A/N: This is updated! And also here Catching Fire didn't happen. The Girl On Fire did, but the uprisings didn't. So enjoy! There's also a prologue I added at my mother's request. :D
Disclaimer: Don't own Glee or Hunger Games!
An introduction to the Hunger Games. I'm not going to shift all my chapters to make this bit Ch1 so this is like a prologue.
The Hunger Games are an annual event in Panem, the only civilization left in the ruins of North America. Years ago, there was a rebellion that the thirteen Districts held against the Capitol. The Capitol won the war and District 13 was destroyed as a reminder to all the remaining Districts. To further serve as a reminder the Hunger Games were held. Every year, in each District a male and a female from the age of twelve to eighteen is reaped from a jar full of slips of papers with names (one if you're twelve, two for thirteen, three for fourteen etc, there will be more slips if tesserae is claimed. Tesserae is what a person of twelve to eighteen applies for, to get more food each month. One slip of paper will be put in for each family member) by an escort and sent to the Capitol, along with their Mentor(s) who are previous winners of the Games. They are called Tributes. There they will receive training, be interviewed by Caesar Flickman, and later will be sent to an Arena (one is built for every year, the old ones become exhibitions) to compete and fight. They will also be in a parade in the Capitol. The Gamemakers can put obstacles in the Games to kill, but there will also be weapons provided to Tributes in the Cornucopia, a golden horn full of supplies including food and water in the middle of the Arena. Tributes may also die from thirst or hunger, or be killed by mutations such as tracker jackers. If the Capitol audience gains a liking to one of the Tributes they can send sponsors, such as medicine for burns or food. A Quarter Quell is held every 25 years, and it is special in its own way, such as having double the amount of Tributes or the Tributes being reaped from existing victors. The one Tribute who is left alive at the end of the Games is the Victor, and the Victor will be once again interviewed. They will also go on a tour of celebration, the Victor's tour, and they will receive free food for life and a house in the Victor's Village. Their District will also receive more food every month without having to claim tesserae for a year. -prologue over-
'For the fourth quarter quell, our hundredth hunger games, the people of the districts will choose the tributes from their districts, as a reminder that peace remains when all follow the orders of the Capitol.' With these words, President Snow smiled as he looked up from reading the words of the letter. 'Let the hundredth hunger games begin,
and may the odds be ever in your favor!'
District 12
A tall, pretty blonde girl who looked around seventeen cooed to her cat, 'Did you hear that, Lord Tubbington? The games are starting!' The cat meowed, and continued his nap on her bed. The girl said sadly, 'I don't know why mother doesn't want me to join the games. Games are fun!' she paused a moment, then continued, 'And if you win, you get to be rich!' She spent the rest of the day dancing around the room.
District 8
A boy in a wheelchair sighed as he stared at the television. How can Snow be so cold blooded? He thought, as he took his glasses off, rubbed his eyes, and hoped that he won't be chosen. He doesn't know for sure, though. People have been so numbed by watching the games that they're fine with it as long as it wasn't their children that were the tributes. The uprisings he had heard about were so long ago. But was there a chance, even a tiny one, that he could start them again?
District 2
A handsome boy balled his hands into fists, his eyes glinting with murder. He has to be this year's star. The people would definitely choose him. He'd win. He was a Career, he was born to fight! He'd just rip their heads off or choke them, he wouldn't even need a weapon!
District 3
A beautiful young girl looked sadly down at the baby she was cradling. With her luck, she'd probably be chosen. Nobody wants her now anyway, not since she got pregnant with Finn's baby. Even her father kicked her out. If not for her mother being unusually wealthy (for their district, that is) she probably couldn't have lasted a week. The peacekeepers were really harsh and they kill anyone out after curfew.
District 4
A petit girl tugged on one of her pigtails. She was certain that her father would want her to participate in the Games, but he could've waited until she was older! She was only 13, and her father's on a campaign already, telling anyone who would listen to choose his daughter as tribute. Well, at least I was trained to do this! I'll be fine! She thought to herself.
District 7
A young boy with curly hair and unusually triangular eyebrows hurled his axe at an oak before wiping away the sweat on his nose. 'I sure hope that neither of us gets chosen.' He said to his friend Wes. He continued chopping wood. He knew that his family would be in trouble if he would be chosen. He had two little sisters, eleven and six, and he swore that he'd never let either one claim tesserae. If he died, nobody in his family had income. His father died two years ago. His mother is constantly ill. All he can do now is hope.
