If other tributes won the hunger games.

Rue

When the net traps me on the ground, I begin to struggle to break free. It was hopeless.

"Katniss!" I scream, hoping she will save me. Katniss bursts through the trees and cuts me free. Then someone else bursts through the trees. The boy from district one, spear in hand positioned to throw. He let go, and it flew straight towards me. I dodge it, but Katniss doesn't. It hits her right in the heart. A cannon fired. My friend was dead.

I focus back on the boy. I pull the spear from Katniss and use it on the boy in front of me. He smirks as he pulls out a knife.

"You don't know who you're messing with, kid!" He says. I throw the spear, and it goes through his torso. He falls to the ground and dies. I smile.

"Maybe you don't know who you're messing with." I say. He was my first kill. I pull the spear from him, and take his pack. Katniss was already picked up, her bow and backpack taken from the arena. Inside his bag was a med kit, a few knifes and spearheads, and a sack of dried fruit. That was all. Then the girl comes out. The red haired one from district 5. I immediately reach for the spear, until she says something.

"We could team up, you know. You're smart and you know how to fight, and I admire that." She says.

"You want to team up with me?" I ask.

"Sure. Why not." She says. I smile.

"Okay. I will team up with you. My name is Rue."

"I'm Finch." She replied.

"So I was thinking we could steal some of the other tributes stuff." Finch said.

"Yeah let's do that. Who are we gonna steal from?" I ask.

"I'd say the district 2 tributes. With the new rule change, they probably have a lot of sponsors to give them back what Katniss blew up in their pyramid." Finch answers.

"Sounds like a plan." I say. I grab my spear and backpack, and begin walking towards the lake. That's where the careers stayed. We eventually find them, sitting outside a tent, eating something. I see a backpack laying about 3 feet behind the tent.

"I'll go grab that backpack." Finch whispered. I hand her a knife.

"Just in case." I say. She takes the knife and begins sneaking up to them. She takes the pack and turns to leave, when the boy sees her.

"CLOVE! THE GIRL FROM 5!" He yells. Clove throws a knife, but she cartwheels backwards avoiding it. Finch throws the knife I gave her, and it killed Cato, the boy from 2. Clove screams and slams Finch to the ground, then stabs her repeatedly until she's dead. Then I run. Far away. Crying the whole way. Not one, but two of my friends have died in this arena. It sickens me. Then he walks out in front of me.

"Rue!" Thresh cries. "I've been looking everywhere for you!"

"Thresh!" I cry, running to hug him.

"I'm sorry I didn't find you sooner." He says.

"Hey! It's alright. We just have to kill Clove and Peeta and we win!" I say.

"Then let's go hunting!" Thresh says.

Thresh and I walk for hours, when we finally stop and sit on a log. I hear a twig snap behind me. I turn around, but I am too late. Clove stabs Thresh in the back, killing him. When she is about to kill me, I pull out my spear and shove it through her. She lets out a cry of pain, and hits the ground dead.

I cry the rest of the day. A three of my friends died in the same day. I can't stand these games. It's not fair, making children kill each other while fancy rich people bet on who will win.

That night, another cannon fires. Peeta. He must have died. I try to think of who else is left, when the trumpets begin to blare.

"May I present the winner of the 74th annual Hunger Games, Rue from district 11!" Claudius Templesmith's voice booms. I guess I was the only one left. Peeta was the last to die. I thought I would be happy you know, being a victor and all, but I'm not. My friends are gone, and with them, a piece of my heart.