The Hunger Games (Fan Fiction) Book Two

Chapter Ten-The Games

Cinna stands in front of me, pinning back a strand of my hair. I glance at him and he smiles to himself. He picks up a strand of my hair and looks at me.

"Never thought I'd be in this position with you again." He whispers. I nod and smile. "I never thought I'd be back in the Capitol. Aren't we all just being disappointed?" I say. He chuckles, and wraps his arms around me. I hug him back, and feel a couple of tears fall down my cheeks. I don't want to let him go. If I could, I'd hug him forever. Cinna has to almost pry my fingers off of him. He looks me in the eyes, and I try hard not to cry in front of him.

"I want you to win for me." He says. "win like you did last time. You're the most recent winner. This should be easy for you." I wipe the lone tear in my eye. "Only this time I'm with tributes who are more expierenced. Older tributes who don't care if they kill me." I manage to say without choking up. My words come out crooked though, I don't even finish each word. Cinna hugs me once more and places a soft kiss on my forehead. "Be brave." He whispers. "Be brave for your sister. She'd want that." I blink my eyes, and rid myself of tears. A bell goes off, and Cinna releases me to the metal plate. He's a lot calmer than he was last time. Maybe because he thinks I'll win this. I hate to disappoint him.

The glass door shuts, and I stare at him as the plate starts to rise. He wipes a tear and places three fingers to his lips, and raises them at me. I do it back to him, before I can no longer see him. 

I start to see the arena sky and can already tell it's different than last year's. It's more open, brighter, it doesn't seem so depressing. The plate clicks, and I am revealed the arena for this year. We're surrounded by water. About two hundred and forty yards away is an island, where I guess we'll find shelter. I glance at Gale, and he looks at the water like it's simple. Some of the other tributes have shocked faces, and I assume they don't know how to swim. Finnick and Annie are almost laughing,  pointing at the island like its only three feet away. I watch one tribute, the woman from 2, Enobaria, looks forward and shakes her head. Just as Claudius announces for the games to begin, she starts to yell.

"This isn't the end of us." She starts. "The Capitol doesn't own us. We shouldn't continue to play these games for Snow. It's just entertainment for them. If they want a real show, then why don't we show them up? Prove to them that we will rein as leaders. So go ahead, play this little Hunger Games for them, but just know that this will be our last time playing it." She gives the three fingered kiss and suddenly steps off the plate. I jump as I watch as her body is blown to bits. I am not given much time to think as the gong goes off and everyone dives in the water. 

I am the last one in. I try to swim away from any pieces of Enobaria, but my hands stick to her flesh. My head bobs in and out of the water, and I gurgle a mouthful of it. I am barely able to see, but I spot Gale, almost near the shore. Everyone starts to get smaller and smaller as they swim away. I flail my arms wildly, screaming.

"Gale!" I scream. "Gale! Help! Help me!" I cough out water and continue to scream. Just as I am falling under the water, I feel someone swoop me up. I cough out and look at whose carrying me. Its Gale. He grunts and pushes himself forward. We're only about two feet away from the plates, and I look around and see another tribute desperately trying to stay above water. "Gale," I say. "Stop. go back she needs help." Gale turns and looks at the tribute from District 3, Wiress. 

"Prim, we have to keep going." He says. I shake my head.

"No, go back. She needs help like I did. We can't leave her." I say forcefully. Gale sighs and reluctantly swims for Wiress.

"I got you," He says to her. She is still flailing her arms, and cries out for her partner Beetee. By now everyone has made it to shore and have fleed the Cornucopia. Gale finally makes it to shore and sets us both down. "Are you alright?" He asks, his face cripping with water. I slowly shake my head and he runs to search around for leftover supplies. I move over to Wiress, who is shaking in a little ball. 

"Wiress, you're ok, you made it." I say. She doesn't respond. Instead, she mumbles something about dogs. I lean in to her, and try to get her to talk.

"What? What are you saying?" I ask. She quivers her lips, staring straight ahead. "Dogs, dogs." She whispers. I look at her confused. "Dogs, dogs, so many dogs." She continues to mutter. I look at where she's looking and suddenly call for Gale. "Gale, run! Run!" My voice cracks. Wiress was looking at a pack of wild dogs running towards us. They look almost ten times as big as any normal dog, and have twice as many teeth. Gale grabs Wiress and flees with me into the jungle. 

"Faster!" He cries. My feet travel as fast as they can, and even then are Gale's feet far ahead of me. "Faster, Prim!" I look behind me and see the dogs are closer. They look larger now. "Gale!" I cry out. He turns back at me and almost stps running. With nothing to kill the dogs with, he is forced to continue running. The dogs suddenly turn different ways, splitting up. It isn't long until I hear the screams of the other tributes. Three cannons go off, and then the rest of the jungle is quiet. I run to Gale and wrap my hands around him. "You're alive." I say. He kisses me on the forehead and laughs. "I refuse to die. I'm not going to leave you, ok?" He says. I cling onto his shirt. 

       "Promise me you won't?" I ask. He lets out a sigh of relief. "Promise." He reassures me. He lets go and takes a deep breathe before putting his hands on his knees. "I'm tired." He says. I push a piece of hair out of my face. "I'm sorry I couldn't swim." I apologize. He shakes his head. "Don't aplogize. I'm sorry I left you." He tells me. Its silent for a minute, and Wiress stands up suddenly. 

"Where's Beetee?" She asks. I shrug. "I don't...I don't know." I tell her. She looks confused. "You're Primrose." She realizes. I nod. "You're the leader in the rebellion." I stand quiet.

"No, I'm not. I don't want to be." I say. She lets out a breath. "You might not want to be, but you are." I look at Gale and he nods in agreement. she steps closer to me. "Do you want a change to be made in Panem?" She asks. I nod. "Well, when there's something that needs to be changed, some people have to risk things." I look down and wait for someone to say something. Wiress starts to shake again and mumbles.

"M-m-mutt." She quivers. "M-mutt."

I whirl around in time to see a mutt jump off a branch and attack me.

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The games have begun! This isn't my usual post date and that's because watching the movie has influenced me to write! So, here you go! But, please, if you have seen the movie, do NOT post anything that happened in the movie in your comment. Some of you did that about the book, and spoiled the ending for others. So I don't want you spoiling the movie. (Even though we've read the book)  Anyways, so have a good night, and I'll write soon! (: