User blog:KatnissOdair/The 25th Quarter Quell

Prologue:

The T.V. flashed on to announce the quarter quell secret. President Cane walked on stage. I despised the sight of his faint, smug, smile. He cleared his throat, and began to speak. That's about the time I zoned out. When the T.V. flicked off, I was back in reality, I had missed the big Quarter Quell secret. "What was it?" I asked. My younger brother just stared at me, with an expression of surprise, shock, and hatred. " What? What was it?" I repeated. "Th-they've lowered the tribute age to eight, and raised it to twenty one. No volunteers." Then my eight-year old brother began to cry.