The Second Annual Writer Games!

Task Three- Males

Andras Moon:

DID NOT HAND IN!

Daniel Stone:

DID NOT HAND IN!

Jude Shadow:

Jude Shadow- District 5 male
 My vision blurs red as my vision flashes with the faces of my fallen allies first Lily Flowers the girl from six, I knew her well better than most people in these games and now she was gone, next was the face of Rhydian Hawke and despite not knowing him well he was a good ally and he would’ve been better dead than alive. I wake up with a start as their faces stop flashing in my dreams, I’d seen them in the sky last night, so I knew they were dead. Beside me is Spencer my ally from seven, he’s been the best friend I’ve had so far in these games, I trusted him a lot even though I knew that eventually I would have to betray him if I wanted to survive, but that time had not come. Suddenly I realizes the fog that is spreading all around me, and then I also realize Spencer getting up, without thinking I also get up and before I know it we are out of the woods. All the tributes are here, some of them are going into the woods others walking out. This is when the voices start. They scream at me telling me all the things I’ve done tormenting me about all the people I’ve killed, I see myself in my thoughts beating Achilles and stabbing him with my sword. I hear the screams of my allies Rhydian and Lily I hear them begging me to save them, to take save them from their attackers. I run and run but no matter how far I go I can’t get away from the voices they torment me until I reach the Cornucopia and turn towards my new destination…
 I wake up in the Meadows to the sound of voices I look around but no one is here I scratch at my skull and face.

“GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT! LEAVE ME ALONE” I hear myself scream at the top of my lungs, but the voices never leave they stay there. Suddenly the voices show me an image of a boy. I know him only as Oliver and the voices tell me he is the reason this is happening.  They don’t show me how he is doing it; just that he is the cause of this torture. I find myself running through the meadow, crossbow in hand I see Oliver’s head and send a bolt through it. I walk up to his body and pull out the bolt out clean it and put it back in the quiver. Slowly the voices start going away and I find my district partner E-Beth and we walk until we find a place to camp and fall asleep.

Spencer Dean:

Task Three—Screams Filled With Silence

As the faces of the dead flash across the sky, my mind begins to wander. I survived the bloodbath. Now, I have a chance to win this thing; this sick thing that they call a Game. Six tributes are dead, six less people to worry about. But I do feel bad; they used to have lives, friends, families. They were people too. These thoughts filled my head as I drifted off to sleep.

I wake up, Jude is shaking me, telling me that it's my turn to take watch. I stand up and walk towards the spot where he was guarding earlier. Jude settles into the sleeping bag and falls asleep quickly. I take an ax, holding it loosely in my hand, ready for anything.

After several moments of silence, I see something creeping towards our little clearing. It's gray, and misty like... a fog? Squinting, I stand up, pondering if I should go in or not. I take a look at Jude, who is fast asleep. Nothing would harm him, right? Deciding quickly, I stand up to investigate about the fog. It's some sort of trap, I think, and I want to go back, but something about the fog wants me to come nearer.

The mist surrounds me, and I wonder if it has some sort of poison in it that will damage, and potentially kill, me. So far, I don't feel anything, so I venture deeper into the fog.

That's when they start appearing.

Voices. At first, I can't decipher them, but one by one, they start to make sense and I find myself wondering where they come from.