Turning point (1.1)

"Dang it," Mia cursed under her nose. She rested her chin in her cupped hands with both of her elbows firmly lodged on her knees. 

'I stepped out of the line to draw my lot to be the first one fighting,' she thought, on the verge of going over to the elders to complain. 'But I guess getting put as one of the closing fights isn't bad either,' she thought, raising her eyes to scan the entire area. 

Like all the other times, the intersect tournament would take place in the same arena that Mia fought in the past. It's changing zones, different landscapes in different parts... 

'I think the fights will mostly happen in the middle,' Mia thought, observing how the situation developed. 

"Isn't it for the best?" Sander asked, bringing up the topic that Mia hoped to drop. "You will get to observe how others fight!" he shouted happily, clearly satisfied with how the things developed. 

And the reason behind that was simple.