The 23rd Annual Hunger Games

Chapter 7

i shiver. I ran as fast as I could to the mouth of the cornucopia. The first thing I see is a large spear. I grab it for Finn. He sees and I toss it too him. next there's a green backpack. I grab it. I don"t see a knife. i turn to run and see someone with an ax coming for me. I almost scream, but as quickly as she came, the girl was dead, on the ground.

BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.

6 dead tributes. I yell at Finn to follow me, and he does. I run over to Dallton and Lulu. they look at us and Lulu gets ready to throw her sword. She does and it hits another tribute because I duck. Finn's instantly mad. " You, us, ally's, k?" I say In a rush. they look at us but decide that we're careers, so we're worthy. relief floods through me, but is instantly gone. Finn tells everyone to run. I finally have time to look around the arena. and I hate what I see. It's a frozen tundra. The ground it ice and there are mountains covered in snow. it's really dark, and hard to see. Finn, Dallton, Lulu, and I run in a straight line up the mountain. along the way, Dallton slips and falls. He screams as he plummets down the mountain. He lands about 30 feet below and climbes back up to us. I'm glad he didn't die. We need a lot of help.

When we are about 100 feet high, we find a cliff with a cavern in it. Lulu and I want to stop and stay here, but Finn and Dallton say that this won't be the only cave, and higher is better, because less people are in good enough health or fitness to climb this high. 30 minutes later, Finn says we can stop. I'm relieved.

BOOM. BOOM.

After that I take my backpack and look inside it. I'm really pleased with it. inside, there are 3 knives, 2 night vision goggles, a loaf of bread, and 1 canteen. There's also some berries. "look what I got, guys!" I say to my 'friends'. "hey... I have a backpack too." exclaimed Lulu. She takes it out. The things in it are the same. we all put our goggles on. "So, I think we should go out tonight and try to find the other tributes. maybe someone will light a fire. I love the looks on their faces when they realize we are the careers." laughed Dallton. It disgust's me But I pretend to laugh. "yeah. They are always like 'please let me live' or smart ones try to run away!" says Lulu. "yeah, let's go" I say.

Dallton's right. Seem one did light a fire, and now we're about to kill the poor person. We emerge through the trees and see the boy from district 8. He doesn't see us. Finn looks at the other two and smiles. I know inside he hates this. Someone moves and the boy looks up. I see the fear in his eyes as he realizes... Lulu sees that he knows we are here so she laughs and runs at him. "go lulu go!" yells Finn. The boy grabs a chunk of ice and throws it at her. It hits hear hard and she falls. She try's to get up, but can't. So I run at the boy. I jump on his back and he rolls on top of me on the ground. We wrestle. He's about my age, maybe a year older, but weighs more by a lot. Finally im on top. He screams.I take my knife and I slit the boys throat. I watch as his eyes widen in surprise then blank into nothingness.

BOOM.

I can't believe that I just killed a boy like a pro that im so not. Somewhere I hear Dallton cheer. To make it worse, there's blood all over my hands and jacket. The Capitol has been known to have a few vicious mutations in the past. What if they're attracted to blood? This is SO not good. Oh my god. Oh my god. Suddenly I feel Finns arms around me, on my shoulders. "hands, let's go! Good job sis, but someone could still track us." I nod and smile, but I feel numb inside. The cold truth finally sinks in.

I, Hadly Marquis Vincent, am a cold hearted killer.