Actually Important Information; Not Just a Random Author's Note
Getting the informational author's notes over with right now. I'll keep the notes in the story to a minimum, so here's some important information before you begin.
PLEASE READ IT ALL.
It may seem like the characters' relationships are evolving too quickly in the beginning, but I promise there's a reason for it. It'll all make sense later on when I get to Evie's backstory.
There are some parts, especially in the first few chapters, when characters may seem OOC or that might seem overdramatic. It'll all eventually be understandable. If you don't think it's too dramatic, then yay.
Basically, anything weird in the beginning will be explained later. Message me if there's something you don't get or that seems unnatural and I'll either explain or tell you when it'll become clear.
There are flashbacks in this, but they don't go in order.
The chapters are of varying length. It all depends on if the chapter gets to a place that I think is a good place to stop, so expect some really long chapters and some extremely short ones.
Some chapters *cough*Chapter 7*cough* might have too much explanation for some of you who just want action, but I think it's necessary to understand the ins and outs of my story. I will try to minimize this.
I don't see Cato as being cold, like some people think he is. He can be arrogant and ruthless, but I don't think he's the type of person to be stoic/emotionless. I'm not saying he goes around being friendly to people or anything, but I'm also not saying he doesn't show emotions that aren't anger. We can see, both in the book and in the movie, that he laughs (even if it's because he's hunting people) and he has a human side. So I won't make him have two settings: sadistic and angry. He's more complex than that.
One thing I've noticed is that a common theme with other HG fics is that the victors who were Reaped for the Quell were also the mentors. Just because it's easier, I'm going with it, but I just wanted to mention: At the very least, the Career Districts (1, 2, and 4) would've had some different mentors since they had so many victors. As it just so happens, going with the Reaped victors also being the mentors works out in my favor, but I have an idea for how to make it more plausible.
Disclaimer: I only own Evie and random minor characters that aren't in the books or movie(s). Basically, if you recognize it, I probably don't own it.