I Never Wanted This - Hunger Games Fanfic (Marvel/OC)

Chapter Seven

*Ariel's pov*

I stare at myself in the mirror, in a few hours I'm either going to be killed or killing. Whichever is my fate, I don't care. "Are you ready?" Annie asks me and I nod my head. We take the elevator to the roof, I turn around "Bye-" I'm cut off by Finnick. "Not bye, just see you later. Okay?" He asks. "Okay" I answer and walk into the hovercraft. I look around and take the seat furthest away from the careers. A woman comes and puts my tracker in my arm, which is very painful, and then we are into the sky.

When we arrive in the arena, I am led by four peace keepers until I reach the room which my name on the door. I walk in and run straight to my stylist and she hugs me. Her false eyelashes tickling my cheeks, the over powering smell of roses and chocolate. "Ugh, I don't want to see you go" she says and cups my cheek with her hand. "Too young, too beautiful, too much lies ahead for you. But We will see each other again, when you are a mentor and a victor" she adds and I smile. She gives me my jacket and I put it on. "1 minute" a computerised voice says. She hugs me one more time and I stand in the tube.

A countdown from ten begins, and I rise into the arena. I quickly look at my surroundings, Marvel is across from me, the boy from 5 is staring at me. A countdown from 60 begins. I am Ariel Waters, I come from District Four but I'm scared of boats. I'm a tribute in the 74th Hunger Games. I will die in this arena.

"10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1" a buzzer goes off. Everyone starts to run but I am froze to the spot. I look at my surroundings, I run for a bush. I check that it's not poisonous and I hide in it. After about 10 minutes there are dead bodies on the ground, people have ran away with supplies. I look at the careers standing there. Not caring that I'm not there until I hear Marvel call my name "Ariel!", I look at him for a moment, he's checking all the dead bodies. "Ariel! Where are you?!" He shouts but I am just frozen to the spot. Should I go? Or should I stay with them? "Hey! There's someone in that bush!" Cato shouts and he runs over to me. Holding up his sword. He stops in his tracks. "Lover boy! Guess who I just found" and Cato just laughs at me slightly. "Just kill me, just do it already" I say. "I would happily do so but I can't, I-" but he is cut off by Marvel. "Ariel!" He shouts and I stand up. His eyes look red from crying. Maybe about home? Definitely not about me.