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Please post, someone!  I would, but I just did.

Sorry, I guess no one else will post, so I will. 

The night is dark as I creep throughout the woods, the elusive hog-like creature dashing out in front of me. My bow is readied, and my arrow is about to find its mark. Finally, I fire, the arrow slipping through the night air and burying itself deep in the hog's side. The shot is clean- straight to the heart -and there is no struggle. It falls dead just as I catch up with it. I look about me, and realize that the moon is high in the sky. It must be around 2 AM. There were even more faces in the sky tonight, more people that have died. But one who could have been there, and wasn't, thanks to Nino. I'd like to think that I could have been that brave, that selfless, and would have spared her life. But the truth is, I probably wouldn't have. She would have fallen like the hog, a clean shot to the heart, unless she killed me first. My cousin Amadra used to tell me: no decent people ever get into the hunger games. No worthwhile human would win it. I'm not sure what she would think of me now, whether she would want me to try and survive, or die an honorable death. I'm just glad that she'll never know. The one good thing about death. I resolve in my mind, that I will go out fighting. I'm a survivor, and I will not give up.

After skinning and gutting the hog, I bury the innards and hang the meat from a tree. It is too heavy for me to carry back now, but tomorrow I can return with Niño and Venture. Perhaps, between the three of us, we can get it back to the cave in the mountain that we have made our shelter. But we know this cannot go on forever. Nino, Venture, and I have addressed this. Once it gets down to the final for, our alliance will be broken off. We'll give each member a six hour start. But I pray that I'll die before I have to kill Niño and Venture. When I finally arrive back at the cave near the mounatin's summit, the first rosy fingers of dawn are stroking the horizon. It's about 5AM. Niño stirs, then glares at me. Venture yawns and sits up, rubbing his eyes.

" Where were you?" Venture asks.

" Hunting." I reply, cleaning my bow  on my jacket. " I got plenty of sleep yesterday. Now come on... I've shot some bacon." 

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Nino~

I smiled as Alize set down the hog meat on the floor of our rocky home. We roasted the meat and ate quickly.There were 6 tributes left: us three, the boy from seven we were looking for, and two other girls. Heather and Raven, I think they're called. Alize had recovered rapidly, even with a cracked rib. But she still is a bit wobbley.

Venture stood up abruptly, and Alize and I both looked at him. He stood perfectly still, then threw hs knife at a rock. "What was that?" Alize asked. She picked up Venture's weapon, then smiled. "Kid, you've got skill."

"What is it?" I asked. She plucked something off the edge of the dagger and threw it at my feet. It was the dead body of a tracker jacker.

"I thought you could use its stinger for your arrows," Venture explained to Alize. Then I realize that a tracker jacker wouldn't fly alone unless its hive is-dead.

"Seven must be close," I said. I stand up tell Alize to guard the camp, and gesture for Venture to follow. we go around twist and turns, around bends, and finally,we're face to face with 7.

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Nino~

The boy from seven pulls out a makeshift sword and slices my upper cheek. I swing my blade and hack at his shoulder. I flick blood away from my nose and turn to Venture.

"Run! Go get Alize!" I tell him. The boy dissapears into the mountain trail as the battle rages on.

Venture finds me in the cave, breathless and his hands shaking. I rise quickly, grabbing my bow. He looks terrified, and I immediately jump to the worst possible conclusion.

" Nino! Is he-" But I cannot bring myself to say the word.  Venture shakes his head in reply and A rush of relief runs through me.

" He said to bring you!! Come on!!" Venture shouts when he can finally speak. Without another word, we sprint away, Venture leading and me running behind, leaves and branches tearing at my face. When we arrive at the clearing, Nino and the other boy are battling, circling each other and occasionally striking out like vipers with their swords. I still feel weak from my cracked rib, but I think I can manage to fight. Nino is cut near his nose and on his side, and the other boy seems to have been wounded on the shoulder. This slows his sword strikes, giving Nino another advantage. Almost automatically, I string an arrow, and dodging through trees, I free the shaft. It slides through the air, but my shot is not clean. I had aimed for the other boy's heart, but he dodges it and the arrow implants itself in his thigh. It is still a painful, but not lethal. At least it gives Niño a few seconds to dodge the other boy's next blow. 

" Alize!! Keep Venture away!!" Niño shouts at me in a breathless voice.

But I am already sending another arrow flying....  

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