like teaching monkeys to dance {Kousei} - blitz!

Wow, just wow, the movements are so perfect, the flames dance across the blade unpredictably but it's as if it's in perfect unison. A combination of red and orange flashes before my eyes as it licks the air, the oxygen that keeps of burning and burning on and on and on, none stop. She acts so calmly around the flames, as if she's not scared of roasting herself to death, honestly it's pretty scary and dangerous to set your weapon on fire, but that's only what I'm guessing from the sixty-fourth Hunger Games, last year. When Drace Vandel caused a fire explosion that ripped his arm to shreds and burned every single tribute in the arena. I remember clamping my mouth in horror when I saw it, the evil of fire, the pain fire inflicted to the tributes. It cost Drace his arm and later died due to not having an arm, killed all because he played with fire.

Just like this girl is.

I remember her from watching her reaping tape. Beatrice Birch, from District two. I'm guessing she's a career being from District two, I'm also guessing this by how skillfully and expertly she wields the flame bearing weapon, as if it's no problem at all. Honestly though I would think more tributes would be put off using lots of fire and tar after what happened with it last year, one girl was set on fire and another boy lost his arm! All because people thought fire could win them fights, and now I'm starting to think it probably can. With the way she's using it, she seems invincible using it. Maybe I'll be the one she burns to death. I shake those unpleasant thoughts out my head, no I can't be thinking of my death.

And then she brings the sword around and I scream out, I think she's going to behead me, kill me before the bloodbath even starts. Luckily for me she stops, she stops just in time and drops her blade, I am relieved but I quickly drop that emotion when she changes from a look of surprise to a look of rage. Before I can even react she launches at me and I'm on the floor before I even have time to yell 'Stop!'

She then practically explodes on me. "Why don't you watch where you're standing next time? You could've gotten yourself killed before the arena and put my neck on the line. Would've thought that was real funny, wouldn't ya? Gettin' the big, tough career in trouble, huhhh? Would've liked that, would ya? Do you have no decency?" I am stuttering and resisting the uncontrollable urge to cry as she spits and grabs my hair. For a second I think I'm going to die before I've even stepped foot into the arena but she stops her rage. Before she can do anything I stutter my next words out.

"N-no, I-I was just looking and w-wondering how you set your sword on fire and, and," I pause to start sniffling as I desperately try to explain myself. "I-I was just looking a-and I thought it looked r-really cool. I-I'm sorry" I say as I rub my head, lucky she didn't cause me to fracture any bones. Why am I apologizing? I have nothing to be apologizing for, she's attacked me and she nearly killed me, shouldn't she be apologizing to me?


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