User blog:Lexi13/The 24th Hunger Games

D1
Philomena "Mena" Goldburg, 14, Alfonso Soltes, 18

D2
Sybil Letteny, 18, Phylis Rhym, 15

D3
Marleen Danford, 16, Hiroko Nachmias, 16

D4
Merecedez Ebey, 13, Ashton Cyrnek, 14

D5
Lottie Munford, 17, Genaro Matts, 14

D6
Lynnette "Lynnie" Handsows, 16, Benjamin "Ben" Woodrow, 17

D7 Ma
Charity Zemlicka, 15, Sorocco Helscher, 12

D8
Verona Fogel, 12, Darrin Sparks, 18

D9
Caprice Arrand, 14, Arnulfo Canning, 14

D10
Armandina Serasio, 16, Wade Suddreth, 16

D11
Sun Ferrall, 13, Efren Trapper, 18

D12
Maybelle "Belle" Weisford, 16, Kris Kolthoff, 16

Maybelle Weisford
I look around me at all of the tributes. I see Kris Kolthoff, the boy from my district and smile. I like him so much, but he doesn't know. No one does. He catches me staring and I flicker my bright gray eyes back to the timer. I see we only have twenty seconds left, and I get in my ready position. I look back at Kris and he's smiling at me. I smile back and then scan the other tributes. I see the small girl from District 8 crying, and I silently curse the Capitol in my head for doing this to the little kids. I look over at the timer. Five seconds.

5,

4,

3,

2,

1,

GONG!

I jump off the platform and run towards the Cornucopia, but someone grabs my hand and stops me. I turn to see who it is. Kris. I smile at him as he pulls me away from the Cornucopia. That's one of the things I love about him, he's always so protective of his friends. Especially me since I am his best friend. We run into the woods and he helps me climb up a tree.

"Belle!" He yells at me using my nickname. "Are you crazy? You won't last a second if you head straight into the bloodbath! I thought you were smarter than that!" He yells at me again, and I blush and lean up agains the trunk of the tree. He scoots over and puts an arm around my shoulder. This is probably the closest we'll ever come to being more than friends.

Philomena Goldburg
I got a few spears from the Cornucopia, and I'm sitting next to the boy from District Two, Phylis. He's nice enough for a Career. He's good with a machette is what he said, which wouldn't surprise me. I've never used one but my friend told me that you had to be really strong in order to use one. It's Phylis's turn to keep watch so I get to sleep. Since we only got four sleeping bags we each have to share one with each other. I have to share one with Phylis, which doesn't surprise me. We're about the same age, so we all thought that it wouldn't be as awkward. I crawl into the sleeping bag next to him and he crawls in next to me. I turn to face him and he smiles at me with a smirk and I roll my eyes.