The starting of scars the hunger games

Chapter 20

Quinn's POV

One by one all the tributes go, first the district 1's, then 2's and so on and so on. right now the district 3's just went so now district 4 girl goes.

I try not to worry or pay attention but each time I hear another name called, it just means it getting closer to me.

I turn slightly and see that Annalee and Luke are worrying just as much.

I start to plan on what I'm going to do to please the game makers, I'll probably throw knives and I don't know maybe make a trap. As I try and think harder I don't even realize that Annalee has already left.

Annalee's POV

Fear almost completely takes over me as I walk into the training center and see the game makers.

I control myself by saying things in my head like 'don't worry you can do this' and some other encouraging things but they don't seem to work.

When I feel like I know what I'm gonna do I walk over to the knives section and set up what I'm planning.

I climb up a fake tree and put a dummy at a fairly high heigh and climb back down as quickly as I can remembering I only have a certain amount of time.

I walk over to the knot section and try my hardest to quickly make a quick net. When I finish I place it to where my target is and pick up a knife that was beside me.

I bring the knife back as far as I can and throw it with as much force as I can. I see the knife go whistling in the air and it cuts the whole branch the dummy was on and he falls.

With a quiet "thump!" it hits the exact middle of my net and gets trapped but with that force still hits the floor.

I walk to the bow and arrow section and pick up the bow load an arrow and draw it back then let it fly. The arrow finds its target on the dummy and I put the bow back and walk away knowing that he would have said dismissed anyway.

Before I walked in, they thought I was a little tribute who will just die first at the cornucopia but now they know I will fight.

Quinn's POV

I hear my name being called and realize I'm already walking into the training center. I walk over to the knives and pick up a short serrated one.

I bring back the knife and throw with as much force as I've got.

The knife hits the dummy in the neck, in my head I smirk a bit in my mind and then grab another knife. I bring it back once more more and aim slightly upwards, I throw the knife and it heads straight for a dummy in a rafter.

The knife sticks right into his head.

I throw a couple more knives until I decide to do something else, I walk over to the hand on hand combat section.

As I grasp the sword I feel a little confident that might do well, as I start swinging I realize it's not as easy as I thought. I stand there waiting for a target and then I turn to see dummy glowing a light shade of orange so I run at him and start to swing the sword at the dummy.

Each cut I make I feel even more powerful with this sword but don't know if I still feel confident about using it.

I give one more last slice to another dummy that was glowing orange and hear "dismissed" from where the game makers and I walk away feeling a little out of breath and a little excited to see what I'll get.

Luke's POV

I breathe slowly trying to calm myself down, in and out is all I think of. I start think of Quinn and what's he's doing for thi- no stop! stop thinking about training! don't think about training.

Suddenly my thought are interrupted when I hear my name. Luke Robin is all I hear bouncing around in my mind. It replays in my head over and over until I remember to start going to the training center.

When I enter, I turn my head to the game makers and see them all laughing and having a good time while I'm over here trying to get a good score on killing people.

I walk over to the bow and arrow course, still giving glimpses to the game makers.

I approach the bow that I'll be using for the course and grab a sheath of arrows. I walk over to the shooting course and get myself ready.

I walk into a giant room where I guess dummy's will start attacking and notice the walls transform into the graphics of an outdoor place and I realize, this is the arena.

I load an arrow but keep my bow down as I wait for the first dummy to run in on me.

I wait until the first one comes until I hear something swoop by my ear and turn to see a dummy throwing knives. He reaches for another and he throws every so swiftly but I dodge it with a roll and quickly draw the arrow and it sinks in his chest.

The next one is up in a fake tree I don't think he has a weapon until a axe goes flying by me. I load an arrow but he throws the axe first and I just manage to dodge it. I draw the arrow an let it fly, it skims his head and he jumps down and tries to hit me with another axe but the arrow has already found its target, in his neck.

The next one is all of a sudden behind me, he swings his sword and I just jump back missing the blade completely. I quickly grab an arrow from my sheath while he's running at me and load and draw back the arrow, he blocks it with his sword but with the force of my arrow it flings his sword out of his hands. He scampers over to go get it but when he finally reaches and I let the next arrow fly right in his back.

I turn to see a machine where those dummy's are coming from. I quickly load an arrow in my bow pull it back and let it fly but another dummy quickly deflects it with its own body. I reach for another arrow but see out of the corner of my eye that a dummy with a knife is about to throw. When he throws I try to turn to avoid it and it slices past me. I get an arrow and try to nock it but the knife has cut my bow sting, I run at the dummy in fury and swing my metal bow at the dummy and send it flying back into the wall.

I grab one of the knives it has and run to the machine before it produces more and plunge the knife into it and I know it has stopped.

I walk out of the room and place the broken bow on a shelf and walk away not caring that I didn't get dismissed, not caring anymore about what score I get.