Jayden Cooper - Winner of the 1st Hunger Games:
"I can't let another innocent feel this guilt," I gasp for breath before continuing, "it's just not fair."
"I'm so sorry Jayden but you can do nothing. You know better than anyone that the Capitol have complete control now, there is no going back," my mother replies.
"Going back from what? The five kids I murdered?" I shout defensively.
"That's not what I meant Jay! I meant there's no going back from the Capitol's choice. The Hunger Games are final now. It's the price we have to pay for what we did."
"I don't understand the point, surely there is a better way to go about it. Also they said it was a one-off. I thought they just wanted to show us who the boss is."
"I think the power has got to them. We all know how much the capitolites enjoyed those games. The merchandise and livefeed must have drawn in stacks of money for the Capitol," my Mother says, beginning to wipe the kitchen table down.
"What's so enjoyable about murder? I didn't exactly thrive from it."
"I know, I know Jay but I'm sure you'd rather be in your own position than Meryl's." My family and Meryl's are surprisingly close considering she failed to make it out alive. She couldn't though, not if I wanted to be here now.
I begin to walk away from my mother, I know she's right, I'm being selfish. I'm lucky to have a life, 23 have been stolen and destroyed.
I simply don't deserve life though, not when I so willingly took it all away from those 5. I've always told myself that I needed to get home though, but did I really need it more than them? Did any of them have families that required the money more than my own?
"Now have you got your suitcase for the Capitol?" my mother asks, having followed me out the room. "I know you don't want to go back but just see it as you giving a helping hand, you are going to be two tributes' mentor after all. No other district gets that privilege."
"I'll go get the case," I reply solemnly. I know she's right. These tributes will be luckier than any other so far.
These kids are about to experience the worst morning of their life, all I can do is reassure them that they do have a chance.
I need to do district 2 proud once again.
Thankyou for reading. So this is the prologue for the 2nd Hunger Games. This is a syot story, I shall put the form on my profile for you to fill out.
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Thankyou, I look forward to seeing your tributes.