I woke up not where I expected. All I saw was green and my bed was rough and hard on my body. My pillow was a 93 degree angle vertical thick line. I quickly gathered that it was a tree, and that I hadn't woken up in my normal bed back home in District 12, but rather the 74th Hunger Games area. Never had I wanted reality to be this hard and true.

I guess everything was normal at the moment, it seemed to be dawn, and there weren't any signs of other tributes anywhere. It seemed fair to untie my rope and make my way down the tree I used for shelter last night.

I, having my foggy morning mind, jumped off the trunk a little too soon. I fell to the ground from about 6 feet. The impact on the forest ground was hard and painful. Not a great start to a day I wasn't looking forward to. My feet ached from my fall. I couldn't walk properly but I had to try if I wanted to make through the morning.

I found a bundle of nuts that I recognized as perfectly safe to eat. I collected them and placed them in my bag, then headed for the lake to collect some water that would hold me for a few hours. Going long without water or any kind of liquid was pure agony, I couldn't take it.

From a distance I heard the familiar sound of rushing water and knew I was close to the lake.

Once I made it, I went down close to the water, and scooped my can into it. I took a small sip to get me energized to hunt for some food, and then closed the cap shut.

Just then, I heard noises from the other side of the lake. My head shot up from the water and towards the direction of the noise.

Right at that moment I saw the faces of Cato, Marvel, Glimmer, and Clove. The Careers. Lastly, I saw the image of messy blonde hair and a prominent jaw line. Peeta.

I couldn't afford for them to find me, so as quietly as I could I rushed away from my spot and back into the trees. Sadly my plan didn't work so smoothly.

"Hey, there she is!" I heard one of them shout. Their racing footsteps helped give me signs of how close they were getting to me.

I darted straight back into the woods, and tried my best to ignore the pain from my feet. I spotted a tree that would help me escape from the brutal tributes.

I was able to make it about 20 feet above the ground before Cato had made it to the bottom of the tree trunk.

"I'm comin' for you, baby!" I heard him shout to me. The way he used the word "baby" sickened me.

Luckily, I heard a grunt, then a crunching noise of his body hitting twigs and branches on the floor. Thank god I lost him.

"Here I'll do it!" I heard Glimmer shout, getting ready to aim her bow. I could already see her format was pitiful. That arrow was going nowhere near my body.

Just as I expected, the arrow went shooting right past my head. I laughed to myself a little.

"Enough with the bow!" Clove yelled at Glimmer, obviously ashamed of her fellow Career's skills at archery.

My eyes grew wide when I saw Clove aim the knife to throw at me. I saw her practice in the Training Center: I was in trouble.

Before I could ready myself for defense, Clove had thrown the knife at my direction, and it sunk deeply into my leg.

I screamed and lost my balance. Before I know it, my body was falling through the air and it hit the ground. The wind was knocked out of me and I gasped for air, still moaning in pain from the impact of the knife.

I saw Peeta in the corner of the circle we 5 tributes made. His face looked like he was in pain as well which confused me.

Cato strolled towards me, holding his sword in his right hand.

"Well, well, well. Ms. Everdeen, we have finally caught you. After days of being in the arena, you were the one we wanted to kill personally" He admitted to me. He bent down to me and grazed my cheeks with the blade of his sword.

"Wait, stop!" Peeta protested. Marvel blocked his way to Cato and grabbed Peeta's wrists together.

"Ah, I knew you'd come back around to your loving side. Good thing we found this out now than later on in the Games. I guess this way, you get to watch us kill your girlfriend" Cato smirked at Peeta.

He then turned his head and attention back towards me.

"Now, where should we start? I want to make this a good kill, you know, the audience and all" He winked at me. I could feel vomit starting to come up. I couldn't move anything because of the fall. I wasn't supposed to die like this, I was meant to win and return home to Prim and Gale.

Cato looked around at my body then stopped at my left arm.

"Mmm, perfect" He said before plunging a dagger into my flesh.