The 275th Hunger Games

~The Games-Day Nine

Holly Chang - District Seven

I wake up sweating and panting from the horrible nightmare I had. Jordan wakes up from my noise and he rushes over to me. He puts his arms around me and lets me cry. "What happened?" He asks. "I just had a nightmare," I say as he softly strokes my hair. I hug him back and he kisses my cheek.

"Let's have some breakfast," he says and I nod. He starts a fire and we cook some meat. Sky and Calvin wake up just in time to eat.

"Griffin and Jacklyn are left besides us. I wonder how Trevor died, it was kind of random," Sky says. "Yeah we definitely have a good chance of winning. At least two of us will make it," Calvin points out. "Although I think we'll make it. I doubt either one of them will want to take on us, even if they are in an alliance together. It's two against four," says Sky.

"How about we make a plan to kill them?" Suggests Jordan. "It's worth a shot. We could at least try," I say. "What would be the plan?" Asks Calvin. "We could split up into two teams of two, and then one group takes on Griffin while the other Jacklyn," answers Jordan. "We going now?" Asks Sky. "Better now than later," Calvin says and we all get up. We decide Jordan and I will be one team and Sky and Calvin will be the other. We each take our weapons and bags. Jordan and I stay on the summer side while Sky and Calvin head over to the winter side.

"Let's go to the forest," I suggest to Jordan. He nods and we head over there. "If we make it back, I'll convince my family to move to Seven. I'll miss you too much," Jordan says, and it's so sweet that I stand on my tiptoes and kiss him on the cheek. "Are you sure though? I can convince my family to move to Twelve," I say. "No I'm sure," Jordan says.

"We have to introduce each other to our families," I say. "I know. I'm excited to meet them. How old's your sister again?" Asks Jordan. "Twelve. Yeah, I'm excited to meet your brothers. How old are they again?" I ask. "Jacob's twelve like Miri, maybe they could be friends, and Luke's eighteen," Jordan replies. "Nice. Well I'm excited to meet everyone," I say.

We continue walking through the forest, no Griffin or Jacklyn yet. We come to a small clearing surrounded by trees. And inside is...Griffin.

Jordan and I both get out our knives. Griffin smiles annoyingly. "So this is how it's gonna be, huh? Well I have weapons too," Griffin says. He bends down and picks up his spear. He throws it at us, but we both jump out of the way and it goes flying past us. "And now you have none," I say. I pull out my knife and throw it at him. It lodges in his chest and he lets out a scream of pain before falling to the ground.

Jordan and I high-five. "Let's go find Sky and Calvin," he says. As we get out of the forest and jog over to the winter side, we hear a cannon go off. We look at each other. It could be Jacklyn, or it could be Sky or Calvin. We pick up our pace and run through the winter forest. Snow begins falling lightly from the sky. We run down a path, and not too far in the distance are two figures. I can't make out who it is until we run closer.

But when we do get closer I see that it's Sky and Calvin.

Yes, we did it! I run and jump into Sky's arms. When I pull away I can see that she's smiling just like I am. I hug Calvin next, and then Jordan. I lean in and kiss him after. We did it! We won the big Games!!

"Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the four victors of the 275th Hunger Games! Calvin Jameson, Sky Rangoli, Holly Chang, and Jordan Kervers! Congratulations to you all!" Claudius Templesmith announces. I turn to Jordan and hug him once again. He picks me up and spins me around, which makes me laugh and smile. I can't believe we really did it.

Deaths of Day Ten

•Jacklyn Eversea - District Four
•Griffin Polto - District Five