User blog:Clove 74th/73rd hunger games

Welcome to the 73rd annual Hunger Games! With a new terrain and different twists and turns around every corner, this year's games are bound to be one of the best ones yet. Comment on your fave tribute and/or alliance. Who should win? Who should die next?

May the odds be ever in your favor!

Tributes:

Training Scores

Distric t 1: Golden- 9, Carlen- 8

District 2: Claire- 11, Chase- 10

District 3: Gracie- 7, Arlo- 7

District 4: Sofia- 8, Ethan- 7

District 5: Madira- 5, Mitchell- 7

District 6: Isabelle- 7, Adam- 7

District 7:Cammie- 10, Sam- 8

District 8: Joy- 6, Jonah- 6

District 9: Adriana- 8, Cody- 9

District 10: Cassie- 7, Alex- 9

District 11: Jody- 10, Theo- 7

District 12: Shaila- 9, Logan- 10

Arena

This year’s arena is divided into 4 different zones. Tributes start out on top of an Ocean, with the Cornucopia floating on an island in the center. From there, they will have no choice but to swim into the Desert. If they keep moving west, and if they survive, the Tributes will reach a Tundra. If they STILL aren’t dead and they keep moving, they will reach a forest.

Arlo (District 3) - Ocean
I stand on the platform above the ocean. Just a few feet I tell myself. That’s all I have to swim is a few feet. The glittering Cornucopia floats on an island. I look around, taking in the view. 23 other tributes standing on metal plates just like mine.

BOOM

I see the chunks of the girl’s body. I recognize whatever’s left of her as the girl from District 8. Stupid girl I think. Chunks of her body start to float away. Disgusting. The starting horn sounds and we all jump in. I swim as fast as I can. Suddenly, something grabs my legs. I turn around just in time to see the girl from District 2. The one who got an 11. She pulls out a knife and throws it. How does she have a knife, no one's reached the Cornucopia yet. I feel the blood streaming out. I feel her take the knife out and swim away. The water starts pulling me under. Dead. On the first day, I’m dead. I close my eyes and let the black void that smells of salt and blood suck me under.

Madira (District 5) - Ocean
I swim fast. My heart is racing and I spot chunks of a girl’s body. I swim by the body of the boy from District 3 as it’s being sucked under. Too bad he died. He was cute. I see the knife mark in his back and I think Claire, that sad excuse of a girl from District 2. She didn’t do anything impressive in the Training Center, and yet she walks out with and 11. And now I know why. I reach the Cornucopia and go for the first thing I see, a light blue pack which appears to contain many things, since it’s about the size of my head. I also pick up a spear and I thank the Lord because it’s the only one, and now it’s mine. I survey the Cornucopia. Only 3 people are here. Me and both from District 4. No surprise there. I aim and let my spear fly, right into the back of the girl. She falls, I grab my pack and run to get my spear back. The boy is kneeling down by her side begging her to stay with him. Moron. He must not hear me I guess because I pluck my spear out of the girl's body and plunge it in his heart without him noticing. I smile. My first 2 kills and it's only been 5 minutes.

Claire (District 2) - Cornucopia
Idiots, all of them. I see the dead pair from District 4 in the sand and think District 4 must be going insane. I don’t complain, though. It’s better for me, 2 less to worry about. I spot the District 5 girl and I know as she holds her spear that she’s the one who killed them both. Good girl. But maybe she’s too good. I think for a second. If I let her live, she’ll make it far, but if I kill her now, I’d be doing us all a favor. I decide to let her live...for now anyway, she could kill others as well. I stand inside the Cornucopia. Only a handful people here so far, not counting the 2 dead bodies. I search for the District 1 pair and my partner Chase. I spot them running up the island side and as they come closer, I throw each of them a pack and a weapon.

“Thanks,” says Chase, grabbing an axe.

“You can thank me later. Now, it’s time to kill.”

I'll be the first to admit that I enjoy killing. I’m also pretty nifty with a knife, but I’d do better with a spear. Now I wish that I had killed that girl from 5 because I soon realize that there was only 1 spear, and she took it. She’s long gone though, so I worry about the situation that’s going on now. I'll get my spear later I spot the girl from 10, the boy from 8 and the boy from 6. I let 3 knives fly, and each hits their targets. 3 less. MAN I’m good.

Carlen (District 1) - Cornucopia
Claire is insane. But she’s pretty hot. I follow her knives with my eyes as they find their way into the girl from 10, the boy from 8 and the boy from 6. She has a look in her eye that seems joyful, almost happy. I can’t help but grin. The rest of the tributes find their way to the Cornucopia, miraculously. I hold the bow and arrow that Claire had thrown at me. I shoot 1 of 20 arrows into the chest of the boy from 10. He falls, but I can tell that he’s still alive. Claire walks over to him and slits his throat very slowly. She savors the moment. God she’s so hot.

Shaila (District 12) - Desert
I feel my back burning. The sun’s heat is too intense. If I don’t find water soon, I will die. I slump down next to a cactus and look at my surroundings. I look at the island with the Cornucopia. God so many dead bodies. I scan the terrain and I notice the girl from 9, Adriana, looking at me. She holds up something that looks like an axe and I think I’m going to die. She throws the axe and it cuts the cactus in half. A few drops of some liquid spill on my shirt. Then I see her standing over me.

“So I guess you’re gonna kill me now right?”

“No. In fact, I want to make you my ally. I'm already allied with the boy from my district, Cody. We could use a girl like you. Someone who’s strong and resourceful, and based on that 9 you got in training; I would say that you are just the girl we're looking for. Plus Cody thinks you’re cute.”

I think for a while before saying, “ok fine. I’ll join.”

Cody runs up to us. Huh. He’s kinda cute.

“District 2 girl. Claire. Coming this way with her little Career pack.”

“What’s so scary about Claire?” I ask. In the Training Center, she seemed like a scared little weakling.

“Give her a spear and you’ll find out.” He says.

We get up and run. Run as fast and as far as we can. I run until my lungs feel like they’re gonna explode. I hear the knife blade split my spine to pieces before I feel the unbearable pain. Cody and Adriana slow down, but I yell at them to keep going. Cody kneels down and kisses me, right on the lips. My insides twist and turn and it takes every fiber of my being to keep from fainting. He gets back up, smiles a sad apologetic smile, and with that I feel the sun burning my skin for the last time. I close my eyes, and with the biggest girliest smile I've ever had, I let the darkness carry me away.

Deaths:

Joy (District 8) - 24th

Arlo (District 3) - 23rd

Sofia (District 4) - 22nd

Ethan (District 4) - 21st

Cassie (District 10) - 20th

Jonah (District 8) - 19th

Adam (District 6) - 18th

Alex (District 10) - 17th

Shaila (District 12) - 16th