The hunger games continued

Chapter 24- its just the beginning

I run and run and run, I can here the pounding feet of the tributes behind me, I'm no longer scared, I'm determined, I have to reach the mouth of the Cornucopia before any one else, the best items are right inside the mouth, I have to reach that first, I'm not an idiot, I know it's a blood bath, that this is the most dangerous move I could possibly make, but if I get out, I can protect Sonny, and if I die it's one less tribute for her to worry about, clever ploy, I guess, I reach the Cornucopia at the same time the creepy boy from 4 does, damn, "so we meet again" he grins, I shake my head, "no" I snatch up a sword from behind me, "we don't" I plunge it through his chest, suddenly horrified at my violent move, I let go of the sword and grab a belt full of knives and a sword, along with a sheath of arrows and a bow, I sprint out, and to my despair, I am faced with an entire army of tributes, I let out a moan and dodge a knife, I am nearly past the pedestals, as I run I grab a back back, and run through the tree line, heart pumping, and the realisation hits me, I have just killed someone, I stopped his heart, ended his very short life, I am a murderer, I try to convince myself that it was to protect my sister, but I can't get the image of the life leaving his eyes, I had spoken to him, heard his voice, then I watched him die, I, "Forest! Where are you? Forest!" I look up, its Sonny, a joy I can not begin to explain sweeps through me, a feeling I have only experienced once, I was lost in the woods, I was there through the night and I nearly died, but I heard my mothers voice, and this same joy swept through me, she brought me home and nursed me back to life, she was my hero, I run towards Sonny's voice, "Sonny!" I call her name and she calls back, I see her through the twisted trees, I run to her and hug her tight, "are you ok? are you hurt?" I pull her away from me and I check for any damage, all clear except for a few scratches, I smile at her, I open my mouth to say something but am cut of by the boom of the Cannons, I listen, twelve Cannons, oh my god, twelve dead already, I look down at Sonny, "did you get any thing from the Cornucopia?" I ask, she shakes her head, "good" I nod, "I did" I smile and take off my pack, rummaging through the contents, two sleeping bags, two packets of dried fruit, two water flasks, two pairs of night vision glasses, and four knives, I nod, "looks like we hit the jackpot" says Sonny, "looks like it" I respond, swinging the bag back onto me back, "gees it's hot" I say, taking off my jacket, "yeah, maybe we should find some water, those flasks were bone dry, I nod, we start to walk away from the Cornucopia, as we progress the sun starts to get a bit brighter and the trees greener, "whoa, is it just me, or did the spooky trees get less spooky" states Sonny, I shake my head, "it's not just you" I bend down and test the soil, "the soil is wet, it means that there's water nearby" before we know it we are surrounded by leafy green trees and birds, it's too good to be true, "water! look Forest, water!" exclaims Sonny, basically jumping for joy, "yes!" we run to it, so excited that we could barely contain it, we drink and drink for what feels like ages, I find the flasks and fill them to the brim, "we should move on" I say, "it's not safe here" Sonny looks up at me with a puzzled look on her face, "what are you talking about, of course it's safe" I shake my head and say sternly, "Sonny, we have to go" she gets up and whines the entire time that we are walking, "my feet hurt", "I'm tired", "I'm hungry" I get so fed up eventually that I snap, "Sonny! Shut up! please I can't take it any more" she sulks for the rest if the way, as it starts to get dark, it starts to get cold, we pull our jackets out of our packs and decide to find a place to sleep, we find an under ground cave, kind of like a mine shaft and crawl inside, it's quite spacious actually, we have plenty of room, I collect leaves and dirt and wood, I fill the entrance with dirt and leaves and build a fire with the wood, I look through the pack but I can't find any matches, looks like we're just going to have to freeze, I hear a tinkling sound and crawl to the entrance of the cave, I peep through a hole in the leaves, I spot a parachute within reaching distance, I stretch my hand and close my fingers around the parachute, I drag it in through the crack and sit down next to Sonny, "look!" I shout, "it's a parachute!" she beams up me, as if I had just told her that she had won a big prize, "well" she squeals, "open it!" I do as she says and open it, I gasp, matches.