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The Growing Light in the Darkness	By : SWSWWAD Category: G through L > Hunger Games, The Views: 2344 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"Ladies and Gentlemen, let the Seventy Fourth Hunger Games Begin" The unforgettable voice of Claudius Templesmith announces.

Sixty seconds, I have sixty seconds to come up with a plan, spot Katniss and prepare for the slaughter about to unfold. Sixty seconds on this plat so the cameras can get a good luck at each of us, sixty seconds until I could die. Ok focus Lisa get your head in the game, now look around you and plan what to do. I look around and see I'm on a flat grassy field with a lack on onside, a field of wheat on one side and a forest on the other two sides. The area where I, my fellow and the Cornucopia are is completely flat giving the cameras a great unblocked view of the slaughter about to take place here, I bet the sick people in the Capital are going to love that fact. Looking around at my fellow Tributes I quickly spot Karl three along to my left, he's nervous and currently looking all around him like I am, Cato is directly to his left and looking further around the ring of Tributes I spot the one person I was looking for, Katniss is only five Tributes to my right. She is also looking all around her like me and like she has a plan, our eyes meet briefly and time seems to slow down, we nod to indicate we are still a team.

The buzzer sounds bring me back to reality, my body moves automatically and I'm running towards Katniss and she is running towards me. I run to meet her picking up a red backpack and a small length of rope on the way, when we meet I see Katniss has an orange backpack, a small sheet of plastic and loaf of bread. Meanwhile I see and hear death all around us, several Tributes lay dead thankfully it's no one I recognise. But now I know we need to get out of here, the Careers are armed and killing anything that moves. Cato has a large sword which he… oh my god I think I might be sick… which he uses to cut a girl in half with a single swing. Clove is pulling a throwing knife out of another dead Tribute, Marvel is fighting Peeta with a spear while Peeta has a knife, the girl from District Four slits the throat of the boy I believe is her District partner and Glimmer has a knife and the boy from District Three cornered in the Cornucopia. This area has become a killing field and unless we leave soon we will join the dead, Katniss and I both turn around and run towards the woods. The woods which are our only cover and only hop for escaping the Career's.

"Lisa are you ok?" Katniss asks as we stop to catch our breath.

"I'm fine you" I reply.

"I'm fine but are you sure you are alright?" Katniss asks again but this time I look at her and see real concern in her eyes. "You have a knife in your bag"

"Have I" I say taking off the bag I picked up to find a knife sticking out of it. "I'm surprised I didn't notice that" I comment taking out the knife and examining it. "I think this is one of Clove's throwing knifes"

"You must be lucky" Katniss tells me. "I have seen her during training and this is the first time I've seen her miss a target"

"Yeah I guess so" I laugh off my near death. "Why don't we check our packs now while we rest?"

"Sure" Katniss replies before taking off her own pack.

My pack contains a packet of dried fruit, an empty water bottle, a small medical kit containing several plasters, some bandages and twelve painkiller tablets, a compass and some Iodine, not bad but none of my supplies will last long. Katniss on the other hand also has a packet of dried fruit, an empty water bottle and some Iodine but her pack also contains a packet of crackers, a packet of matches, a sleeping bag and some kind of sunglasses. I guess they can't be bothered to take the time to fill up two small water bottles, lazy bastards. Other then what we have in our packs I picked up a length of rope and Katniss has a loaf of bread and a sheet of plastic. Our food supplies aren't good but they will last us a few days, our real problem is water. We have no water on us and the only source I've seen so far is the lake. The lakes too dangerous though, it will be deep in Career territory and there is no cover between the tree line and the lake. Getting water from there would be suicide. The Gamemakers may have made it that way for a better show, they don't care about us all they want is to put on a good show.

"Our first priority should be to find water" I say after looking over our supplies.

"I agree that's the only thing we don't have" Katniss replies looking up at the sky. "In this heat we won't last long without it"

I agree with her about that, ever since the games began the temperature risen a lot and both of us are drenched in sweat. We secure our supplies and tuck them deep within our packs so that they won't fall out, neither of us knows where to go to find water so we decide on heading in the same direction we were running in. Although neither Katniss nor I say it, it is clear that both of us are hoping the lake isn't the only water source here. We aren't ready for a fight with the Career's, we only have a single knife between us and they are garneted to be armed to the teeth with all sorts of deadly weapons. Well trained, well-armed and well supplied, the Careers have all the advantages right now. Same as every year, the Careers are in a good position to win these games. Every year they do the same, secure the Cornucopia and slaughter anyone stupid enough to challenge them for its bounty. Going anywhere near the Cornucopia is suicide and with its close proximity to the lake makes getting water at the lake suicide is well, I really hope the Gamemakers didn't make that the only water source in the Area.

We continue to walk on for what feels an entirety, by the time we finally stop the sun is hanging low in the sky and mercifully the temperature has dropped considerably. We decide to set up camp in a nearby tree hiding high in its branches. I start to set up camp by using my rope to tightly tie our packs to a tree branch and cutting it in half to secure us to another branch, Katniss suggested sharing a sleeping bag… Why am I blushing? I can feel my cheeks redden at the thought of sleeping so closely to Katniss, my heart starts to pound in my chest so hard and fast I'm surprised it doesn't sound like someone playing the drums. Why do I react this way when thinking about this simple upcoming action? We are only doing this to keep warm… The night will be cold so… Why do I feel this way and my body react like this? Anyway while I'm trying to get the redness in my cheeks to go away Katniss is setting up snares and having a quick look around at the area for water and other Tributes, it isn't like we are going to kill them we just want to make sure this tree is safe to sleep in. I really hope that my blush disappears before she returns. Just as the sun is setting Katniss returns and I jump down the tree to welcome her back.

"Welcome home find anything useful?" I say as my feet hit the ground.

"No" Katniss answers as she slumps against the tree trunk, I kneel do beside her as she continues. "All I could find was some animal tracks, no signs of water but I managed to set up some stares"

"Hopefully we will have better luck tomorrow" I tell her.

"Hopefully" Katniss replies with a smile. "And hopefully my stares will catch something in the night to eat"

"Yeah, everything else we got to eat will only dehydrate us faster" I say as the sun finally sets, darkness instantly fills the Area at an unnatural pass. "I think we should get tucked in before it becomes too dark to see"

We climb up the tree and into the sleeping bag, it isn't cramped in here but it is still a snug fit. I am all too aware that Katniss is laying practically on top of me, it is too tight in the sleeping bag for us to lay side by side. I can feel her chest raise and fall and her breath against my skin as she breaths, I can feel her heart beating in her chest as rapidly my own and I can feel how nervous she is about being this close to me. Is she nervous because she likes me? No that can't be it, it must because she's not used to being this close to another person. Then am I like this because I? No no no no no, I can't like her it isn't natural and my mother would kill me if I was considering how desperate she is for me to give her grandchildren. I must be nervous, yes nervous about being this close to someone who could end my life while I sleep. That has to be it. It has to or my mother will kill me if I make it out of the Area. According to her it's not natural and everyone who loves someone of the same sex should be shot at birth.

The anthem start to play as soon as we get into a comfortable position, it's time to see whose dead and who's still alive. They will let us know who is dead and who is alive by showing their pictures in the sky, I guess there is a Hovercraft up there and it's just too dark to see it. No one from District One or District Two appears in the sky, the District Three female is the first death to be shown then surprisingly the District Four boy, strange normally all the Career's make it through the first day. Both Tribute's from five made it through the first day, the female from six died, Karl's face doesn't appear, I don't know whether to be happy or not that he is still alive, both of District eight and Nine Tributes are dead and everyone else is alive also.

"So Lisa what's it like in District Seven?" Katniss asks me and I feel her voice vibrate through my shoulder, she is so close to me. I can't believe she is asking me this. I thought she was a good girl but now she's asking a forbidden question, it's illegal to ask about ever Districts and I'll bet you anything that we are not being shown right now. I think I'm going like this side of her.

"It's pretty much like this Area" I tell her smiling as I think of home. "Only most of the trees have been chopped down and there's watch towers and guard posts everywhere"

"So you feel at home here then?"

"I wouldn't go that far but it does feel familiar, so what's Twelve like?"

"A slum with falling down houses and starving kids" I lose my smile hearing that, I always knew that District Twelve was the poorest District but hearing it first hand is depressing. "It's surrounded by woods but an electrified chain link fence separates the District from the trees"

"Sounds like a hard place to grow up"

"It's not all bad, everyone's nice and will help you out whenever you are in need"

"That does sound good, not many people will do that in Seven"

"Well goodnight Lisa"

"Goodnight"

Katniss nearly instantly falls asleep and my breath hitches when I feel her snuggle up against me, my heart is pounding so loudly I'm afraid Katniss might wake up. I can't believe how close she is right now, she close enough for me to feel her warmth, feel her breath and feel her heart beat. If you would have told me I would end up in this position with Katniss yesterday I would never have believed you, I still can't believe it myself. I bet you Johanna is loving this, she wrongly believed I loved the girl I'm now sharing this sleeping bag with and I told her she was wrong, I bet you she's smirking and saying "Told you I was right" right now. If I do make it out of the Area I have a feeling she is never going to let me forget about this. I settle down and try to find sleep myself like Katniss but I just can't, I have no idea how she was able to fall asleep because I just simple can't. I can't relax and sleep knowing Katniss is this close to me, I don't know why but whenever I get near Katniss my heart just won't stop pounding. But finally after much tossing and turning, as much as I can without waking up Katniss, I find myself drifting off to sleep. Today was tiring and tomorrow will most likely be more tiring, I think.

My dreams are full of home, not with my horrible mother or loving father but with Katniss. For some reason Katniss has come to my home District and I'm giving her a tour, I have no idea how or why she is here but I'm glad she is. We are having a great time laughing and joking around as I show her around every inch of my home District, I can't remember the last time I had this much fun. Everyone smiles and waves at us as we walk past, the sun is shining and the air is warm but not enough to make us sweat. This really is the perfect date…. Wait! Not a date date like boyfriend and girlfriend or girlfriend and girlfriend in this case but a date as in to friends hanging out. Great now even in my dreams there's something acting like Johanna and telling me I'm in love with Katniss. But just as we step into the District Seven market I'm awoken by the sound of snapping branches. I jolt up and at the same time Katniss also shoots up. My noise is so freezing cold that it's gone numb and so are my ears, again braches snap drawing my attention along with Katniss's. We lock eyes to see if one of us is to blame but another snapping branch quickly rules that out, another snap draws our eyes to the forest below us and then a bright fire is lit not that far away from our tree. Whoever that is out there just signed their own death warrant.

"Should we do something?" Katniss whispers making sure her voice is quiet enough that the idiot fire starter wouldn't hear her. "They could give away our position"

"No" I tell her keeping my voice just as quiet. "They have already let the world know where they are, if will do something about them then we will be telling the world where we are"

"It makes sense when you say it like that" Katniss replies turning back to face me. "We just need to remain silent then and wait"

"Yes" I say just as the sound of running echo's from the forest, in an instant our eyes are drawn back to the fire just as a girl's scream is heard coming from that direction.

"Ha did you hear her" I hear the unmistakeable voice of Clove. It's them, the Career's and they are out looking for blood this late at night or this early in the morning, I have no idea what the time is right now. "She was like "Oh please don't kill me"… Perfetic"

"Yeah you could tell from the start she was a coward and a weakling" Cato's brutish voice soon joins in as the Careers laugh about the girl's death by their own hands. They make me sick, all of them just kill and joke about it as if killing was totally natural.

"Hey why haven't I heard a cannon?" Marvel asks as the Careers come into view under the tree Katniss and I are currently in. we both hold our breath and pray they don't look up, I really hope they don't look up.

"He's right the cannon should have fired by now" Glimmer agrees. "Are we all sure she's dead?"

"Yes I know where I cut her" Cato coldly answers sounding insulted that Glimmer would even ask what she just asked.

"Then where is the cannon Cato?" Glimmer asks and I can just about make her out standing up to Cato, something the others seem too afraid to do.

"It will sound now let's…"

"Let's what?" Glimmer cuts him off but just as she was about to continue a voice that made me hurt so badly last night stops them.

"I'll go back and check" Peeta says standing between the two warring Careers.
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