Aphmau's POV

"Go." A voice booms. 

My legs regain their ability to move, but I seem to be frozen in place. My legs start to run, taking me as far away as I can. I grab the snow boots I found earlier, then continue to run. I try to slip them on while I run, considering I'm in the freezing cold, barefoot. 

"APHMAU! APHMAU!" I hear a voice call from behind me. 

I don't stop the pace, but I look behind me to see Kenmur catching up. He seems to have a bookbag with supplies. I stop. Once he gets to me, I have the boots on. I pull him behind a small hill, then we hear footsteps and a giggling Sasha and Gene. I grab Kenmur by the collar of his shirt and pull him down to the point where they can't see us. Sasha stops right above us, but leaves seconds after. Those seconds felt like hours as beads of sweat trickled down my forehead. I peek above to make sure the coast is clear. It is, so Kenmur and I rummage thru his bookbag. We find a water bottle, a blanket, matches (And matchbox), a throwing knife and two jackets. 

Once for a male and one for a female. We hear another pair of footsteps. I peek over the small hill again to see Cadenza and Laurance running our way. I stand up and wave them over. Laurance draws his sword before he realizes it's me. He lowers his weapon, then runs over to me.

"Cadenza, we need to hide your hair. It'll be noticeable, which will make it easier for people to find you. Especially with everything being white." I ponder. 

"We could dye it." She suggests. 

"Where in the name of Irene would we get any hair dye!? We're in the middle of a snow tundra!" I exclaim. 

Cadenza shrugs, then I have an idea. I found a ponytail holder in the bookbag, so I pull that out and put Cadenza's hair into a ponytail. 

"That should work for now." I state. 

She smiles softly. A knife whizzes past us. Laurance throws me his sword, then we have Cadenza and Kenmur get down. Laurance draws his bow and arrow. It's Abby Goldenheart, District Six. She runs to us, me and her clashing weapons. I twist me sword, causing hers to fall on the snowy ground. Kenmur scrambles over and grabs it while I have my sword to Abby's neck. I push her onto the ground, then she grabs her knife and cuts my leg. I wince in pain a bit, but then Laurance grabs her knife throwing it in the distance. I put my sword to her neck once again. 

"Abby Goldenheart. Sister of Jeffory Goldenheart. District Six, am I right?" I ask. 

She gulps, "Yes." She croaks, her breaths shaky. 

She opens her mouth to scream, "Don't scream." I command.

She shuts her mouth immediately. I cut her skin, then walk off, leaving Laurance to do the rest. I lead Cadenza and Kenmur to another hill. I then hear the cannon go off. I look back and see Laurance grabbing an arrow then running towards us. Abby's scream echoes thru the hills, soon fading. 

"We have to find the others. Abby's the first to pass." I state. 

"The second, actually." Cadenza informs. 

"Who died?" I ask. 

She shrugs, "All I know is that a cannon went off at the beginning. I'm assuming it was one of the weaker ones. Such as Donna Welch or Amber Whincheck." Cadenza assumes. 

"But Amber's pretty strong. It most likely was Donna then..." I say. 

I know it could've been Kiki or Brendan, but I don't want to assume those things until I have proof. 

"APPPPHHMAUU!" I hear Nicole's voice echo. 

I look into the direction of the voice to see Nicole and Katelyn running this way. An arrow flies over Katelyn's head. She pulls out iron claws, probably her fire fists. They both start to run faster. They hide behind the hill with us. 

"I smuggled these things. Hard, but possible." Katelyn pants. 

I peek over and see Alexis Pink (District 8) being the owner of the bow and arrow. She pouts in frustration, then she screams, falling to the ground. A cannon goes off. I see a figure behind her, but since night is falling, I can't make out who it is. The figure runs off, leaving her dead. Once the sun fully goes down, we rest on the hill and watch the sky illuminate with lights and colors. It starts showing the fallen tributes.

"Donna Welch, District Six." The intercom booms thru out the arena. It shows Donna's picture, then a recap of her death.

~Recap, Donna's POV

I was grabbing a mace when I felt something sharp on my skin, it slowly running up to my shoulder. I whip my head around to see Sasha standing there. My eyes widen as I attempt to throw the mace. She blocks it, slashing both of my arms, making it impossible for me to move. I see Logan turn into his werewolf form and tackle her, but his claws mark up my face. My vision goes black once his claws leave my face. I hear the cannon burst, then turn numb.

~Reality, Aphmau's POV

"Ouch.. So Logan killed her, not Sasha." I hear Nicole mumble. I look at her, then back at the sky that isn't done shining. 

"Abby Goldenheart, District Six." The intercom continues. 

I can hear someone scream with frustration, probably Jeffory. Knowing that his sister died? I'd be pretty sad and frustrated too. 

"When he finds out it was us... He'll be heartbroken." I mumble. 

I glance at Laurance, who has the same regretful look lingering in his eyes. It shows a picture of Abby, then the recap starts.

~Recap, Abby's POV

I was running. Running from Gene, when I saw fiery hair. I turned around and saw Gene gone, so I was sneaking along. Cadenza Meteli. I knew it. I throw a knife in their direction, it barely not hitting Cadenza or her brother, Laurance. I see Laurance and Aphmau exchange something, both Kenmur and Cadenza hiding. 

Aphmau tackles me. Everything happens so fast, I don't have time to process it. She starts talking to me, but I just nod to get this over with. Once her sword leaves my neck, she runs. It's just Laurance and I. He loads his bow and aims it at me. He lets it fly. Pain excruciating through my body, causing me to scream. Everything starts to go numb, white flurries taking up my vision. The last thing I hear is a cannon going off. Then everything stops.

~Reality, Aphmau's POV

"Jeffory's gonna be crushed..." Katelyn mumbles. 

"Yea.." I reply, not directing it towards anyone really. 

"So, all of six is out.. Alexis from eight is out.. There's 21 people left, including us." I do the easy math. Even know the sacrifice wasn't easy. Two of those three deaths have something to do with us... 

"Alexis Pink, District Eight." The intercom says. It shows a picture of Alexis. She was too young, only 14... 

"I'm sorry..." I mumble to Alexis, even know she can't hear me.

~Recap, Alexis' POV

I see Nicole and Katelyn calling someone's name, so I draw my bow and shoot one at Katelyn. It flies right over her head, barely missing. Katelyn pulls out her fire fists, then escapes my vision. I grunt with frustration, then feel a hard material hit the back of my head. Most likely a rock. I scream, falling to the ground. I look up and see Aaron standing there. 

"You may be from my district, but there are no friends in the Hunger Games." He growls, then runs off, leaving the rock by my side. 

White flakes fill my vision as my body goes numb. I can't do anything about it... The cannon booms.

~Reality, Aphmau's POV

"Aaron killed her." I mutter, now knowing who the figure was. 

When the recaps show, you see it from their point of view, due to the trackers injected in your skin while you're in the tube. That's why I couldn't move. It makes the game makers and game producers able to see it from your point of view if needed, and for recaps. 

I yawn, "Who's taking first sleep watch?" Laurance asks, Kenmur and Cadenza already asleep. Nicole and Katelyn snuggle together, signalling that they don't want to. 

"I'll do it." I offer. 

"No, it's fine. Get your rest, you deserve it." Laurance smiles. I thank him, then snuggle into the jacket that was in the backpack earlier.

~A Couple Hours Later, Aphmau's POV

"GUYS! COME ON!" We hear Laurance scream. 

I look into the distance and see something coming towards us. It's coming from the mountain. "GUYS, GET UP!" I help him, seeing the avalanche coming our way. 

We quickly grab our stuff then start bolting away. We pass a sleeping Zenix. I stop immediately, so Lauance looks back. 

"Come on!" He calls out. 

"We can't just leave him!" I point to Zenix. The rest continue to run, oblivious to the sleeping man. 

"He's only an obstacle to our survival! We gotta go!" Laurance tries to persuade. 

He runs off, leaving me to my choice. The avalanche roars as it gets closer. He doesn't deserve to die yet, not like this. I run to Zenix and start shaking him. He wakes up as the avalanche is only about a mile away, and at the speed it's going, it'd be here any minute. 

"We gotta go!" I call out. 

Zenix scrambles onto his feet, then we start running as fast as our legs would take us. I see eyes in a tree, but I ignore it and continue running. It's close, close enough to wipe us out. My feet freeze, gluing me into my place. 

"APHMAU, WHAT'RE YOU DOING?" Zenix asks, ahead of me. 

"Go." Is all I can manage. 

He hesitantly runs. I close my eyes, preparing for impact of the fatal snow, when I don't feel anything. I open one eye, then open both to see the avalanche subsiding against a force field. The avalanche calms down, only about an inch flowing onto my feet. I kick my feet out of it then run off to the others, grateful for not getting completely frozen to death. I catch up to Zenix and the others, all of them wondering what happened. I gave them a brief summary, then continue running. I fall to the ground, running into someone. I look into their teal eyes. Garroth. He draws his sword and tackles me. The others don't notice. 

"Garroth, it's me, Aphmau." I struggle. 

He gets off of me, helping me up, "Sorry." He apologizes. 

Before I can say anything, we hear someone's breathing and it isn't ours... A boy with blue hair jumps out of the bushes, colliding his sword with mine. 

"Dante Ocean." I state. 

"Dante, it's ok. Let her go, she won't hurt us." Garroth persuades. 

"How do you know?" Dante asks, starring me down. 

"I just do." Garroth pleads for my life. 

Dante sighs, then pulls his weapon down. I do the same, then hear someone calling my name. It's Laurance. Dante, Garroth and I rush to him, then we catch up with the group. As we settle down again, we hear someone's evil chuckles. 

"MUAHA. Dante Ocean... Little brother. Oh, I've waited so long for this moment to come! The Hunger Games... You, me... You're death." Gene's voice echoes. 

His shadow trails the small mounds of snow. He has the power to become a shadow, "I can feel the fear radiating off of your heart! What a joy!" Gene forms into his human self, pouring out of the snow mound like sand. 

He walks over to Dante, Gene putting his finger on Dante's chin. Dante looks emotionless, even know his eyes have mixed emotions in them. We hear a rustling in a tree, then a figure take Gene to the ground. 

"Shadow Knight." The person growls. 

It's Aaron Mayeh. He slashes Gene, the cannon going off. Dante tears up, so I hug him. Just witnessing your brother die? I couldn't do that, especially with Levin and Malachi... Dante whimpers softly on my shoulder, but then sucks it up and stops. I smile at him, trying to assure him that everything's going to be fine. Dante returns the gesture, then we turn to Aaron. Or, at least where he was. Aaron disappeared, him now gone in the trees. There's surprisingly no sign of Sasha, so we keep going. We see someone running, so Laurance pulls his bow out. 

"WHO IS IT?" Laurance growl. 

"T-Travis. Travis Warlock." Travis pants. 

"Kill 'em." Katelyn mumbles. 

"No, don't!" I exclaim. 

Laurance lowers his weapon, then I run to Travis, "What happened?" I ask, seeming him transform out of his warlock form. 

"Sasha was chasing me... She stabbed me." My eyes trail down to his leg, blood oozing out of it. 

I place my palms on it, a bright light appearing and shining thru out the place. Once it dissipates, his wound is fully healed. We decide to set up camp, Garroth taking the first watch. I fall asleep almost immediately.

~The Next Morning, Aphmau's POV

I wake up to a pair of emerald eyes towering over me. Travis, "What're you doing?" I groan. 

"Waking you up." He replies. 

"Why?" I ask. 

"We gotta explore." He informs. 

I grunt, then get up. I grab my weapon, then travel with everyone else. Garroth and Dante branch off for the moment in search of Vylad, hopefully he didn't die... We come across a wolf feasting upon something. Logan. We cautiously step away, but Logan recognizes us then charges. He tramples Nicole. Nicole tries to fight him off, but he's too strong. He swipes her face, clawing at her every move. The rest of us try to fight him off, but he bats us off like flies. We hear Nicole scream, then a cannon boom. 

"NICOLE!" Katelyn and I scream. 

Logan charges for Katelyn next, but Laurance shoots him down, another cannon going off as Logan whimpers. He turns into his human self, then passes. 

"Can't you heal her?" Katelyn pleads. 

"I can't bring back the dead.. I'm sorry." I apologize. Katelyn looks at Nicole with sorrow, then pins me to a tree. 

"BRING HER BACK." Katelyn commands. 

"I can't!" I exclaim. Laurance rips her off of me. Katelyn fights back at first, but then gives up. We somberly leave Nicole's body. She was an amazing person, she didn't deserve to die.

~Couple Hours Later, Aphmau's POV

We've been searching for hours. For a clean water source. We're all dehydrated, Katelyn and Travis starting to become loopy and crazy. A little blinking noise descends from the sky. It's a sponsor. 

"Guys! Look!" I point to the small container falling from the sky. Laurance, being the tallest, grabs it. 

He opens it, "It's a spiral." He says. 

"A what now?" Cadenza asks. 

"It basically creates water." Kenmur informs. 

She nods, then we search for a tree. Laurance pumps it into a tree, then it starts pouring water. We pour it into the few water bottles that we discovered along the way. Once we're all hydrated again, I thank the person who sent it, then we continue our journey. Rest in peace, Nicole... You'll be missed.