A/N – Welcome to the 75th Hunger Games! This takes place in a Panem where there was no rebellion, and we see what the third Quarter Quell was supposed to be (I'm firmly of the opinion the Snow rigged the Quell in CF).
*I had a small run in with FF.N admin, and my story was removed (SAD FACE), so here it is again, with some tweaks so that it hopefully complies a little better with regulations. Breaking the rules is bad, guys, so don't do it (/don't get caught). I've also cleaned up the grammar a little bit here and there. I hope you guys enjoy, I'm having a lot of fun writing this. I'll be putting up chapters 1-15 pretty quickly, and will put up chapter 16 as soon as I finish writing it.*
Disclaimer – I do not now, nor have I ever owned The Hunger Games or any characters within. They belong to Suzanne Collins.
CHAPTER ONE - PROLOGUE
Somewhere in the Capitol…
It's time! All day I've been antsy, wiggling around in my desk at school. I could barely eat at lunch (which is actually fine, this way I'll look better into my dress when I go see the chariot rides. Maybe I should skip dinner, too). But it's finally here. President Snow is going to announce the Quarter Quell! This will officially kick off the 75th Hunger Games. Last year was so exciting. The star-crossed lovers! Those tribute mutts! And oh, the Girl On Fire! I just cried a bucket of tears when Peeta died in that riverbed before she could find him. She didn't cry though, she was brilliant, the way she went after the rest of the tributes. Taking down Cato and Clove from the trees while they were fighting Thresh. Stalking the redhead from 5, driving her mad and offering her the nightlock as a way out. Amazing. And the showdown between her and Thresh, with Katniss on the Cornucopia firing arrows at him to keep him on the ground until the dogs devoured him. It was so exciting! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. School was actually cancelled during that part, everyone was so into it. This year will have to be really spectacular to surpass last year. I wonder what the twist will be? Ooooooh, here comes the Avox with the Quell box.
"Ladies and Gentlemen of Panem," Snow clears his throat, opens the box, takes out a card marked 75. He talks about the other Quarter Quells—God, I bet those were exciting—before finally getting to this one. "On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the rebellion, to remind the districts that no one ever truly escapes the Capitol, the male and female tributes will be reaped from the entire population of their district."
OH. MY. GOD. OHMYGOD. This will be amazing!