• Chapter 1
    I'm on the metal plate now.... What if I don't make it?
    I probably won't.
    There's the loud gong! and I'm flying off the plate. Arg! Somebody's hit me! I cover my own blood as it trickles down my ear. My jacket hood is over my head before more blood trickles.
    Now I only have a small green pack that was given to me with the outfit.
    My feet stumble over the roots as I look over the landscape. I climb up a tree quickly. It's a kind of pine tree. Up here, you can feel the cold wind. Mo, the boy tribute, is trekking on the ground. I don't say anyhting.
    At home, Mo is known as the clumsiest guy ever! He'd just get me killed if I say anything. I don't care much for Mo either. He always made fun of my sister, a small girl who isn't the brightest, but recognizes all healing and edible plants.
    Snow trickles down and I'm shivering madly. I wrap the sleeping bag around me. My headdroops down...