Not bad 2." the boy from 1 says, who's name was Johnathan Cyprien. Usually District 1 looked like lesser versions of 2, but Cyprien was definitely an exception, and I was ready to see if his skills matched his appearance.

"Let's show them what 1 is made of." the girl, Jenna Morgan, says as she gives me a smile. I knew it was fake, and I knew I'd have to watch out for her.

The 1 pair enter the room, and it's only five minutes before Jenna walks back out. "What happened?" I ask.

"I tripped and died." she huffs before sitting down.

I hold in a laugh as we wait for Cyprien. Surprisingly its another 20 minutes before he walks out, and then looks at the two of us. "Maybe that proves enough."

That's when the other career districts are finally here, along with most of the other tributes. The capitol pair look stuck up as most of them do, with their brightly colored hair. The two from 4 are built more lean and for speed then strength, and I know they'll be deadly in water. Then the duo from 14, the boy being rather large and built well and the girl being built athletically and tough.

"Alright, you might as well introduce yourself and show us what makes you career material." Jackson says, playing the leader role.

"Jack I thought we agreed on leading together?" I whisper into his ear.

"Oh yea, I forgot..."

I shake my head. "What he said, your name and your talent."

"Duante Pitts. Watch this." The capitol boy says as he picks up a spear, flicks his wrist and it flies into a target 30 meters away. "Won't know what hit em."

"Yea whatever you're in." I say as the Capitol girl steps up next.

"Arabella McAffee." She then pulls out a cellphone, as I'm confused for a minute. She snaps a picture of herself in some pose, before throwing the knives behind her back and managing to hit her targets. "It's for the sponsors. They love a pretty face with a dangerous gambit."

"Just don't let it get to your head."

The boy from 4 is next, as he runs across the gauntlet, dodging the obstacles and making it to the end rather quickly. "I bet that's a record time!"

"Good enough for me."

The 4 girl is next, as I watch her dive into the pool. She swims the length of it insanely fast, before she goes under. I wait, and wait, looking at my watch to see five minutes have passed. Eventually she surfaces, playfully spitting water out of her mouth.

"If we need someone to find sunken treasure you're doing it."

The boy from 14 steps up next, as I have to look up to see his face. "Keoni Iolani. Watch this."

He takes a trident and dives in the pool much like the girl from 4, except he only swims a lap before leaping out and launching the trident straight into the heart of a nearby dummy.

I even clap at that performance. "Wow...."

Finally, the girl from 14 steps up. She grabs a pair of axes, dual wielding them and striking multiple targets at a rapid pace. Her swift fighting leaves the dummies in a mess of fluff, as she bows her head afterward.

"Works for me."

Our alliance begins to work on team chemistry exercises, learning how to fight as a group. Although I'm the smallest member of the alliance, I am also able to use multiple weapons effectively, where most are reliant on one. This gives me a large advantage, as if the gamemakers pull a twist and limit weapons, I will be much more dangerous.

"Pretty good... but only average for careers."

I turn my head to see the smug boy from 8 standing there.

"What do you want 8?"

"Simply a chance to throw myself into your ranks."

"You know it takes more than just asking to get in, right?" Jackson says.

"Of course. If I told you I was a former assassin, would that help?"

Jackson looks annoyed. "Look, assassin guy, there's no guns in the games, so if you think it's going to be like that, you can-"

Quickly the boy seems to teleport as he is right in Jackson's face, holding a knife to his neck. "I can... join, at your request?"

Jackson's wide eyes look down at the blade, as he simply nods.

"Thank you for your kindness." the boy says, lowering his knife. "The names Isaac Fabbri by the way."

"Just know if you hinder this alliance for any reason I will put an arrow in your skull." I tell him in a threatening tone.

"Yea yea whatever you say princess."

I growl. "Don't call me princess!"

"Okay Princess."

My hands shake as I feel Neptune put his hand on my back. "Don't let it get to you Sierra."

I take a deep breath and calm down, as I look at the group now. "Duante, Rebekah, give Isaac here a run down on what it is to be a career."

While they go off and explain the rules, I shake my head. "Why do we bother with other districts?"

Neptune sits there with me. "Hey, I think you're doing a great job."

I look at him, then back down at the floor. "At least someone does."

"You'll get it, I promise you."

He gets up and goes to train some more, as I smile a little. It felt nice that someone cared.

Misty Soot, District 2 Female
I can't believe I was here, training for the awful games. I was hoping I'd never be reaped, but here we are. I didn't even know what to do while I was here. Combat wasn't my forte, so I guess I should learn a little bit about it.

Going to one of the stations, I try to pick up a sword, but its heavier than I thought. I try something smaller, a kukri, and swing it around a bit. Something doesn't feel right, as I struggle to find a weapon I can wield effectively.

"Trying to figure out a blade?" I hear a girl ask, as I quickly look around.

The girl from 3 is there, her brown eyes looking at me curiously. "I am..." I respond shortly.

"Well, my recommendation is this."

She hands me a thin square sword, that feels surprisingly light in my hands. "What is it?"

"That, is a katana. A swift striking blade that is light enough for girls like us to wield."

I try it out, and it feels a lot better than the previous to weapons. However, I am still stumped on how to use it right. The girl smiles at me, before taking the blade and executing a lot of precise strikes and movie like sword maneuvers.

"Woah... where did you.... how did you?" I ask, stunned.

"Let's just say my parents are rich and may have hired some ex-careers to teach me to survive in a situation like this." She makes a shushing noise though as she smiles "But let's keep it our little secret!"

I nod, as she extends her hand out to me. "I'm Katsuko by the way, but you can call me Kat for short."

I shake her hand. "I'm Misty."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Misty." Katsuko says with a smile. "Now, let me show you some more things I know."

I train with Katsuko for a while, learning a little more about her as we bonded in training. I was beginning to grow fond of my new friend, as we sit down and take a break for a while.

"What's District 12 like? I've heard there are large caves that extend into the sky."

"It's like that... but only if you go into the mines. The rest of the district is pretty boring, poor. Nowhere I would visit. How about District 3? What's it like?"

"Think of the technology of the Capitol... District 3 is just like that. We don't have a dome though, and it is almost always raining."

That's when I overhear a ruckus going on behind me. "Out of my way shrimp."

I turn to see the girl from 6 who is at the archery station being confronted by a career girl from 1. "No, wait your turn!" the girl from 6 says, but she is simply shoved down by the girl from 1 who laughs.

"How about you wait for the floor?"

I see Katsuko instantly spring up and go over there. "Kat wait, we can't draw attention to ourselves!" I try to say, but it is too late.

"Hey, you bimbo!"

The girl from 1 turns and glares at Katsuko. "What did you say slant eye?"

A scuffle breaks out between the two, as beret wearing guards have to break them apart. "You little anti-careers are dead, you hear me?" shouts the girl from 1, as Katsuko spits in her direction.

"Thank you..." says the 6 girl as me and Katsuko help her up.

"No problem. I just hate careers, they are always such bullies." Katsuko says.

"What's your name?" I ask the girl from 6, who brushes herself off.

"I'm Arya. What about you?"

"My name's Misty. She's Katsuko." I say, introducing us to her.

"I appreciate your help Misty. You too Katsuko..." Arya says as she shyly looks at the ground.

"What you guys did was wicked. But, stupid."

I look to see the girl from 5 there, looking rather tough. She was built like a career girl, as her green hair sparked her defiant look.

"It had to be done. Who are you?" Katsuko asks.

"Jolyne. Girl from 5. Your new ally."

"Wait, we didn't say you could." I protest

"But you know you can't say no."

I shrug, as the Jolyne joins us. "Now, watch this. You see those pig gamemakers behind their forcefield? I'm gonna mess with them."

"Jolyne wait!" Katsuko says but it's too late as we watch her go over there and fiddle with some fuse box. The forcefield goes down, and the gamemakers don't notice.

"What is she doing?" asks Arya

Jolyne eventually climbs up into the gamemaker booth, grabbing their turkey and taking a huge bite out of it, before leaping back down into the training room, unnoticed.

When the gamemakers see their turkey bit into, they start to yell angrily at each other, thinking it was one of them who did it. Jolyne laughs, watching the chaos, as she eats from her stolen turkey.

I can't help but laugh a little too, seeing the people behind the games get a little bit of grief in their life. I just wished that we could cause them much more grief, and end these events forever.

Braxton Ortez, District 10 Male
I train alone, trying to keep on the low down. I had noticed my old work partner Isaac had also been reaped into these games, which is why I even bothered to volunteer in them. I had a score to settle with him, to prove who was the better of us. I knew I couldn't rest until I prove it myself.

Deciding to get a little recon going, I begin to snoop around the room, eavesdropping in on some conversations between tributes.

"Should we join the anti-careers? There's four girls already. They could help us survive." the girl form 0 says to her district partner.

"Not yet. We don't know what they might have as a plan. We must stick together in the games and go from there."

That's when I see the boy from 1 walk up to the pair. "District 0 huh?"

The girl is silent as the boy stands up. "Yes, that's us. What do you want?"

"Well, my friend, I'm offering you a spot in the career alliance. You sure look the part, and I want to see if you can fit in."

The girl looks scared that the boy might accept, but he declines. "Nah, I know how you career lot are."

The boy from 1 gets up close to the boy from 0, sizing him up. "How are we then snow cone?"

"Arrogant. Spoiled. Never lived on the edge. Mincemeat for hardened survivalists come games time."

I think the boy from 1 is going to punch him, but he just gives a fake laugh. "Alright then ice kid. I will be seeing you then. You best watch your back."

After he leaves, the girl looks at the boy. "Arthur that was awesome!"

Arthur just smiles. "I won't let no one disrespect us."

I walk away from the scene, watching as the boy from 1 goes back to his career buddies and points at the 0 male, no doubting putting him at the top of their kill list. Then, I notice my good old friend Isaac seperate from the main pack for just a little bit.

I sneakily follow him, as I quickly duck behind a pillar when he looks behind him. When he continues walking I spy on him, watching as his district partner, the 12 year old from 8 walks up to him.

"Isaac... Can you please reconsider?"

Isaac looks at her, sighing very loudly. "Violet, I already told you, I can't. I'm already in an alliance."

The girl looks like she's gonna cry as she begins to sniffle.

"No no don't do that! Look, I'm not your ally, but I'm not gonna kill you, alright? If the careers try to, I will try to convince them to not, alright? Just don't cry."

Violet wipes her eyes, and gives a half smile. "Thanks Isaac..."

So, Isaac was getting soft? He also had a weakness here, worrying about that little girl.... I could tip our battle in my favor even more now. I begin to think of a plan, a nice long plan, one that would put me at the top of our little duel.

Neptune Rain, District 4 Male
I find myself looking at Sierra again, watching her beautiful blue eyes as they intensely gaze on her goal, watching her long brown hair bounce as she moves.

"Neptune, Neptune!"

I snap out of my gaze and see Rebekah. "You all there man?"

"Yea yea I'm good."

Rebekah smiles. "Alright good. I'm about to call it a day. Want me to get you anything for when you get back?"

"I'm fine, thanks."

Rebekah nods, as she walks off. Whew, that was close one. Can't let her know that I'm more into Sierra.

"Alright 5 boy, you want in huh? Prove it." I hear Jackson say as the boy from 5 stands there.

The boy from 5 walks over to a weight bench, and puts a lot of weight on there. There was no way he could lift all of that!

But, he does. Not once, not twice, but three times. "Wow..."

However, Johnathan walks over there, and looks at it.

"Johnathan, what's up? He's in this alliance I think." Jackson says, but Johnathan just stands there.

"There's more to being a career than that!" Johnathan then goes down there and does the same weight... three times. He struggles to get the 4th one up there, and eventually I have to help him.

"Looks like that's all I need." the 5 boy says in a snarky tone.

"Ha ha, very funny." says Johnathan, who seemed to have found himself a competitor.

"What's your name anyways?" I ask the 5 boy.

"Zane."

I nod. "I'm Neptune."

"Like the god of the sea? That's cool dude."

Before I can respond, the girl from 7 walks right up to our alliance, and slams an axe in the floor in front of us.

"Oh look, its you again. Did you not learn your lesson? We don't want you as a career." Jackson says.

"I won't take no for an answer! Watch this!"

The girl lifts up her axe, and starts to go crazy on the combat simulation. She has our attention for a moment, as none of us expected her to do this. Right when we think she might make it, she slips up and falls backwards, straight into the pool.

She comes up sputtering, her face covered completely by her wet hair making her look like some kind of lake monster. The other careers laugh at her.

"Stop it! It's not funny!" the girl gasps, but the careers keep laughing.

"Yea you're not career material. You might as well drown yourself in that pool because your life is meaningless." Jackson mocks.

She climbs out, running out of the training room, embarrassed. I feel bad for her, and I know that Rebekah and Makelina feel the same, as I can see their shocked expressions.

"Wait wait Jackson, what if we let her in, and she can be our little servant girl? Do all the things we don't want to?" Sierra says.

"Wait, that might just work... ha, that's golden! Keoni, go find her, tell her we were just kidding, and she's in." Jackson says laughing.

I was starting to dislike some of the members of my alliance. "That was uncool."

"I know. All that is just too extra." Zane says, as we both look back on the recent events.

Jolyne Powers, District 5 Female
I have to admit, this little anti-career alliance was starting to grow on me. The three of them were amusing to watch, and I know that they needed my wisecracking ways as well.

"You girls ready for another day?" I ask.

"You bet, hopefully I can learn some things!" Arya says happily.

"Trust me, I can show you a thing or two."

Today we focused on weaknesses of our's, to try and fix them if possible to make our alliance more strong as whole. Katsuko was first.

"Come on Kat, you can do it!" Misty says as we watch Katsuko try to climb up the ropes. She was struggling, and she fell down after a few steps. "It's so... hard!" she says.

"Don't be a kitty Kat. Get back up there!" I say.

Katsuko sighs, but she climbs up again. She gets a little further this time before she falls back down.

"Don't worry Kat, you'll get it!" says Arya cheerily. I shake my head, knowing that Katsuko wouldn't be ready by the time the games rolled around.

Next we had to help Arya. She was decent with a bow and could hit the target the majority of the times, but she was useless in close quarters. "Look Arya, you have to anticipate my move like you would a target at a distance."

I feign a strike which she tries to avoid but it runs her right into my other strike as I send her down on the mat. "No no you gotta watch for the fakes too!"

"I'm trying my best Jolyne!" she says back but I continue to push her.

I continue this until Katsuko steps in. "Look Jolyne, she's exhausted, give her a break."

"No, we can't rest. We have two days until the games begin. We must go go go!"

"She must rest. That is half the battle Jolyne!"

I am beginning to get annoyed with Katsuko, when Misty steps in.

"Enough guys. We need to stop stressing out so much, it's pulling us apart."

Misty eases the tension enough for us to go back to our ways. We continue trying to work on our flaws at more laid back pace, but I am starting to get worried for my allies. We had the careers after us no doubt, we needed to be ready.

Kyle Lee
The whole training I was just trying to keep out of the way of others. My screwed up foot didn't help matters, but I couldn't let them see this disability as a weakness. I had something to prove.

I continued to train to the best of my ability. Luckily, the sickle was that of home, something I was used to using. It felt natural with it, but I knew I'd have to win a fight quickly, or my opponent's superior mobility would come back and bite me.

"Watch out crooked foot!"

I grunt angrily as those douche careers walk by, the boys from the Capitol and District 2 laughing as the pass by. If I hadn't gotten mangled by that farm equipment I would wipe the floor with both of them.

I hated the career pack, and even considered joining the anti-careers just to get at them. But I knew I'd best work alone. Only myself to watch my back. I didn't need anyone to survive.

I was going to prove it.

Ivy Juniper, District 7 Female
I can't believe it... the careers actually let me in! I thought yesterday was the worst day of my life after I tumbled into the pool, but the boy from 14 called me back, and Sierra allowed me in!

"Hey you, 7 girl, pick up my knife, I dropped it." commands Duante.

"Come on now Duante you don't need to do that." Rebekah tries to say but I already picked it up and handed it to Duante.

"Here you go!"

"Thanks chump." Duante laughs before walking off.

"What did he mean by that?" I ask

"Look Ivy, I don't want to hurt your feelings, but-"

Before Rebekah can tell me, Jackson and Sierra clap their hands loudly to get everyone's attention.

"Alright careers, we are about done today. Tomorrow is the test day of training, which means no slip ups. We need the highest scores possible to get sponsors. That goes for everyone." says Jackson, as I can feel his eyes bore into my soul.

"That means no scores less than 8. If you score less than 8, you're out of the alliance, and we will kill you in the bloodbath. So, do your best, or kiss your life goodbye." Sierra says adding on.

"You can expect an eleven out of me." says Jenna confidently.

"This isn't a beauty contest." says Isaac rolling his eyes.

"Let's be honest, I am scoring the highest." says Johnathan

"I do not care who scores highest, as long as it's 8 or better. Now, get some rest, big day tomorrow!" says Jackson.

I walk off from the training arena, when Rebekah and Makelina pull me away to the side. "What are you guys doing?" I ask.

"Look Ivy, what the others did to you yesterday was wrong and horrible. We just want to apologize. If you need us for anything, just tell us." Makelina says, as Rebekah nods along.

"That's water under the bridge guys. I can handle myself, I'm fine. I do appreciate your help though." I say with a smile.

"Alright. Don't forget our offer though." Rebekah says, as they both leave. They were unusually nice for career tributes, and I was beginning to wonder how they even got to be careers.

I push that thought to the back of my mind, as they were my friends now. The other careers might mock and joke at me, but they were just allies, not friends. Unlike Rebekah and Makelina. I could trust them.

Zane Onyebuchi, District 5 Male
"You know you're a fool for joining the careers." Jolyne tells me as we're both being dressed for the interviews tonight.

"What makes me a fool? They give me my best shot to win, you know. After all, we are the toughest alliance in the games." I shoot back, annoyed as she just laughs at me.

"Yea yea tell yourself that. You're still an outsider to them. You're not from 1 or 2, or any of them. Your from 5."

"So what? Just scared that your little reject alliance is going to be all dead by tomorrow?"

"Hey, don't talk about them like that. They have a hell of a lot more heart in them than your fake buddies."

I pull on my tie as I'm dressed in a blue suit, trying my best to not get rattled by Jolyne's mind games. I needed to nail this interview after all and needed 0 distractions.

"All I'm saying is, you're not really one of them. Suppose you and them end up being the last ones. One and two will team up and kill you before they kill each other."

"You don't know that Jolyne." I huff as I'm really agitated by her.

"Find out for yourself hot shot." She then walks off, as I am left alone with my thoughts.

I get in the backstage room of the main interview building, as I see the careers all huddled up and talking about yesterday's scores and odds.

"Zane, my man!" says Neptune as I walk over. "I seen that score of your's. A 10? Pretty impressive."

"What can I say? I tried my best." I say with a smirk.

"I still should've scored an eleven. I can't believe they put you ahead of me by one spot." Johnathan comments.

"Guess us ice skaters are tougher than you hard heads huh Cyp?"

Johnathan just shakes his head in an annoyed look. "You win this round skater boy."

"Hey guys, did you see me last night?" says Ivy, who walks over all bright and cheery.

"Yea, that was awesome! I knew you could do it." says Rebekah, but I see Jackson raise a hand.

"Yea, awesome at barely cutting it. Go fetch me some water girl, I'm thirsty."

Ivy's face seems to drop, as she quietly says "Ok..."

My opinion on the capitol and district 2 were slowly diminishing as they seemed to take enjoyment out of tormenting her. I wanted to stick up for her but hearing Jolyne's words echo in the back of my head, I decided best to keep quiet for now.

"Now, real careers, what were we saying? That's right. Tonight we have to nail the interviews. Big crowd means big sponsors. Stand out in your only little way, so we can reap the benefits." Jackson speeches as the others listen in.

"I got it. You can count on me making an impact." says Arabella with a wink.

"They're gonna love me you know. A lot of people do." Jenna says as well.

"They will love me or they'll regret it." Isaac says, in a half threatening tone.

Ivy comes back with the glass of water. "What are we planning?"

Makelina tries to speak, but Duante quickly cuts her off. "Just don't embarrass yourself like in training tonight. The capitol won't sponsor a sea monster."

Arabella and Jackson laugh at this comment, and I can see Sierra and Johnathan holding in their only snickers.

"O-okay..." Ivy stammers, sitting down defeated.

After we all are disperesed as the interviews are to begin, I go over to Ivy. "Pay them no mind. Just go out there and be yourself." I tell her, trying to motivate her a little.

"I will do my best."

I nod, and walk off, getting in line as the interviews start with a loud fanfare and I can hear from the stage the loud excited voice of the next Flickerman.

"Welcome, tonight we will be meeting the tributes of the 665th Hunger Games! Now put your hands together for one of our own from home, Duante Pitts!"

Loud cheering and clapping can be heard as I hear Duante whooing, trying to hype the crowd up more. Tonight would be the night to prove ourselves in the eyes of the crowd.

Violet Lee, District 8 Female
The interviews go on and on, as tribute after tribute takes their turn presenting themselves to the capitol. Of course, the careers do very well, but I'm surprised to see the girl from 5 give them an earful, and actually get booed off the stage. Some guts she had.

"So, you're a career... you don't look like one, if I'm being honest." says Flickerman as he interviews the girl from 7.

"Well, you know what they say... looks can be deceiving. Don't underestimate me."

The crowd oos when she says that, as she gives a bow before exiting.

"Well then, we shall be keeping a close eye on her!"

Isaac is about to go up next. "Good luck!" I tell him.

"Shhh! I can't be seen talking to you, remember?" he whispers back at me, before going on stage.

"Sorry..."

I watch Isaac's interview, as he is asked questions about how he feels coming into the games with the highest ranking and score of any tribute.

Isaac's responses are usually very elaborate and kind of cocky, as he plays into the career type role for his interview. The crowd already loves him because of his high score and odds, and after that interview I can bet he will get a few sponsors looking his way.

I feel the butterflies in my stomach as Isaac leaves the stage, as I know I'm up next.

"Now, you might not think much of her, but never judge a book by its cover.... welcome up Violet Lee, from District 8!"

The crowd claps as I shuffle up to the stage, taking my seat next to Flickerman.

"Violet, you look lovely tonight. The stylist team did pretty good, huh?"

I nod my head, only managing to say "Yes..."

"Now tell me Violet, the odds are against you. You're the youngest tribute, and also scored the lowest... do you think this will hinder you in the games?"

I shake my head. "No... I think I have.. a chance."

Flickerman looks shocked. "Really? Against all odds?"

"Odds are just a number Flickerman. I have a secret weapon that no one will expect."

This intrigues the crowd, who are murmuring now. "A secret weapon? Mind... telling?"

"Well, then it wouldn't be much of a secret then would it?"

Flickerman chuckles. "So mysterious and deceptive Ms. Lee!"

The interview goes on for a little longer, before I finish and walk off the stage. I feel good about how it went, and hope maybe someone will remember me from it and help me out come games time.

The Arena
The arena can be described as that of the wild west of old American lore. A hot desert climate will wear the tributes down in the day, before the chill of a cool desert night comes in to threaten them with exposure. Water will be a must to find if tributes wish to survive the threat of dehydration. The majority of the arena is a wide desert, dotted with cacti. There are other areas, such as a canyon with high sand rock cliffs, a sparse woods with some shade, and two towns, both abandoned ghost towns and one of which is actually haunted. There are only two water sources, a large lake that is in the north part of the arena adjacent to the bigger town, and a shallow river that runs through the majority of the arena. Luckily, the water sources are both clean, and can be drank from without boiling it. Dangers of the arena include the daytime heat, were temperatures can get up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit (48 celsius), which can dehydrate, and give severe sunburn to exposed skin. A variety of mutts also linger, including the venomous rattlesnake, a dangerous reptile who's bite can kill in minutes. Coyotes also roam, providing a danger to anyone who is unfortunate enough to meet them. The most notable are that of the ghosts that haunt the towns, which can cause severe mental trauma and stress on a tribute who lingers to long in the area.

Zara Hail, District 0 Female
This was it... the beginning of the end. The games were upon me. I eat breakfast in our district apartment, my mentor and escort there as well. Arthur sits next to me, eating silently as I see he is thinking hard.

I eat a little, knowing what was soon to happen. The bloodbath was the most dangerous event of the games save for the feast or finale. So many tributes rushing to fight over such few supplies. I had talked with Arthur extensively about our plan for it. I'd try to find him as quick as possible and we would stick together to get a little bit of easy items before ditching the cornucopia.

We walk quietly down the hall as we prepare to board the hovercraft to take us to the mystery arena. I overhear tv's with announcers talking about betting odds, and which tribute they thought was going to win. They're too focused on the careers, as I don't even hear them mention my name once.

We stop in front of the exit to an airport, where our hovercraft awaits. "Alright, this is as far as we can go. I believe in you guys, go in and make District 0 proud."

Our escort leaves after saying this, as our mentor looks down at us. "I will be there to help. Check for my notes."

We go through the doors into the wide open airport, as we are lead into the large hovercraft. "Remember the plan Sara. Find me and stick together." Arthur tells me as we are separated in the vessel.

I clutch the last note my mentor had left me with. "Zara, stick with your alliance if he survives the bloodbath."

It was short but simple, and was enough for me to understand. I sit down in my seat, next to the girl from 13, who was shaking nervously, and the boy from 5, who was calm and collected.

I wince when they inject the tracker into my arm, the sting fading away as I feel the hovercraft leave the ground. I hear the boy from the Capitol yelling, as he points to random tributes. "I'm killing you, and you, and you."

The boy from 2 is egging him on, saying "Now leave some for me too!"

I scoff. I hated them, the lot of them. Some of these kids were scared to death, probably fearing their demise, yet these two were just antagonizing them. The careers were such douchebags. Even though Arthur told me to avoid combat, I was hoping I could take one out.

Eventually, our hovercraft lands, as we are lead to an underground tunnel. "You better watch yourself 0 girl. Your big muscular friend won't save you from me." I hear the girl from 1 taunt as I quickly walk away.

Eventually I find my final prep room, and enter. My stylist sits there, looking at me with a sad look. "It's sad to see you go. I hope you win so I can see you again."

I silently nod, as I'm dressed into my outfit. "This material suggests a hot arena. Keep hydrated out there."

I thank him for the advice, as I step foot into my tube. My mind is racing with every scary outcome that can occur in the next minute, as I take deep breaths to calm myself.

You can do this Zara.

The tube begins to slowly rise. The games were upon me. I close my eyes and wait for the arena to greet me. When I open them, a bright light blinds me temporarily, as I can feel the heat of the sun bearing down on me.

I look around once my eyes adjust, seeing the large metal cornucopia in the middle of a orange sandy clearing, devoid of plants. I look around, seeing a large desert badlands, with a river in the distance, and two towns far off. I look around, locating Arthur, who is a few pedestals away from me.

He locks eyes with me, tilting his head to his left where we would meet up. I nod, as I see the number 60 appear above the cornucopia and a low voice begins to boom through the arena.

"60... 59... 58..."

I look to the two tributes on my left and right. The one on the left is the girl from 3, who I knew got a high training score and I would not want to mess with. The one on my right was the boy from 6, who I could probably defeat if I needed. I decided I was going to run right.

"37.... 36... 35..."

I brace myself, getting in a running stance to give myself the best chance to get a speedy start.

"10... 9... 8..."

The voice is now replaced with a menacing drum beat, as I see everyone around me prepared to run for the cornucopia.

"3... 2... 1..."

The starting gong sounds as I quickly run, going as fast as I can, as I'm fueled by adrenaline to go. Chaos is beginning to ensue around me as tributes begin to fight for supplies. I see Arthur running my direction, before I'm tripped up by something around my ankles.

I look down to see a rope, as I feel myself being dragged. I try to pull myself away, but I see myself being pulled closer and closer by the boy from 13, who is pulling me close enough as I see him brandishing a knife.

I kick and yell as he tries to stab me, as I'm unable to escape because my legs are bound. I manage to kick his knife away, but this angers him, as he delivers a savage punch to my cheek.

I feel blood in my mouth as I recoil from his strike, but luckily I see the boy get knocked down by Arthur. He runs away quickly, as Arthur picks up his knife and cuts the ropes loose.

"T-thanks." I stutter, as I spit out blood.

"Come on, we must get some stuff. Stick with me, alright?"

I nod, as I pick up a bag and begin to follow Arthur. The Bloodbath had begun.

Sierra Leon, District 2 Female
The carnage had begun, as I arrive into the cornucopia quickly. I manage to grab a spear, before immediately coming under attack from the girl from 10. She swings an axe at me, as I duck and back up, unable to use my spear in such a close situation.

She continues to push me further out in the open, and almost chops off one of my hands. I quickly strike back, kicking her in the knee a couple of times to weaken her, ducking in and out from her strikes. Finally, her knee buckles, causing her to fall.

I use this moment to jump back enough for me to drive my spear into her heart, stabbing her into the ground with a quick impalement. I rip the spear out as blood gushes onto my pants, as I score my first kill of the games.

Not hesitating, I look around for any other threats. I see the boy from 11 running out of the cornucopia with a few supplies. I pursue after him, noticing Keoni chasing as well.

He rears back and tosses the trident into the boys legs, causing him to fall. I witness as Keoni rips the boy's head back and slits his throat, as another tribute falls to us.

I meet up with Jackson, Zane, and Neptune in the cornucopia, as we protect the most vital supplies. "Where's the others?" I pant, as I see Jackson looking around.

"Makelina, Rebekah, and Ivy are fighting the anti-careers. Johnathan and Arabella went after the 0 pair, and I saw Duante and Jenna taking down tributes that are trying to escape."

That's when I see Jackson intensely stare down the boy from 10, who was gathering items. "He got a high score. He's mine."

Jackson rips a sword off the wall and goes marching up to him, as I look at Zane and Neptune. "Come on, we got to help the girls fight the antis! Let's go!"

Misty Soot, District 12 Female
I trade blows with the girl from 14, only barely able to keep up with her high speed axe strikes. I'm beginning to fatigue, as I fall back a bit. We just had to buy Arya enough time to sneak into the cornucopia and get good supplies.

Eventually, I see her rush out, giving us the all clear signal. I begin to fall back, as I watch Jolyne kick down the girl from 4. She comes over and helps me fight off the 14 girl, who goes back to assist the girl from 4. The girl from 7 is disarmed by Katsuko, as she begins to flee.

"I got our goods!" Arya says, as we prepare to leave. That's when career reinforcements show up, as the boys from 4 and 5 and the 2 girl rush over and attack.

I fight with the boy from 5, but his attacks are too strong and tire me quickly. I slip my defenses and get a nasty cut across my arm, causing me to fall back. The boy from 5 raises his blade to finish me, but recoils back as I see an arrow pierce into his shoulder. "Arya!" I cry out, as I rush to my bow wielding ally who shoots at the 4 boy and 2 girl, getting them to stop pursuing us.

We continue to run through the desert, no one else deciding to chase us, running south along the rushing river. After a while we stop for a bit to catch our breath.

"Alright we all survived, thank god." Jolyne says.

"The boy from 5 got me, but I'll live." I say, as I watch Katsuko look over my arm.

"We will dress it later. We have to keep going though."

I nod, as I continue to flee with my allies as far from the cornucopia as possible.

Braxton Ortez, District 10 Male
I watch as the girl from 8 manages to escape the attack of the 3 male, as I continue to accumulate supplies. That's when I see Isaac fighting the boy from 12, as I aim my crossbow. He easily dispatches of the 12 boy with a swift strike to the skull, as I line up the perfect shot to take down my rival for good.

I hear a whistle of a blade coming at me as I quickly step to the side, to see the sword of the District 2 male coming at me again. I throw my hands up, as I feel it cut through my flesh, my arms bleeding now. I fire a quick shot from the crossbow at my attacker, managing to hit him in the gut.

The boy steps back from the painful strike, as I draw a kukri. I hated fighting up close, but knew that my crossbow wouldn't be reloaded in time for me to fire it again. The boy comes at me again, slicing at my legs as I have to quickly jump to avoid his attacks.

My bolt slows him down enough for me to keep up with the career leader, as I am able to deflect a few of his attacks and counter with my own. One of my slashes lands on his sword arm as he grunts and drops his blade, as I go on the full attack.

"Damn.... Duante!" he yells as he barely dodges one of my strikes. I turn to see the Capitol male fling his spear in my direction. I swing my kukri wildly only barely managing to knock it away from my chest as it lands in the dirt.

The boy from 2 kicks me in the leg, causing me to fall on one knee briefly as I watch him retrieve his sword with his other hand. I throw dirt up at his face before he can strike me while I'm down, standing back up and stabbing him straight into the stomach, deepening the wound.

He grunts as he swings at me again, not able to strike me as well with his non sword arm, as I am able to deflect another attack of his. I notice his allies coming towards me quickly, and know I must finish this.

He stabs at me, as I step to the side, grabbing his arm and and twisting it as I hear it crack, him screaming as he drops the blade. I then headbutt him, breaking his nose and sending him to the ground. I grasp my kukri with both hands, putting my whole body into it as I stab straight down on chest.

"You're supposed to be the best the careers have to offer?" I twist the blade in deeper as I watch the life leave his eyes. "You're nothing."

I quickly rip out the kukri, grabbing the career boy's fallen sword and running off. I run, turning back briefly to see the careers stop by his corpse, and confirming his death. I continue to run, as I had done what I needed to.

Ivy Juniper, District 7 Female
I continue to stick with Rebekah and Makelina, as I watch Neptune spear the boy from 3 in a quick kill. I needed to kill someone tough, I had to prove myself!

I break away from the group a bit, looking for someone to take out.

I watch as Duante throws his spear into the fleeing boy from 7, brutally stomping the boy's head in atfter he had fallen. I grip my trident as I watch the scene, before I feel a sharp pain in my back.

I let out a pained scream as I can feel blood run down my body, turning to see the girl from 13 rip her knife out of my back. I quickly spin around and stab my trident at her, as she swiftly dodges it and slashes my extended arm.

I wince from the pain and nearly drop my trident as she stabs at me, nearly hitting my heart as I deflect her arms last minute. I quickly bash her face with the pommel of my trident, getting her to step back from the blow.

Grabbing my trident with both hands, I drive the three prongs into her body, using all my strength to force her against the cornucopia wall, as I rip my blade out and stab it into her again, this one killing her for good.

Ripping out my trident, I let out a sigh of relief, as I sit down, the blood loss making me feel woozy. "Makelina..." I call out, as I can see her approaching me, catching me before I fall. "Help..."

"Rebekah! Hurry here, they got Ivy!"

I see the blurry shape of Rebekah running over as my vision gives out, as I pass out from blood loss.

Isaac Fabbri, District 8 Male
I know who had killed Jackson. Braxton of course. He was very dangerous, and I knew he was one of the biggest threats out there. I wanted to pursue him, but he got away before I could. With Jackson dead, Sierra had taken control of us, trying to get us together. I sighed, but agreed, not pursuing any tributes.

I watched Cyprien continue fighting the boy from 0, both locked in an intense duel. Neither one seemed to be gaining an advantage, though I know that would soon change as I saw Arabella get the upper hand on the girl from 0, managing to disarm her and send her to the ground.

However, before she got the chance, the boy from 0 quickly struck her from behind with his sword, catching the back of her neck and sending her to the dirt. He is quickly punished as I watch Cyprien slice his axe into the boy's back, causing him to double over in pain. I walk over to check on Arabella, to see Cyprien get kicked in the crotch by the girl from 0.

He bends down as the duo from 0 flee, and I can hear Cyprien cursing at them from here. I roll over Arabella, to see her eyes opened wide and mouth agape. Yep, she was dead.

"Those... bastards! They killed Arabella!"

"No, I thought she was alive! Don't cry about it, I bet that your axe wound kills that boy in a few days anyways."

I prepare to throw my knife as I see the boy from 6 sneaking up on Johnathan, but he whirls around and decapacitates the boy with a single slash from his axe. He lets out a yell of anger after doing so.

"Whatever dude. Let's get back to the others."

Kyle Lee, District 9 Male
My foot was really hindering me as I hobbled to get away from the cornucopia clearing. I had a backpack and didn't plan on dying. I couldn't get far before I am tackled into the ground by another tribute. I look up to see the dauntless boy from 13 on top of me, as he begins to punch me.

I grab his shirt and wrestle him off me, as I elbow him in the face a few times before he strikes me in the side. Disorientated, I fall back, as he leaps back on top of me, wrapping his hands around my neck. He squeezes hard as I find myself unable to breathe, choking as I feel my life slipping away.

I reach and reach, my hand finding a smooth rock. Grasping it, I smash it into the side of the boy's head, sending him off of me and rolling across the dirt.

I stand up, pressing my knees into his chest as I raise the rock, hitting the boy in the head over and over and over until it's a mess of blood and bone. Knowing there's no way he could be alive after that, I throw the rock away, grabbing my backpack from the ground and limping away before the career pack notices me.

Neptune Rain, District 4 Male
The bloodbath was dying down now, as most tributes had either died or left the area. Most of us were still in shock that we had lost two careers in the fight today, especially our leader Jackson, who was one of the strongest in the arena.

However, I felt no love lost for him, as I found him to be a jerk, and not really smart enough to lead. I much preferred Sierra anyways, both as a leader and as someone to look at.

I walk into the cornucopia to see Rebekah and the girl from 9 fighting. I don't take two steps before Rebekah overpowers the girl and flings her over a crate, before finishing her off with a strike with the trident.

"Looks like you've got this figured out." I comment, as Rebekah rips out the weapon.

"It had to be done." she says with a hint of remorse, as the other careers gather around.

"Alright... I know all of you know Jackson died. As such, I will be the sole leader." Sierra says.

"Yea, sure. I think I should be honestly." Isaac pipes up.

"What? Why?" Sierra says back

"Well, District 2 seems to have failed. Besides, I bet you even failed to notice something."

"What would that even be?" Sierra retorts.

Effortlessly, Isaac turns around and throws a knife, which strikes down the fleeing girl from 11. "That."

"I was just waiting to see if anyone else would notice!"

I knew Sierra was lying at that, as I guarantee no one else saw her escaping. I could see her confidence wavering in the fact that Jackson wasn't there to help her out.

"Whatever you say. I say we vote on it tonight."

Isaac struts off, leaving the rest of the alliance there. "Well, one thing is for sure, we can't stay in this cornucopia. It's hotter than the sun in here!" says Jenna (1F)

"She's right. We should go to one of those towns, the one next to that huge lake." Makelina says, as most of the careers are in agreement.

"Alright. Grab as much as you can, we will head over there." Sierra orders.

"Yes, your majesty." Isaac mocks as I can see Sierra's blood boil.

"Lay off man, we're all a little stressed." Zane says, but Isaac just rolls his eyes. Regardless, we begin to pack up, and head for this town.

Violet Lee, District 8 Female
I had managed to escape the bloodbath alive, as I sit in one of the many abandoned buildings of this ghost town. There was a large lake nearby, and I had lied down in it to help keep my body cool against this blazing hot sun. My backpack contained simple items, such as string, a few edible items, and what looked like binoculars.

As the day waned on I swear I could hear footsteps in the floor above me, despite me not seeing another tribute come this way. The wind whistled, and I swore I could hear my name being called through it.

My thoughts of the spooky setting are snapped when I see the career pack walking towards the town. Quickly, I duck behind some stacks of hay, as I can hear them walking through the town.

"There, that big mansion by the lake. We will stay there." The girl from 2 says.

"Must be similar to home huh?" the boy from 8 taunts.

"Would you just shut up, please?!" the girl from 2 shouts, as I watch them walk towards the large black manor. They were down 2 members, both of whom I assumed died in the bloodbath, as I get out from my hiding spot in the hay.

That's when I see a translucent black figure in the barn doorway, as I let out a scream. The figure is gone the moment I see it, as I quickly cover my mouth.

"What was that?" I hear one of the careers say.

"Probably someone who got murdered nearby."

"Search the buildings. Make sure that we are alone."

I begin to panic, as I rush out the door. I don't look back in that cursed town nor at the careers as I go, making sure to get as far away from them as possible.

Jolyne Powers, District 5 Female
We follow the path of the river, as the hot sun begins to weaken and set over the western horizon. A large rocky canyon begins to appear in front of us, as we decide to take shelter in an overhanging part by the river.

"Katsuko, see if you can get a fire started." I say. She nods, and begins to gather dry brush to stack up to start a campfire. I walk over to the river, splashing the cool water on my face, looking up to the western horizon as I watch the sun set.

"It's kind of beautiful if you think about it." Arya says, as she sits next to me.

"Yea, until you remember we are in a literal death match." I respond, standing up.

"Look on the bright side Jolyne, we are all alive." Misty says.

"Yea, we are, but so are the careers. They could be right on tails for all we know. Katsuko, make sure to keep the smoke low." I say.

Night finally falls over the arena, as the sweltering heat dips down into a nice cool one. I can hear the distant howls of coyotes, as the four of us huddle up by the fire and eat from our supplies.

"You doing this for anyone at home?" I ask Katsuko, who shakes her head.

"No. I was reaped, and I am just trying to get out alive."

"I'm in the same boat honestly." Misty says. "I hated the games and I hope anyone that watches this realizes it."

"I am trying to win for my family." Arya pipes up.

"Oh? Why's that?" I ask, curious.

"Well, we are impoverished... barely enough food for us to not starve to death. If I can win, maybe I can get us into the victors village, and never have to worry about food again."

"A noble task Arya..."

Our conversation is interrupted by the loud blaring anthem of Panem, as I turn my head to the night sky. The faces of the fallen appear, beginning with the girl from the Capitol.

"One career down, many more to go." I say, as the boy from 2 pops up next. I didn't expect him to fall so fast. The boy from 3, is next, followed by the boy from 6, and then 7. The girl from 9 comes up, followed by the girl from 10, both tributes from 11, the boy from 12, and then ends with both tributes from 13.

"That leaves twelve dead in the first day. 20 remain." Katsuko says.

After everyone had gone to sleep, I turn on my personal camera, a gimmick the capitol had started so tributes could share their pesonal feelings. I look into it, before speaking.

"So, Day 1 is done... I can't say the same for 12 others. Hope your enjoying your twisted games Capitol. Anyways, my allies are sleeping, I drew first watch. By choice, obviously. I like them, they're a pretty scrappy bunch. If you like us, you should help us out a little. Misty's arm is cut, we tried washing it out but you can never tell how clean the water is."

I turn around as I hear a louder coyote howl, one that was closer.

"Honestly the wild life does spook me a bit. I'm hoping the flame keeps them at bay. Then again, this arena is unpredictable." I set the camera down, before clicking it off. I stare into the starry night sky, knowing it is all fake in the end. This alliance had a long ways to go if we wanted a true shot at winning.

Zane Onyebuchi, District 2
I awaken as the sun rises over the horizon, this eerie town finally getting daytime. No one else seems to be awake as I leave my room in the town's hotel, walking downstairs and outside. The lake reflects the morning sun, as I take a breath in of the morning air.

Turning on my personal camera, I look into it's lens. "Well capitol, Day 2. I'm still here, and I hope you're thinking of me. Maybe a juicy something to reward my performance? I know I haven't killed anyone, but just give me some time and I will deliver."

"Giving a speech over there skate kid?" I hear Johnathan say behind me, as I shut the camera off.

"Just giving a message to the folks watching is all." I respond, as I see him shake his head.

"You got to prove it on the field. How about I test that strength of your's?"

I look at him, with a questioning look. "How do you suppose I do that?"

Johnathan pulls a table up and sits down. "Arm wrestle. Right now."

I roll up my sleeve and laugh. "You're on meathead."

I go toe to toe with Johnathan in our little match, though he defeats me after a short while.

"Ha, I knew it. I am better."

"Physical strength isn't everything you know."

We continue our banter when I see Rebekah walk out of the hotel, as she looks at us. "Good morning!"

"Morning." I say, as she walks towards the lake.

"That right there is a fine piece of work." Johnathan says as Rebekah strips down, diving gracefully into the lake.

"You're really staring at her ass aren't you?" I tease, as Johnathan looks on still.

"They don't make em like that in 1."

I just laugh. "Alright Johnny, take it easy."

I leave him to his gazing, as I wait for the others to awaken.

Zara Hail, District 0 Female
I carefully stitch up Arthur's large gash on his back he got from the 1 boy in the bloodbath, as I hear him grunt a bit in pain. "I'm sorry, I'm not the best at this!"

"I'm fine, don't worry about it." he says through gritted teeth as I continue to close the wound. We sit in a shack in this ghost town, as I picked the location due to it's distance from the rest of the arena. I figured a lot of tributes would flee to the lake or river as well, which is why we picked this one over the other.

Trying to take Arthur's mind off the needles going in and out his skin, I ask him some questions. "So, what was life like for you back in 0?"

"Look Sara, I already told you after the reaping about my parents."

"No, not them. Like, what did you do? I never seen you in the district, until the reaping. It's like you just showed up."

"Well, there's more to District 0 than the safeties inside the fence. Not everyone is an astrologist. Some of us have to keep the district running... keeping the buildings heated, hunting the food for the population."

"So you were a grunt?" I ask.

"I prefer the term skilled laborer." Arthur says sarcastically. "Yes, a grunt I guess you could say. Did all the physical tasks in the background and got none of the credit."

"Well, I will give you credit. Anyone who can keep people from freezing to death is a hero in my book."

"If only the rest of the district thought that way..."

I finish stitching up the wound, as I knew it would take a little bit to heal. "Well, the wound is fixed for now. Take it easy for a little while, alright?"

Arthur nods, as he continues to look out the window of the shack on the surrounding desert. I learned a little bit more about my district partner, and I was hoping I could continue getting him to open up.

Katsuko Yokono, District 3 Female
I sneak through the brush, stalking my prey, watching as she is unaware to my presence. I draw my katana, ready to strike, and take out the unsuspecting target.

I leap from my hiding spot, attacking. The girl steps back and parries my strike with her own blade, as I back up, smiling at her. "Nice one!"

Misty smirks, as she holds her blade, looking back at me. "What can I say, I'm being taught well."

I twirl my katana, getting in a dueling stance. "Let's see if you remember my lesson."

I strike at her with my katana, going a little easy on her as to not accidentally hurt her. She does well playing the role of defense, as I ramp up the difficulty a bit.

My attacks overwhelm her after a bit, as she stumbles backing up and falls down. I sheathe my katana, holding my hand for her. "You'll get the hang of it."

Misty grabs my hand, as I pull her up to her feet. "Guys, Jolyne wants to talk with you!" Arya says as she runs over.

"We're coming!" I shout back, as I look at Misty. "Wonder what this could be?"

We walk over to our campground, where Jolyne is there looking down at one of our bags, which had been ripped open. "Alright, which one of you got the midnight munchies?"

I look to Misty, and then to Arya. "I swear I didn't."

"Me neither." Misty says.

"Didn't touch it!" Arya adds to that.

"Well, it wasn't me, so it was one of you. This bag was full after I went to bed and Misty took second watch. I wake up this morning to find it empty."

"Well, we all took turns taking watch. Did anyone see what happened?" I ask.

No one says anything, until Arya pipes up. "Well... I did leave the campground for a little bit last night."

"What? Arya, what if someone snuck up and slit our throats?!" Jolyne yells

"I'm sorry alright, I had to pee really bad!" Arya cries

"Look, give her a break. I'm sure it was just a wild animal or something." I say, but Jolyne is already heated.

"Well, if it happens again, I'm kicking whoever's ass was on watch when it did!" With that, she walks away.

"Don't worry about it Arya. Just don't leave the campsite next time, alright?" Misty says, as Arya silently nods.

Kyle Lee, District 9 Male
I snicker as I watch the anti-careers argue with each other from my perch high in the canyon. It was me who took their supplies last night, as I reaped the benefits of their goods. If they could tear each other apart I would greatly benefit.

I continue to spy on them as the hot sun beats down on me, my spot high in the canyon not being shaded. "Wish one of you had grabbed an umbrella or something..." I mutter as I continue to watch them.

The girls were tough, I'd give them that. But I knew all it took was the careers catching whiff of their location and they would be wiped out easily. I was ten steps ahead of both alliances though. If they couldn't find me, they couldn't kill me.

I continue staying up here, keeping hidden until dark. I was going to continue striking while they slept, and maybe the next time I would take one of them out as well.

Sierra Leon, District 2 Female
I was so stressed still after Jackson had died yesterday, and today's unsuccessful tribute hunt didn't help me my mind rest any more. Dusk was falling upon us as we returned to our camp in the lake town, as I head into the huge black mansion.

"So, we've killed twice as many tributes as Zane here today. Unfortunately, zero times two is still zero." Isaac says as I am on my last nerve with him.

"Man Isaac you really got it out for me huh?" Zane responds, as I put my face into my hands before yelling at them.

"Shut up, both of you! We will go out tomorrow and look for others, alright?"

The other careers look at me with silence after my outburst. "I need some time alone, alright?" I say, as I leave the others to my own personal room.

I sit on the bed, burying my face into the covers and screaming. I couldn't do this, I wasn't able to lead this alliance! I was failing myself and my allies, just because I couldn't lead alone.

I hear the door open behind me. "I said I wanted to be left alone."

I look up, to see Neptune there. "I know what you said, but you can't keep your feelings bottled up."

"Of course I can, I control me, not you!" I retort, as his mouth opens wide.

"I'm sorry... I'm just on edge, alright?" I apologize, as he sits beside me on the bed.

"It's okay, I forgive you."

I look down at the floor, feeling like the world was coming down on me. "I just... don't know what to do... Isaac is trying to undermine me every second, and each hour that slips by with us not getting a kill is making the others more and more lenient to listen to him..."

"Look Sierra, that may be true, but there is a reason we still follow you. Isaac is just... unhinged, to say the least. You however, you're trying your best, and we've seen your fiery attitude in training. You're a competitor, and all you need to do is inspire the others like Jackson would."

I look up at him. "You really think so?"

"I know so." Neptune wraps his arm around my shoulder, as I lean my head into his chest.

"Thank you..." I say, as we sit there a moment, as I feel something I wasn't too used to.

Night comes and I toss and turn in my sleep, having nightmares about my allies dying due to my failure, and seeing a zombified Jackson yelling at me, calling me a failure.

I wake up in a cold sweat, as I swear I see a shadow at the foot of my bed. Paralyzed by fear, I can only watch as it slips out the door. I hear footsteps in the hallway, as I get up quickly, grabbing my knife and walking into the hallway.

"Hello? Duante, is that you?" I ask, as I peer down the long hall, not seeing anything. I was really spooked, as I creep down the hall, looking for something.

I feel like someone is watching me, as I knock on Neptune's door. He answers it, looking at me. "Is something wrong?"

"I swear... I saw someone at the foot of my bed... I hear footsteps down the hall. I'm being creeped out, and I know if I tell anyone else they will think I'm crazy and laugh at me!"

"Look, you're just stressed. You want to sleep in here tonight?"

I sigh relieved. "Yes please..."

I walk in his room, as Neptune shuts the door. I lie down in his bed, as I feel him lie down behind me.

"It's going to be alright."

I feel his hands wrap around my stomach, as his body touches mine. I feel a lot safer and more relaxed as he cuddles me, as I'm able to fall back asleep, my dreams being much more blissful and peaceful.

Braxton Ortez, District 10 Male
I continue to walk through the wilds, searching for that little girl from 8. I knew that Isaac was a bit unhinged and dangerous, but if I can throw him off by capturing his little secret ally, I knew that would greatly benefit.

However, I highly underestimated how slipper and elusive she could be. I already looked all over the dry forest, and didn't find anything but a few wild animals. I only got so close to the lake town before I saw careers patrolling it, as I quickly left, as I knew I couldn't take on the entire alliance.

I cross the bridge over the river, deciding I should check the other town that was far off in the desert plains. I didn't expect many to go there due to it's distance from a water source, but it was worth a shot.

As soon as I step foot into the empty street, I feel a chill of unusually cold air blast my face. Considering it was easily 100 degrees outside, this was super weird, as I'm spooked slightly.

Regaining my composure, I continue walking through the town, the only noise being the creaking of old wooden signs blowing in the wind. This would be the ideal spot for someone to hide.

I quickly duck behind an alleyway when I hear voices. Peaking around the corner, I notice the pair from District 0, the duo alliance. They were not who I was looking for.

"No no, grip by the blade when you throw." The 0 boy says to the 0 girl, who I assume he is teaching how to throw knives.

Sure enough, she tosses a knife, but it misses the target. "This is a lot harder than the movies make it look." the girl says as the boy picks the knife up.

"Just give it some time, you'll get it."

Not really caring for them, I continue to walk through the other parts of the town, trying to find this girl from 8.

''If I was a twelve year old girl, where would I hide? Well, first I wouldn't be in this situation...''

I check through some more buildings, but they are all empty. That's when I see a figure dart from the corner of my eye. Raising my crossbow, I look to where it was.

Nothing. I swear there was something there. Shrugging it off as a desert mirage, I lower my crossbow, continuing my search for the little 8 girl.

Isaac Fabbri, District 8 Male
I was starting to gain some traction with the other careers. While Sierra was playing girlfriend with Neptune, I was talking with the others who were more on my side.

"Duante, you were pretty mad when Arabella was slain because of poor management, right?" I say to Duante, who was the most easily swayed.

"Yes, of course. She didn't deserve to die so early."

"Well, I vow to avenge her first, by going after the pair from 0 who caused that to happen."

"Going after 0? Leave the boy for me, I have to take down that pale bastard." I hear Johnathan say, as he walks over.

"I was hoping you'd say that." I say with a smirk. This was easier than I thought.

"Yea I'm not a fan of Sierra really. I saw her kissing up on Neptune... she is an awful kisser, by the way." Jenna says, as I add another to my little split off.

"How about you big guy? Want to go hunting with us?" I ask Keoni, who just shakes his head.

"Don't involve me in this man. Sierra will have to approve this, you know." he says, before walking off.

I growl. Damn goody two shoes. Oh well, I could make this work with 4 people.

"Hunting? Ooh, sounds exciting!" Ivy says, as I look at her.

"Aw come on, her? She will just weigh us down!" Duante whines, as I am also slightly annoyed. I didn't like Ivy much, even if she scored a kill in the bloodbath, she nearly died from it, and to a lowly tribute to.

"No, go back to your two mommies Rebekah and Makelina." Jenna snorts.

"Hey, you take that back!" Ivy shouts, as I quickly defuse the situation.

"Woah woah woah, let's cool it here. Maybe the little one here could help us out and get into a tight space or something."

Honestly, I didn't even believe that. I just wanted to get rid of Ivy. Of course, she is gullible enough to not see this.

"Yea, I can. Let me in, I promise I won't disappoint!"

"Alright alright, you win." I say with a fake defeated tone.

Duante groans, but I give him a look to let him know that I was up to something.

Ivy Juniper, District 7 Female
I was so excited. I was starting to gain some traction with my allies! They were going to let me join them on a secret mission to eliminate the pair from 0.

"Now remember, do not tell your friends from 4 and 14 that we did this. I know you probably hate Sierra, so I think you're good on that one." Isaac tells me.

"You can count on me."

I pretend to lock my lips shut and throw away the invisble key. "Good, now Fabrii Corps, let's go get some kills!"

"Really? Fabbri corps?" Johnathan questions with a raised eyebrow.

"Look, you can call yourself whatever, but that's what I'm sticking with." Isaac says.

The five of us sneak off from the ghost town, as I start to feel uneasy. I was with the tributes that I knew didn't like me, and some of which went out of their way to bully me.

''Rebekah and Makelina can't save you now... you have to grow up, be tough! You got this Ivy!''

I try not to think too much of it as we trek through the hot desert. I wipe sweat from my brow, as the sun was beating down on me. I was beginning to fatigue and fall behind.

"Guys... slow.... down..."

However, I see their forms get further and further away. "Help... please..." I meekly call out for them, as I collapse on the sand.

I pant, trying to reach into my bag. I am barely able to grab my knife, as I crawl towards a cactus. I stab into it, cutting a bit off of it to luckily discover water being stored in it.

I drink from it, slowly standing up, as I look to see a spear flying in my direction. I let out a squeal and throw myself to the ground to dodge it, only to hear cackling.

"C'mon widdle baby, keep up!" I hear Duante taunt, as he picks the spear up.

I let out a growl of anger, as I follow the asshole back to the others. We travel for a while, before we stop outside of the other ghost town as the sun begins to set.

"Won't Sierra be suspicious that we're not coming back tonight? Won't she think we deserted?" I question, growing scared.

"Oh stop worrying! I already told her we were going to hunt tributes and that we'd be back by morning." Johnathan says, though this does little to reassure me.

We camp out in the wilds of the desert, as I try to huddle next to the fire with the others. However, they just look at me and give off hostile vibes.

"Adults are talking here, cactus drinker." Jenna says, as the others laugh.

"I'm an adult! I'm one of you!" I retort, but they just keep laughing.

"An adult? Please, tell us another joke!" Duante cackles, as I walk away in anger.

I sit my tent and sleeping bag down further from the others, as I begin to shiver from the unexpected cold of the night. The fire was too far away as my teeth chatter, as I begin to regret my decision. I wish I was back home in District 7, in my warm bed, with my three sisters, instead of out in this unforgiving wasteland, my only company people who didn't care about me.

Misty Soot, District 12 Female
Night had long since fallen, as it looked like another deathless day was upon us. I had drawn first shift tonight, as Jolyne, Arya, and Katsuko slept by the dying embers of the fire. I keep an eye on the bag that was stolen from the first night, making sure no one came in and took the rest of the items.

Deciding to pass the time, I click on my personal camera, as I prepare to talk to the capitol.

"Misty here. Seems like the third day is coming to an end. I'm alive, much to your displeasure. You know, I don't care what you really think of me. You're all monsters, sick and twisted demons."

I stand up, as I feel anger come out of nowhere within me.

"You are sending children to kill each other for your entertainment! How can you sleep at night? Ugh! This is just wrong on so many levels! Can't you see that? I urge you if you are watching me, put a stop to this madness! Please... I beg you!"

I sit down and huff, turning my camera off and staring out into the starry desert sky. I doubt my message would be heard, and I wouldn't doubt that the capitol censored it for being "rebellious" but I didn't care. I needed to get that off my chest.

That's when I hear a rock tumbling down from behind me, like something move above in the canyon. Drawing my machete, I look up, trying to see what made the noise.

On alert, I go over to my sleeping allies, making sure no one is over there. I breathe a sigh of relief as I see they are still asleep peacefully, as I sit down again.

"Must've been a bird..." I say to myself, before I feel something tighten around my neck.

I begin to choke as rope burns my skin, my breath being caught in my throat as I could feel it being crushed by the tight strangling of my attacker.

I struggle and kick as my attacker pulls me on my back, as I can not breathe. I begin to panic, kicking rocks trying to scream for my allies help, but without oxygen, I can only let out pained groans.

I try to reach back and get my attacker off me, as I manage to poke into what feels like an eye. The rope relinquishes from my neck as I gasp for air, as I yell at the top of my lungs

"HELP!"

I feel the rope tighten around my neck once more as I'm drug down onto the sharp rocks, as they cut my arms as I begin to bleed again. "You should've kept your mouth shut." the chilling voice of a male says as I feel a blunt object smash into the back of my skull.

Disorientated and almost suffocated, I feel like slipping away. However, the force around my neck relinquishes as I roll to my side, gasping for air as I hear the boy yell.

I hear what sounds like someone getting beat to death as I can make out in the dark two figures fighting, wrestling around the rocks as the struggle ensues. I slowly get up, grabbing my machete from the ground and advancing over.

I hear a large thump and watch as a body falls right at my feet. Looking down I can see through the moonlight the busted up face of the boy from 9, welts and blood pouring from his features.

A cannon booms, as I look up to see the second figure approach me. I prepare my blade, but relax when I see it's just Jolyne.

"Oh... my... god..." I say between breaths, as my throat still hurts from being crushed.

"You're not looking so good Misty. Seems our little thief hurt you bad."

I sit down and pant, as I can feel blood running down my arms from where the rocks had cut me. Jolyne sits next to me, wrapping my arms up with bandages, as I finally catch my breath.

"Thank you... you saved my life..." I say.

"Don't thank me... I'm just doing what any reasonable ally would." Jolyne responds, though I see a little glimmer of niceness from the usually tough and rough girl.

Violet Lee, District 8 Female
I continued staying in the dry forest, as I recall my close encounter with the 10 boy yesterday. Luckily, he didn't look up in the trees, or he would've spotted me.

I continue to walk around through the forest, gathering what I can to help me out. I knew 19 tributes remained after I heard a cannon late last night, and I was glad to still be alive after 4 days.

I check some traps to see if I had caught anything, grinning when I see a few squirrels and some rabbits caught in them. Looks like I would be eating well tonight.

Zara Hail, District 0 Female
We are on high alert as we hear voices in the distance. There had to be at least five tributes heading to the ghost town, and I only knew of one alliance that had that kind of numbers.

The careers.

"Sara, stick with me, alright? We have company."

I nod, as I follow Arthur through several buildings, getting more and more anxious as we passed closer and closer to the careers. The looming buildings spook me even more now as the situation grew more and more intense.

"Remember, leave the pale bastard to me." I heard the 1 male say as it felt like they were mere feet away from us.

Arthur gives me the go ahead signal, as we dash across the roof and jump to an adjacent building. We continue this until we find a building with a roof hatch, as we go down into it.

"If we stay undetected long enough, we should be good. They will leave on their own." Arthur says, as we crouch down behind the counter of the building.

I watch as a few of the careers pass by in the street, watching through the window.

"Looks like they will probably not be here." the girl from 1 says, as they all have passed by the building.

I breathe a sigh of relief, as I stand up. They had passed.

Braxton Ortez, District 10 Male
I knew Isaac would come looking for me. How did he know I was in this town? Of course he brought his buddies, and I knew I'd have to isolate him if I stood a chance.

I continue to creep behind them from the streets, as I get closer and closer. I aim my loaded crossbow at Isaac, cursing as the girl from 7 walks in front of him, blocking the shot.

"What is it Ivy?" Isaac says annoyed, as the girl from 7 looks up at him.

"Maybe they left the other side of town? We should turn around and look."

"Pfft, like I didn't think of that."

The girl turns, and sees me. I curse as she grabs and tugs at Isaac.

"There is someone there! Look!"

Isaac growls at her. "Shut up would you? These little games aren't funny!"

"I'm not joking! Take me serious for once god damn it!"

Not wanting to risk it, I quickly run through an open door of the building to get out of sight. I wipe my brow, only to look up and see the duo from 0 there.

I raise my crossbow to shoot at them, but the boy leaps across the room, knocking my shot off and sending the bolt straight into the ceiling. I bash him in the face with my crossbow, which disorients him a little, as I reach for my kukri.

However, I regret this, as he quickly grabs me by the shirt and slams me into the wall, punching me in the face several times and beating me down into the ground. His hits are very powerful and hurt like hell, but I force myself to strike back, slamming my elbow into his chest to get him off me.

I stagger to my feet as he comes at me again, as I duck out of the way as he strikes the wall. He shakes his hand from the missed blow as I bash him again in the head with my crossbow, trying to get away from the boy.

"You guys hearing that racket? Check that building!" I hear Isaac say as I curse. The 0 boy gets up and kicks me in the knee, causing me to bend over a bit before he grabs me by the back and hurls me out the window.

I land with a thud on the dirt street, grunting in pain as I look up to see the careers rushing over. "That boy from 10, I want him dead!" I hear Isaac shout as a knife barely misses me and lands beside my head in the dirt.

I am quick to get up, trying to flee through the various buildings to confuse them. I see the one pair above me leaping from the roof tops, and hear the boy from 1 shouting

"Get the 0 pair first!"

I quickly divert my path to go opposite of them, looking over my shoulder to see only the girl from 7 still pursuing me.

Loading my crossbow as I run, I quickly turn and fire a bolt at her, which she dives out of the way to avoid, right into a muddy pig pen. She screams as the pigs rush over to her and start to nudge her and make her more muddy, as I continue to flee.

That was too damn close.

Ivy Juniper, District 7 Female
I crawl out of that pig pen, covered in mud and very angry. I had that 10 boy, I could've taken him out but Isaac didn't listen to me! I should've stayed with the others, they would've listened, but I was too stubborn and ended up making a poor choice.

We eventually regroup in the middle of the street. "Damn it, they escaped!" Duante says, as I watch Johnathan kick the dirt.

"Calm down everyone. We have to get back to the lake town. Especially piggy over there. She might need a bath."

I growl angrily as I march off.

We get to the lake town as the sun is setting, only to see a very angry Sierra. "You said you'd be back EARLIER!" she shouts, as I watch Isaac throw his hands up.

"Woah woah, don't get mad at me, at least we were doing something other than sitting here doing nothing!" Isaac says back.

"I am really... REALLY getting annoyed with you Isaac. You are not listening to me, and I am growing tired of it!"

I don't really care much for there arguing as I go over to the lake, taking a nice long stroll as I get deeper and deeper into the water, washing the mud from my body.

I look to see the groups have dispersed and went into the manor, leaving me alone out in the lake as night begins to fall. I continue to wash myself off, when I see what looks like a person sitting in the water twenty feet away.

"Rebekah? Is that you?" I ask, as the figure goes under the water.

Curious, I take a deep breath, before plunging underwater to see if I can see anything. Of course, everything is blurry because I wasn't wearing goggles, but I could make out a few shapes.

I see a humanoid shape moving closer to me, before it is right in front of me. I quickly surface, letting out a scared yell as I crawl back on shore.

"What is wrong Ivy?!" I hear Makelina say as she crouches next to me.

"There's someone in the water!" I say back, getting away from it.

"Shhh calm down! There's no one in there, everyone else is inside. Come on, let's dry you off. You've had a long day, I just bet it's the stress."

"I know what I saw! Please, you have to believe me!" I plead, as Makelina sighs.

"Alright alright, let me have a look."

She puts on some goggles before diving under. I wait for about a minute, before she surfaces. "There's no one down there, just a bunch of rocks. Come on, let's go inside."

I nod, as I follow Makelina inside the manor. Something was very, very wrong about this town, and I was just about ready to leave it.

Zane Onyebuchi, District 5 Male
Tensions were at their height as the fifth day began, as already two tributes were yelling.

"I heard you stomping about upstairs! I was trying to sleep!" Duante yells to Keoni.

"I was asleep you idiot!"

I am quick to step between them before things gets ugly. "Guys, calm down, it was probably nothing!"

"I saw a person in the water yesterday!" Ivy says, as I shake my head.

"There's no one but us here, alright. Calm down!"

"Yea, calm down.... because we should be calm, right Zane?" Isaac says smugly, chiming in.

"Let's allllll be calm. It's not like our leader is being complacent or anything."

I groan. "If you want to be leader so bad, why don't you take it?" I say trying to catch his bluff.

"Trust me Zane, it would be easy."

I hear a yell, as the four of us rush towards it. All we see though is Makelina staring into a room, then snickering a little.

"You ever heard of knocking?!" Sierra yells, as we can all assume what was going down.

"Looks like someone got a little freaky deaky!" Isaac says smugly as I see Sierra's angry self show up to the door, wrapped in a bedsheet.

"Give me five minutes and we will be on the move!" she yells.

After she shuts the door, Isaac starts rubbing his hands together. "Isaac Corps meeting in 5."

Isaac Corps? Must've been his little secret band that he'd taken with him yesterday.

After everyone has had breakfast, Sierra stands up to look at all of us. "Alright, I have some good news that will turn the tide in our games. Go on Rebekah, tell them what happened."

Rebekah looks at everyone, then smiles. "I followed the river on a spy mission, and I found them. The anti-careers. They are camped out by the canyon."

Murmurs of excitement through the other careers. A chance for us to finally eliminate the competition successfully this time. "Get your weapons ready, and things packed. We will attack at night when they least expect it."

Arya Shrivastava, District 6 Female
We were hustling back and forth, going all over the campground. Jolyne had spotted the girl from 4 yesterday, and we all knew that the careers would be coming. Setting traps, and preparing ourselves to attack from advantageous spots, we anxiously begin to make our final plans as the sun goes down.

"Arya, I want you perched on the rock. On my signal, I will light the flame circle around, which will light up the area for you to make precise shots in the dark." Jolyne tells me, as I nod, slinging my bow over my shoulder.

"Misty, Katsuki, you will be in the shrubbery. When the flame is lit, I want you two to take out any careers in the back of their formation. Go for kill shots with your blades, aim for the head."

"What will you do Jolyne?" I ask, as she looks at me with a sly smile.

"I will be the bait. I will sit by the campfire and pretend to be alone. When they approach and taunt in their career fashion, I will light the fire around, and brawl whoever dares to come at me."

I nod, as I look down at my allies. Night has fallen now, and we knew the careers would be coming any second. Climbing up the rocks and sitting on my perch, I ready my bow, knocking an arrow.

This would be the most intense moment of my life.

Sierra Leon, District 2 Female
I am still feeling embarrassed that Makelina had walked in on me and Neptune. I knew the careers were laughing about me behind my back, and I desperately needed to get their minds back on track by destroying the anti careers.

"You alright?" Neptune asks me as he follows behind me, as we hold hands.

"I'm fine." I say, lying.

"I know that's not true."

"Look Neptune, we will talk about it later, alright? Let's just get this over with."

The career pack continues to march towards the canyons, as the moonlight reveals their large dark shapes over the horizon. I could see a lit campfire up ahead, and hear Johnathan snicker. "Fools. They are making this too easy."

"Keep cool Johnny." says Zane, as we cross the river and spot the fire getting closer.

"Looks like the girl from 8. Probably on watch over her nearby sleeping allies." Ivy comments as we get closer.

"Ha, foolish girl. Let me take her out." Duante says cockily as we all get near to see her turn around with a shocked look.

"What the? How did you find us?!" she says with a scared look.

"We're careers. You're so dead." Jenna says as she hurls a knife at the girl.

However, the girl quickly ducks out of the way, as she lights a match and drops it, a large ring of fire going around the whole area and entrapping us in it with her.

Immediately I hear an arrow whistle, as I hear the thud of a crumpling body. I look to see Jenna struck down with an arrow in her chest, as I curse.

"It's a trap!" shouts Isaac, as I hear metal clanging behind me.

Turning quickly, I look to see Keoni fall to the ground, a katana stabbed through his neck as I watch the girl from 3 rip the blade from his neck, blood gushing out.

"Retreat!" I yell, as this plan had went south super fast.

Jolyne Powers, District 5 Female
I quickly run at the careers, attacking with my baton as I take on the boy from the capitol. He fights with a fury and rage, but his spear is no good as I close the gap and dodge his stab, as I am able to whack him a few times on the head with my baton.

He stumbles back but before I can knock him to the ground and beat him down, the boy from 1 jumps in and rams his shoulder into me. I slide back and tumble a bit, though I quickly jump to my feet and barely dodge an axe strike.

"You anti-careers always are pests. I will exterminate you like the bugs you are." the 1 boy growls at me as he swings his axe again, as I barely deflect it with my baton.

I continue to fight with the boy, who proves to be much more capable and dangerous than the capitol male. I am beginning to lose the battle as he backs me closer and closer to the roaring flame, as I feel like I'm about to catch fire.

"Come on John, we're out of here!" I hear Zane shout, as the boy from 1 turns around and retreats.

I rush over to help Katsuki and Misty, who were fighting with the girls from 7 and 4. I team up with Misty against the more dangerous 4 girl, who's capable strikes with a trident manage to keep me and Misty at a distance.

The girl from 14 leaps over the fire out of nowhere and buries her axe into my shoulder, as I let out a scream of pain. I fall back, as I watch Katsuki disarm the girl from 7, quickly rushing to my aid to deflect another axe strike from the 14 girl.

An arrow whistles by and manages to land in the 14 girl's hand, who lets out a yelp as she recoils away. "You're bleeding!" Katsuki says as she helps me up.

"I'll be fine!" I grunt through the pain, watching as the three career girls retreat with their comrades.

"They're gone!" I hear Arya shout from her perch, as I sit down, unable to move my right arm.

"She cut into the bone..." Katsuki tells me. "You're not going to be able to use that arm for a while."

I groan in pain as I'm sat down, looking at the two career bodies we managed to kill with our scheme.

"At least the plan worked..."

Zara Hail, District 0 Female
We had heard cannons go off yesterday morning, and found out last night that two careers had died. I was excited, as that meant we were one step closer to getting out of here.

One week in the arena already, and I think Arthur was starting to warm up to me. He was actually being social for once!

"You know you're not so bad." he tells me as we eat some rabbit stew.

"Oh? What does that mean?" I question.

"Well, you're helpful, and pretty resourceful. You got us out of danger plenty of times. I didn't expect you to have such skill." Arthur compliments me, as I smile.

"I couldn't do it without the muscle of you. Beating that giant up from 10 and throwing him out the window? No one else in this arena could pull that off."

"Well, it was just like tossing logs in a pile." he says with a smirk, as we exit our tent and look upon the wide desert. The heat was bad for both of us, as we had never experienced a day even close to the temperature here. So we had to keep inside the tent to not get sunburnt, and only move at night.

"Come in here Zara, don't want you to get sun burnt." Arthur says, as I go back into the tent.

"I noticed you had a twin... same look as you, same two color eyes...."

"I do... I think of her every day." I say back, as we sit there.

"I hope you two can reunite when this is all said and done. One day these games will just be a bad memory." he tells me.

"Well, they won't all be a bad memory. There's some good in there with you my friend." I say to him, as he tenses up a bit.

"What's wrong?" I ask, as he just turns over and looks away.

"I just hope it's not us in the end..."

I shudder at his words. Only one did come out... and I don't know if I could kill Arthur, even if he let me.

Braxton Ortez, District 10 Male
After being humiliated and beaten up by a kid from 0 of all places, I was on a vengeful warpath. All this was Isaac's fault, as him and his career buddies had absolutely ruined by plan.

But now, I was going to get my revenge.

The girl from 8 was near, I knew it. I had seen small footprints that could've only belong to her, and I suspected she was hiding up in the trees of this dry forest. My plan was soon to go in action.

I wait and wait, until I finally see her climbing around. Taking one of my ropes, I tie it in a lasso, similar to the one the cowboys back home used to wrangle cattle.

Except this time I was using it for human.

Swinging it above my head, I toss it at her from the trees, as I hear her cry out as my lasso catches her foot as I pull down.

She tumbles from the branches and hits the ground hard with a thud. While's she's hurting, I rush over, continuing to tie her up in my rope and smirking.

"Help! HELP!" she screams, as I shove grass into her mouth to shut her up.

"Shut your mouth if you want to live. It's not you who I'm after."

Isaac Fabbri, District 8 Male
I had my plan ready to go now. After that disaster back on Day 6 which had two of our own killed, along with increasing distrust due to the constant claims of paranormal sightings in this town, I was prepared to go.

I walk up to Duante, my most trusted and loyal to my scheme. "Follow me. Today we strike."

"About time." he says as we leave the manor and head down the street.

For once, the clear sky and hot sun is replaced with a grey one and a general haze. Almost reflecting on the dark deeds that were abotu to take place.

I knew the other careers would be in the saloon eating lunch right now. Everyone together to start the carnage and my takeover of this pitiful alliance.

I walk into the saloon, to see the others eating in mostly silence, everyone's morale at an all time low. "Good afternoon career pack!" I say in a mock cheery voice.

No one really acknowledges me, as I set the seeds of doubt into motion.

"You know, something really, really seems missing here doesn't it?"

"What would that be huh?" Neptune asks annoyed.

"Well, Keoni nor Jenna are here. Kind of sad isn't it?"

I can see Johnathan and Makelina start to think, as I needed to sway them to my side with this.

"Yea, its the Hunger Games, it happens." Zane says, but I wasn't finished.

"They didn't deserve it though, now did they? Not even getting a week in isn't the career way. Too bad, they were just following orders after all."

Sierra stands up as her chair scrapes against the wood floor, as she is immediately in my face. "I did my best damn it! I didn't know this was going to happen, so shut up!"

"Always the hothead huh? Not really much of a leader are you? Guess that's why you relied so heavily on Jackson. All that weight on him probably got him killed huh?"

"That's enough Isaac!" Neptune says as he gets up and shoves me. Time to do this. I nod to Duante, who doesn't hesitate to punch Neptune, knocking the smaller boy to the floor.

"Neptune!" Sierra says, before she screeches and swings at Duante.

I just shove her into Makelina, who yells as water spills on her. She growls angrily, before slamming Sierra into the counter, as a bar brawl breaks out.

Zane rushes at me, as I can sense his anger from my taunts at him earlier boil now. I dodge his punches, leading him into a wall where I slam him into it.

I punch him once, but he grabs my shirt and leads me into a flurry of his blows. His hits are hard, but I smirk when I see Johnathan grab Zane from me and lift him in the air, slamming Zane into the ground and restraining him.

"Zane he's right! Jenna died because of Sierra, you should be punching her instead!"

"Get off me Johnathan! Get off ME!" Zane shouts angrily as I take control of the situation.

Neptune is still knocked out on the floor, Duante smirking as he looks down at his work.

Makelina has Sierra in a chokehold, as I walk to the center of the saloon. I watch as Ivy and Rebekah stand frozen, unsure of what to do.

"Sierra, your reign as career leader is over. From here on out, I am the leader. As such, you and your little boyfriend here are banished. Oh and did I mention? My banishment is death."

I grab my knife and stab it straight down onto the unconscious Neptune's head, killing him instantly. His cannon booms as I hear Sierra scream no, and begin to bawl.

Zane stops squirming, as he, Rebekah, and Ivy are all in shock.

"Snap her neck Makelina." I say as I look at the defeated Sierra, who had just lost her soul mate.

However, she shocks me, as she slams her head back onto Makelina's face, grabbing the knife from her belt and slashing Makelina's throat as she dives out the window.

"Don't let her get away!" I yell, as Duante and Johnathan pursue.

Zane gets up, giving me an evil look, but not attacking me again. In the chaos, Rebekah and Ivy run out of the door, as another cannon booms, as I curse.

I go outside to see Duante throw his spear into the lake, as I hear him curse.

"She swam away!"

Grumbling annoyed, I gather the remaining careers who were not dead or deserted me. Duante, my right hand man, Johnathan, who was still upset about Jenna's death, and Zane, who I had to keep a close eye on as I felt he was still not 100% on board.

Ivy Juniper, District 7 Female
I still can't believe what happened. Makelina and Neptune were dead. Sierra was on her own and probably on a revenge mission to kill Isaac and the other careers. I ran with Rebekah, and we are hiding in the river area.

"I can't believe it... we were all together. Now, we are split." Rebekah says quietly.

"At least we have each other." I say, trying to lighten the mood.

"Yea... I suppose so."

We continue to sit at the river's edge, as I think internally to myself. I had always been made fun of by the careers, disrespected by them, and hamulated by them.

They never respected me. Apart from Rebekah and Makelina, they never treated me like a human, but like trash, something that no one likes.

I had my own mission now, as I grip my hands tightly around my trident. I was going to prove it to the capitol, to my old allies turned enemies, that I was more than just trash.

I was going to have my revenge. I was going to kill all the careers.

Misty Soot, District 12 Female
I was ecstatic. The careers were tearing themselves apart! After confirming the deaths of the 4 boy and the 14 girl, that meant their numbers were low enough for our alliance to take out.

"Alright ladies, get ready to move. We are going to end the career alliance once and for all!" Jolyne says as we cheer, grabbing our items from the camp and preparing to go.

However, a rumble throws us all off course. The ground shakes, as I can hear boulders clashing into each other. I look to Katsuko, who looks to Jolyne. "Run."

A rockslide had begun, as large rocks begin to roll down the canyon toward us. The four of us run as fast as we can, continuing to go go go. The rocks are sliding heavily behind us, as the ground continues to shake and roll.

I hear Arya scream behind me, as a large rock rolls on top of her, pinning her to the ground. "Arya!" I yell, running back to my ally. "Help me push this off her!" I tell Jolyne and Katsuko.

We push and push, but the rock doesn't budge. I can see more rocks falling around us as they get closer and closer to hitting us. "It's no use! We have to go or we're all dead!" Jolyne says.

"NO! I am not leaving her!" I yell, but Arya looks at me.

"You have to... I'm a goner, Misty... Please, one of you win this... for me."

I shed a tear, as I look away and run. We manage to get across the river as a cannon booms, as I turn back to see a large volley of rocks roll through the canyon and splash into the river behind us.

Jolyne screams at the sky, kicking rocks around. "You Capitol bastards! Couldn't let us have enough good fortune, huh? Had to forcefully kill us off because your career pets couldn't! Fuck all of you!"

She flips the sky off, as I sit down, sadly. "Kat... she's dead.... she's really gone..."

Katsuko sits next to me, wrapping her arm around me. "I know... but we can't sit on her death for too long. We still have a games to win."

I stand up. "For Arya..."

"For Arya."

Isaac Fabbri, District 8 Male
After hearing the loud noise of a landslide in the canyon, I can't recall when my luck had been any better. Taking my four careers, we quickly duck down behind some rocks, watching as the anti-careers swim out of the river, panting tiredly and missing one of their members.

I watch as the girl from 5 screams at the sky, yelling at the capitol. "Fool. That's not going to change anything." Duante says with a sly comment.

"Anti-careers aren't the smartest." Johnathan responds. "They will be easy to take out now."

"Yes... but they have caused us a bit of grief too. I want them to suffer for it." I say to my allies.

"Yes... I will cut them limb from limb for what they did to Jenna." Johnathan says.

"No, we should just kill them quickly and get them out of the way right now!" Zane says. "Let's not waste any time!"

"You bore me Onyehoochie. Let's wait until they tire at night, and prepare our plan. They know we're not here this time, so we have the element of surprise on our hands."

I smirk as my allies are mostly in agreement, as we wait for the night to fall.

Braxton Ortez, District 10 Male
I continue dragging along the girl from 8, making sure she stays alive as I continue to look for Isaac. I knew he had to be close, as I had searched the entire arena and only found traces of him each time. He was a slippery son of a bitch for sure.

I seem to catch a break, as I hear girls screaming and guys laughing and shouting. This was no doubt the work of Isaac and his careers, as only he would unnecessarily draw things out.

I see in the distance through the early morning darkness as the girls from 3, 5, and 12 are tied up on polls with their feet and hands bound. The boy from the Capitol is creepily rubbing the girl from 3's face and tugging her hair, as I can hear him say things like he prefers his women to be Asian.

"Weirdo." I mutter as I look for Isaac, when I see him, flanked by the boys from 1 and 5, as he brandishes a knife.

"You three are what remains of the pathetic alliance known as the anti careers. Thing is, you fucked with the careers, which means certain death for you. But... you have caused us some grief. Johnathan, go ahead and show them why."

The boy from 1 grabs the knife from Isaac, using it to slash across the stomach of the 12 girl, who lets out a scream of pain. He begins to fillet pieces of her skin, as her screams grow louder from each time the knife cuts into her.

"You might've not known Jenna, but I did. Now you will feel her pain." the 1 boy says menacingly as he continues to fillet the girl alive, before he is thankfully stopped by the boy from 5.

"You're losing it Johnathan! Stop!"

Johnathan looks down at the knife, and the girl who was crying, before shaking his head. "No... I've found it."

He raises the knife to go for the killing stab before I decide now is the time for me to make my presence known. "Let's hold the torture session for a moment here."

Isaac turns to me, and looks like he's seen a ghost, as I yank the rope containing Violet, throwing her forward.

"Isaac... thank god..." she says meakly, as I look up at Isaac.

"Missing something?" I taunt.

I knew I was getting into his head, as he starts to growl. "Unhand her you bastard. This is our battle."

"Of course. Call off your guard dogs first." I say back, watching as the capitol boy steps forward.

"Johnathan, Zane, Duante... kill the prisoners. I will deal with this dog myself." Isaac says as he draws his machete. Tossing aside the 8 girl, I draw my crossbow, firing at him. Let our battle begin.

Jolyne Powers, District 5 Female
I had watched as the boy from 1 had cut up on Misty, and vowed I would kill him for it. However, once the 10 boy made his entrance, it gave enough distraction for me to loosen my ropes enough for me to wiggle free.

As the boy from 5 approached me to stab me in the chest with his sword, I jumped forward, knocking his blade away and punching him with all my force, knocking him down.

I quickly grab his sword, cutting Katsuko free, as she immediately begins to fight the boy from the Capitol. I watch as the girl from 8 struggles in her binds, as the 8 boy chases down the 10 boy, who is firing bolts at him. I go over to Misty, who's painful injuries sicken me. I cut her loose, as I notice she's loosing consciousness.

"Stick with me Misty..." I say, but I fear the worst for my ally.

"I'm... sorry Jolyne..." she says, as I try to wrap bandages around her abdomen. This stems the blood loss temporarily, as Katsuko rushes over, being pursued by the boys from 1 and the Capitol. "Take her and run." I tell Katsuko, as I rise up with the 5 boy's sword in hand, facing down the Capitol and 1 boys.

I glare down the two careers, anger filling my entire body. They had tortured Misty, mercilessly hunted us down, and were the worst kinds of people I had ever met. I would kill them or die trying.

Both boys attack me, as I am forced to fight two on one. The Capitol boy manages to jab me with his spear, but I continue to fight on, as I deflect the axe strikes of the 1 boy

I pull the Capitol boy's spear away from him and throw it to the side, forcing him out of the fight for me to get a 1 on 1 with the 1 boy. "You like cutting up on unarmed girls huh you bastard!?" I yell as I send a flurry of strikes his way.

My sword strikes are too fast for his axe ones to keep up with, as I manage to give him a good slashing across the legs, causing him to go down. "Let's see how you like it!"

I raise my blade up to finish it, when I feel a sharp pain in my chest, like someone crushing me. I fall back, gasping for air, as I go down to a knee, seeing the boy from the capitol's spear imbedded into me.

''No... Not like this...''

In one last defiant moment, I stand up, yelling as I pull the spear out of me. I look to see the Capitol boy's shocked expression, as I rip his spear from my body and turn it around. With one last burst of energy, I launch myself toward him using my full momentum to drive his own spear into his stomach, before I collapse from my wounds.

I breathe heavily, looking into the sky, my life flashing before my eyes. The lashings, the gang, committing crime, seeing my mother last time, and looking out the bars of my cell.

However, I see a ray of light, as the cell door opens, and I'm in an endless field. I take steps out of the cell, and feel the grass on my fingers, walking into the endless field.

Finally... freedom.

Violet Lee, District 8 Female
I crawl through the desert ground, trying to escape from the carnage. The boy from 10 barely fed me and I was so hungry, as I continued to try and escape. I couldn't get far, before I collapsed from exhaustion.

I could feel another tribute shuffling over to me. I look up to see the girl from District 2, who looked down on me. She then looked back to the chaos behind me, as the careers were going after the boy from 10. Barely alive and in constant pain, I look up to the girl from 2.

"Please..." I beg.

The girl tilts her head. "What?"

"Just be... quick..."

She nods, as I watch her knock an arrow into her bow. I close my eyes as I feel a sharp pain in my forehead, then feel nothing at all.

Isaac Fabbri, District 8 Male
"We can't play cat and mouse forever my old friend!" I say as I dodge another one of Braxton's crossbow bolts. I knew he preferred to keep his distance, and I knew if I could just close the gap, I could defeat him.

He fires again, as I'm not quick enough to dodge, as the bolt goes straight into my thigh. I curse as I'm slowed down, as I see Braxton reach for another bolt from his belt... only to find it empty.

"Out of bolts eh?" I say with a laugh.

"I don't need them to kill you!" he yells back as he draws a kukri.

"I've been waiting for this for a long time." I say drawing my machete.

We immediately lock blades, going back and forth as we strike and strike, trying to kill each other. My leg slows me down and keeps me from gaining an edge, as I strike hihg, only to be blocked and countered low.

Stepping over the attack, I quickly slash forward, catching his chest and opening up a wound. BLood pours out but he stabs me with his kukri, using his larger frame to drive me into the dirt.

I kick my legs up and manage to hit him in the back of the head, before pushing him off me as I pull the kukri out of me. I grit my teeth, throwing it away and crawling away, trying to stand up.

I see him stumbling towards me, striking down again with his fists. I block his punches before I punch him back, hitting him and getting him off me once again. I continue to crawl, towards his crossbow which I had knocked away.

I crawl and crawl as I hear his footsteps get closer and closer to me. I think of a plan quickly, as I remember the bolt in my leg. Gritting my teeth and holding in a scream, I pull the bolt out, quickly loading the bloody bolt into the crossbow.

I aim quickly as he reaches up to strike me down as I pull the trigger, the bolt entering straight into his head.

Braxton falls to his knees, before his corpse falls ontop of me. Groaning, I shove the dead boy off me.

"Bloody bastard..." I say, as I struggle to get up.

Zane Onyebuchi, District 5 Male
I continue to walk, helping Johnathan along, as we catch up to Isaac. He sits there, laughing manically as he looks down at the corpse of the boy from 10. "Look boys... I did it... I killed my own demons..."

I look back to Johnathan, as we are both very confused. Johnathan simply says nothing, as he stands beside me, as I walk up to Isaac. I had hated this boy ever since he joined the alliance.

He wasn't a team player. In fact, he was the opposite of that. He destroyed teams from the inside, and ruined everything about them. That wasn't right to me at all. I knew if I stuck around him any longer, I'd die just like the rest.

"Zane... Johnathan... finally good to see you showed. Only took you all day." Isaac says laughing. "But hey, it's all good... Only ten tributes left, 7 more victims for us to go and we're golden!"

"Yes, that is very excellent." I say, as I plan to use one of Isaac's own weapons against him.

Manipulation.

"I can not wait to hunt down these seven tributes and brutally slaughter them to bring pride to my district" I say a white lie, but Isaac's too delusional to see through it.

"Ah yes, that is the spirit. We will do this my friend, and soon we will drink from the cup of the victor."

I open my arms up as it seems I am going to give him a hug and put our past behind me. He walks forward, and goes in to do it, as I quickly take the opportunity, whipping out my hidden dagger from my sleeve and slashing his throat.

He falls to his knees, choking on his blood, looking at me with an angry face. "Traitorous... bastard..."

"You were too high strung Isaac... too high strung." I say, shaking my head as he falls down on his face, a pool of blood forming around him as his cannon booms throughout the arena.

I wipe the blood from the dagger, sheathing it, taking any supplies he or the 10 boy might have had. I look at Johnathan, who simply nods. "It had to be done."

We leave the sight, as we head into the endless desert, trying to find a way to get to the end of the games.

Ivy Juniper, District 7 Female
I sit with Rebekah again, as we are now in the final nine tributes. We had made a pact together to kill Sierra, Johnathan, or Zane, the final remnants of the careers, before we went after any of the others.

"You got anyone at home waiting for you?" I ask Rebekah as we walk through the canyon.

"My parents... my brothers and sisters. I just hope they welcome me with open arms... I haven't been the ideal career."

"Don't feel like that. You don't need to be a career to be a good tribute. You fought for what you think is right, and here you are. I don't know if you consider it, but you're my friend. I really want you to feel good about yourself."

"Thank you Ivy... you're my friend too." she says, as continue to walk through the canyon.

That's when we hear an arrow clang into the rocks around us, as I am quick to take cover.

"Sierra... it's her!" Rebekah says, as another arrow clatters around us.

I look up to see Sierra ahead, launching an arrow at me. I quickly duck behind the rock, barely getting away.

"You take the left, I will take the right. We will meet at the middle and kill her!" I say, as Rebekah nods.

Sierre Leon, District 2 Female
"You two fled! Like cowards!" I say as a shoot an arrow at Rebekah.

"They killed my love, they killed him, and you just watched!" I shoot an arrow at Ivy, as I see them getting closer.

"Now... you will pay for your inaction."

Rebekah leaps from above, as she comes down with her trident. I shoot my bow quickly, shooting her out of the air as she falls to the ground with a thud, an arrow sticking from her heart.

"NO!!!" Ivy comes from the other side, tackling me into the rocks, punching me in the face.

I quickly shove her off me, smashing a rock into her chest causing her to gasp for air. I quickly shoot an arrow at her, manging to pierce her in the leg, as she cries out in pain.

Before I can launch another one, she quickly gets to me, as I feel a stabbing pain in my stomach. I look down, to see three prongs of a trident ripped from my body, blood coming out.

"You always hated me! You always made fun of me, underestimated me, BULLIED ME!" Ivy yells as she stabs me again.

"You will never, EVER, hurt me again!"

She brings the trident into my body one last time, as I crumple over, my life leaving me. My last sight is of Ivy's figure, kneeling over Rebekah's body, as I can hear her loudly crying over her death.

Least I caused her some last grief.

Zane Onyebuchi, District 5 Male
Me and Johnathan had been surviving, the last of the true careers. We had been gathering up essential supplies and trying to hunt down and finish of the final 5 tributes before I knew we'd inevitably have to duke it out ourselves.

"To think this is how I would be at the end. Paired with an ice skater who wasn't even from a career district. I would've called myself crazy." Johnathan says as we walk around the dry forest.

"Don't speak to soon Johnny boy. You might even predict some other weird events."

Johnathan lets out a short laugh. "Well, since we're predicting, I predict twelve beautiful ladies waiting for me at home."

Our little conversation is interrupted when an announcement rings throughout the arena.

"Attention tributes, there are only seven of you left. A feast will be held at the cornucopia tomorrow at dusk. An item you will need is there, so I wouldn't skip it. Or else, someone else will get it. Remember, happy hunger games, and may the odds be ever in your favor.

I look to Johnathan, who looks back to me. "That feast is our's."

I nod. "Most of the other tributes are loners. We have a numbers advantage. The only other duos are the 0 pair and remaining two anti-careers. Both we can defeat in combat."

"Leave that 0 boy to me. I still owe him for the bloodbath." Johnathan says.

"I will. Don't get yourself killed Johnny."

He nods, as we prepare to rest for tomorrow's event.

Misty Soot, District 12 Female
My stomach still burned from the filleting the 1 boy gave me, but luckily Katsuko was there to get me through it. "You're strong, and you're tough Misty. You will get through this." she tells me as she washes out my wounds.

"I don't know what I'd do without you Kat..." I say, as she continues to help me. "If we get out of here, you are welcome to stay with me in 12 whenever you like."

"The same goes for you... I hope you come to 3."

I smile at her, as we hear an announcement about a feast go over head. Instantly, my excitement goes up.

"Hear that? We're almost there!" I say, as Katsuko smiles.

"We get those items, we're going home." she says as we hug each other happily.

We had a chance to win.

Zara Hail, District 0 Female
After hearing the feast announcement, Arthur gets super serious. "The games are coming to their end... Sara... I need you to listen to me..."

I nod my head. "What is it Arthur?"

"If we are the final two... you will have to put me down..."

"No! I won't! I can't kill you, you're like a big brother to me! I can't!" I say, but he grabs my hands.

"You HAVE to. It's the only way. I have no one back home, if I die so what. But you... you have a twin sister, and a loving family. They need you Sara, they need you!"

I start to cry a little bit. "No Arthur, no... We must go home together..."

"It's not how it works Sara. Many tributes have tried before, and each time they failed. You must... promise me. Promise me you will not hesitate to do it at the end."

"N-no..."

"Promise. Me."

I nod my head silently, as Arthur goes away. I can't believe it had to come to this... I wasn't ready.

Ivy Juniper, District 7 Female
I was on my own. The only tribute left without an alliance. However, I needed to attend the feast. There would be an item there that could help me win the games. I sit at the edge of the cornucopia, watching as a group of pillars rose with bags with each districts number on it.

I don't hesitate to rush for the one labeled 7. I grab it quickly, noticing the remaining careers were there to jump me. Zane strikes at me with his sword, as I'm only able to barely dodge it, but I fail to dodge the kick Cyprien gives me to the head.

I fall on the ground, my vision dizzy as I see Johnathan raise his axe above me. However, I hear Zane shout something, as I see Johnathan look away, and run off in a different direction.

Taking my opportunity, I grab my bag and keep running, lucky that I didn't just die.

Zane Onyebuchi, District 5 Male
The anti-careers had arrived, as the two of them fought me and Johnathan. I was taking on the girl from 3, who's katana skill was on par with my blade work, as we danced across the cornucopia clearing, not able to get an advantage.

"You careers are all the same! Kill kill kill!" she shouts at me as she lunges forward.

"I only kill because I have to! You think I enjoy this?" I shout back at her.

I parry one of her blows. "Jolyne said you were a fool.... how many more days do you give it until your friend the 1 boy kills you in your sleep?"

"Joylne is dead, so who cares what she thinks!" I shout back as I strike with two hands, my superior strength knocking the girl back a bit.

"She would've wanted different Zane! You could've been on the side of good!"

I try my best to ignore the girl's mind games, as I had always thought this was a grey vs grey situation.

"Kat! Help!" I hear the 12 girl yell as Johnathan knocks her down prepared to kill.

The girl from 3 rushes over, as I yell to Johnathan "Watch out!"

He quickly turns and extends his axe, which catches the girl across the chest.

"R-run!" the 3 girl cries out as she falls over, a gaping axe wound taking her whole body.

The 12 girl grabs the district 3 and 12 bags and runs, as I watch Johnathan slam his axe into the 3 girl's head, over, and over.

"JOHN, enough!" I say.

"Can't take any chances, she must be DEAD!"

"THE CANNON HAS BOOMED!"

I grip my unhinged ally, as I'm starting to see some of Isaac's madness creeping into Johnathan.

"It's over... 0 didn't show!" I tell him, as he shakes his head.

"Then we will hunt them down and present the bags to them ourselves. Let's go!"

Annoyed and starting to question my ally further, I reluctantly follow, grabbing our feast bags.

Misty Soot, District 12 Female
I had gotten far far far from the cornucopia, and finally opened my bag. It was just what I needed, medicine to completely reverse my stomach wound. I looked through Katsuko's bag, and found a katana that buzzed with electricity. I am saddened, as I knew she would've loved it, had she been able to use it, she'd probably still be alive right now.

My thought's are interrupted when I feel a sharp pain in my legs, as I turn to see the girl from 7 had followed me! She quickly attacks me, as I notice her trident was also a feast item, it's tips blazing with fire. Seeing my body begin to burn I quickly douse myself in the healing medicine, which puts out the fire and heals me fully.

"Damn you! That was mine!" the 7 girl says, as I light up the electrical katana.

"No, but this is!"

I stab at her with the katana, as my electrical clashes with her fire trident. However, the material of her weapon is still metal, as the electricity courses through it and shocks her body as she leaps back with a jolt of pain.

She tries to pick up her trident but I only kick her in the head for it, sending her towards the river. I plan on frying her with my electrical blade, but she stands up, facing me down unarmed.

I rush at her, as I stab with my force with the katana blade to skewer her heart. However, my attack is too strong, as she sidesteps and trips me, sending me into the water. I let out one last cry of shock as I watch the katana slip into the water, before thousands of volts of electricity put an end to me.

Arthur Winters, District 0 Male
I had decided against going to the feast for I feared for Sara's safety. She wasn't a fighter, but more of a survivalist, and I knew I couldn't fight multiple tributes at once and protect her. My idea seemed to pay off, as two more cannons had rung the previous days, and we were both still alive.

"Final five... we're almost home Arthur." Sara tells me, as I nod, we remain camped out on this cliffside.

"You're almost there... remember our agreement..." I tell her, as she looks sad.

I wish we could both win, I really do. However, I knew that was a fantasy and didn't actually happen. These games could only have one winner, the Capitol wouldn't allow there to be two.

"What do we have here, the pale bastard and his fake sister?" I hear the boy from 1 shout as I see him and the 5 boy approaching.

Grabbing my sword, I push Sara behind me.

"Run... get out of here... I will try and hold them off!" I tell her, as she shakes her head.

"No! We've been in this games together, and if we die together, so be it!" She draws her knife, and stands next to me.

"Are you not listening, go!" I say, before I see the boy from 1's axe hurling towards me.

I quickly dive out of the way, getting up and preparing my sword. "Arthur, look out!" Sara says as I turn around and barely sidestep the axe, which had returned to the 1 boy's hand.

"Like my feast weapon one boy? Shame you couldn't have been there so I could've used it sooner!"

With that, I grit my teeth angrily and rush forward with my sword. I lock blades with both boys from 5 and 1, as I'm motivated to protect Sara from danger. This motivation is stronger than any drug, as I manage to force them both on the defensive.

"Go for the girl Zane!" Johnathan shouts, as the 5 boy leaves the battle with me and goes for Sara.

"No!" I shout as I run after him, managing to barely catch up to him and push him down the cliff.

He tumbles into the river below, as I feel a huge pain in my back, as the axe rips into my skin and rips back out.

I fall to my knees, looking up at Sara. "Go...."

She shakes her head no, rushing and jumping over me as I yell "No!"

I watch as she is smacked down by the boy from 1, as she is knocked unconscious. A fury goes through me as I stand back up, ignoring the axe in my back as I swing my sword rapidly at the boy from 1.

He dodges my blows iniatally, as I manage to cut into his legs, reopening an old wound and causing blood to pour. This angers him, as he grabs my sword arm and twists it, a sicekning crunch sounding as I'm forced to drop my sword.

I use my good arm to punch him in the side of the head, knocking him down for me to get on top of him. We wrestle on teh rocks, spinning around and going down the cliff a bit and stopping at the river's edge, the roll and tumble giving us both bad wounds.

I stand up, as I trade punches with the boy, managing to knock some of his teeth out as his fist comes and breaks my nose. I fall back some more, as I kick him square in the head, nearly knocking him out, as he comes around and gives me a hard hit to the side of hte head with his fist as I feel my skull split open.

He grabs me and continues to punch me, as I spit some teeth out, going for a headbutt on him. He puts me in a headlock as this fails, before sending me a vicious elbow to the face that puts me at my back.

I can hear the river water rushing behind me, as I watch the boy press his knees on my chest, as he brings his fist back and begins to beat my face in.

"Pathetic, district 0. I should've expected as such from such a sorry ass district."

He punches me over and over again, as I'm about to fade out, before I hear him grunt as I look up to see a sword through his chest. The boy looks down at the blade, in utter shock, as it's ripped out, and he falls to my side, dead.

I look up, to see Sara. She drops the sword, rushing over to me and holding my head up. "No no no no no not like this Arthur!"

I look into her two different colored eyes, trying to comfort her. "It's... alright... I'm... okay...."

I run my fingers through her hair, as I try to make her feel less at ease. She begins to cry, tears coming out of her eyes.

"No... don't do that..." I say, wiping away her tears.

"You're dying Arthur.... and it's all my fault..." she cries, but I quickly hold her head up.

"No.... it's not... you did good... You gave me a reason to live... to fight... without you... I would've died in the bloodbath."

I can feel myself slipping away as I hear her crying. "Shhh shh... it's alright little one... I'll be fine..."

I close my eyes after this, as I pass on, doing all I could to help her out.

Zane Onyebuchi, District 5 Male
Johnathan had died, but he at least took the 0 male out with him. I was hurting still from being shoved 20 feet into a running river, but I would be alright. Seeing the final two tributes I had to face, I felt good about my odds. I was bigger, stronger, and had more skill. However, they also had more feast items, as I was only stuck with what I had received, which was a harpoon gun.

I think that couldn't have been anymore unhelpful, until I found out that was a triple barrel one, and I could fire three harpoons before reloading. I guess it would do me enough good for now.

I continue along the river, wandering what I was going to do next. Kill the other two tributes, go home. Die, and all this would've been for nothing.

It was time to get my game face on.

Ivy Juniper, District 7 Female
My flaming trident was going to be a game changer. Unfortunately I couldn't get the 12 girl's electric katana as I would be electrocuted if I were to jump in the water after it, but I didn't need it. I was confident enough to use my own weapon and win.

The final days were dragging on, and I knew the lack of deaths would bore the capitol. I continue on walking, as I wonder what the Capitol will do for the finale event. Usually they send mutts or some kind of environmental factor in to make the tributes get closer, and I was betting on the former.

Sure enough, I could hear the howl of the coyotes. Getting closer, and closer. I prepare to run as I hear them chasing after me, their pattering feet getting closer and closer to me as I run.

Zara Hail, District 0 Female
Night was upon us me as I ran through the desert plains, the roaring of the coyote menace drawing me in. I rush across the bridge, before I meet another tribute on it. The boy from 5 is there, but seeing the coyotes behind me, he decides to run.

I breathe a sigh of relief, before I notice the girl from 7 come up with her flaming trident, passing by me as well. I run after the two of them, as they seem to be climbing the cornucopia. I hustle, managing to catch up and go up the side of the cornucopia.

However, before I can get up there, I slip a bit. I feel the mutts tear at my calves as I scream out, trying to get up there. I manage to get up there, and immediately find myself locked in a fight with the girl from 7.

She stabs at me with her flaming trident, as I slide away from her strike, slashing my sword at the boy from 5 who was nearby. He dodges, as I stand up, the three of us circling around each other in a triangular pattern, daring one another to make a move.

Zane Onyebuchi, District 5 Male
Our little triangle dance ends quickly as I lunge forward, trying to take out Ivy, as she was a bigger threat to me. She slips a little and almost falls to the mutts, before I feel a pain in the back of my calf.

I let out a yell as the girl from 0 stabs me, as I turn around and smack her down. Ivy gets back up and stabs at me with her trident, as I continue to backpedal, nearly slipping off the cornucopia myself. She hooks her prongs in my sword, but I'm stronger than her, as I'm able to rip her trident from her. She backs up right as the girl from 0 tries to hit both of us.

Ivy dodges first, before getting behind the girl from 0 and giving her a hard shove. The girl screams as she goes right off the cornucopia into the coyote pack below. They tear her apart and eat her as I get out my harpoon launcher and shoot at Ivy, who dives out of the way and slides off the cornucopia herself.

I wander why she'd do that, as she would be eaten to, until I notice the coyotes retreating. I saw Ivy taking off towards the lake ghost town, and not wanting to waste any time, I pursue her.

Ivy Juniper, District 7 Female
I continue to run, swimming across the river and running into the empty streets of the ghost town. I stop for a moment to catch my breath, as I gasp and sputter for air. The sun begins to rise, as I find myself unarmed, my only weapon now being the unfamiliar bow of the late Sierra.

I look around, to see hundreds of shadowy ghostly figures lining up the buildings, the windows, the walkways on the sides of the street. The same ghosts that had tormented me in the beginning, had scared me in the lake. They were real. I wasn't crazy.

I look down the other end of the long street to see the boy from 5, marching towards me. I stand motionless, waiting to see his reaction to the ghosts. He is just as surprised as I am, but it doesn't stop him until he is 15 feet in front of me.

We stare each other down, squinting hard as the bright sun shines down on the two of us in this wild western road. "You know Zane, you were one of the good careers. You didn't pick on me for no reason." I say, hoping to get him to lower his guard.

"I saw no reason in it. You're a good kid, you know? The others should have showed you more respect." His word seems genuine, as I feel a slight tinge of sadness and guilt.

"W-well, it's over now. I-I stand alone." I stammer, as I push back the pressuring thoughts, the deaths of my friends Makelina and Rebekah, and all that. It was just me, and him. Only one could win.

"I am sorry I have to do this Ivy. But it's the only way." Zane says.

I hear the clock tower in the town strike noon, as I quickly knock an arrow in my bow as Zane hurridly aims his harpoon launcher, as I fire an arrow and he fires a harpoon.

A huge pain erupts in my arm as the harpoon nails me, as I let out a cry of pain. Zane shouts out as my arrow lands straight into his shin, as we both recoil from the blows.

I quickly rush him before he can fire the two other harpoons, as I jump onto him and knock him down into the dirt. We struggle to gain control, as I try to grab my knife and stab him. He quickly punches me and knocks it away, as we tumble towards the lake.

I manage to get on top and hit him a few times, but four of my hits is equal to one of his, as he downs me in one punch. I crawl backwards on the dock, spitting up blood, as he jumps down on top of me.

I use all my strength I can, wrapping my legs around his torso as I drag both of us into the lake, going underwater.

I hold my breath as I continue to sock him in the guts, trying to force him to breathe out air so he would drown. It works a little, but he pushes me down further, as I pull back, making sure he doesn't get to breathe either.

He kicks me in the head though, as I quickly recoil and fall back down. I manage to pull Zane down as we continue to punch and kick each other, though my lungs begin to burn as I need to breathe.

We both surface at the same time, as I gasp for air. He gasps as well, as we stare at each other in the awkward break of fighting, before he pushes me underwater again.

Holding my breath again, I try to keep Zane down, as I fiddle for my last knife in my shoe so I can stab him in the neck and end this. Zane continues to hold me under, as he gets a breath. He comes back down to make sure I don't, as I struggle to get my knife.

My lungs are on fire now as I desperately need to breathe, as I manage to get my knife in my hand. My body contracts, as I'm forced to breathe out, my air bubbles flowing up as a result. I swallow water as I try to breathe, but my lungs only fill, as I cough violently, drowning.

I finally get my knife free, stabbing it into Zane's leg. He releases me, as I desperately swim to the surface. I can only get in a partial breath before I'm drug under again, as I feel my own knife stab into my back. I scream out in pain, though this causes me to lost my recently acquired air, as water rushes down my throat.

I feel Zane shove me down one more time as he reaches the surface, as I sink into the cold lake. My body violently contracts as it tries to breathe, but only cold water greets my aching lungs, as my body is deprived of oxygen.

The pain is too great, as I give in to the cold hands of the god of drowning, one last bubble escaping my body as I go still, my life ending in a torturous and painful death.

-

I sit up, gasping, breathing in sweet, fresh air. I look around, seeing a room with a blue marble walls and white ceilings. The fluorescent buzz of the lights are the only noise, along with a tv with low volume.

I look around, getting up to see me dressed in a blue hospital gown. Confused, I walk over to see trays of other people, each of them dressed similarly, except wrapped up in clear bags.

I look at the low volume tv, and nearly fall to my knees in horror when I see what it says.

It shows a clip of the fight, as I recognize me and Zane duking it out in the lake. "An unusual end to a games, as the two finalists take part in underwater combat. However, it would seem the strength Zane is too much for Ivy to handle, as she ends up the one on the bottom of the lake."

A shot pans around to my body in the water, my hair flowing wildly as it zooms in on my lifeless face. "No...." I say, looking down at my hand. "I can't be dead... I can't be..."

I suck in a breath, and then think. "Wait... I'm breathing... the dead don't breathe..." I put my fingers on my chest, as I feel my heart beating. "They're hearts don't beat either."

The tv shows Zane surface from the lake, as I see him pump his fists in the airs as the capitol anthem plays as his victory song. I watch as a hovercraft comes and picks him up, and then another retrieves my body from the lake. They thought I was dead.

Then I realize... I was in a morgue. I look around, and sure enough, see the dead boy from 0, along with the corpse of Johnathan, Sierra, and the 12 girl. I look at Rebekah, as I can feel tears well up in my eyes...

"I'm so sorry..." I say, as I begin to hear footsteps and voices coming from the other side of a door. "She's dead man. You don't swallow 20 gallons of water and not die." I hear someone say as I quickly hide.

Two men in white doctor robes come in and look around, as they notice my area empty. "Eh, her body wasn't damaged too bad. They probably already shipped it off to her family in 7."

My family! Damn, they thought I was dead too! I had to get back to District 7, to tell them I wasn't. But then I realized, they couldn't know either. If the capitol found out I survived, they would kill me for sure!

The two doctor dudes close up the morgue as I stealthily follow them out, watching them leave down a long hall. I had to get out of here, and get out of the capitol before someone saw me.

I couldn't die for real this time.