Hey guys.I'm going to be honest here for a second-I WANT SUMMER TO COME BACK OAO Or at least let Christmas roll around... ;-; WHY IS IT THE BEST HOLIDAYS ARE ALWAYS THE FARTHEST DX Oh well...At least next month is October,and Halloween's finally ON A SATURDAY!!!! ODO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Yea,school has really been doing a number on me...Let's just say I'm glad there's only five days of school in a week...ANYWAYS!Yea,I FINALLY got off mah lazeh booty and actually updated (hooray! :D) ;u; You is welcome -3-

::Alex's POV::

Dead (15):Apollo,Arjanna,Hazelclaw,Bismuth,Midstrip,Kelive,Silverpaw,Dappleheart,Shadestar,Skyfire,Vi,Burnflight,Tundrafrost,Comet

Tributes:

Coldice

Dodre

Swiftstar

Alex

Splash

Skycloud

Bearpaw

Echostrike

Firefly

*LESS THAN NINE TRIBUTES GONE OH MER GAWSH WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THE STORY ;O; I liked typing this,though...aww. ;-; Because of this,I'm going to give you the final (well,probably not final -3-) recap of the tributes! c:*

xXIshehXx-Dodre,Coldice

angeliclayer-Skycloud,Bearpaw

Echostrike-Firefly,Echostrike

Webkinzluver5-Alex,Splash,Swiftstar

Once again,my group has the most O.C.s...How does this keep happening?! D:

Alex gaped his jaws in a wide yawn,and blinked against the dawn light filtering into the tree.After a long,restless,and mournful night,he had finally got to sleep,though his muscles were still sore from last night's battle.His wounds still stung,but he ignored it-it would soon be time for Dappleheart's burial.

Sliding his way through the hole in the oak tree,the male wolf lightly shook out his pelt.Snow crunched under the weight of his paws.Shifting them a bit,Alex noticed it felt softer than it should've been.Flicking his wet paw,he looked up at the sky,squinting his eyes against the glaring sun.The heat emitted from it seemed to sear right through the snow as it heated up the arena.

Alex swung his head around when he heard a soft scrape against the wood.His heart seemed to shrink inside when he saw Swiftstar and Skycloud carrying Dappleheart's lifeless body out from the den.Although all of them,even Splash,had tried their best to lick the blood still stained around her neck clean,dried splotches were still caked around the wound.

Swallowing back the emotion stuck in his throat,he padded over and began digging a hole the size of Dappleheart as he forced himself not to flash a rabbit-quick glance over at the dead she-cat.Stepping back,he allowed Swiftstar and Skycloud to carefully lay her body down into the hole.Alex tried to push back against the grief swelling in his chest,but it threatened to swamp over him like black water.

"She hunts with StarClan now,"Skycloud murmured.

There is no StarClan in the Games!This entire cruel gimmick is a lie! Alex thought angrily,though he didn't dare speak the thought out loud.It would be pure disrespect to say something so horrible during Dappleheart's burial when it was supposed to be a time of peace and mourning.

"Do you think the other O.C.s are watching us from up above?"Splash woofed quietly.

Alex shook his head,his mind dulled and hardened by sadness."I don't know,"he admitted.

Swiftstar let out a light sigh.Even the fire she had the night before had died away in her swirling head of torture."Who knows?We've never been up there."

"And we'll never be up there,"Alex promised sternly.

"There's no promising that,"Skycloud mewed,her voice brisk."Feather will be the one who decides when we die."

"But she shouldn't!"Alex growled,his muscles suddenly tensing despite the fact they screamed in protest."Our ancestors should!"

Swiftstar glared darkly at him,as is trying to reach into his soul and beg him to understand."Our ancestors aren't here,Alex.Feather and her mange-pelts are,and they will decided our deaths."

"I wish they never existed,"Alex muttered under his breath,slightly cursing Feather.

::Avalanche's POV::

(going to say right now there's a 95.5% chance this POV will bring tears to xXIshehXx's eyes ;^; READ AT YOUR OWN RISK)

Avalanches storm gray and pale gray pelt trembled with anger and unimaginable grief.He could barely believe what he had heard Dodre say-or if he had even heard him right.Kelive was dead!And it was because of him!

This doesn't make sense!They're both from the same O.C. group!Why try and destroy each other? he howled in his head.

At least his life-long mate,Coldice,was still alive.Overpowering love swelled in his chest until he thought it would burst.He still remembered when they were young,Avalanche confessing his love for the she-wolf before another male wolf had beaten him to her.He even remembered the day Coldice announced she was carrying his pups.

Taking a glance at three of his pups,Zios,Phoenix,and Brooklyn,he noticed he wasn't the only one feeling utterly empty now that Kelive was dead.Their heads drooped and tiny wails escaped their mouths.

"Kelive can't be dead!"

"He was so much fun!"

"Will he come back?"

Flattening his ears against his head,Avalanche tried his best to keep out the grief-stricken barks of his pups that belonged to his O.C. group.But no matter how much he tried,the male wolf couldn't ignore the fact one of his pups had been murdered.

::Midstrip's POV::

Midstrip glowered at the shimmering pool that was surrounded by all the other fourteen dead tributes for The O.C. Hunger Games.He struggled to keep himself from staring at his nephew Kelive,the now deceased pup of his sister Coldice.The wolf pup looked sadly into the pool.He still hadn't gotten used to the fact he was now dead.

"Dodre murdered me?!"he had wailed when he first entered the Starless Skies.

Midstrip had nodded stiffly,trying to keep himself calm."Yes,but don't worry.You'll be taken care of here."

"I don't want to be taken care of by anybody except Coldice!"Kelive retorted.

Shaking his head in hopes of clearing his disoriented mind,he forced himself to continue staring at Dappleheart's burial.Sympathy for Alex twisted in his heart as he watched the male wolf rage on about how Feather was the reason any of the tributes died or had died.

"I've seen enough!"Dappleheart herself declared,her white fur now unkempt and her blue eyes glazed with horror.

"Me too,"Hazelclaw growled,glaring at Shadestar."Satisfied with yourself,Shadestar?Having Dodre kill you was probably your punishment for Dappleheart's death."Her voice was like venom dripping from an adder's fangs.

Shadestar scowled,though Midstrip could see the guilt in his eyes."So now it's my fault Dodre seemed to have had trust in me,is it?"

Hazelclaw unsheathed her claws,her eyes blazing with fury."Yes!!I swear,I'm going to rip your pelt off,fox heart!"she threatened.

"That's enough,"Angelfeather hissed,preventing any more arguments from happening."We don't need to get ourselves killed twice."

Dappleheart nodded solemnly."I agree.There's no point in it."

"There's no point in anything now,"Bismuth mewed,his ebony tail tip twitching.

"What's wrong with you,Bismuth?"Skyfire queried."You're usually always upbeat and jumpy."

"I don't know,"Bismuth murmured."Ever since the Games started,I've just felt...different.It's like I don't even know myself anymore."

Midstrip sighed,realizing he hadn't put anything into the conversation."You're not the only one who feels like that."

"Is there even a point in living our lives out anymore?"Burnflight meowed.

Arjanna snapped her head towards him."Don't say that!"she cried."There's always a point in living out your life!"

Burnflight just shrugged lightly,though he clearly struggled to keep his body from trembling from the sudden rebuke."I never said we should commit suicide,it's just..."

"Now you're just talking nonsense!"Arjanna growled,baring her teeth.

This time,Burnflight took no control over himself to keep from flinching."I never meant that!I just-."

"Shut it,Burnflight,"the she-wolf snarled."You always mean what you say."

"No I-!"the brown tom began,but Arjanna had already turned her head away from him.

Midstrip grumbled something under his breath,cursing StarPack under his breath.Why couldn't they do something to keep the already dead tributes from tearing each other apart?In Hazelclaw's and Shadestar's case,literally.Shaking his head,he went back to glaring dully at the pool until he felt his eyes would lose the ability to see all together.

Finally updated,but I think this most likely made you cry or tear up. ono I'M SU SORREH ;-; I DIDN'T MEAN TO RUIN YOUR DAY LIKE THIS.You just wanted an update,not a sob story. DX

Oh well...I updated,didn't I? ;u; OH MER GAWSH took me like tail-flipping forever to come up with material for this chapter. o^o ANYWAYS-thank you xXIshehXx for commenting a suggestion for Coldice's death ;u; Because we're now on chapter 30,I sadly will have to figure out deaths for the other three tributes I don't know how I should make them die,but I ACTUALLY have an evil idea for Skycloud...mwhahahaha -u- ANGELICLAYER WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE A WATTPAD ACCOUNT ;-;

So,yea,anyways,once again,I appreciate you guys reading and commenting on the story!You guys be su beautiful ;o;

~Webkinzluver5