Ch 1: prologue 1- A Close Friend

Coriolanus Snow, 46, Advisor to the President

I get asked all the time, how did I end up as the President's advisor. The President's advisor is the second most important job in Panem, it was so important if somehow the President was to die in office, I would be sworn in as President. To the people that ask me, I just tell them I worked hard for the position which was kind of true. I got the job from my years of hard work and to the secret fact that I'm a old family friend of James Hamilton, the 3rd President of Panem who is entering his 22nd year in office. It was the upcoming months before the 45th Annual Hunger Games when my old friend called me into his office.

"Coriolanus, my old friend, how have you been?" James asked as I entered his office.

"I been better, Mr. President," I responded.

"Please, Coriolanus, we're like family. You can always call me James," James responded.

"Ok James, what is the reason you called me here?" I asked.

"As you know, with the games coming up, I been doing a lot of thinking recently. I decided that after the end of the 50th Annual Hunger Games, I will retire as the President," James said.

"In five years? Are you sure?" I asked.

"Coriolanus, I been doing this ever since the 24th edition of the games. I'm sure of my decision. I'm not getting any younger," James said.

"I see. Do you have any plans to announce your retirement?" I asked.

"No, it's too early to announce it. I'll Inform the people of my decision before the 50th Annual Hunger Games," James said.

"Is that all, James?" I asked.

"No, Coriolanus, there is one more thing. Head gamemaker Jason Watt has just informed me of his decision to retire," James said.

"So we need a new head gamemaker as soon as possible," I said.

"Indeed we do. Coriolanus, I'm putting you in charge of finding a new head gamemaker," James said.

"Yes sir, I'll put an ad for Caesar to announce and anyone who comes up with the most interesting arena will have the job," I said.

"Excellent, that is all Coriolanus, you may go," James said.

Thank you, James," I said as I bowed and left the room.

As I left the presidential mansion, I start to wonder, what will be my future if James retired. I might be able to still be the presidential advisor, but deep down inside, I wanted to be President. As I returned home, I was greeted by my wife Ariana who was tending to our newborn son Victor.

"Hi, honey, how was work?" Ariana greeted.

"Interesting, James told me that he intends to retire," I said.

"What about your position as the advisor?" Ariana asked.

"I don't know, but to be honest, I want to be president," I said.

"Are you sure you want the position?" Ariana asked.

"More than anything," I said.

"Coriolanus, I love you with all my heart and I'm sure that in the future, you'll get what you dreamed of," Ariana told me.

"Thank you Ariana," I said.

"Anything for you," Ariana said.

We then hear the sound of Victor crying.

"I better tend to the baby," Ariana said as she left the room.

As I sat down in my chair, I started to drift off to sleep with one final thought. President Coriolanus Snow, I like the sound of that.

Hey guys, this is Greywolf44 and I have decided to try my hand at writing a SYOT. This is a sequel to my last story so you may see other characters from that previous story. Some of you may be worried that I might quit this story, but you have my word that I will finished this story. I love the Hunger Games and I loved writing about it, so I will finished this story, I'm writing the form down below which will also be on my profile too. Before I start, there are some rules though.

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Appearance:

Personality:

Backstory:

Strengths: (4 max)

Weakness: (4 min)

Family/friends:

What do they do before the reaping:

Reaping outfit:

Reaped/volunteer?:

Reaction to reaping/reason to volunteer:

Chariot outfit:

Interview outfit:

Weapon of choice:

What do they want to learn during training?:

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Suggested score:

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