Troubled Souls: The 97th Annual Hunger Games

by 24 with 24

CLOSED 24-24 COLLAB! The Games kept going after the rebellion failed, and each year is the battle of a lifetime for 24 new tributes. The troubled souls of the 97th Games will never be the same. The Games have become a spectacle of fighting and violence, and has lost the emotional appeal. These tributes aren't heroes... They're all troubled souls.

1. Prologue I

Information on the 24-24 collab will be below this mandatory snippet of chapter that I have to write in order for this chapter to be legal under fanfiction guidelines and all that fun shit.

The wind whipped between the buildings of the Capitol, blowing people's hats and wigs off or askew. Parents clutched their children's hands tightly, and children whined about the chill because of the wind. It was a particularly miserable night for the overly fortunate citizens of the Capitol, especially those who were expecting nice weather and had decided to walk instead of finding other means of transportation through the city.

On top of all the wind, dark clouds rolled into the sky like the giant, ominous mutts that they throw into the arenas of the Games, but instead of alluding to death and fear, the clouds simply alluded to rain. And it started to sprinkle on the heads of the people who were already holding tightly to everything they didn't want to blow away, and now they were throwing their hands over their heads, too, shielding themselves from the rain as best they could as they scattered to find some sort of shelter.

She watched outside the window as people bustled through the rainy streets. The television was running in the other room, and her family members were all gathered around it, watching some kind of sitcom.

"Is it raining?" someone called from the living room—her husband.

"Yes," she replied, and then a little louder, realizing she had spoken quietly.

"Come sit down, dear," he said, and she reluctantly left the window, joining him and their children to sit and watch their favorite show together. She smiled, kissing the heads of her young daughter and son and then leaning happily against her husband.

I didn't want to do a Head Gamemaker POV, but I decided this was a little different than most so yeah.

And now for the information. If you're not sure what a 24-24 collaboration is, it's basically where 24 authors get together and each write one tribute and create a story together. I've done a few of these before and I've been a mod for most of them, so I know what to do as admin. I intend to get this collaboration running as smoothly as possible once we have all of our authors and tributes in.

There are many spots still open, so come and write with us, and make a few new friends!

To join, either review this story, PM this account, or PM my regular account, InfiniteFinity, and I'll send you the link to the forum! You can also PM my two mods, CelticGames4 and ilovefinnick to get the link.

Or if you want, you can just search for the forum. It's called Troubled Souls.

I hope to see some people there! :-)