The First

the end

I stare at him for what feels like for ever.

I take in his perfect features, his white smile, mop of shaggy black hair, blue green eyes and little dimples.

"What are you doing her" I stutter "your dead"

"Is that the lies they fed you" he spits "I'm here and I'm very much alive"

"How. What's going on" I ask

He looks away "don't lie to me Lucas"

Lucas's pov

I tell her everything

Flashback:

I whistle to myself, I just visited calla for her tenth birthday.

She's great, my best friend, maybe someday even more than that. I hope so.

She's been my friend since third grade. We were both popular, mostly because and I quote 'your looks duh, and popularity' so when we met each other we knew that we had found a real friendship.

We met in the forest I nearly shot her in the head with an arrow. She death glared me and I smiled, she obviously recognised me and we started talking and soon became pals. We both started training and fighting in the woods.

As I walked down the street whistling, my arm was twisted behind my back and I was dragged into the justice hall with a hand clamped around my mouth.

President snow was there. He explained that I was a creation gone wrong. A year before he made a second one he made me. When he saw the turnout he was afraid, I was to deadly even at the age of nearly one. He said the only way to protect the people in he district and calla was to come with him. So I did.

He took me to district two, and from there I volunteered for the games.

Callas pov

I look at Lucas, I thought he was 14-15

"But they said your name was karmo" I say

"Thats the name my new family gave me" he explains.

I hug him "I'm so happy to see you" I cry into him

"Me too, me too" he says back. He leads me to forest of sorts and we make camp underneath a fig tree.

"when you left I realised something" I say to him

"whats that" he asks

"you were the only friend I have/had" I answer

he smile turns to a frown "when I left I realised something too" he says

"what" I pry

"I loved you" he mumbles

"wait, loved as in past, not love as in right now" I ask

"no love and loved, I never was able to get you out of my head" he admits

"I, I don't know what to say. im only twelve years old" I state

"just drop it" he says

"how many are left" I ask

he shrugs his shoulders

"not including us, five" a voice says above me, the person jumps from the tree

"lacey, is that really you" I ask in disbelief

"yes, it is really me" she says and I hug her tightly "lacey, lucas, lucas lacey" I say introducing them

"career" she hisses

"no,no hes my friend and has been for years" I say reassuringly she sticks out her hand but he hugs her

"sorry im a hugger" I laugh at this comment. once we all settle down the sky lights up and we see 2 faces. "only three left" I sigh "then we can go home"

"what do you mean we" lucas asks

"slip of the tongue" I rush and pretend to fall asleep. but I actually lay there for ages before I finally get some sleep. when I wake up I see blood. I jump up and grab a dagger.

"its okay" lacey whispers "lucas saved us" I look down at the body of the boy from one and a body so mangled I cant tell who it is.

"no he didn't" I whisper, as the girl from two walks over to us I poise my dagger

"no" lucas shouts

"lucas whats going on" I hiss

"shes my sister, well my foster sister" he answers "and besides you my only other friend"

I slowly lower the dagger "we are the finalists" lacey says "we will have to kill each other one way or another"

"no" I say

"no" they repeat in unison

"no, they don't have to have their winner" I drop all of my weapons

"shes right" lacey agrees and drops her weapons

"I agree" lucas says dropping his

"karmen" he whispers and she drops her weapons.

that's when disaster stuck. we hear the first explosion, then the second. there getting closer "run" I yell but they don't need telling twice