EYES OPEN ﹐ the hunger games.

07 ﹐ THE END IS NIGH

CHAPTER SEVEN
the end is nigh

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          ┊͙✧˖*°࿐ A HOWLING WIND AWAKENS IVY from her slumber, and she lets out a scream when she realises what is going on. It's dark outside, and the wind is blowing furiously, snow crashing down onto the mountain. She can feel the ground shake slightly beneath her, and for a second, she thinks she is going to die. She doesn't take long to linger on this thought. Ditching her backpack, she takes only a dagger as she hurries out of the cave. Her breath is quick as she manoeuvres herself down the mountain, trying to go as quickly as she can. She lets out a scream as the wind blows at her harshly, struggling to keep her grip. It doesn't take long for the wind to blow again, causing her to lose her grip completely and feel herself slip out of control.

She falls slightly, rolling down the mountain with a pained yelp. When she makes it downhill, she doesn't take long before rising to her feet and sprinting through the forest. She tries to cover her head with her arms she she runs through the vast woods, the snow beating down on her and the wind causing her to trip over her feet a couple times. She gets to her feet again, determined to make it out of the storm. She should've expected this — they're down to the Final Three now. The Gamemakers need a finale to this year's games. They are making bloodsport from her death.

Ivy continues to run, desperate to survive, desperate to make it out of the relentless snowstorm that pours down on her. She makes it to the middle of the Arena soon, where the snow has eased, but only slightly. She is alone, and she turns around fully to make sure of that. When she hears a scream that must belong to Reva, the girl from District Two, her breathing stops for a moment before she finds a tree and scales it. The wind does not falter, harshly shaking the tree she climbs. She stops halfway, holding onto it desperately, before continuing to the relative safety of the upper branches.

It's hard to see much from the Arena, with the darkness that encapsulates the demented snow globe of a battlefield, and the persistent raging of the storm, but from a distance, Ivy sees someone, whom she assumes to be Reva, with her small frame running hurriedly, getting knocked over a few times by the wind. Ivy clings onto the tree in fear. Is the girl coming for Ivy? Can she even see Ivy? Ivy watches the girl intently for a moment, and realises that the girl is running from someone.

Morgan, the boy from District Four, emerges out of the forest, headed for the girl. Ivy feels her hands shake, and she tries her best to resist the icy wind as she watches Morgan reach Reva, who has fallen down in the snow. She cannot see much but two blurred figures, but she makes out Morgan pinning the smaller girl to the ground, holding her wrists down. The girl lets out a piercing scream that's louder than the howl of the wind, and Ivy realises this is it for her. Reva will die, and it will be her next.

Reva doesn't go down without a fight, however, and she manages to grapple with Morgan and knee him in the groin. Reva manages to free herself from his grip, getting up to run, but Morgan grabs her arm and pulls her down to the ground, Reva letting out a small yelp as she hits the ground with a thud. She manages to land another kick as she falls, pulling her arm free and rolling away from him with all of her might. She struggles to get up to her feet, trying to press herself up with her hands, but Morgan gets a solid grip on her ankles and pulls her back, despite Reva's scream and her fingers digging desperately into the snow. Reva lets out another scream as Morgan lands a solid punch at her face, and blood spews onto the white snow. Ivy cannot run, or do anything, but simply await her turn to die. Her grip fastens onto her dagger, her only chance of surviving left.