*I don't own the hunger games* Anywho I was toying with the idea of making this a full story. Should I? -Review with the answers! I only need one yes ^.^

"PrimRose Everdeen"

Silence. The wind howls in the background whipping around us as the crowd parted like the red sea allowing the girl with blonde hair and an untucked shirt to step through. Before she even reaches the stage I weave out of the crowd and fall into step next to her slipping past the guards saying calmly

"Hey Prim." She stops walking and turns looking at me just as everyone else is.

"Veriska? What are you doing?" I give her the last smile she would ever see from me and turn towards the stage where Effie stood.

"I volunteer as tribute."

"No matter what happens out there, just be yourself and you'll be fine Veriska."

"If you say so Cinna. And you want me to twirl for them?"

"No sweetie. Twirl for me."

I sit uncomfortably on the chair across from Caesar not even bothering to smile because it would be fake and Cinna told me to tell and show the truth.

"So, Veriska. Just how old are you?" I look away from him and turn towards Haymitch and Cinna and they both nod so I sigh and turn back looking to Caesar

"I'm 12. I'll turn 13 in two weeks..." I trail off letting the crowd know what I was going to say as some lady let's out a soft cry to my left...If I'm still alive.

"Oh dear...That leaves us in a bit of a pickle doesn't it?"

"I guess so Caesar...But I'm not scared." He looks confused tilting his head towards me

"What aren't you scared of my dear?" I tilt my head mocking him and lean forward as if I'm sharing a secret

"Death doesn't scare me. It took my Mother, Father and little sister...But even if it does take me I won't be scared." He looks stunned for a second and in his eyes I see his sorrow as he grasps my hand and the buzzer rings

"Let's hope you won't have to meet Death."

I stand next to the hover craft watching Haymitch say something to Effie. Peeta is watching me and I can feel the worry radiating off of him, worry for me not for himself. I want to tell him to worry about himself, that I know how to survive. But I know I can't do that because I know I'm not leaving these games alive so I simply smile at him and wave at Haymitch while giving Effie a hug and they send me on a hovercraft to my doom.

"If we could bet, I would be betting on you Veriska."

I smile softly hugging myself as Cinna brushes my untameable hair out of my face. "Thanks Cinna. That means the world to me." He opens his mouth to say something but the tube goes down and the platform starts rising up. I desperately search trying to read his lips but all he does is give me a two finger salute and then I'm in the sunlight watching the cornucopia.

The gong sounds and I'm running as fast as I can, running away from the fighting, towards the forest totally ignoring Haymitch's advice about going to the lake. I spot an orange book bag but decide against it grabbing a knife that was lying beside me without breaking stride and running as fast as my short legs could take me. I could hear Prim screaming my name, telling me to run and not stop and I'm not going to stop because if I do I'm as good as dead and I don't want to die yet.

It's the 4th day, I haven't seen a sign of anyone except for the girl from District 5, I think her name was Roxy...I don't know but I'm thirsty. I ignore the thirst popping another berry into my mouth and it temporarily quenches my thirst but I know I'll be thirstier later. Watching the sky for the dead I see no one but know that 11 people are dead, and I close my eyes with a sigh. But I regret it when I open my eyes and the world is on fire.

I drop to the ground and strap the knife to my arm and take off running forgetting how hungry and thirsty I am at the sight of the roaring flames. I'm running as hard and fast as I can when suddenly I crash into someone and am sent sprawling to the ground while they scream as a ball of fire hits them burning them to a crisp. I want to look away desperately but I can't-I'm held captivated by the view until I hear a whistling sound and throw myself out the way though it doesn't stop my side from bursting into flames. I beat it out quickly and run tears streaming down my face from the pain and the smoke whilst hacking. I launch myself over a burning tree and keep running never looking back.

That night I'm sitting in a bush stifling my tears while I hold my side when I hear a noise that sounds like a wind chime. I poke my head out curiously wiping away my tears and my eyes widen when I see a parachute floating towards me. Looking cautiously both ways I quickly snatch it out of the air and turn it around a couple times before opening it and finding a note that says in Haymitch's messy scrawl: Burn paste, apply it to your side sweetheart and try to stay alive. I look to the sky and give it a thumbs up and mouth 'Thank you Haymitch' and just as I finish the death screen as I have come to name it appears.

The girl from 4 and the girl from 1 are gone so just 9 people are left and I hate myself for feeling like this but I'm 9 people closer to getting home.

The next day I find an ally. Or rather she finds me when I'm walking by the stream staring into it longingly.

Psst.

Pssst. I look towards the sound and see big brown eyes watching me and suddenly they disappear and a girl shorter than me appears out of a clump of bushes.

"Who are you?" I ask curiously watching her warily but not seeing a weapon in sight decide not to draw mine.

"I'm Rue. District 11. You're Veriska right?" I nod silently remembering seeing her from the reaping tape. "Listen, please. We're the youngest tributes here and everyone thinks that we're the weakest. I got a 7, you pulled an 9. We can survive if we stay together." I look into her earnest eyes that remind me so much of my younger sister and find myself nodding.

"That'll work. Let's show them how it's done, eh Rue?"

I lost her 3 days later. She was caught in a trap while I was down by the river looking for our district partners when I heard her scream halfway across the arena. By the time I got to her she was to far gone to be saved but I'll be dammed if I let her killer get away.

I found Peeta. He's dying and I know he won't make it through the night. Not unless we get some medicine for him and Haymitch isn't giving any up. So here I am sitting next to him with his head in my lap stroking his hair off his feverish face.

"Riska?"

"Yeah Peeta?"

"Can you tell me a story about her?"

"About Katniss?"

"Yes...Please Riska?" I sigh softly and nod though his eyes are closed and he can't see me.

"Alright Peeta..Um...One day I came over to play with Prim and we got lost in the meadow. We were there for hours just sitting there and crying in a bunch of flowers when Katniss comes out of nowhere looking worried. She just stared at Prim and I for a second before sweeping us both into a hug while telling us off at the same time. It was hiliarious but it made me feel like I was welcome. I'll always remember that day." She trailed off smiling slightly and suddenly turned to Peeta who's breath was getting shallower and his heart beat slower.

"R-Riska. Do me a favor?"

"Anything for you Peeta bread."

"Make it out alive. And when you get home tell Katniss that I love her okay?"

I nod one lone tear falling out the corner of my eye and dropping onto his face. "Will do Peeta."

And with that the cannon fired.

A feast. Everything I need they say. I had debated about it for a whole day after Peeta died before deciding to go, so now here I was lying low in the forest watching the Cornicopia. I was about to run in when bam! Roxy or whatever her name was came flying out of the cornicopia and she grabbed her bag sprinting towards the fields opposite of me when a knife came flying out of the trees and nailed her right in the head, and she went down and stayed down. My heart raced and my eyes darted around and I wanted to turn around and run away when something grabbed me and I dart forward grabbing my bag and I turn darting away when I feel something lodge in my shoulder and a weight tackle me from behind. I cry out softly fighting with all my might to throw the weight off of me when a knife is placed at my throat.

"Don't move or else I'll kill you 12, understand?" I lay still my eyes wide with fear as I stare at the crazy girl who just murdered the girl from 5. "Aw...Does the little baby not have any fight in her? Is she going to die just like her friend Rue? Yes she-AHHH" She ends in a shrill scream as this huge guy grabs her neck and smashes her into the cornucopia.

"It was you? You kill Rue?"

"No-No I didn't! I didn't!"

"You said her name!"

"I didn't! CATO!"

"YOU SAID HER NAME!" He brought his arm back and smashed her violently into the horn and dropped her leaving her staring at the sky with lifeless eyes. He turned to me still on the ground and growled out "Get up and run little girl. I won't save you next time. I do this for Rue." And I did what he said. I got up and ran.

He died yesterday. The guy who saved my life. So it's only me and that Cato guy now and only one of us is going home and it's not going to be me. I'm not scared but I only wish I could make it to my birthday.

Shrill screams rang out through the air and blood trickled into the ground watering it. I lay on the ground broken like a rag doll as I screamed my throat raw. It hurt so much, everything hurt-Why did he have to torture me like this? Someone save me-Please someone end it. Someone help me! As if answering my cries I heard the low growls of a wolf and the body on top of me was removed followed by the shrill screams of Cato as he was ripped apart piece by piece and I stared at the sky my vision growing blurry as I whispered

"Peeta says he loves you Katniss" and the wolves got finished with their snack and turned on me. But then I remembered, remembered the promise I made to Rue, to Prim, to Peeta. With that thought I pushed myself off the ground and ran as fast as my legs could take me the wolves hot on my heels.

Everyone watching the hunger games was silent as Veriska ran her heart out, her uneven black hair streaming behind her like a banner while her strangely golden eyes glinted with determination as she ran despite her numerous injuries. As sudden as they came the mutts vanished and Veriska kept running not knowing until she heard the booming voice of Senecca Crane

"The winner of the 74th Hunger Games, Veriska Temple of District 12!" Everyone watched as she stopped dead in her tracks looking around dumbly a bright smile crossing her face before her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she collapsed where she lay on the ground still her hand clutching a mockingjay pin.