The 100th Hunger Games [currently being edited]

Arena: Day 5 - Finale

Marina's Shore's POV:

Heart sinking to my stomach, I wail into my hands, my shoulders heaving. He's dead. My true love is dead. My first love, the first person I've person I've ever loved, the person I'll always love. I re-read his beautiful letter for what must have been the a thousandth time. Even though I know what he did was for the best, it doesn't make it right.

"Why?" I scream at the sky. "Why would you do this to me?"

As I remember why he died, why he was forced to die I jump down from the tree. I tie my red hair into a ponytail of curls, grab my bow and arrow and run into the forest. I will win. For Kai. For our baby.

For the first time, I am praying a tribute strays in my path so I can eliminate them and get out of here. My mind is torn into two. One half is screaming to kill myself too so I can be with my dear Kai. The other half is arguing to stay. Because otherwise he will have died for nothing.

I run to the bush I know Kai committed suicide at. A few days ago, we passed the same bush. I picked one of the berries and was about to put it in my mouth when Kai stopped me. He examined the berry with his gorgeous pale blue eyes and then muttered: "Nightlock." He threw it as far away as possible from us. "Would kill you in seconds." He had said, kissing my nose.

Tears flow down my cheeks as I imagine my Kai falling to the ground, nightlock juice cracked on his lips.

I suddenly remember a saying my Mom would always say to me. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I repeat it in my head. All I have to do when I'm fighting is remember who I'm fighting for, and then maybe I'll get home and deliver our baby.

My head jerks upwards as an announcement booms into the arena.

"Good morning, tributes. It is verging on noon so we thought we would host a little feast for you final tributes. The feast will be hosted at the cornucopia. Don't worry you won't have to fight for your food, we've taken care of that! But after the set time to have your feast, you will be free to fight! If you choose not to turn up to this feast, well you'll probably will want to seeing as the rest of the arena will crumble under your feet! Have fun tributes!" The irritating voice of Elranius Exceed squeals.

Slowly, I turn to look behind me. Already the forest is starting to crumble into nothingness.

Hastily, I sprint int the direction of the cornucopia. Hurdling over fallen trees and tripping over rabbit holes, I soon make it out of the forest.

Concrete meets with my boots, making it harder to run quietly as the boots pound heavily on the slabs of concrete. I gallop through alleyways, twisting and turning, not looking back.

I slow down as I see the cornucopia. A table decked with food of all sorts is set by side it. Marzia and Thalia are already sat at the table. However they don't seem to be talking, nor fighting. The seem to be completely paralysed apart from the fact they are gobbling down all the food.

It had hardly passed my mind that there is only one seat left, until Rowanna comes into view. She is running extremely fast, swinging her axes at her side. Looking forward, determinedly I bound towards the table. I have to make it.

Rowanna comes in line with me, as the ground is seconds away from swallowing us right up.

At the very last moment, I dive forwards and attach myself to the chair.

I was right. Some kind of bubble has inclosed me. I am not able to talk. I am not able to move apart from eating. Out of my peripheral sight, I can just make out Rowanna being gobbled up by the ground. Her screams and the cannon tells me she's gone.

I look at Marzia and Thalia, who have stopped eating and are staring at the place where Rowanna disappeared. Like me, I can see that they are horrified by it, however slightly happy that they won't have to fight her after the feast.

The smells of the food are astounding. Soups, breads, pasta, curry... Fish! Instinctly, I reach over to the fish and devour it in minutes. I stuff myself with the array of foods, finally satisfying my stomach which has been growling for too long.

As I am slurping down a cocktail of some sorts, something seems to pop. Marzia and Thalia seem to notice it too and look confusedly at me. I shrug. Then I realise. I can Stand up. I can turn my head. We are free.

When the other two notice, we all look at each other awkwardly. They both seem to be unarmed and look at my bow and arrow anxiously.

For a moment, I forget about my baby and Kai. All I can think about is the eleven and twelve year old girl. They're two innocent to kill. How could I live with that?

"Together?" I whisper.

They stare at me blankly.

I slice my wrist open with the arrowhead. Marzia gasps.

"What about your baby?" She says in her hushed voice.

"How do you know about my baby?" I say.

"I may of been listening in..." She says, guiltily.

I grin at her, her white blonde hair and big puppy eyes makes it hard not too.

While I'm distracted, Thalia grabs one of my arrows and slices her wrist open too and passes it to Marzia who does the same.

We all lie down on the small patch of grass that isn't crumbled away. I lie in the middle with Marzia on my right and Thalia on my left. We all grasp each other's hands. I know this could be seen as an act of rebellion, but honestly I don't care.

"You're both so amazing, making it to the finale when your both so young." I whisper to them.

"Well I didn't completely make it." Marzia says.

Thalia and I look over to her.

"Dixie died."

I remember. Marzia had an identical twin.

"I'm so sorry." I murmur.

"Don't be." Marzia replies.

Before I can ask her what she means, her breathing quickens and I notice how much blood she's lost.

"Thank you, for letting me die in such a loving way." Was the last thing she ever said.

BOOM!

I grip Thalia's small hand as she sobs quietly.

"You have to win, Marina." Thalia whispers to me.

"Shh." I say, stroking her hair. "So do you."

She shakes her head. "Who would I go back to, I have no family and I am not going back to that horrid orphanage."

"You could live with me." I answer.

But it didn't happen.

BOOM!

"No! Thalia please don't leave me -" I say, but I'm to weak to finish. I can already feel my vision blacking out, but I'm too exhausted to fight it.

Faintly I can hear Elranius Exceed announcing that I am the victor of the 100th Hunger Games. I feel a hovercraft pick my limp body up into the sky.

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A/N: So Marina is the victor! I hope you are all happy with that choice! I love Marina do much and felt that she really deserved to win.

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