User blog:Beetee19/Beetee19's First Hunger Games

'''Welcome to the 19th annual Hunger Games! '''

I have decided to write my first Hunger Games! Tribute spots are now open Reapings are closed! I'll try to update as much as possible, although I may get a little busy with baseball. Since this is my first games, it'll be pretty much normal.

Tributes
You can submit up to four tributes. Please add: Name, age, gender, district, weapon, skills, weaknesses, and personality. Backstories are optional.

Notes:

I really don't need 12 couples in these games, so...yeah. Try to refrain from this (as well as brother/sister pairs).

I won't be making a slideshow or anything, but if you have a lunaii or other tribute picture, feel free to post it in the comments or on my talk page.

So, that's pretty much it. Thanks, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Placing
{C}24th: Lilianna- sword to chest by David

23rd: Gabriel- Decapitated (axe) by Jackson

22nd: Ryan- sword to stomach by William

21st: William- Decapitated (sword) by David

20th: Feline- Trident to chest by Megan

19th: Selen- Spear to chest by Tristan

18th: Enzo- Spear to chest by Amy

17th: Aellai- Sword to chest by David

16th: Kazuo- Drowned (pushed by Shamus)

15th: Kayle- Axe to chest by Jackson

Arena (Click to enlarge)
Light green=grassland

Dark green=forest

Light blue=fresh water

Dark blue=salt water

The Cornucopia is in the middle of a mockingjay pin-shaped piece of grassland. The gaps in the pin have been filled in with water to complicate escape from the bloodbath. Four paths branch out to further grassland and forest. Traveling east, a tribute will eventually reach a sandy beach. The ocean is filled with sharks and other dangers, but if you can build a boat, you can reach an island which has a TON of goodies on it. However, if tributes spent too much time on the island, the Gamemakers can trigger an earthquake to force them back to the mainland.

Sponsoring
Sponsor money can be acquired in two ways. Each tribute starts with $400. Their 'sponsor fund' gains $100 for each day they survive and $300 for each kill. Also, every few days, I will post a completely random trivia question likely having nothing to do with the Hunger Games in the comments. The first person to correctly answer it can send one gift to a tribute of their choice (within reason).

If you wish to send a gift once the games start, tell me in the comments and I will inform you of the item's cost and the purchasing power you have for that tribute. If your tribute does not yet have adequate funds, I can send the gift when they do.

Tribute Parade
"Ladies and gentlemen, let the 19th annual Hunger Games begin! And may the odds be ever in your favor!"

District One: I Gotta Feeling- Black Eyed Peas

The District One tributes roll out onto the City Circle in their diamond-studded chariot. Gwynevire’s dress is completely covered in emeralds, Shamus’s suit in rubies. They appear confident and ready to fight. The Capitol crowd loves them, as usual, and the party officially begins.

District Two: Eye of the Tiger- Survivor

Amy and David appear as marble statues. While this is not the most original design Two has had, the crowd applauds the stylists for their realistic design. David, not wanting applause, begins to stare down the Capitol citizens until they stop clapping. A murmur of excitement runs through the crowd; he will be one to watch.

District Three: Fly Away- Lenny Kravitz (sorry, couldn’t resist)

The crowd is confused by the music until the chariot rolls out. The crowd immediately bursts into applause. William and Ren are suspended a foot above their chariot by superconductive YBCO magnets. Ren smiles and waves to the crowd; William stares ahead in silence, uninterested. "District Three!" can be heard throughout the streets.

District Four: Come Sail Away-Styx

The tributes’ blue clothing ripples like water in the slight wind on the City Circle. The viewers like it, but it is nothing spectacular coming from Four. They are only watching the tributes, who are giving each other evil glares.

District Five: Jump Around- House of Pain

Enzo and Selen come out holding hands. The Capitol shakes it off as a gesture of district pride not usually seen in Five. Their power plant worker outfits are unimpressive, and the viewers soon get bored as well as confused with the song.

District Six: Detroit Rock City- Kiss

Lilliana is dressed as a train; Benjamin as a hovercraft. The crowd is unimpressed, but begins to murmur, as they have no idea what this “Detroit” is. The president, watching live, tells his advisors information about pre-apocalyptic society was supposed to be censored. He immediately orders for the execution of whoever picked the music for Six.

District Seven: Friday- Rebecca Black

The tributes are dressed as trees again. The crowd sighs and quickly becomes interested in other things, like finding earplugs. Then the president hears the terrible music and orders the execution of Seven’s musical selection person as well.

District Eight: Lose Yourself- Eminem

Kazuo and Luna are covered in pretty-colored cloth. The crowd likes this, but Eight has done the exact same thing every year since the Games began. The crowd is beginning to lose interest in the parade altogether. The tributes, however, are pumped because of the music.

District Nine: No music

The person from Nine revoked their music at the last second under fear of execution. The tributes, however, are covered in beautiful flowers. This is finally able to draw a slight bit of interest back to the parade.

District Ten: Wiper Blades- Heywood Banks (search it on youtube)

Jackson is evilly staring at Loomus, but she just ignores him. The crowd likes their outfits, but again, they are unoriginal. Many Capitol citizens have already left the parade with two chariots to go. The remaining crowd, however, laughs at the stupidity of the song.

District Eleven: Can’t Fight This Feeling- REO Speedwagon

The stylists and music people have some crazy idea that if people think Iuv and Samantha have been friends for years and are now madly in love, they will get more sponsors. They hold hands and try to play along, but don’t look very happy about it. While one can clearly tell it’s fake, the crowd, desperate for entertainment, goes nuts anyway. Chants of "District Eleven!" can be heard long after the parade is over.

District Twelve: Banjo- Rascal Flatts

Twelve’s tributes stand tall. For the first time in a while, Twelve’s tributes actually seem intimidating to the crowd. They like this, and begin to applaud. Nathaniel and Kayle just stare at each other, wondering how the crowd could like them when they haven’t done anything and their costumes haven’t changed in ten years.

Summary of stuff that happened in training
The Careers go out and intimidate people like they always do. Nathaniel requests to join the Careers. They turn him down. They do ask Jackson to join, but he rejects the offer. William is ridiculed for showing up to training drunk…twice. Iuv and Samantha are still pretending to talk sweet, although the other tributes have caught on. An alliance may be forming between the tributes of Six and Seven. Selen keeps chasing Enzo around the training center and telling him to do something productive. Most of the other tributes are keeping a low profile, trying not to be noticed by the Careers.

Samantha's POV
I am lifted up through the tribute tube and get my first glance at the arena. The twenty-four of us are arranged in a U, with the golden Cornucopia in the center. Right where I won’t be going. The Careers caught on to the whole ‘fake romance for sponsors’ thing. Needless to say, they weren’t huge fans of it.

How much longer until the gong? Twenty seconds? Fifteen? I ready myself on my plate to leave the Cornucopia. I turn around and…Water. A bunch of lakes surrounding us. I am contemplating risking a swim when I spot a little runway into the main part of the arena far off to my left. The gong sounds, and I dash away from the horror that is to come.

Lilianna's POV
I sprint towards the Cornucopia. If Six and Seven want a big alliance…well, a big alliance needs supplies. I find a backpack and start stuffing water bottles inside it when something hanging on the mouth of the Cornucopia catches my eye. A magnificent double-bladed axe. Aellai could sure use one of those. I toss my backpack in Benjamin’s direction and make my way in to the mouth of the golden beast. I am about to grab the axe when I hear a chuckle behind me.

The boy from Two is running at me, full speed. He raises his sword. I try to jump out of the way, but I’m not quick enough. As I fall down next to the Cornucopia, I close my eyes, and try to conjure up one last image of Six. Anything to hold on to at the end of my life.

Jackson's POV
Yay! Killing time! I go steal an axe off the dead District 6 girl. Her ally from 7 comes at me. He’s angry. So he must die too. He picks up a knife, but, seeing it’s useless against my axe, throws it. It misses by three feet. I charge and slam the axe into his neck. Yay! Wait, why am I not killing Careers? Why are they not killing me?

The Careers sit in the Cornucopia, carefully choosing their best weapons to finish off the weaklings (or, as we call them in District Ten Ninja Academy, grasshoppers), but William from 3 comes at them. The 4 boy turns around, and William stabs him in the stomach. He laughs, but he is next. David gives him an evil glare. William starts backing up, but David walks out of the Cornucopia after him, and proceeds to calmly chop off his head. Ouch.

Megan's POV
The nerve of William. Now my district partner is dead! Someone will pay for this. He already has, obviously, but at my hands, someone else must as well. I glance to my left and see the girl from 9, Feline. She’s my next target. She realizes it, though, and starts running. I pick up my trident and run after her. She runs well, but so do I. Now, thanks to this water, I have her cornered. I get ready to throw the trident, but to my surprise, she jumps in the water and tries to swim away. Bad idea. Nobody swims better than Four. I jump in after her, and just as she’s about to reach safe land, I catch her and hold her head underwater. She spits water in my face, but it’s fresh water, so I shake it off and drive the trident into her chest. Five down, eighteen to go.

Enzo's POV
“SELEN! WOOHOO! LOOK HOW HIGH I CAN JUMP!”

“ENZO! GET OFF THE CORNUCOPIA!”

“NO! IT’S FUN UP HERE!”

“I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL YOU GET DOWN!”

“HEY SELEN!”

“WHAT?”

“HEY SELEN! HEY!”

“WHAT? WHAT IS IT!”

“SPEAR!” She turns around, and Tristan James sends his spear flying into my sister’s chest. “You’re right, Selen. You’re not going anywhere.” And he dashes off towards the forest.

Amy's POV
The only people left at the Cornucopia are us five remaining Careers and Enzo Garcia from 5, who is wildly jumping around on top of the Cornucopia. “HEY CAREERS! HEY CAREERS HEY!”

“WHAT!” yells David.

“AVALANCHE!” And he throws a pebble off the Cornucopia. David just sighs. “Amy, I’m tired of this guy. Kill him.”

“If you say so.” I line up, take aim (which is not easy when your target is jumping really high) and throw my spear. I miscalculated a little, but the spear still hits him just under his shoulder blades. I can already tell he won’t make it. He crumples, and I start to walk to the mouth of the Cornucopia. I grab what I want and head toward the forest. The rest of the Careers follow me, and the seven cannons marking the end of the initial bloodbath go off.

Kayle’s POV
The announcer’s voice rings out across the arena. “CONGRATULATIONS TRIBUTES! YOU HAVE SURVIVED THE INITIAL BLOODBATH! YOU ROCK! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!” *guitar opening to ‘Welcome to the Jungle’* “NOW GO KILL EACH OTHER!”

What the heck was that? I keep on walking through the forest. Uphill; that’s what I’ve been taught. I left the Cornucopia with just one knife, and my first priority is water. Nothing else matters now. I need water and supplies, plain and simple. Then I remember; stealing isn’t illegal here. I grin. That’s one thing I’m good at. Maybe I’ll turn out just fine.

Gwynevire’s POV
We made our way down to the lake after the bloodbath. The sun will set soon. I have my knives in my jacket, although I don’t really want to use them. I know deep down I’m not a jerk like most Careers, and I don’t really want to be in this alliance. But when you’re from One, you don’t have much of a choice. So I get to work starting a fire to cook dinner.

BOOM! My first thought is, ''A cannon? Nobody would be out hunting for tributes now''. Then I realize that what I heard wasn’t a cannon. And a small wave surges out of the lake and extinguishes what little fire I have. Wonderful. Wait…

Bobbing up and down on the surface of the lake is a large container. Megan swims out and pulls it back. David opens up the case, and we gaze at it in awe. Food. Enough for all of us. Forget the fire and a small ration of dried meat. Tonight, we feast.

Luna’s POV
I sit up in my tree, watching as the sun finally sinks below the horizon. Well, I did it. I survived the first day. I got a bottle, and I came back to the Cornucopia after the bloodbath ended to fill it up with water. I found a knife there, and I’m trying to make a makeshift blowgun out of a tree branch I found. I’ll be fine for tonight, but I don’t have any food, so I’ll need to hunt tomorrow.

The anthem begins to play and the dead tributes’ faces are projected into the starry sky. The boys from 3 and 4, both from 5, the girl from 6, the boy from 7, and the girl from 9 are all dead. The anthem ends. Only one Career is dead, but that’s expected. Kazuo is still alive. Is that good or bad? He’s not a great ally for me to have, but he obviously has a better chance at winning than I do. At least then my family would be fed. Yeah, that’s good. I sigh. The Hunger Games? Just another day in the crazy life of yours truly. I lay my head upon my branch, and, surprisingly easily, drift off to sleep as the near-full moon shines down on me.

End of Day One

Nathaniel’s POV
I stumble along through the forest, looking for something to do; someone to kill. Who knew the Hunger Games could be so BORING? Da da da da da da da… And I stop dead in my tracks. What was that? I stand still. One second of silence.

And then the boy from District Ten charges at me with an axe.

He gets within about fifty feet and throws the axe. “DIE, STUPID CAREER!” It sails past me. “HAHAHA, YOU MISSED! NO WAY, JOSE! YOU DIE, CAREER!”

“WAIT, MY NAME’S JACKSON! AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE A CAREER!”

“NO! ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I HATE CAREERS!”

“ME TOO! WANT TO GO HUNT THEM DOWN AND KILL THEM?”

“SURE!” And I go off with Jackson Jackson to kill those stupid Careers.

Iuv’s POV
I sit on a tree stump, eating my blackberries. Now that I think of it, I was lucky just to make it out of the bloodbath with water. I haven't found any yet, but the sun's been shining the entire games so far. There must be water somewhere. And I should look for it, because I'm almost out.

But, at the same time, it isn’t wise to go walking through the forest without even a weapon. That’s what I really need. A weapon. Or maybe an ally with a weapon. And water. I’ll need a lot of stuff soon. And the realization dawns on me that I can’t get it all on my own. I’ll need sponsors. And how do I get the sponsors to like me? What do I really need right now?

I need Samantha.

I pack up what little I have and start out back toward the Cornucopia. I need to find her. It doesn’t matter how fake the act is if the sponsors think it’s real. And I think we’ve convinced them it is. At least, I hope so. Because a six in training alone won’t get you sponsors, and without them, I’ve got a long Games on my hands.

David’s POV
The other Careers apparently found the need to wake me up with lake water. Nobody’s threatening us, what’s wrong with sleeping in? Apparently everything, because Gwynevire already has a plan for the day.

“Alright, guys. Time to go hunting for tributes. We’re strong, so we’ll do best if we split up. I know from the moss that the Cornucopia is north of here. Shamus and I will head that way and loop around to the west. David, Amy, you guys head off to the east. You can go ahead and kill whoever you find unless Mad Jack wants to team up with us. Megan, you’ve got guard duty today. Catch us some fish, we’ll meet you back here an hour before sunset. Any questions?”

Whoa.

As Amy and I head off into the eastern forest, I realize something. I’m not in charge of this Career pack anymore. Gwynevire is. And how did she get there? By actually being somewhat nice to people. Just the thought of it disgusts me. That’s not a Career mentality.

And I begin to realize something about the girl from One. She’s a perfect model of how a normal tribute should be. Intelligent. Strong. Deceptive. Good with weapons. The only reason Careers ever don’t win a Games is when they lack someone-one person- to hold them together. Right now, Gwynevire Teng is the one holding us together.

And I hate her for it.

Aellai’s POV
I climb down my tree, axe in hand. Benjamin is waiting at the bottom. “Any luck?”

“No water for at least a mile. We better get going.”

We start walking and discuss what to do once we find water. Benjamin wants to bottle it up and get away from it; come back every day. I told him if we found moving water, we wouldn’t have to go very far, we could walk in it and nobody could track us. He argued that they could, and we didn’t come to a decision. We didn’t have time; we were a little too loud. I heard a twig snap, and the next thing I knew, the boy from Two was charging me with a sword.

I turn to Benjamin. “Get out of here, NOW. I’ll hold them.”

“Don’t be stupid.”

“GO! I’ll die anyway, save yourself!” And he does. I turn to the boy from Two and throw my axe. It misses by inches, and he comes at me with his sword. The last thing I see is a silver blade sticking out of my chest.

Kazuo’s POV
A cannon sounds in the distance. I wonder who died. Oh, well. They all have to die if I want to make it back home.

I came back to the Cornucopia today to see what was left. There’s not much, but I’ll make use of it. The knife I found wasn’t very sharp, but I can work with it. Maybe make something out of wood; there’s plenty of that in the arena.

“Hey,look!” I turn around, hoping to see Luna. It’s not her. The pair from One has arrived, weapons in hand. I run back, and they take off after me. But the boy is faster than me. I end up facing water. ''Half the tributes here can’t swim. What kind of a Cornucopia design was this?'' From a Gamemaker status, a brilliant one.

The boy from One looks over me curiously. Is he deciding how to kill me? Waiting for the girl to catch up? He pulls out a knife and stabs me in the thigh. I send mine into his foot, but it doesn’t even penetrate his shoe. I stand there, looking at him fearfully.

He sees the emotion in my eyes, and pushes me into the water. My leg is bleeding badly, and I can’t swim. I’m done, and he knows it. He walks off with the girl, leaving me alone to drown. At least this way, I have one minute underwater to think of happy things. Home. Food. And Luna. She has to win. She has to win…

Kayle’s POV
Nothing. Five snares, and not one caught anything. I guess I’ll settle for blackberries. Probably a good idea anyway, since I’d expose myself by starting a fire.

I hear a distant beeping. I look up, and a silver parachute drifts down to meet me. I open it up. SWEET! A KNIFE! And a…what the heck is this thing? I then see a note. ''It’s called a waffle, just try it. You’re doing great.-B''

I take a bite out of it. This is the most delicious thing I’ve ever tasted! This would go great with all the stuff the Capitol has for breakfast! “OMG THIS NEEDS A SONG!” I cover my mouth. Did anybody hear that?

The announcer comes on. “YEAH, KAYLE! THIS ONE’S FOR YOU!”  A song comes on…”Do you like waffles? Yeah we like waffles! Do you like pancakes? Yeah we like pancakes!” “Seriously,” I say, “What kind of a song is this?”

All of a sudden, Nathaniel Jones steps out from behind a tree. “The last one you’ll ever hear.” And his ally from Ten throws his axe straight into my chest.

Loomus’s POV
A cannon goes off. That makes three today. Fourteen alive, ten dead. The sun will set soon, and I’ll find out who died. I hope one was for Jackson. HE IS CREEPY. Although, he can kill almost as well as the careers. His face will not be in the sky tonight; I’m sure of it. He’s a strong tribute, but he’s not the kind of ally I want right now.

Yes, I want an ally.

I know I’d probably end up killing them at the end, but I’m running out of plans, and I’m running out of food. Thankfully my asthma hasn’t flared up yet. Any tribute nearby would surely hear me. Although, what if that tribute has the food I need?

The anthem begins and three faces are projected over the arena. The girl from Seven, the boy from Eight, and the girl from Twelve are all dead. I run through a list of possible remaining allies. None are preferable, but I’ll have to settle. Because this is the Hunger Games, and when hunger shows up in your stomach, so does your face in the starry sky…

End of Day Two