User blog:FrostyFire/The 284th Hunger Games

'''WELCOME! WELCOME! TO THE 284TH HUNGER GAMES! WELCOME! WELCOME!'''



Rules
1. You are allowed to have two tributes, in the order that it's first come, first serve. You must include all the required fields in the template though. You may reserve tributes for forty-eight. After that, the reservations will be off. I may or may not keep the reservation for longer if I want your tribute, but if someone asks, then I'll have to get rid of your reservation.

2. I may swear a lot during these Hunger Games. There may be some inappropriate content that may even make me shudder, so if you don't want to have to deal with it, then you should avoid these Hunger Games.

3. Don't submit a tribute if you plan on leaving or not posting advice. Advice isn't mandatory, but it is highly recommended. If you at least cheer for your tributes or post little comments, I'll at least know you're reading and your tribute will last some time, but might not win.

4. No spamming or useless comments counting down to the 100th comments or something. I find these annoying and won't hesitate to kill the tribute if I don't enjoy them.

5. I will be doing the reaping, group training and the actual Hunger Games. After the Hunger Games, I will have an epilogue after the Hunger Games and there will be moments of these Hunger Games retold and mentioned in the following Hunger Games of mine.

6. Have fun!

Tribute Template
Name: (First and Last)

Age: (Twelve to Eighteen)

District: (The Capitol or Districts Zero through Fourteen)

Gender: (Male or Female)

Personality: (Not just Words, put Some Consideration into this)

Weaponry: (Two or Three Weapons)

Backstory: (Put a Lot of Consideration into this)

PIctures: (Both Lunaii and Real Life Image. If you Don't Post a Real Life Picture, I'll Find one)

Strength: (Major Strength)

Weakness: (Major Weakness)

Possible Allies: (Optional)

Careers
Odin Amarth (1), Annabeth Elosegui (2), Luna Johnson (0), Rhea Stardon (1), Petri Lindroos (2), Buck Rockwell (6), Bone Corlaya (9), Sark Lancaster (13), Konami Aretino (14)

District Four Pair
Loreli Hayes (4), Onyx Lacrimae (4)

District Three and Twelve Males
Justice Reigns (12), Quentin Pynn (3)

District Three, Five and Six Females
Constanta Tasev (6), Jinny Billtrox (3), Nichole Peyton (5)

District Eight and Nine Males
Akumai "Tenshin" Kubaya (8), Lyman Milton (9)

Distict Five, Seven and Thirteen Alliance
Karina Cole (13), Lance Ampere (5), Selena Quails (7), Ashley Curtis (14)

The Mixed Alliance
Hercules Maya (Cap), Seraphina Blaze (12), Drago Fire (0), Crimson Typhoon (10)

Loners
Camellia Theacea (Cap), Jayson Huff (7), Cora Nightcaster (8), Ewa Thyren (10), Shylock Bloodroot (11), Nikhita Akshaya (11)

How They Won
The 208th Hunger Games Victor: Laila Baylor (District Eight) Alliance: Sonic (District Three), Ella (District Three), Lucian (District Eight) Kills: Four. District Two Male, District Two Female, District Four Female, District Eight Male. Overview: Laila won her Hunger Games at the age of seventeen by using a similar strategy of Johanna Mason. During training, she earned a low training score, only earning a four, but her strategy somewhat suffered because her district partner and ally earned an eleven, the highest score in those Hunger Games. Throughout the entire Hunger Games, her entire alliance was hunted down by the Careers. The Careers killed Sonic right during the bloodbath and forced the rest of her alliance to flee with little supplies. They nearly died that night without water, but they received a sponsoring gift of food, water and throwing knives. When the Careers finally captured Lucian, they nearly killed him, but Laila threw a knife in the District Two tributes' backs and distracted the others while Ella quickly untied the knots around Lucian before being beheaded by one of the tributes from District Fourteen. Lucian snapped the tributes neck and got away, but getting separated from Laila. Laila tried to find Lucian for the rest of the Hunger Games, but they didn't meet again until the twenty first day, on the last day of the Hunger Games. There were only the tributes from District Four left, and eagle mutts were swarming the air, swooping down and nearly killing every tribute, unless they were under a tree. Laila killed the female from District Four and the other District Four tribute was pecked to death by the eagle mutts. Lucian found Laila, hands soaked in the blood of her victim, tears meandering down her face and hopelessly dropping on the grass beneath her feet. Lucian pulled her close, massaging the back of her hair with his fingers, before stabbing her in the stomach with a knife. Laila fell back, staring at Lucian with wide eyes before falling to the ground. With the last bit of her memory, she tugged on his pants and said that she forgave him. He bent down close, kissing her between the eyebrows, Laila's body went still and he used his thumb and index finger to close her eyes. As he got on his knees and his body hovered over Laila, she stabbed him in the heart and told him to never underestimate her. Family Members: None Alive. Other Details:

 The 210th Hunger Games  Victor: Axl Humphrey (District Thirteen) Alliance: Rosa (District Thirteen) Kills: Three. District Fourteen Male, District Thirteen Female, District Ten Male. Overview: While Axl was probably the kindest and nicest fifteen year old before the Hunger Games began. But this never excluded him as a threat. Being from an outlying district, he didn't ally with anyone prior to the Hunger Games and was very conservative. He was a master with a mace and easily earned a seven in training due to his talents with it. When the Hunger Games began, Axl was delighted to see a mace right in the mouth of the cornucopia. Once the cannon sounded, he ran towards the cornucopia and was one of the first there. He grabbed onto a mace and daringly fought a Career tribute who attacked his district partner. Although not allies, Axl brutally beheaded the Career with the mace and left the bloodbath with his district partner, his new ally. There was only eight people dead on the first day of the Hunger Games, a very low amount especially with thirty two tributes starting off. With his district partner, they set up traps around their base, in the deepest part of the woods, and found a stream close by. Every so often, a tribute would be caught in the trap and his district partner, or Rosa as he recently learned, would kill them. But it wasn't until two kills later, both made by Rosa, until the Careers ran into the trap. Only one of them were able to avoid getting trapped under the net and Rosa threw a spear right into his chest, killing him instantly. Rosa taunted the Careers, stealing the dead boy's knife and using it to skim over the faces of the trapped Careers. It wasn't until then that Axl realized Rosa was just as bad as the Careers. She killed the Career leader and his district partner before Axl finally pushed Rosa away from the Careers and told her to stop. Rosa, upset, lunged towards him with the knife, and, from reflexes, Axl swung his mace, hitting her right in the stomach. She clutched at the blood seeping through her wound until finally, it overwhelmed her and she collapsed on the ground, lifeless. Axl looked at the three remaining Careers and walked away from them, leaving them trapped. Three more cannons struck three days later, as the Careers finally died from starvation. With seventeen tributes remaining, Axl remained hidden and waited for the other tributes to start killing each other, which they eventually did. On the twentieth day of the Hunger Games, only three tributes remained and the finale began. The arena randomly began to collapse and different segments would randomly fall, leaving the three tributes all in the cornucopia. None of them were ready to attack, even though all of them had weapons, but the three of them have all been hiding instead of killing. Axl made the first move. He swung towards the first tribute closest to him, the girl from District Twelve. But she ducked under the mace and stabbed him in the thigh. Axl backed away as the boy from District Ten shot arrows at the girl from District Twelve, one piercing her heart and killing her. Which left it down to Axl and the bow and arrow boy. Axl threw his mace, a stupid decision, but it distracted the boy as he sidestepped the attack. But that wasn't Axl's full attack. As he sidestepped, Axl tackled him to the ground and punched him. The boy tried to fight back, but Axl kneed him in the groin and it was all over. Using one of the boys arrows, he stabbed him in the chest until his cannon finally rang and Axl was crowned victor. Family Members: Brandon Humphrey, forty five year old son. Rosa Greensville, forty year old daughter. Patick Greensville, forty year old son-in-law. Amanda Greensville, three year old granddaughter. Malvin Greensville, four month old grandson. Other Details:

 The 215th Hunger Games  Victor: Hugh Ryder (District Five) Alliance: Nobody. Kills: One. The Capitol Male, Overview: Prior to the Hunger Games, Hugh was already having a tough life. He was only sixteen when he was reaped, but he had already killed two criminals who killed his mother. While he was already trained in throwing knives, he never used them during the Hunger Games and instead relied on a sickle and spear, his two favorite weapons. From his skills with these weapons and stealth, he earned a weak five, but the Gamemakers were completely wrong about Hugh. Although he didn't receive the lowest training score, as the girl from District Seven received a three, he was not targeted by a single person. He was able to easily grab a spear and a sickle during the bloodbath and killed the boy from the Capitol to get his large backpack. Even though he killed a Career, nobody really noticed and, by the end of the day, twelve other tributes died. With nineteen tributes remaining, Hugh camouflaged himself with the trees and the bushes and hid for most of the Hunger Games. The Careers literally walked right passed him and could have easily murdered him had he even moved a muscle. But Hugh had both the darkness from the night and his camouflaging skills to his advantage. That night, they killed his district partner, who was very close to him. Within two weeks, eight more tributes died, narrowing it down to ten tributes, four of which were Careers and four in which were Anti-Careers. On the sixteenth day, a large fight between the two alliances broke out, killing three Careers and the entire Anti-Careers alliance. Hugh, on of the last three remaining tributes, got out of hiding and prepared to fight. On the seventeenth day, the Hunger Games came to an end. The force field to the arena started to squeeze the tributes until they were all cornered inside the cornucopia with very little space. The Career tribute, already ready to fight, swung a sword towards Hugh, which he carefully blocked with his sickle. The female from District Seven, who also survived this long, viciously swung her axe at the Careers head, beheading him. Then, instead of smiling like Hugh did, she swung right at his stomach. Had Hugh not jumped back, the axe would have cut his stomach open, but I jumped right in time that it only cut my shirt. This girl, although earning a low training score, was a huge threat and was tough to kill. Hugh swung his sickle, but she swung her axe right against his hand, separating his hand with the sickle from his wrist. Crying in pain, Hugh fell to the ground. The girl raised her axe, but once she brought it down, Hugh rolled out of the way. In a last attempt, Hugh grabbed his spear and threw it at the girl before the blood loss in his wrist made his vision blurry and he fell to the ground. The spear went right through the girl's stomach, killing her instantly. But Hugh was already passed out when the trumpets sang and would have died if he got to the Capitol any later. Family Members: None Alive. Other Details:

 The 221st Hunger Games  Victor: Shelby Fiorentina (District Thirteen) Alliance: Nobody. Kills: Four. District Five Male, District Five Female, District Fourteen Male, District Four Female. Overview: Shelby had been a warrior her entire life, especially when she was sixteen and went into the Hunger Games. She earned a training score of nine and was the perfect warrior, with hair cut to her neck so nobody could use it against her. She had the best odds, not including the Careers, which made some tributes target her, but she could manage anyone who came after her. During the bloodbath, she tripped off of her place and was one of the last people at the bloodbath. When she finally came, she had just enough time to grab a dagger before the boy from District Five tackled her to the ground. He tried to strangle her, but she stabbed him in the stomach until he finally fell off of her and died. She stole his backpack before running away, as the boy's district partner had started to pursue her. With only twenty two tributes remaining, Shelby decided to lay low for a few days. However, she was attacked by the female from District Five and nearly died, but was able to slit her throat before she split her head open with an axe. Shelby stole the girls supplies―two backpacks and an axe―and was able to last much longer than she would have been able to with her beginning supplies. By the seventh day, only seventeen tributes remaining and, with the large amount, the Gamemakers declared a feast since most tributes were starving and many were injured. Shelby was lucky enough that she didn't need to attend, so, out of the fifteen that did, she wasn't one of the eight that died. Nine tributes remained after the feast. Three days passed before a Career, who just ditched the alliance, stumbled into Shelby's territory. With one swift throw of the axe, she beheaded the Career and stole his backpack, mace and stack of throwing knives. Although she was trained with most weaponry, she wasn't trained with a mace and it took her five days to finally master the mace. Another week passed before the finale happened. With only two tributes remaining, Shelby had to run into a fight with the female from District Four, and, to do so, the Gamemakers set the entire arena on fire. The female from District Four ended up having to amputate her leg since a tree fell on it, which made Shelby have a huge advantage in the final battle. Although the final battle only took a matter of minutes, Shelby enjoyed it. She decided to end the Hunger Games with a big finale, amputating the girl's other leg and torturing her before finally killing her. When she did, she smashed her face in with the mace, killing her instantly. But Shelby was never mental or chaotic, all that she did was kill those who provoked a fight with her first. Family Members: None Alive. Other Details:

 The 228th Hunger Games  Victor: Silas Hudson (District Fourteen) Alliance: [Careers] Silver (District One), Jasmine (District One), Brick (District Two), Annabella (District Two), Pike (District Four), Ivy (District Four), Bettie (District Fourteen). Kills: Six. The Capitol Female, District Five Female, District Eight Male, District Thirteen Female, The Capitol Male, District Two Female. Overview: Like most tributes from District Fourteen, Silas joined the Career pack as he was training for most of his life. He volunteered at the age of sixteen due to his father's harsh judgement and cruel punishments that he had to get out. He earned a score of eleven during training due to his brute strength, fierceness with a sword, and his amazing talents at fighting through pain. During the bloodbath, he got his hands on a sword lying right in the mouth of the cornucopia and didn't waste time. He stabbed the twelve year old girl from the Capitol right in the heart, killing her instantly. While her ally, the female from District Five, got upset and attacked him, stabbing him right in the back, he fought through the pain and beheaded her. He saved Ivy's, the girl from District Four's, life by brutally stabbing a male who was sneaking up behind her. And with that, the bloodbath was over and the Careers only lost Bettie, Silas' district partner. With seventeen tributes remaining after the bloodbath, seven of which were Careers, Silas and his alliance went hunting for tributes during the night. They encountered the female from District Thirteen who ambushed Brick, the male from District Two, by stabbing him in the back. Silas threw his sword right into her heart and stared at Brick, who was already dead. But instead of taking time to grieve like his allies did, he just moved on. The Careers hunted down another tribute, the male from District Nine and Ivy threw a poisonous spear right through his temple. However, they hadn't planned for him to have his district partner be his ally, so she took down Jasmine and Silver, the two tributes from District One, with her poisonous darts in her blowgun; hit Pike, the male from District Four, with a poisonous dart in the thigh; and nearly hit Silas too had Annabella, the female from District Two, not split her head in two with a throwing axe. Two days passed before Pike succumbed to the poison and his cannon sounded. Ivy was deeply depressed, as Pike was her boyfriend, and Silas and Annabella woke up to her dead after choosing to drink poison. Silas and Annabella were in the final eight before they finally separated and chose to hunt tributes separately. Silas hunted down and killed the male from the Capitol and Annabella killed both the males from District Three and Twelve. The other three tributes fought until on the female from District Twelve remained. With only three tributes surviving until the eighteenth day, the finale started. Silas, who still managed to stay in the cornucopia, was safe from the swarm of tracker jackers that rapidly spread throughout the arena. The female from District Twelve was brutally stung by multiple tracker jackers that, even when she made it to the clearing of the cornucopia, she fell down, dead. When Annabella finally showed up, her neck was swollen and one of her eyes were swollen shut. She had no weapons, as she was stung in both wrists that made her drop them. All Silas did to win the Hunger Games was shove a sword through Annabella's stomach before pushing her back in the swarm of tracker jackers. He listened to her screaming until she finally died from the stinging and Silas was crowned victor. Family Members: None Alive. Other Details:

 The 239th Hunger Games  Victor: Charles Latif (District Three) Alliance: Bella (District Three). Kills: Six. District One Male, District Seven Female, District Twelve Male, District Thirteen Female, District Zero Male, District Four Female Overview: Charles was seventeen by the time of his Hunger Games and was a volunteer, one of the handful of tributes in the history of District Three to do so. But he had his reasons: to protect his girlfriend, Bella. The two were childhood friends and Charles was going to die to protect her. The two of them both maintained a score of seven during training, and they both spent most of training learning how to survive instead of fight. By the time the bloodbath came, Charles grabbed onto a backpack and a couple knives close by. Bella told him to quickly run as she grab an axe from the mouth of the cornucopia, which Charles denied, but she did so anyways. He ran as she instructed and waited towards the outskirts of the clearing, trying to see through the heap of tributes that were fighting to the death. Finally, he caught her light blonde hair from the view and saw a Career tribute chasing her with an axe. Panicking, Charles thought about fleeing and leaving her for the Career tribute, but instead, he pulled on of the knives out of his boot and held it in his fingertips until he had a clear shot of the Career. Once he threw it, he closed one eye, half afraid he'd miss, but it lodged right into the Careers eye and he fell down dead. Bella stole the Careers' axe before running away with Charles. Five days passed and Charles and Bella hid. Twenty tributes had died and the four remaining Careers were vigorously looking for who killed their ally. Had they looked up in the trees once, they would have spotted Charles hanging by a branch, begging it wouldn't break and Bella wrapping her hands around Charles, trying to keep his hands from slipping as much as she can. But they never did so the two times they crossed over Charles' tree, they never noticed. By day seven, Charles and Bella received a sponsoring gift of electronic devices that they could easily assemble into a trap. Bella took the coil of wire and uncoiled it until it reached a river, where, when Charles applied enough force, would cause an electric current to travel through the wire until it shocked and killed anyone or anything in or near the river. Charles was able to apply enough force that such a large electric current traveled through the wire that everyone in a two mile radius would have been fried. He killed four tributes from this, but none where Careers. With only eight tributes remaining, the Careers started setting the forest on fire to led the rest of the tributes out. But Charles was lucky enough to get far away from the flames that he didn't have to worry about anything. When the other two, non-Career tributes died, the Careers started to turn on each other and began to run in multiple directions. With most of the forest destroyed in a fire, all the Careers were dangerously close to Charles and Bella that they couldn't hunt or get water for three days. By that time, both were dehydrated and hungry that their stomach's rumbling attracted a Career tribute. He threw a spear at the two, but Bella threw her axe into his head and stole all of his food. But they didn't get to enjoy it for long when two other Careers popped out from the bushes and ambushed them. Bella threw a spear into one of the female's heads, but received a spear through the chest. Charles, screaming killed the girl who speared Bella. That night, Bella slowly died from the spear wound and Charles didn't sleep. When the sun rose, Bella was already dead and a hovercraft picked her up. The finale was supposed to happen that day, but the last remaining tribute drowned in a current before anything could happen that Charles was crowned victor shortly after Bella was picked up. Family Memembers: Laura Sanchez, sixty year old sister. David Sanchez, sixty one year old brother-in-law. Henry Sanchez, twenty five year old nephew. Rebecca Sanchez, twenty five year old niece-in-law. Other Details:

 The 241st Hunger Games  Victor: Brooklyn Franklin (District Six) Alliance: [Anti-Careers] Roger (District Five), Samantha (District Five), Maple (District Seven), Rosabella (District Eight), Milton (District Nine), Nathaniel (District Ten), Michael (District Eleven), Lulu (District Eleven), Damon (District Twelve). Kills: One. District Four Male. Overview: Brooklyn was only seventeen when she went into the Hunger Games, but she allied with eight other tributes, a number that even challenged the Career pack. With the leader, Roger from District Five, he trained the group of small tributes and, had Brooklyn not trained from him, she would have been an easy bloodbath kill. But she proved her strength by earning an eight, better than a Career from District Fourteen. When the bloodbath occurred, Brooklyn darted for her favored weapon, a spear, but was tackled by her ally Nathanial from Ten who told her not to since the Careers were going straight towards the cornucopia. He grabbed a whip and shoved a backpack in her hands before forcing her to leave the bloodbath without the spear. Although this later haunted her, she agreed. After the bloodbath, the two met up with the other Anti-Careers inside one of the only buildings that weren't crushed by debris. Milton from Nine, Michael from Eleven and Damon from Twelve all were a part of the alliance that died in the bloodbath, more specifically, they were the youngest in the alliance. Roger's arm was now useless that, during the night, he used Maple's, the female from District Seven's, axe to chop it off. And during that same night, Brooklyn slept in Nathaniel's arms. There was obviously a hidden relationship between Nathaniel and Brooklyn and the Gamemakers wanted to use this to appeal to the Capitol's entertainment. On the third day, the building they slept in collapsed and trapped both Brooklyn and Nathaniel in an uncomfortably small space. It took the rest of the alliance who didn't die, as Lulu, the female from District Eleven, was crushed by the debris, to get the two out. And once they did, the Gamemakers weren't satisfied. By day seven, the Gamemakers led the Careers towards the Anti-Careers and Nathaniel was slashed right across the chest, fatally injuring him. Brooklyn killed the District Four male, the one who injured Nathaniel and sat by his side as he was slowly dying. The only other fallen Anti-Career was Samantha from District Five, but before Nathaniel could pass, medicine was sent as a sponsor gift and it healed his wound over the night. Rosabella from Eight and Maple from Seven decided to ditch the Anti-Career alliance when only ten tributes remaining, and didn't leave before killing Roger. Rosabella was killed shortly after by a poisonous snake that was in the debris, which narrowed it down to Selena, Brooklyn, Nathaniel, two Careers and three loners. Luckily to Brooklyn, though, she didn't really need to kill anyone as Nathaniel was always there for her. On the fifteenth day, the Hunger Games had reached it's finale against Brooklyn, Nathaniel, Selena and the female from District Four. Selena fought first, throwing an axe right towards Brooklyn, but she dodged the attack. While focused on Brooklyn, Nathaniel strangled Selena with his whip. However, the female from District Four jumped in and threw a trident right into Nathaniel's chest. Brooklyn screamed and threw the axe Selena threw right into her chest. But Selena was still alive and instead of directly targeting Brooklyn, she put a knife right up to Nathaniel's neck. Brooklyn tried to approach and tackle her, but Selena pushed the knife harder against Nathaniel's neck, causing some blood to trickle from the wound. Nathaniel looked at Brooklyn with one, last, lustful look before he tried to fight the knife in Selena's hand. But she was far much stronger than him now that he was injured and stabbed the knife right into his neck, killing him instantly. Brooklyn tackled Selena to the ground and, using the knife in Nathaniel's neck, slit her throat, making her the victor. Family Members: None Alive. Other Details:

 The 244th Hunger Games  Victor: Camelita Roone (District Nine) Alliance: None. Kills: One. District One Female. Overview: Carmelita won the Hunger Games at the early age of thirteen, being one of the youngest to win the Hunger Games. People say that her winnings, though, were sheer luck as she only received a five during training, but Carmelita had to fight like all the other victors to survive, especially since she wasn't accepted into any alliances. During the bloodbath, Carmelita ran away before grabbing anything. As she looked back to see the bloodbath, she saw all the other tributes fighting to the death and, right in front of her, she saw her own district partner being mutilated by a Career tribute. She didn't watch much longer, the view of her district partner was enough to haunt her memories. With no supplies, Carmelita found shelter towards a river and ate berries in the bushes. She was smart enough not to eat poisonous berries, but she wasn't so smart about where she found shelter, since a lot of other tributes found shelter near the river as well. Nobody attacked her though, since nobody really knew she was still alive, so she was safe from the other tributes. However, by the seventh day, only eight tributes remained and four of them were Careers. Carmelita decided to start setting up traps and snares, in hope to trap one of the tributes, but she only got as much as a squirrel, which she ate for dinner. One Career tribute died at the hands of another tribute, but that tribute was shortly killed by the other members of the Careers, leaving it down to six tributes. Two days later, the two, non-Career tributes allied with each other and teamed up against the remaining Career tributes. After a long fight, which Carmelita watched from her tree, the two non-Career killed two Career before meeting their end. As the Career walk away, Carmelita slipped out of the tree, grabbed a knife, and threw it right into her back, crowning her as victor. Family Members: None Alive. Other Details:

 The 250th Hunger Games  Victor: Phoebe Krystal (District Twelve) Alliance: Brinx (District Twelve). Kills: Three. District Two Male, District One Male, District Four Female. Overview: For the Tenth Quarter Quell, the tributes were only reaped from Districts One to Twelve, the original districts who participated in the Hunger Games. Phoebe was a volunteer, volunteering for her seventeen year old sister, since Phoebe was eighteen. Her district partner, Brinx, was a family friend who volunteered for his sibling as well. The two were fierce competition, both receiving a nine during training. When the bloodbath started, Phoebe dashed right towards the only shurikens in the arena, right in the center of the cornucopia. It was a risky choice, but Brinx saved her life by killing the female from District Five who tried to kill her. On their way out, Brinx grabbed another spear and Phoebe grabbed a backpack from the outskirts of the cornucopia. With ten dead on the first day, the Careers were angrily looking for more tributes to kill, but even during the night, they couldn't find another tribute. However, on the third day, with the Career getting so angry about not getting a lot of kills, they started setting fires to trees which rapidly spread to cause a huge forest fire. Phoebe and Brinx would have easily died from a fire burning the tree they were resting on, but the Gamemakers started a rainstorm which killed all the fires. However, many trees were in ashes thata lot of tributes hiding spots were revealed. The Careers hunted down and killed an alliance of four which had become completely revealed when the fire started. Three days later, the Careers found another alliance, this one containing three tributes. While one of the Careers died from the tributes, the alliance didn't pose much of a threat to the Careers. With these four deaths, only six tributes remaining―four Careers, Brinx and Phoebe. While this was a completely unfair matchup, the two were able to put up a fight. On the ninth day, the two alliances clashed. Phoebe threw one of her shurikens into the neck of a male while the alliance was walking under a tree the two District Twelve tributes were resting on. Brinx jumped from the tree and snapped a females neck as she prepared to throw knives at Phoebe, but he shortly met his end when the only other male in the alliance beheaded him. Phoebe, going insane from the death of her ally, went into a full rage and brutally killed the two remaining Careers. She threw her five remaining shurikens into the chest of the male who killed her district partner. Then, carefully dodging a trident that was thrown, stole his sickle and beheaded the female. She was crowned victor, but her victory was more depressing to her than it was accomplished. Family Members: Rachael Krystal, fifty one year old sister. Other Details:

 The 251st Hunger Games  Victor: Chris Frazier (District Eleven) Alliance: Nobody. Kills: Six. District Two Male, District Zero Male, District Zero Female, District Fourteen Male, District One Male, District Two Female. Overview: Chris was only fifteen years old when he was reaped for the Hunger Games. He became very accustomed with the sickle and was even asked into the Career alliance due to his brute strength. But due to personal reasons, he refused and entered the Hunger Games as the most feared loner. Even while he was fifteen, he was even stronger than some Careers due to heavy labor in the fields. When the bloodbath occurred, Chris was one of the first people there and grabbed two sickles, both crossed in an X. He heard a footstep behind him and swung his sickle without looking, beheading the male from District Two. the other Careers, angered, tried to kill Chris, but he grabbed a backpack and ran away with very minimal injuries. By the second day, fifteen of the original thirty two tributes were dead and no tribute came anywhere near Chris. The arena was basically favored by District Eleven as it was entirely constructed of plantation, although many of the plants were poisonous and poisonous snakes roamed the arena. He was, in fact, bitten in the foot by a snake and had to amputate it before the poison spread throughout his body. With a missing foot, Chris decided to stay in a general area, picking up plants he knew were edible and eating more foot than he had prior to the Hunger Games. When a tribute roamed by him, he would kill them or, depending if they were with an alliance, stay out of clear sight of them. One day, an alliance did roam by him, but it was only formed by the two siblings from District Zero so he ambushed them and killed them both. With most tributes dying from eating poisonous plants or being bitten by poisonous snakes, only six tributes remained on the eleventh day. Two days later, only four tributes remained, three of them being Career tributes. Due to this, Chris knew the Gamemakers were going to force them to collide in the cornucopia and decided it would be in his best interest to just attack them right now, before mutts kill him due to his foot. When he made it to the cornucopia, he jumped from the bushes and startled the Careers. One of the Careers threw a spear, but Chris blocked it with his sickle. He charged―hobbled―towards them and fought them all at one time. He was stabbed in the shoulder, but once he beheaded one of them, the other two went down easily. After stabbing one right in the stomach, he split the other ones head in half before finally being crowned victor. Family Members: None Alive. Other Details:

 The 254th Hunger Games  Victor: Colt Phelan (District Ten) Alliance: Nobody. Kills: Six. District Six Female, District Three Male, District Three Female, District Five Male, District One Male, District Fourteen Male. Overview: Ever since Colt was young, he used a whip to control the livestock, while helped him greatly in the Hunger Games. His dad was a butcher and he'd see some of the things he could do with a knife and learned quickly during training. For the private session, he brutally killed a dummy after pulling it close with his whip. With this act, he earned a score of ten, tied for the highest with two Careers from District Two. During the bloodbath, Colt grabbed a whip and a backpack before fleeing. He followed a tribute who maintained a knife and, when they fell asleep, he whipped them to death, marking the twentieth kill of the Hunger Games. Not only did the person have a knife, though, they had a backpack and even a full bottle of water. Two days later, two more tributes died and Colt was found by an alliance. As the alliance of three chased him, he carefully avoided them until finally, he ran into the force field and was flung back. Assuming he was dead, the alliance left him, but he survived, barely, but he was still breathing. While the alliance was almost out of view, Colt threw a knife into one of their backs and, as the other two attacked him, he strangled one with a whip and snapped the other ones neck. On the eighth day, only eight tributes remained and five of them were Careers. Two days later, two Careers died and the two other non-Career tributes were dead. The Careers started to turn on themselves and, when only one remained, Colt was in the outskirts of the cornucopia, ready to attack. However, his attack never came because two of the Careers teamed up on the other and targeted Colt right after he fell from a tree branch. Thinking quickly, Colt strangled one of them with his whip, but the other one tackled him to the ground before he could kill him. Avoiding being stabbed with a knife, Colt pulled his out of his pocket and stabbed him right in the stomach until he pushed the body off. The other Career threw a knife right into Colt's neck and Colt was struggling to breath until finally, he threw his knife in a last defense and black out. But the male died instantly as Colt's knife hit his heart. Family Members: Michelle Phelan, seventy three year old mother. Kayla Phelan, forty six year old wife. Preston Phelan, twelve year old son. Other Details:

 The 255th Hunger Games  Victor: Juniper Elm (District Seven) Alliance: Robyn (District Seven) Kills: Four. District One Female, District One Male, District Eight Female, District Two Male. Overview: Juniper was seventeen when he went into the Hunger Games. Prior to his Hunger Games, Juniper worked in the woods, located inside the fences, chopping down trees with his father. His mother was a school teacher and taught him when he would come home at night. He played with axes and cut down trees faster as he aged. He learned how to throw axes from his father who would draw an X into a tree and have Juniper hit it. During the bloodbath, he grabbed onto two axes while his ally, his district partner, Robyn, was dragging off a crate. While a Career tried to kill her, he threw his axe right into the back of her head, killing them instantly. Another Career tackled Juniper to the ground, but he split his head open. When he looked back, his district partner was on the ground being stabbed to death by another Career. Juniper, realizing he couldn't do anything, ran away. On the first day, twenty five tributes were dead, the highest amount in history, which left only seven remaining. Due to the low amount, the Careers, which now only consisted of two tributes, didn't hunt for the first night. Three days later, they finally started to hunt for tributes. Even from that, they didn't track down a tribute until the seventh day. By day eight, with six tributes remaining, Juniper killed another tribute he saw resting in a tree, leaving only five remaining. He received a sponsoring gift shortly after, supplying him with another axe, but this one specifically meant for throwing, while the other two were meant for melee. He kept this one in his pants as the final day slowly started to come. Since the tributes were so far spaced out, the finale happened between five tributes, two of which were Careers. While Juniper was still running towards the cornuopia, being chased by a bear, one of the tributes were killed by the Careers and one of the Careers died at the hand of their bear, as he had to chase the tribute into the woods, killing him and then being mauled. When he got to the cornucopia, the two other tributes were dueling with swords and, finally, the Career got the other hand and swiftly beheaded the tribute. As he was unprepared, Juniper threw one of his combat axes, not aware that it was a combat and not a throwing. It hit the male into his thigh and, as he cringed, Juniper threw another axe, this time his throwing, and nailed the tribute right into the head. Family Members: Markos Elm, eighty one year old father. Maybell Elm, eighty year old mother. Sally Elm, forty two year old sister. Isabella Elm, forty six year old wife. Robyn Elm, ten year old daughter. Alex Elm, seven year old daughter. Other Details:

 The 257th Hunger Games  Victor: Brandon Oswald (District Six) Alliance: Bree (District Ten). Kills: Five. District Two Male, District Three Female, District Fourteen Female, District One Male, District One Female. Overview: When Brandon was sixteen, his brother, who was already sick with cancer, was reaped for the Hunger Games at the age of twelve. While Brandon knew he only had another year, at most, to live, he still volunteered and entered the Hunger Games instead of having his brother go. During training, he learned how to use a machete and a blowgun, both in which he turned out to be good with, and even earned a five in training, a good score for someone from District Six. During the bloodbath, Brandon ran right into the mouth of the cornucopia and grabbed onto a blowgun. However, just moments later, a Career swung his sickle right at Brandon's throat, sending Brandon right on the ground. He would have died, had his district partner not saved him by giving him medicine, which healed his wound within hours. Had the Careers not chased his district partner into the woods and not left him unattending, he would have just been killed again, but when he was able to start breathing clearly again, he didn't waste time and ran away with his blowgun in hand. That night, his district partner was in the sky with twelve other tributes. Brandon would have been up there too, had his district partner not given him medicine, but she did and he was alive. During the night, the Careers nearly stepped on his legs that were sticking out of a bush he was sleeping in. After they left, he crawled into a tree and, subtly, shot a dart right into the neck of the male from District Two, the one that almost killed him. The other four Careers fled since they couldn't see where Brandon was. On the fourth day, another tribute died and the two died on the fifth. By the seventh day, an entire alliance, consisting of three tributes, drank poisonous water and another tribute was mauled by a cheetah. With twenty dead and twelve remaining, Brandon started hunting for tributes, although his neck was still injured. He ran across a female who was dying from starvation on the ninth day. More out of mercy than sadistical, he shot a dart right between her eyes. On the twelth day, only eight tributes remaining and, by noon, it was down to six tributes as the Careers killed another alliance. Brandon was able to shoot another Career in the neck during the night as they were walking under the tree he was resting on. They fled again, but as they fled, Brandon shot another Career in the leg, not killing them, but hurting them. On the last day, Brandon allied with the female from District Ten, Bree, in an attempt to destroy the Careers. The three remaining Careers were hunting for the Bree and Brandon. As they crossed under their tree, Brandon shot one right in the neck. The other two acted quickly and one of them threw an axe right at the two in the tree. Bree and Brandon jumped from the tree, but Brandon hurt his ankle. While Brandon clutch his ankle, another axe was thrown, this one aimed right towards Bree. Before she could act, it lodged into her chest. Angered, Brandon shot a dart right into both Careers necks, killing them instantly. He was crowned a victor moments later, but upon returning home, learned that his brother had committed suicide after thinking Brandon died during the bloodbath. Family Members: None Alive. Other Details: *He doesn't know who his birth father is, as he supposedly died after his mother died while delivering him.

The 260th Hunger Games Victor: Jasper Miles (District One) Alliance: [Careers] Oracle (District One), Damion (District Two), Jasmine (District Two), Jeanine (District Four), Cordelia (District Seven) Kills: Two. District Eight Female, District Seven Female. Overview: Being only fifteen years old, Jasper was already an expert with sword fighting and intelligence. He earned an eight during training, as he was the underdog of the Career pack, but nonetheless, he was still a threat. Even without gaining a good score, Jasper received sponsors from his courageous personality, which may make him seem dull. During the bloodbath, Jasper was one of the first people there, able to grab a sword quickly before most of the other tributes even had a weapon. While the other Careers were killing the tributes, Jasper decided to secure their food and resources by gathering them in the middle of the cornucopia, where most tributes weren't. At the end of the bloodbath, he was the only Career not to have a kill. With only fourteen tributes remaining after the bloodbath, Jasper was prepared for a shorter, but bloodier Hunger Games. He earned his first kill, the first post-bloodbath kill, on the fourth day from the weak female from District Eight. But he didn't do it for the joy, he did it because he was forced into doing it. Three days later, the Careers encountered an alliance of three males. With one of them able to take down Damion, the leader of the Careers, Oracle was able to get vengeance and kill the male. However, she soon met her death from the second male. Cordelia, an expert with throwing axes, finally killed the two other males, leaving the Careers down to four tributes. With all the other tributes being females, Jasper never dared to go against them. However, with only eight tributes left, it was clear there was tension between them. The last three, non-Career tributes were all smart and stealthy. While they didn't have much strength, their brains made up for it. Three days before the Hunger Games ended, both Jeanine and Jasmine died from one of their traps. Cordelia found the female who was responsible for their deaths and murdered her brutally, scarring Jasper to present day. On the final day of the Hunger Games, it was down to two Careers against two, weak females. Cordelia easily threw an axe into both of their foreheads before turning on Jasper. Jasper, unprepared, swung his sword in self-defense, separating Cordelia's body and her legs. Family Members: None Alive. Other Details:

The 261st Hunger Games Victor: Dawn Midnight (District Zero) Alliance: [Careers] Dymond (The Capitol), Ore (District One), Glitter (District One), Brink (District Two), Nylon (District Four), Bonni (District Four), Hillary (District Fourteen) Kills: Eight. The Capitol Male, District Fourteen Male, District Two Female, District Five Male, District Eleven Female, District Thirteen Male, District One Male, The Capitol Female. Overview: Originally, the young fourteen year old wasn't accepted into the Career alliance. However, after proving she's a threat for earning a training score of eleven, the Careers reconsidered their original judgement. But, even though she was in the alliance, they never really trusted her. During the bloodbath, Dawn was targeted and avoided. She killed the female from District Two and the males from the Capitol and District Fourteen in the initial bloodbath for not joining the Careers when they had the chance. Without conflicting with her, they let her become the leader when their original leader, Nylon of District Four, was killed. Unlike leaders who would hunt at night, Dawn had the Careers stalk their prey at night, as if they were owls. Instead of trying to kill the other tributes, she had her allies climb trees and get a general idea of the arena and where the other tributes are before they would kill them. This strategy was proved effective as the alliance was able to trick other tributes into killing each other and, while they were weakened, they would finish the tribute off. However, after her allies had killed three tributes and ten tributes remained, two tributes decided to ally with each other. And the two tributes were threats. Dawn instructed Brink, Bonni and Hillary to attack them with their melee weapons Dymond with her bow, Ore with his spears, and herself with a crossbow used their ranged weapons. With the surprise attack, Brink was bludgeoned with a mace and Bonni was stabbed repeatedly with a knife. But Hillary was able to take one down, before she was taken down by the other male. Dawn, disappointed with her tributes, pulled out her long knife and slit the males throat, but Hillary was far past being healed. As the remaining number of tributes dwindled to five, Dawn woke up to both Dymond and Ore betraying her, leaving her seeking vengeance. She murdered the other two, weak tributes before it was finally down to them. And she was ready to kill them. As most Hunger Games, the finale occurred where the Hunger Games started―the cornucopia. Ore threw a spear towards Dawn, but she clamped her hands over the shaft before it hit her and threw it back, hitting him in the chest. Dymond, realizing she was screwed, attempted to run, but Dawn shot her in the back with an arrow. With the last bit of life Dymond had left, Dawn approached her and snapped her neck with one simple jerk, earning her the title as a victor. Family Members: Miranda Midnight, sixty three year old mother. Raven Painstruk, thirty year old sister. Luke Painstruk, thirty year old brother-in-law. Jack and John Painstruk, two year old nieces. Other Details:

The 268th Hunger Games Victor: Lucretius Sappho (The Capitol) Alliance: Nobody Kills: Six. The Capitol Female, District One Male, District Four Male, District Four Female, District Two Male, District One Female. Overview: Lucretius was a loner during the Hunger Games, although his district partner was the exact opposite, allying with the Careers and getting them to despise Lucretius. He spent most of the time being shoved to the ground by the Careers, almost as if he was a defenseless sixteen year old, while he really had anger inside of him and wanted to just release it. And he did during the private sessions, where he earned a surprising score of ten. When the bloodbath started, nobody expected Lucretius to be such a fast sprinter, but he was the first at the bloodbath and practically had a choice in which mace and spears he wanted to us. Before he left, though, he saw his district partner stabbing the twelve year old girl from District Eight and speared her. He ran towards the little girl, but she was long dead before was halfway there and just moved on. Thirteen tributes were still alive after the bloodbath, and it pretty much stayed like that for four days, before a tribute died from starvation. The Careers finally encountered a private alliance near the only lake on the island. Lucretius could hear the screams of the tributes as the Careers murdered the tributes, and swore vengeance for all the tributes who had to suffer from the Careers. The Capitol were easily intrigued by Lucretius' guts in conveniently pulling the Careers together and murdering them one by one that they didn't send any mutts or any disasters because they knew something was happening. Finally, he struck. He pulled the Careers in half, both group consisting of three tributes and ambushed one of the groups while completely unprepared. The other group came to their assistance, but their three allies were already dead. Lucretius got the leader, the male from District Two, to separate from the other two and killed him by snapping his neck, embarrassing the entire District Two with one little action. With six tributes remaining, the remaining Careers killed the remaining three tributes. The final day finally came, landing perfectly on the two week mark from the start of the Hunger Games. Instead of the usual mutt finale, these Hunger Games took a different path with the entire arena starting to collapse and the tributes started to scream and avoid the randomly falling ground beneath their feet. Finally, with only one strip of land, Lucretius met his opponent, the last Career, after the other Career fell with the collapsing ground. The female from District One threw her shurikens, one plunging into Lucretius' check. He gripped at the blood before running full speed at her, carefully dodging the shurikens in his face. Finally, with one swing, he beheaded the female before she could kill him. Family Members: Panthon Sappho, fifty seven year old father. Jani Sappho, fifty seven year old mother. Lucifious Sappho, thirty two year old twin brother. Other Details:

The 270th Hunger Games Victor: Melody Vasilia (The Capitol) Alliance: Nobody Kills: Four. District Seven Male, District Five Male, District Twelve Female, District Five Female. Overview: People say that Melody won the Hunger Games by sheer luck, whereas only those that are smart know that it was no coincidence. Being tied for the oldest tribute in the Hunger Games, the only other one being the female from District Zero. While Melody got a low training score of a five, she showed that craziness can help her win. During the bloodbath, she didn't maintain anything and ran off far before the actual killings began. She found a young tribute, the male from District Seven, and stole the axes that he obtained from the bloodbath. Had he not waken up from the noise, he might have lived, but when his scream filled the air, Melody threw an axe in his head from reflex. Melody stared at the body, mumbling that it's okay and that everything will be okay. She stroked his hair before she finally accepted his fate and knew she had to move on. But she couldn't handle the sight of blood or seeing anyone dying again, so she camouflaged herself to stay away. But even though she was camouflaged, she could not get away from the death. Since the arena was on a waterfall, many tributes came for water, so Melody saw pretty much everything. She saw her own district partner being shoved off the waterfall, but not without hanging onto his murderer and taking him down with him. And she saw the last member of the Careers being mauled by a large bear, leaving only eight tributes left in the Hunger Games. But the chances for Melody winning greatly increased due to this, since she was officially the oldest tribute and the biggest threat left, despite her low training score. Since the other tributes were thirteen to sixteen years old, she led them to each other, since she could easily track them down with their clumsy stealth skills. She noticed how evil people are, seeing a sixteen year old killing a young thirteen year old and seeing a fourteen year old killing a sixteen year old in such a brutal fashion, the cameras had to leave out some parts. Eventually, with three other tributes remaining, Melody couldn't handle it anymore. She couldn't keep seeing other young tributes kill each other so, on the sixteenth day of the Hunger Games, she set a fire in the forest, leading the other tributes towards the waterfall where she saw them fight, but before they could kill each other, she pushed them off the waterfall, staring at their bodies until they splattered on the rocky ground beneath them. Family Members: None Alive. Other Details:

The 278th Hunger Games Victor: Orion Greer (District Zero) Alliance: Constance (District Zero) Kills: Six. District One Female, District Two Male, District Four Male, District Four Female, District Three Male, District Three Female. Overview: Being only fifteen years old while winning the Hunger Games is quite impressive, but Orion has always been a threat from the beginning. However, not physically, but mentally. While he was weak, his brain and intelligence made up his strength, which made him easily being overlooked by tributes such as the Careers. Yet, he scored an amazing nine in training, proving that his intelligence wasn't on that should be overlooked. While he had an ally, the young twelve year old didn't give him any advantage, as she was brutally murdered by the Careers in the bloodbath. Luckily, Orion got away with a backpack, a coil of wire, and a sickle. With the arena being a jungle, with downpours and lightning strikes while the bloodbath occurred, most tributes ran off with nothing other than a backpack, afraid that they'd be electrocuted. By the end of the bloodbath, only twelve tributes were killed, leaving twenty left. Fast forward to day four, as nothing happened on the second or third day, the Careers were chasing after an alliance of four, leaving the cornucopia open. While most tributes would steal their supplies, Orion attached the coil of wire to the tail of the cornucopia, before running it all the way up the highest tree branch he could reach, in hopes that the Careers would be dead by nightfall. However, the lightning hadn't stuck the tree, so the only death from the Careers was one who was killed while fighting the alliance of four, leaving only five tributes dead. Finally, the lightning struck early the fifth morning, killed all but two of the six Career tributes that were at the cornucopia. With eleven tributes remaining, Orion's chances of winning were increasing, but so were everyone else's. The other tributes had started killing each other more, so by the tenth day, only eight tributes remained, all loners except the two remaining Careers. Orion had started hunting for tributes, as well, but had been carefully avoiding the Careers and other threats by climbing trees. But while he was hunting in the trees, looking down on the female from District Three, a younger boy, her district partner, tapped him on the shoulder. Orion's reflexes kicked in and beheaded the boy before realizing he was just a twelve year old, like his district partner. As the boy's body fell from the tree, the female screamed and looked at Orion with one obvious feeling. Disgust. And Orion felt the same about him. The female threw a knife towards Orion, hitting him in the stomach. Orion cringed, fell from the tree, and accidentally snapped the girl's neck as he fell on top of her. Not only was District Three disgusted with Orion, he was disgusted with himself. By the eighteenth day of the Hunger Games, the finale occurred with only three tributes remaining. However, Orion hadn't had to fight, as the remaining tributes were the Careers and they brutally beat each other up that they bled out in the cornucopia before Orion even approached, making Orion a victor. Family Members: GeGe Greer, eighteen year old sister. Other Details:

The 283rd Hunger Games Victor: Calixta Scythe (District One) Alliance: [Careers] James (District One), Travis (District Two), Emerald (District Two), Luke (District Four), Rosabella (District Four). Kills: Nine. District Eleven Female, District Eleven Male, Capitol Male, Capitol Female, District Two Male, District One Male, District Two Female, District Four Female, District Nine Female. Overview: While Calixta might already be striking at the age of sixteen, she surely wasn't one to be overlooked. Her looks were just a distraction because once she targeted you, there was nowhere you could run. Her ability to follow tracks and amazing talents with the kama allowed her to get an eleven in training. When the bloodbath started, Calixta took a different strategy than most Careers, she ran away. She hid among the bushes in the outskirts, as the arena was a basic forest, and silently killed anyone who walked past her. She strangled the female from District Eleven just a minute into the Hunger Games and used her knives to kill the male from District Eleven who shortly followed. By the end of the bloodbath, she had two of the thirteen kills. As Luke, the male from District Four, was the only Career to die in the bloodbath, Calixta used details of his death to narrow the killer to the male from the Capitol, who allied with his district partner instead of the Careers. In three days, Calixta found the two Capitol tributes along the river and easily beheaded the two of them. With fifteen dead in the first four days, it wasn't until another two days until another tribute died from starvation. A day later, another passed away from an infection. Calixta had a close eye on her allies, realizing that they were planning something and keeping her out of it. Calixta prepared for them to attack, which they did on the ninth day of the Hunger Games. But, when they assumed Calixta was awake, she was pretending and snapped Travis' neck as he reached for hers. She grabbed her kama and carefully dodged James' sword, but wasn't lucky the next time when it cut into her side. Enraged, she beheaded him when he was unprepared. Emerald and Rosabella were running away, but Calixta threw her two kamas and they landed right in the back of their skulls. With already eight kills, Calixta hid for a week and a few days until the other tributes killed themselves, leaving the finale fight against Calixta and the girl from District Eight. The girl threw a knife towards Calixta, which she easily dodged, but then tackled Calixta to the ground as she was unprepared. The two girls punched each other, kneeing each other to try and get the upper hand, but it wasn't until the other female smashed Calixta's head against the ground that it was clear she was destined to win. The girl wrapped her fingers around Calixta's throat and squeezed. But Calixta wasn't going to die, with the final bit of her strength, she kneed the female in the stomach and, as she fell, pounded the girl's head into her knee, denting her skull. Family Members: Topi Scythe, forty nine year old father. Shimmer Scythe, forty eight year old mother. Jennifer Scythe, fifteen year old sister. Other Details:

Achilles Hendrix
Job: President of Panem Achilles has been the President of Panem for nearly twenty years and has been very well at maintaining peace in the districts. While he's still young, being only forty three years old, he finds the Hunger games fascinating and always makes sure they have their full potential. He is in charge of making sure the Head Gamemaker is always the best possible and has a good mood and feeling towards the last four Hunger Games Aurellia has hosted.

Aurellia Emil
Job: Head Gamemaker Aurellia has been the Head Gamemaker of Panem for nearly four years and has always made sure that the Hunger Games have a unique ending. She's only twenty one years old, the youngest Head Gamemaker in the history of Panem, but has had so many interesting ideas that President Achilles has loved her from the start. Her signature is fire, natural disasters and traps.

Vyvyan Phyllida
Job: Interviewer Vyvyan is a very energetic and happy girl which is exactly why President Achilles enjoys her being the interviewer. While she always knows how to keep an interview going smooth, she doesn't always make it comfortable for the tribute. She's only twenty nine, but she's been the interviewer for ten years, following in her mother's footsteps. Nonetheless, her interviews are interesting to the Capitol, especially entertaining President Achilles.

Maxim Iolo
Job: Announcer Maxim is the announcer for the Hunger Games and is the one who speaks to the tributes while they're in the arena. He keeps the Capitol informed about the Hunger Games and is responsible for keeping track of the death chart. He's been the announcer for seven years now, even though he's thirty five years old. He used to be the tribute evaluator, but received a promotion, so he's very good at analyzing the tributes and how well they'll most likely do.

Ecaterina Sly
Job: Tribute Evaluator Ecaterina has been very good at analyzing the tributes ever since she was a child. She is able to tell who has the best chances of surviving and can knows that it's not always the strongest who win, it's the smartest or the best at survival. She's only twenty six, but has been the tribute evaluator for seven years. She has a stable relationship with President Achilles as the two don't really talk, but aren't enemies.

Lucida Rynn
Job: Arena Specialist Lucida is very good at creating arenas, making sure that they provide food, water and shelter for the tributes, but also be able to add traps at any moment. She's forty three years old and has been friends with President Achilles since they were children. For being the arena specialist for twenty years, she has respect for the Capitol citizens and constantly brings new surprises in her arenas.

Varinia Lafe
Job: Mutt Specialist Varinia has been the mutt specialist for twelve years and has a talent for creating new or improved mutts to the arena. While she's only thirty five years old, fairly young, she constantly brings back classics like the mockingjay or tracker jackers. President Achilles respects her and so do the citizens of the Capitol as she is phenomenal and excellent at her work.

The Capitol: Melody Vasilia
Time has passed since I won the Hunger Games, but the memories will never leave my mind. They're little pieces of my genetic structure that I can't get away from. I'm stuck with the regret for my entire life. Maybe death at a young age would be better than living with the constant thoughts nagging at your mind before you're so close to insanity that you just need to scream before you lose it. "Hello?" I look away from the mirror in my bathroom and walk down the stairs until I see Lucretius standing in the doorway with a fancy tuxedo on. "Oh, there you are. You better get dressed, the reaping is today." The reaping. The day where all the thoughts of my name being picked out of the glass bowl haunts me. I can't even look at the faces of the tributes who are reaped, knowing that with the two of us mentoring, they'll probably die. Even though we won our Hunger Games the hard way, there's things that we can't stand and ever year, we watch two more of our tributes step into the arena for their imminent death. "It's fine," Lucretius says, embracing me. I won two years before him and we're the same age, so we've grown pretty friendly over the years, but nothing more than friends. "We'll get through this." "I don't want to watch another one die," I whisper into his ear, blinking away the tears so my makeup won't start to smear. That's the last thing I want to have happen, to look terrible for the cameras. "How long do we have before the cameras?" Lucretius pulls back, pulls up his sleeve to stare at a watch. "About an hour, though they seem to come early," he says, "so probably half an hour, hopefully more." "Then I better get dressed," I sigh. Usually, I'd love to get dressed, it's my hobby that I took after I won the Hunger Games, but if shopping would be one, I'd take that too. I walk up the stairs, going back into my bedroom where I see the silk dress I picked out. The dress clings to my body and reminds me of blood, which makes me uncomfortable, but I look sexy in it so my mentor, whose the only other living victor from the Capitol, told me to wear it. I slide the dress on, zip up the back, and look at my dresser for jewelry. My hand reaches for the red purse that matches my dress, but as I touch it, I see my mother's wedding ring laying underneath it. Tears form in my eyes and I can't blink these away. After the Hunger Games, the Capitol tried to abuse my body, attempting to make me work at a nightclub as one of the dancers. But I couldn't take the job, because I didn't believe in it. My mother always told me that "one who uses her body for money is immature and unfaithful to herself". However, I think there would have been an exception to this rule if I had known Peacekeepers were going to whip my mother to death. Now I'm all alone. I slide the ring on my finger, remembering all the good times we've had together. Remembering the times she would make homemade cookies for me and the days we would go to see the arena for the previous Hunger Games. Now, I can't handle to even eat a cookie and I see the Hunger Games as the evilest thing humanity had brought to this earth. "Melody?" I shake my head to get out of my trance and turn towards the door. "Are they here?" I scream as I walk out of the bedroom and look over my staircase, seeing Lucretius nodding. I moan. The last thing I want to do right now is pretend to be happy and excited when thirty-one more children die for the Capitol's amusement. And to think that once, I was like them. That I once enjoyed watching the Hunger Games. Now, it's the most embarrassing thing to admit to. "Are you ready?" he asks when I reach the bottom of my stairway. "No." I respond.

After having so many photos taken, my eyesight begins to blur and I grab onto Lucretius' arm, having him escort me towards the limo in which will drive us to the reaping. I hear the constantly remarks from the photographs, little things like "Oh that's good!" and "More! More!" which leaves a knot in my stomach. I don't want them to think anything's going on between the two of us. When we finally make it inside the limo, I tilt my head back, staring at the ceiling of the limo until the bleary vision goes away. I relax as we start to move away from the photographers, but the knot doesn't leave my stomach. I don't look at Lucretius as we're in the limo, and every time I catch myself staring into his eyes, I force myself to look away. I'm not trying to be rude, but I feel the tension in his aura. He's not liking the idea of the reaping either. Last year, a twelve year old was reaped and his thirteen year old brother volunteered for him. Lucretius was his mentor and that family now hates him, since their son died right in the bloodbath. I can't say that I feel any different, though. Every year, it's nearly the same things with the female from here. Every time someone's reaped, we know they'll die, even if they ally with the Careers. Neither I nor Lucretius had allies, and it seems to work, but the tributes are too young to understand this concept, and it's a price that they'll pay with their life. As we're nearing the City Square, where the reaping takes place, the knot in my stomach starts to tighten more and more. I feel my palms sweating and wipe it on the fine, leather seats of the car. Finally, the limo comes to a halt and I put my fake smile back on. We walk passed the crowd and the children, all anxiously waiting for the escort to select two of their names. I avoid looking any of them in the eyes, knowing that I'll break down and cry if I do. Instead, I keep my eyes forward until we reach the stairs and stand behind the escort, about to meet the tributes. The escort smiles. "Welcome! Welcome! Now that our mentors are here, we can start the reaping of the 284th Annual Hunger Games. As usual, we'll start with the females." My eyes look around the females, trying to figure out who I might be mentoring. Only a few really stick out to me―a girl with neon green hair and bright purple highlights, one whose face is pierced so much that the only bare space were here cheeks and forehead, one with yellow skin and red hair. Everyone in the Capitol, even the children, are crazy. "And the female tribute of the 284th Hunger Games is . . . Camella Theacea!" My eyes dart from the back of the crowd to the front as a small, twelve year old girl is pushing her way towards the stage. My face goes white. The girl is as innocent as can be, even without knowing her. She wears an elegant, orange dress and a flower barrette. Cute. As she looks up towards the stage, I notice the fright in her dark, chocolate eyes, which matches her hair. When she starts to walk up the steps and gets close enough to pick out her features, I realize that she has the same expression on her face as most of the other Capitol citizens. Dull. Everyone in the Capitol doesn't care about who gets reaped, unless it's their children, but hate twelve year old children being reaped because it makes the Hunger Games "boring". What's supposed to be fun? Or interesting? It's only cruel! The girl stands where the escort directs her. She stands up straight, as if she's confident that she might win the Hunger Games, but I feel her fright running through me. Given that she is afraid. "And the male tribute"―I turn my attention towards Lucretius, noticing his hand shaking. It's never easy for the mentor either, since we all want the same thing. For our tribute to win and take our place―"Hercules Maya!" I don't need to look at the male section to see who he is, he's been all over the news for his amazing illusions and the crimes of his father, whipping a girl from District Twelve. I'd love to say she was defenseless, but she was able to sneak all the way to the Capitol, which is extremely impressive. As Hercules is walking up the stage, I notice his red eyes darkening in despair. Unlike Camella, the Capitol citizens actually care about him because of his amazing tricks. Everyone in the crowd looks appalled, angering me that nobody cares for Camella. I want to scream at them, or do something, but before I can, Hercules snatches the microphone from the escort. "All the people I love have been taken away from me," he says depressed, but looks up, revealing a little smirk, "but I hope I can see me give one last bow!" He bows and the Capitol cheers. He has charm and good looks and is well known. Lucretius might have a chance of creating a victor. But I'm not so sure about that. Camella may be unappreciated, but for a twelve year old, she isn't bawling like some of the victors were when they were reaped. She's going to win. She has to win.

District Zero: Orion Greer
I've been a victor for six years now, but nobody, except the heartless, is ever able to be fearless on the day of the reaping. Children fear that they or their siblings will be reaped. Parents fear that their children will be reaped. I fear that I'll fail another family by not bringing home their child. There's only one person that I know who doesn't fear about the reaping. Dawn Midnight. One of the three living victors in my district who killed eight tributes out of cold blood. I might not be much better, killing six tributes, one which was a twelve year old, but mine weren't out of cold blood. They were accidental. Or to get ride of unnecessary evil. Or so I like to think so their memories don't haunt me. But there's always one thing that always questions me. Why did that twelve year old from District Three decided to sneak up behind me? Was he trying to protect his district partner? Was he trying to make an alliance with her? Was he trying to kill me? All viable reasons, but never clarified. And to this day, I'm still hated by District Three. I put on a nice, blue collared shirt and wear some khaki pants. Probably not as fancy as Lucretius' tuxedo, as I just finished watching the Capitol reaping, but it'll be enough to satisfy my district. Plus, the attention won't be on me, it'll be on Dawn who wears her usual chained dog collar and long, black dress. I'll at least look modest. I hear the commotion outside as Capitol photographers prepare to capture as many photos they can before the limousine arrives to bring Dawn and I to the reaping. But I won't come outside until I hear the sound of the limo, as I tend to hate being blinded by the flash and it stings my eyes, especially since I wear glasses. "Are they here, Orion?" GeGe, my eighteen year old sister, asks from the top of the stairs. "Yeah," I mumble. "Great, I didn't even do my hair yet!" she complains and runs right into the bathroom. I walk up the stairs and knock on the bathroom door. "You know, they aren't really looking at you, they'll be taking pictures of me." The door opens and she stares me straight into the eyes. "No, they'll be taking pictures of us because our parents just died. Trust me, we'll be all over the news." That's one quality my sister has that I absolutely never want to have. Greed and fame. She's like a chipmunk who fills her cheeks with fame. "And you're going to use their death to make you famous?" "No!" She looks offended and she shakes her head. "I'm just using their deaths to give the Capitol what they want. They want killing and despair and tears . . . because that's what proves their stronger than us." But that's a side of my sister that I want. Her willingness to admit she despises the Capitol, but gives them what they want so they don't catch onto our rebellious attitude. I smirk. "How long have you been thinking about that?" She returns my smile before looking back in the mirror and curling her hair. "All morning, ever since I saw that poor twelve year old get reaped from the Capitol." The twelve year old from the Capitol ignited my sister's flame this morning. Nothing's worse than seeing such a young child reaped and then having her district upset that an older magician was reaped as her district partner because he's well known. This girl is going to stick out to other districts since she didn't stick out to her own districts. I hear honking outside and I know the limo's here. "Make sure you get the reaping on time," I say to my sister. "I will, just about finished." She puts the curling iron down and turns towards me. "Hey, I have a quick question." "Anything." "What are the odds of me being reaped?" I stare at my sister, surprised. We haven't talked about the reaping yet, but she's still eighteen. She could still get reaped. "You won't get reaped, trust me." "Yeah, but what if―" "No, you won't get reaped!" The tone of my voice tells her that this conversation is over and she doesn't try to keep it going. I turn around and march down the stairs, a sudden shudder going through me at the thought of my sister being reaped. No, she can't be reaped. She's all that I have left. . .  Besides the lunatic of a neighbor named Dawn.

With my hands clasped, my thumb circles around my knuckles. Every second, we're getting closer and closer to young children having to fight to the death. This is never a good day for anyone, except for the cruelest in the Capitol and District Two. Other than that, everyone despises these. "I don't remember what your talent was," Dawn says. "Was it something nerdy or geeky?" "Weaponry." "Hmm . . . " She raises an eyebrow. "You're kidding." "Well, it might not be mastering knives—" that was her skill "—I did help advance weaponry." We come to a fast halt, making Dawn almost fly out of her seat, but I keep her steady with my hands. Her dark eyes stare into mine at the awkward moment that seems to be everlasting. We both remain breathless until the driver opens up the door and we back away. I let Dawn walk out first, trying to act like a gentlemen but to also contemplate what just happened. I don't even realize my legs are moving until I see my sister in my peripheral vision. She's so young, so beautiful and I know that she won't get picked. She can't get picked, the Capitol has already done too much. I listen to them now, I'm not going to rebel or do anything out of line. I keep my eyes pried on my sister as I walk up the stairs, almost tripping but regaining my balance. The escort walks from the Justice Building, wide smile spread across her face before she finally gives up and sighs. None of us here are ever happy, especially when it comes to the reaping. "Come on! Smile!" She smiles widely, but nobody seems entertained. She sighs. "I don't get it with you guys, it's the best day of the year and you're all frowning!" I snort, attracting attention, but I turn my head to the side, trying to hide my smug grin. "Anyways, as you know, every year, we elect one male and female to fight to the death with the other fourteen districts and the Capitol, itself. You may volunteer if you choose, but it is entirely your decision. Let me just make it clear, you will get a huge advantage if you volunteer." She looks around the crowd, trying to see if anyone is gullible enough to believe her. "You're all depressed bitches . . . Anyways, like usually, ladies first." My eyes lock with my sister's. I hear the sound of the escort's heels hitting against the floor, hearing them get farther away before coming back. My breathing speeds up, almost as if I'm hyperventilating, but I try to calm down. But my hands are shaking so hard, that I push them against my thighs. "And the female tributes of the 284th Hunger Games is . . . Luna Johnson." I sigh. My sister's safe from the Hunger Games forever. I recognize Luna from my sister's yearbook, when she was explaining to me how the school has changed since I won the Hunger Games. Luna was the popular girl, but not exactly the richest. She is humble, maybe to the point where she's just trying to gain more attention, but, from what I have heard, her personality is one I'd want to meet. As she walks onto stage, she tries to keep herself calm, blinking multiple times to prevent tears, but she tries to smile. Her brown hair is straight and partially covers one of her blue eyes. It's obvious that she was the most popular girl at her school because she is one of the prettiest high school girls I have ever seen. "And for the males . . . " I turn my attention back to the escort. I didn't mean to be staring for who know's how long, but I couldn't help myself. "Clive Huffelton." I notice a meek, twelve year old start walking towards the stage. I feel a twinge of guilt, knowing that I won't be able to help him during the Hunger Games. He's an easy bloodbath victim. With natural white hair, freckles and Harry Potter glasses, he'll be easy to spot and even easier to kill. "I volunteer!" Everyone turns towards the source, an eighteen year old with natural red hair. The boy has handcuffs on his wrists, taken off by the Peacekeepers as he starts towards the stage. As he gets closer, I see his red eyes are dull and emotionless. He didn't volunteer for the twelve year old because he wanted to save him, he always planned on it. As he gets on stage, he takes the microphone and enunciates, "My name is Drago Fire." "Well Drago, you'll probably get a lot of sponsoring gifts for your courageous act on saving the boy." "It wasn't for him." He leaves it as that as the reaping ends and we escort the tributes into the Justice Building. I don't know why, but I'm quite happy that I'm mentoring Drago. He was a criminal and he has a good shot at winning, being one of the oldest in the Hunger Games. But, with me being callow at mentoring, I wouldn't be shocked if he died. If he died.

District One: Calixta Scythe
I almost vomit once I see the dress the president picked out for me. He's already made me a prostitute to earn a profit, only giving me 5%. Nonetheless, he expects me to go in just a bra and a mini skirt, revealing my stomach, legs and arms. This outfit would make me look like a fool! But I've learned well enough not to argue with the Capitol. Jasper, my fellow mentor, told me right when I returned how his entire family was killed since he refused to become a Peacekeeper. Now, he no longer tempts the Capitol and remains a loner―no girlfriend, no siblings and no family. I reluctantly put on the outfit and stare at myself in the mirror. I don't even recognize myself. How did my life turn to this? I killed nine tributes in last year's Hunger Games and played a part of their stupid games. But now, I'm a prostitute and still am a piece of their games. After a few minutes, I've finally adjusted to my look, but I still look repulsive. Nobody else wants to see me in this, it's just gross! And it makes me look bad. But that doesn't matter to the Capitol, all that matters to them is money and a bloody television show. I hear someone knock at the door and I up it, smiling as I see my parents. They don't live with me since the Capitol prohibited it, saying that I needed space to "cope" with everything that happened, but really, I just needed to be alone so I can have sex with random men. My dad's lip curls as he notices me and my mom's eyes widen. I knew that this would be their initial response and I've already prepared what I was going to say: "The Capitol." They both nod, as if realizing it would be something the Capitol would do. They know about the prostitution gig I have and they realize how low the Capitol is. Now, instead of trying to push my sister into volunteering like me, they're trying to get her away from it. "How are you?" My dad asks, walking in the door. "It's your first year mentoring, scared?" "Yeah," I say. "I just don't want to see a tribute killed when I'm responsible for them." "You'll do fine, sweetie," my mom says, smiling towards me. "You always know how to make it past those rough patches." "Yeah . . . " I don't know what to say. I'm not ready to be a mentor, so many districts hate me for killing their tributes last year. But I was just trying to survive. How this will affect my tribute is unclear. Hopefully, they'll survive. I'd be nice to get out of the job before I had to experience more criticism from my district. "Anyways," I say, "I need to get ready for the reaping, I'll literally be killed if I don't get there by ten o'clock." "Oh, well . . . whatever." My mother smiles. "We just came over to check on you and all." "Ok." Minutes pass before I walk out the door and walk towards the City Square. Usually, the victors are given a limousine, but I refused, since I didn't want any surprises with a man inside the limo or anything. Now, for the next two or three weeks, I'll be able to relax and train a tribute instead of being a prostitute. It's like a crazy train that only ends when I die. And I never get to enjoy any part of it.

To Be Continued'

District Six: Brandon Oswald
''I run off of the platform, unable to control my legs as I see a blowgun sitting right in the center of the cornucopia. Although the sun shines in my eyes and I can barely see anything, but my legs know where to go without me using my eyes. I'm just a few feet away from the blowgun and I hear footsteps catching up on me. But I don't turn to see who. I just reach out for the blowgun and my fingers wrap around the weapon. As I turn though, I see a Career standing over me, staring right into my eyes. Without even noticing his sickle, I stare into his eyes as he swings his sickle right towards my neck. I don't move, I'm too afraid and it's like I'm in slow motion. The clash of the metal against my neck brings the taste of blood to my lips, and my blowgun drops helplessly to the ground.'' I wake up with a jolt, wiping away the sweat on my eyebrow. It was just a dream, but a dream that repeatedly reality. It's been forty years since my Hunger Games, but I'm constantly having nightmares of the day I almost died. My cold fingers touch my neck, making sure that I'm still alive and I'm able to point out exactly where the Career almost killed me. Now, the scar has shortened, but, when I notch my head up, you're still able to see exactly where the blade hit me. "Hello! Hello, hello, hello!" I hear Brooklyn―the other mentor in District Six―screaming. She's always happy and oozy from morphling. She's been on it for nearly forty years and her hair has been gray since she was thirty. When she smiles, you can smell her heavy breathe from all the drugs she takes and all the whiskey she drinks. Her movements are like a child―free and lively―and she constantly laughs during all the wrong times. "Brandon!" she screams as I walk down the staircase and she flings towards me, wrapping her arms around my neck. "Brooklyn, what are you doing here so early?" "There is the reaping today, silly!" She kisses my on the cheek, leaving me baffled. "We have to get ready to go." "Brooklyn, it's only nine o'clock. I don't even think the District Zero reaping has started yet." "Nine at night!" she screams loudly and then drops on my floor, frightening me due to her age. "It's a lot lighter than I'd think." "No, in the morning." "Shh! I'm trying to go to bed!" I don't even ask, instead, I just leave her in the doorway. I make my way to my bedroom and quickly change out of my pajamas. The reaping won't start for a while, but it's only a matter of time before a limo comes to pick us up so we have enough time to speak with the mayor and, hopefully, for Brooklyn to get somewhat sober. Suddenly, I hear a raucous noise downstairs. Brooklyn just found my morphling supply.

I don't know how long it's been since this morning came, but now, every second seems to take an hour. I stand on stage, waiting as patiently as I can to know how the unfortunate tributes will be. Brooklyn's on the train, sleeping, since the mayor allowed Brooklyn to skip the reaping for the sake of her health. I just hope that when we return, he won't be dead for this little act of betrayal, since everyone is supposed to be at the reaping, unless in a moribund state. I try to hide the shiver that runs down my spine at the very thought of my brother being the one in the moribund state, but he still showed up to the reaping. And he was reaped. And I volunteered. And I nearly died. And when I returned, he was the one who committed suicide since he assumed I was dead. He was the only family I actually had and now, I was left with nothing. I've been living with myself and Brooklyn's guidance for the past thirty or so years. When the crowd fills up, everyone silences as the Justice Building doors slowly open. Out comes the escort, wearing a hideous poodle-designed dress. The pink dress with the sewn-in poodles around the hem stops at around the escorts legs, right wear knee-high pink socks take over. On top of everything, she wears a pink high heels, matching the color of her hair and mascara. "Welcome! Welcome!" she says. "I'm the new escort for District Six and I am proud to be so." She stops, as if waiting for applause that she doesn't receive. "Anyways," she continues, "shall we start with the ladies. Which one of you will have the courageous challenge of risking your lives for your own district." As she starts to walk, I bite down on my lip as I see the back of her dress, or, more descriptive, her back. The dress leaves her entire back touching the air and neatly comes together just above the butt. When she turns around, I shake my head to snap myself out of it and focus my attention on her words instead of taste in fashion. "And the lucky female tribute is," she gasps, "Constanta Tasev." Many people in the crowd seem to be bewildered by Constanta being reaped, as nearly everyone around the district knows about her. Before she became entirely famous, she carved me a beautiful miniature bear completely out of newly imported wood from District Seven. To this day, the wood sits on my mantle, probably not the smartest place to put a piece of wood, but I want everyone to see it when they walk in. But Constanta being reaped is completely weird. Why would such a wood-carving prodigy be selected to participate in the Hunger Games? I thought she had immunity from them like some singers and other child entertainment for the Capitol has been able to. But I guess not, since she's probably going to die. And my stomach drops when I realize that Constanta's dress will be responsible from Brooklyn's mentoring. "And the lucky male tribute is . . . Buck Rockwell." My eyes drift away from Constanta to a bulky boy from the sixteen year old section who confidently walks out into the central aisle. His appearance is the exact opposite of Constanta as he has dark hair, a cocky grin and muscles that show even while he wears a long-sleeve, collared shirt. As he gets on stage, he doesn't bother to even glance at me and, instead, just stands with his middle fingers up on the sides. Luckily, Peacekeepers don't notice or else they would have drugged him and shoved him on the train. "And these are the District Six tributes of the 284th Hunger Games! Constanta Tasev and Buck Rockwell!"

District Thirteen: Shelby Fiorentina
I thought that sixty years after the Hunger Games, the memories stop. But they don't. It's less frequent now, but every time the reaping comes, I see the two Careers and the two District Five tributes that I killed. They stare at me with dull, lifeless eyes and even when I close mine, they're stitched in the back of my eyelids. And every year, I'm responsible for the death of a young citizen here because of my poor advice. But this year, it's going to be different. I feel something weird in the air, something. . . different. District Thirteen only has three living victors, one of them whose on death bed, and now, we need another. Most districts have more than three, with the exception of District Six and Twelve, so they've got nothing to worry about. But here, we're striving for another and I feel like this year will be the year. And that's why I got out of bed this morning and brushed my hair that stops on my neck. And I put on some lipstick and makeup for the cameras, although I'm not really good at it. I used to have my granddaughter do my makeup but. . . well, she's not with me anymore. And the memories still to fresh that it hurts every time I think about it. Fighting back tears, I walked down the stairs and stopped when I saw a portrait of my daughter with her husband and daughter. The portrait lays against the railing at the bottom of the stairs. It used to be in her house, but once they passed, I moved it here and planned to frame it on the wall. But now, since the reaping is happening, I can't until after the Hunger Games. I turn on the television, but I close it right when I see the tributes from District One and Two. Less than half the Career pack usually comes from the two, but it's always the most fierce and bloodiest Careers. The tributes, like always, are larger and stronger than most of the others, but they rely heavily on the supplies from the cornucopia. And if my tributes could only destroy those supplies, they'd have a larger chance of surviving. I don't bother to wait for the limousine that usually picks the victors up, as it's already late, and instead, walk towards the City Square. The streets are already emptied and everyone seems to already be at the Square. Then, it hits me. I'm late. I try to run towards the City Square as it's only a few blocks away, but due to my age, my run looks more like a wobble. After a block, I'm already tired, but I can see the City Square and, within ten minutes, I finally make it to the City Square with a light sweat. But I made it right in time, right as the escort walked onto stage. I walk quietly towards the stage, going along the right side instead of down the middle and sneak onto stage right next to Axl, who looks at me with a questionable look. I keep my eyes straight, though, not daring to return his stare and to scope out who saw me make it to the stage late. Only a few seemed to lose their attention from the escort, and luckily no Peacekeepers seemed to notice. "And as usual," the escort's voice speaks over the thoughts in my head, "ladies first!" She walks with a skip to the bowl, which is extremely impressive since she's wearing high heels. But it doesn't look like she's having any difficulty until she almost knocks down the bowl, barely saved by a Peacekeeper who grabs her by the waist. She silently thanks the Peacekeeper before bringing a slip of paper to the microphone. "And the female tribute of the 284th Hunger Games from District Thirteen is . . . Karina Cole!" I look out towards the group of children and see someone moving in the sixteen year old section. A chorus of snickers came from a group of girls just two rows behind her and the green haired girl walked towards them. She walks to the girl right in the middle of the group, pulls back her fist and punches her right in the face. The group of girls tries to fight back, but Peacekeepers grab the green haired girl before they can and brings her up on stage. Karina stares at me as she walks on stage and I see her bloodshot, yellow eyes. She's a fighter, she has a good chance to actually win these Hunger Games, but I'm not so sure I can handle her for the next few days before the Hunger Games. But I'll have Axl's help if anything goes out of hand. He's had some insane tributes while he was younger and knows how to handle them, not like Karina is mental but. . .  "And the male from District Thirteen is . . . Sark Lancaster!" A strong male from the eighteen year old section walks confidently and proudly up on stage. He has icy blue eyes and short cut blonde hair. His expression looks casual, as if he's not worried or afraid. But he has to be. . . right? He doesn't seem to be phased by the fact he might die. But then again, he has a good chance of winning, especially since he looks built like a Career. "And this concludes the reaping. If any of you would like to talk to either Karina and Sark, you may in the Justice Building. If not, then just leave."

Karina doesn't even bother to let anyone talk to her after the reaping and follows Axl and I on the train. As she walks on, she walks straight into the dining car and disappears behind the sliding door. Sark follows shortly after, looking more like a controlled puppet than he was on stage. Every step is carefully taken and, while it may look in line to some, here, it just seems unusual and means there's something wrong with you. "Every year," Axl speaks in a low voice so Sark can't hear us, "we train the tributes without knowing anything about them. Why?" "We're supposed to," I respond. "Yes, but we're supposed to train them to win the Hunger Games. Why don't they?" "I don't know. We don't really know them so it's―" "Exactly. We don't know them. We don't know who they are and who they have in their family. We don't know their boyfriends or girlfriends or the people they care about. We don't know what they did or if they've been training. And since we don't know any of this, we don't know how to train them. Everyone is different so then everyone needs to be trained differently." "Ok, when should we do it?" "Now." He looks away from me and towards Sark. "Come on Sark, let's go to the dining car." Without arguing, he gets up and walks straight into the dining car, followed by Axl and then me. Karina is writing on a piece of paper to a person named Kathleen, which I presume is her sister or family member by the way she dots the i's with a heart and ends the letter with "Love, Karina". I sit down right next to her. "Whose Kathleen?" Axl and Sark pull up chairs next to mine so we're all in a circle. "My girlfriend," she responds. "Oh . . . you're a lesbian?" "Yes." She doesn't look at me as she talks and stares at the letter. "And I was bullied because of it." She finally turns her attention towards me. "So if you're not going to mentor me because of my sexual preferences, then I'm perfectly fine with that. You'd be no greater than Zoey who brought my life to hell once I told her I liked her that way." Tears start to form in her eyes and she turns away from me. "Is Zoey the girl you punched?" I ask. She laughs. "Yeah, I had to do it at least once before I died." "What about you?" Axl looks at Sark. "Where'd you get those scars?" "What scars?" I ask Axl. "On his back, I saw some peeking out on his neck. Looks like a whip or something." "Yeah, I was whipped to stay in line," Sark confirms. "That must have been terrible," Axl says. "No, I deserved it." "What?" I raise an eyebrow. "Your parents shouldn't whip you because you do something wrong. They can punish you, but not that way." "Who said it was my parents?" "Your teachers?" Axl guesses. "No, my uncle. He watches over me and taught me how to remain civil and listen to my elders and officials." "Well, that'll make my mentoring a little easier." Axl cracks a smile. So this year, in District Thirteen, we have a male who was whipped his entire life to stay in line and a female who is a lesbian. Maybe this is the change I felt in the air. But either way, both have struggled their entire life and now, on top of it, they're going into the Hunger Games. Hopefully one of them can come home. Hopefully it's Karina. Because now, I am sick of this mentoring job, especially since now, I know whose going into the Hunger Games and who will die in it. And I will feel more guilt than I did when I didn't know the tributes.