Bentachi Games

The Bentachi Game by David Campbell

## The Games

*The Game has very simple rules , all participants must shake hands , respect each other and then go into the wild , Me and 6 others did exactly so and began our great hunt , My largest fear was that I would not make it into the third round , What I should have known is that going into the fourth round is what I should have been actually afraid of , the first 3 rounds are completely normal hunting games , the Bunts are 5 points , the Griffins are 10 and the Large Stags are 20. Every round would last 1 hour and the person with the least kills would be taken out , After there were 4 of us we were stopped and congratulated. What followed was unexpected*

*We woke up forgetting how it was that we went to sleep , We woke up 10 feet away from each other , behind us lied the forest and in front of us there was a small lake with a notable shack in the middle. We woke up relatively unturbed. In the next moment everything including our attitude changed , we realized we had no weapons with us , We looked at the shack and noted 2 Bows , in each of our positions we found a note "Survive for 10 days and win". Everyone but me raced to the center , towards the shack , I took the time to run towards the forest , As I looked back I saw them fighting in the shack for the weaponry , I ran faster and faster and would never look back , after running what felt like miles , I went up a tree and slept upon a heavy branch for the night , I awakened Hungry and thirsty , I immediately collected the nearest fruit and ate whatever I could (half of which I vomited) , I was half-satisfied hunger wise yet my thirst became more intense over time , I walked and walked and could not find any source of water , After what must have been 2 hours of walking I hear shouting in the distance , I laid low for 15 minutes and then continued walking in another direction , unsure as to what would occur should I meet them.*

*I woke up for the third day and realized something ,* *the bowes for hunting were not made to hunt animals , of which none appeared ,they existed to be used against one another. I felt myself absolutely dying of thirst and with no energy of walking further , I found a small pond of somewhat muddied water but it had to do , Surviving was the Most important thing now , I slept again and I woke up to much the same fate , Hungrier and thirstier than before , I heard footsteps near me , Multiple in fact , my first reaction was to run , for a moment my body forgot about its need and ran as far as it could , After enough running , I saw hands right behind a tree*

*I fell on the floor with shock and with that I supposed he heard me , I contemplated running but I was desperate enough to trust whoever this was in the hopes he could lead me to food and drink , I uttered " I have no weapons , I bring no harm" , Stupid me , I thought , I just confessed to him I was disarmed and vulnerable. I got closer but heard no reply " Do not Hurt me , I want to cooperate to get out of this stupid place" I said , I heard no reply , I got extremely close and Noticed I heard nothing , I peeked over only to see*

*The man was Dead , His neck bloody and Raw , slumped with his hands outstretched , I saw from his very position another corpse just across , I heard the thumping sounds of horse and before I took in the reality I found myself in , A man with his horse shouted at me "The Game is Over , Congragulations champion"*

**You have won**