The Capitol's Games

by mismarymack

Finnick Odair OC. Finnick's previous win has put a strain on the friendship with district 4 friend from home, Evelyn Boyd. But when Evelyn is reaped, will the games pull them together or pull them farther apart? And what does President Snow have in store for them and the rest of Panem? Inspired heavily by The Hunger Games and the movie "The Purge".

1. Chapter 1

All I want to do now is lie in the water and float. I don't worry about chores or schoolwork: the reaping is tomorrow and the odds are not, by any means, in my favor.

I listen to the ocean floor below and for minute I wish that the current would take me and pull me under.

"24", I whisper and wonder how it accumulated this year. Tesserae were collected for some food... but mostly for Hana's medicine—but I have no one to blame but myself because no one ever held me responsible for Hana and her illness.

There are careers, though, I tell myself, people who are born and raised for The Games.

I think of the careers and how they would never pass up the chance to volunteer for The Games: their egos wouldn't allow anything less. As I picture them, I feel the tension in my muscle loosen and relax; and for one moment I let body sink slowly to the sea floor…