❛ 𝑺𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬- 𝘵𝘩𝘨

Chapter 7

The next morning I woke up feeling sick. I rolled out of bed, and found my tribute uniform laying on my dresser. I picked it up and got dressed. I put my hair up into two buns, and polished my glasses one last time before placing them on my table before putting in my contacts that I'm wearing in the arena.

The uniform felt like it would be good for the heat. It was a white t-shirt and tan jeans. I headed down for breakfast, but didn't eat much. "Remember, play to your strategy, and make allies!" Wiress told me as we made our way to the tubes to take me into the arena. "You've got this. Good luck." Wireless said to me, and stepped back so I could step into the tube.

It slowly started to rise. When I was up to the surface, I saw lots of bamboo. My eyes adjusted to the sun, and my eyes focused on the cornucopia.

30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25

I've got this. I have to get this.

24, 23, 22, 21, 20

I'm coming home. For Dad, Carter, and Willow.

19, 18, 17, 16, 15,

If I win, will my life be the same?

14, 13, 12, 11, 10

No, not if, when. Hopefully.

9, 8, 7, 6, 5

I get into a running position, my heart racing.

4, 3, 2, 1. Let the 73rd Hunger Games begin!

I sprint towards a backpack, grab it, then I spotted wire, glinting in the sun. I scoped it up, and started sprinting away through the bamboo. As I ran and ran, for hours, and all there was, was bamboo. Suddenly, I saw blue, so I ran towards it. When I got there, I saw it was a giant waterfall, and I let out a breath of relief. I had a water source. I looked around for something to sit in so I could sort out the contents of the backpack, but then I heard a noise of a breaking of a stick.

I whirled around, knowing that if it was a career, that I had no chance. Then, I saw that Mazie had followed me, and my face melted into a smile. "Hey, Mazie. Do you need some water?" I asked her. She nodded and made her way down to the water. She tentatively glanced at me, as if to make sure that i wouldn't hurt her, then scooped up and handful and drank it.

"I promise, I won't hurt you."

"Okay... how'd you do at the cornucopia? I nabbed a little food, then ran into the bamboo." She signed at me.

"I did Good, I got a backpack, and wire. I was just going to see the contents. Wanna see?"

She nodded, so I dumped out the backpack. Inside, there was a big piece of fabric, a full water bottle, throwing knifes, and rope. Suddenly, we heard 8 cannons. "So, eight people died in the bloodbath..." Mazie announced. I nodded, packing up the supplies. It began to get dark, so we found a flat surface, and got the piece of fabric out to use as a mattress.

Then, the fallen came on. It went straight to the boy from 5, so none of the careers died yet. Then, the boy from 6, boy from 8, girl 10, both from 11, and boy the boy from 12. I started nodding off to sleep, so I laid down and closed my eyes for the night and Mazie took first watch. It had been a long day...