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Maysilee

After the initial shock wears off I take a moment to contemplate what this means.

I drank the rain water and so far I seem fine so I am going to assume that that water is okay to drink, because they can't make all of us die from dehydration or else that would prove to be a boring game and it is the quarter quell after all. So that means that all of the other water sources are off limits, which might extend to the plants since they survive by getting water from the streams for the most part….

Which means another form of sustenance is gone and the dwindling supply of food that I have left immediately seems smaller. And who knows if the animals are safe to eat…but if they aren't how do they expect us to live? Oh right, we aren't. But they usually like the games to last more than a few days, though on the other hand you can last three weeks without food but only days without water which they seem to be providing for us… Three weeks without food, could I even last that long? No, the games are usually over in about two and the only way I'd live that long would be if I am crowned Victor and that would men that Haymitch is, no, I won't think of that now. I know he can make it, he's smart enough to figure out the poison and he's a fighter so I just know he will be the one to live, unless we are the last two left, than what will we do…?

Since we agreed to meet at a water source I decide to follow the stream but at a ways away for two reasons. For one, the poisonous water kinda creeps me out, and two the trees will offer some cover from any eyes that are also watching the stream.

And so I take off following the stream as in falls down a hill stopping now and then to let the rain collect in my bowl, taking small sips here and there.

After a couple of hours I walk right into a clearing and immediately know something is wrong. There's the remains of a fire that looks like it is still emitting some smoke as if it was recently put out. The feeling that I am being watched starts to form and I quickly make sure I have my blowgun ready as I set my bowl down and take out a dart but before I can put it in I hear a noise to my left and before I can react the wind is knocked out of me and I'm falling to the ground from someone barreling into me.

I try to sit up but I'm being pinned down and I see something silver in the corner of my eye and quickly move my left arm up to protect my self and scream out in pain as blood starts pouring out of the wound that I just received.

That's when I realize it's the girl who tried to kill me back at the Cornucopia. I'm blinded from the pain but know there is more to come and try to get away but she is too strong. Then I realize I'm still clutching the dart and so with as much force as I can muster I bring my right hand into the side of her leg and roll away as the effects of the dart immediately take place.

Since I know what it about to happen I decide to grab the knife she was holding that is now lying next to her twitching body as well as my bowl of water, again spilling its contents, and run as fast as I can back into the trees without looking back to avoid seeing the aftermath of the dart's full effects.

I keep heading in the direction I was going literally ten minutes ago and even though I'm running as fast as I can to get away from the clearing without making too much noise I still hear the cannon as it fires because they are made so that any tribute within the Arena can hear it. And that's one more person who is dead because of me…

For awhile I keep going in a fast pace following the stream from a distance in the trees when I hear something up ahead. The noise is kinda loud and as I creep forward I realize it's the sound of people fighting. My first instinct is to run away and just as I'm about to do just that I step forward more because what if it's Haymitch in the fight? And what if he needs my help? And that settles it; I can't go on if there is the slightest chance that Haymitch is in that fight.

I start heading in the direction of the noise but before I've made it a couple of feet a cannon sounds and the fear cuts so deep that it might be Haymitch that I freeze. But maybe it's not him, and even if it is I want to see him one more time and so I trudge on.

This time I have a dart ready in my blowgun and so when I make it to the trees just outside of where the fight has broken out I'm ready to kill him, the tribute who is choking Haymitch.

There's just one problem. What if I accidentally hit Haymitch instead? I'd never be able to live with myself, especially if I won the games…

But there he is, with his face starting to turn purple and I know I have to try. So I aim as best I can blow through the gun.

And it hits the target! The tribute immediately releases his hold on Haymitch and slumps onto the ground sideways.

The cannon sounds and that's another tribute that I've killed but I saved Haymitch so it doesn't quite hit me like the others did.

"Hey stranger." I say as I walk towards him without giving too much away to the Capital since there is no way they would allow either of us to live for very long if they knew there was something special between us.

"Hey." He replies. "You are alive. Good. District Twelve still has a chance. Thanks for saving me there."

"No problem." I reply and then add, "We'd live longer with two of us." That way it looks like I am initiating an alliance and gives us a reason to stick together, after all there have been many alliances in the games, especially among district partners, so this will not seem out of the ordinary to anyone.

"Guess you just proved that," he says back to me and I can tell he's trying hard not to give anything away either. "Allies?"

I nod my head in agreement and reach my hand down to him and pull him back up and I fight the urge to never let go.

Haymitch

After my discovery of the poisonous plants, I'm really worried for Maysilee. Well, I was worried for her to begin with, but now that I know that there are deadly plants all over the arena, and she might not know that yet. I don't want her to get hurt or die.

I take Jarod's back pack and weapons before the hovercraft comes for him. I watch as it picks up and he is out of the games for good.

As much as I like this place to hide, I know I have to find her. If she doesn't know about the poisoned plants… I can't even think about it right now.

I pack up my food and weapons, check the area for any marks that show that there was someone here, and leave. I'm not going to stop until I find her.

I start heading away from the mountain, there's got to be an end somewhere. If I just keep walking, I'm sure I'll find it somewhere. Maybe there is something I can use…

But, I also have to find her. Either she or I have to win this thing. And I'm going to do my best to make sure that that is the way this thing ends up.

Water source. That is where we were supposed to meet. I have to find it.

Snap. What was that? I look around. I'm not alone. There is someone else here and they are hiding from me. So that rules out Maysilee. She wouldn't hide from me. We are in an alliance.

One of the Careers jumps out from behind a tree. He has a knife but I get to him first and stab him in the stomach. I turn to find another one right behind me and his knife slices my arm. I thrust the knife into his leg and then his chest.

I turn to see if there are anymore. I don't see any.

I hear a grunt and spin around. I see a last tribute coming at me. He caught me by surprise and my knife goes flying. I am disarmed. Oh crap. He's got a hold on me and a knife to my throat. Oh crap. Here it is. The end. I hope Maysilee can win this.

I close my eyes and hope for a quick death. I just want to die. I don't want it dragged out.

I keep waiting, but nothing happens. In fact, his grip lessens and he falls to the ground. Oh crap. There is someone else here. I see a dart sticking out of his back.

I look and see that Maysilee is here. Hiding behind a tree, dart gun in hand. I resist the urge to smile. If the Gamemakers know how I feel about her they will make sure that we don't last. I want her to at least have a chance if I don't make it.

"Hey stranger." She says.

"Hey." I say. "You are alive. Good. District Twelve still has a chance. Thanks for saving me there."

"No problem." She responds. I wish I could tell her how glad I am that she is alive, that I would have be heartbroken if she wasn't, that I am happy that we are together now and that I can see her again. But I can't. I can't say any of that, and it's killing me not to. And nobody knows that we made an alliance beforehand so we can't just jump into one now.

"We'd live longer with two of us."

"Guess you just proved that," I say. "Allies?"

She nods.

I am happy. I found Maysilee and I don't have to worry about her anymore. She is with me and all is well, for now at least.