100th Hunger Games

Alliances

We have been trekking through the thick vegetation of the eerie forest for at least 3 hours hour now. It is around midday now and we still haven't found any of the other tributes let alone any possible tributes. "We should stop for some food and top up on water." I say to Peeta who is trailing behind me, clearly exhausted.  I gives a nod and slumps to the ground, taking out his water bottle and an apple from his backpack. He sips he last of his water and tucks into his apple while I fill and purify our water supply. Once the water bottles are full I give Peeta his back and then find some strawberries in my bag. I offer one to Peeta and we eat a small snack before getting back on our hunt. I insist on carrying Peeta's backpack but he rejected this and continued quietly. I starting to doubt that we will actually find anyone we could possibly ally with. It seems everyone is just hiding from us or keeping out of the way until the Game-makers will no doubt bring in a feast to lure everyone out of hiding just as Secena Crane had done during Peeta and I's first games 26 years ago. I'd never about being in the games for a 3rd time, especially since myself and Peeta are now 42 years old and have 2... 1 child. The grief hits me hard but I must focus on the task in hand however much it many effect me. That is when I'm interrupted from my thoughts.

There is rustling coming from the bushes 2 mentres in front of us. Peeta is already armed and prepared to attack; is clearly uncomfortable with the though of harming anyone else after Finn. I step in front to defend him. "Who ever you are come out slowly. We won't harm you, unless you feel you need to put our life at risk or hurt anymore of my family." I say in a calm and confident voice. Inside I am terrified. The mysterious figures steps out from the bushes, along with 2 others hidden behind them.

"Please don't hurt me, I only want to let the games pass and see my family again. Please help me and my friends." The person says. It is a young male around the age of 17, with short brown hair and dark blue glasses.

"I said I wouldn't hurt you," I say but still keeping my bow armed for defence. "I'm Katniss Mellark and this is my husband Peeta Mellark, we are from District 12. What is your name and district?" I ask them. 

"I'm Ross from District 9 and these are my friends Chloe and Precious, they are from District 10." The boy says politely. I turn to Peeta and whisper to him, "think we should ally it was the ones we wanted?" Peeta smiles without needs to give me an answer. "Well Ross, Chloe, Precious, myself and Peeta were wondering if you would like to join an alliance with us. You seem in need of a little help from someone with experience and well I don't think you could take on Gale from 2 on your own."

"We would love to join an alliance with you, we were actually planning on asking you to ally because with all that stuff about Gale killing your son and everything. Finn was a great friend of ours and we always would talk to him during training. We wanted to ally with him from he start but from some reason our mentors would not allow it, but now they are dead we can do what we want to do." Ross says without a care in the world. Myself and Peeta are slightly surprised by this betrayal of their mentors but they are dead as Ross had said so I suppose it's true.

"Ross, Chloe, Precious what are you doing do you want to get yourselves killed by some vicious career like Gale Hawth..." Says a figure bursting through the bushes from behind the others. Peeta and I raise our weapons from instincts but soon drop them realising who it is.

"JOHANNA, it's great to see you, not in the games obviously who would wamt to be in the games for a 3rd time but heyy!" I say feelin like a have suddenly found one of the only other friends I have besides Peeta.

"Oh Katniss, Peeta it's good to see you. I'm so sorry to hear about Finn. How are you?" This is surprising for Johanna. She is never usually this sensitive or caring about this sort of thing maybe the rebellion had done Johanna a whole load of good. "We are coping let's just say, anyway Peeta and I wondered if Ross, Chloe, Precious and now you would like to ally with us?"

"Course let's go!" Johanna cheers, she has always been very eager to do things but never underestimate her ability with an axe, she is lethal when given a form of weaponary. "So what's the plan?" She says.

"Well Haymitch sent us a message saying to get allies and then go to the highest and hottest point in this whole arena. Any ideas?" Katniss say still confused by what Haymitch means by the hottest and highest point within the arena.

"There is a volano not so far from here it's hidden within the mountains." Ross blirts out intelligently.

"There is?" Peeta says suddenly awakening from the day-dream he had been in but still listening to every word said.

"Yes, that is why you can always feel small quakes and see the faint layer of smoke crossing the arena every night. It is hidden in the mountains, it could erupt any day now but maybe we can get there before it does because by the sound of it, that is where Gale is hiding." Ross explains. 

"Great," Johanna says. "Let's get going then and start this finall battle so we can all go home and have a life without these morons from the Capitol being total idiots and not letting people live their lives." The group brusts into laughter and we grab our bags to start the gruelling jpurney to the disasterous volcano.