Welcome back to another chapter of "Till Death Do Us Part: The 29th Hunger Games"! This is just a preview of the hell (did I say hell? I meant arena) I am currently planning for your tributes. Isn't that simply wonderful? President White is my OC, based on me, before Snow came around and killed all his opponents. Rilanna Remark belongs to XxUndercoverflowerpolicexX, the Hunger games world belogns to Suzanne Collins, and President Iris White is supposed to be me.
President White stepped out on the top balcony of the presidential mansion, the cameras fixed on her. She wore a crisp white buisness suit with her dark brown hair in a braided low bun. All of Panem would be watching now, waiting for her verdict. An avox handed her the original letter written 29 years ago, at the end of the Dark Days, and she began to read the story of the Dark Days and the revolution.
"As a punishment, each district must send one boy and girl to train in the art of survival, and be placed into an arena, in a fight to the death." She handed the letter back and cleared her voice. "Today is a historical day that will live on in human history for centuries. You may wonder why I address the public personally, but I am here to tell you that our traditional feast in the arena, where the tributes will meet at a table where the supplies they need to survive, will be slightly changed. Instead of one, there will be two tables, and the tributes must choose which table they wish to risk going to, because only one holds their pack. Happy hunger games, and may the odds be ever in your favor."
A silence overcame the districts. What would this mean for their children?
President White back away, and the cameras stayed focused on the balcony, waiting for something to happen.
The head gamemaker stepped out and spoke in the microphone, lacking the Captiol accent."Hello, Panem! As you know, I am Alexander Hastings, your head gamemaker and former resident of District 7. I have some news! Our traditional host of the Hunger Games, Caesar Flickerman has been struck ill by a lung disease, and won't be able to return until next year. As a result, we have a replacement host, Mr. Flickerman's neice, Rilanna Remark. She will be doing the interviews for us, kindly, so let's give a round of applause for Rilanna!"
The Capitol cheered wildly and a wave of applause drowned the sound of Alexander's voice. "Now, why don't we have a little interview of her?" More people yelled in support, and the gamemaker begun asking questions.
"Hello, Rilanna. How are you liking the Capitol life?"
A sharp click came over the loudspeaker, and Rilanna's voice was projected over the Capitol and Panem. "I love it, Mr. Hasting! The city is full of energy and beautiful people. The food, the culture, the fashions, everything about the Capitol is simply perfect."
"That's wonderful!" He bit on his lip to conceal a smirk. The people here are such fools. They think they're beautiful and smart, when they don't even know how sick and twisted they are, he thought to himself. "Now, Rilanna, do you think you have the experience to take on the difficult task of being the host?"
"Of course, I was trained by the best, and the best is Caesar, as everyone knows!"
"You must be very proud of your job, Miss Remark. How did you react to being chosen to become host?"
"At first, I was shocked. I never thought I'd have this wonderful opportunity to actually participate inthe 29th Hunger Games. It's an honor to be here, in the Capitol."
If she knew what the tributes go through, she wouldn't dare thinking about being in the Hunger Games, he wanted to say, but kept quiet.
"And there, folks, is your new host of the official 29th Hunger Games! Tune in tommorow on your television for the fannnnntastic reapings!" People could be heard all over the Capitol, smiling, laughing, and cheering, as if nothing was wrong at all.
The Capitol anthem played and the presidential seal flashed in the sky.
The Games had begun.
By the way...I have the whole arena planned out, and bits of the story, so send more tributes if you want the reapings sooner. I have 6 people now on my list of possible winners. You could be one of them.
Yup, I'm doing pretty well :)