Chapter 4

On the hovercraft they gave us the trackers and then we went to separate rooms.
I was with Anastasia after my stylist dressed me up in a jacket and a jumpsuit.
"Make it past the Bloodbath." I thought to myself, that's all I wanted. I felt like she would be proud of me if I did.
"Florence," Anastasia looked at me.
"Yes?"
"Be careful who you trust. The people who you meet there might be the best or the worst ones that you have ever met but one thing doesn't change. They all die in the end."
I nodded my head and the tube opened.
"Good luck."
I went inside of the tube and it started going up.

A cold air came to me, I looked around realizing that I'm in a snowy forest. It's werid how they can make a winter in the middle of summer. 
I spotted a backpack near me but there were more supplies nearer Cornucopia. I shouldn't be risking if I want to make it out alive.

May the 275th Hunger Games begin
The gong sounded.

All the tributes ran into the Cornucopia. I took the nearest backpack and sprinted away to the forest.

I was hearing many canons, each of them meant that someone is dead. Each of these canons are crying families.
I sat down on the cold snow and looked inside the backpack. It had an empty bottle for water, a knife and a rope. It seemed like a good start but I was wondering where I could get water from. Maybe the snow? Is melted snow good to drink?
"Florence!" I heard Serena near me. She was with Isaac, they had two backpacks and I could tell that there was something in them.
"You're alive." I walked up to them relieved.
"Yeah, we managed to take somethings." She started showing me stuff in her backpack.
"We have a loaf of bread, metal sting and a sleeping bag."
"Not bad." I replied.
"What do you have?" Serena asked.
"A bottle, a knife and rope."
"Alright, let's find a good spot to stay for the night."

We found a place for the night and we lighted a fire.
"You had a plan, what is it?" I asked.
"I will tell you about it later. I need to get a certain gift from the sponsors first." She replied.
"Oh, okay."

We ended up sleeping in turns, when it was my turn I saw the dead tributes on the sky.

Girl from 5
Boy from 6
Girl from 7
Boy from 5
Boy from 8
Boy from 7
Girl from 10
Girl from 11
Girl from 8

Nine tributes dead but Luke is alive. There are 15 left.

...

I woke up by Serena's voice.
"Wake up, there's something here." She said.
"Careers?" I immediately got up.
"No, something not someone. There reindeers around."
She was right, big reindeers walking around the arena. I wonder if they're aggressive, I prefer not to found out.
"Let's avoid them." I suggested.
"Good idea."

We all started walking around, I looked at Isaac realizing that I have never heard his voice. He was a short 15 year old boy, he had blue eyes and messy long black hair.
Serena was younger than Isaac but she was much more confident than him. She had those smart brown eyes and dark blonde hair.
I heard in their interviews that both of them lost their brothers in the games, maybe that's why they get along.

"Do you think we can melt the snow and drink it?" I asked.
"Well, it's pretty safe so as long as it's not dirty we can." Serena replied.
"Good," I started picking some snow into bottles.
"Someone is coming," Serena alarmed.
Two people ran up to us with weapons. I was so shocked that it took me a second to realize who it was.
"Luke?"
He was carrying a spear made out of wood. But Luke wasn't alone, he was with that Daphne from 12 who had a bow with arrows.
"Do you know her?" Daphne asked.
"She's my District partner." Luke replied.
"And the others?"
"We're Serena and Isaac from District 3." Serena answered.
"Don't kill them."
Daphne put her bow down.
"We can be allies." Luke proposed.
"Why-" Serena wanted to turn them down but I immediately took her by her arm.
"Serena, please." I whispered.
"Alright, I guess we will need somebody who can fight."
"Well, then you guys have any supplies." Daphne asked.
"We just put snow in bottles but we ate the bread yesterday."
"What about you?"
"We have a bag of nuts and nothing else." Luke replied.
"Should be enough for now, let's keep moving."

We all began to walk around but Serena didn't seem to get her specific sponsors present.

Night came and we all sat down.
"I hope we will find Jose soon." Daphne said.
"Jose is that boy who you took care of?" I asked.
"Brother of my best friend, yes."
We got interrupted by a canon followed by a scream.
It left us in silence but then Serena finally got her sponsors gift.
"Guys!" She opened the box, it had small some sort of metal chips inside it.
"What is this?" Daphne questioned.
"We will put those chips on careers because I have exactly four of them. They won't even notice them, then we will go to the force filed. Me and Isaac will make the chips electrocute to kill the careers from 1 and 2." She explained.
"Sounds like a plan." Luke replied.
"Okay but how will put them on the careers?" Daphne asked.
"We will have to be super careful and we will have to do it while getting to the edge of the arena."

The plan sounded good but can we actually do it?
What if we will end up turning on eachother?

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