Hello! I'm Raindapple16, and welcome to the 76th Hunger Games: Shattered!
In this alternate world, for the 74th Hunger Games, Cato and Katniss Everdeen made it to the last two. Peeta died of infection. Cato defeated Katniss by managing to drop her off from the Cornucopia over to the mutts, thus becoming the Victor of the 74th Games.
In the 75th Hunger Games, Haymitch had his head sliced off in the Bloodbath along with ten more other people. The Careers- Cashmere, Gloss, Enobaria, and Brutus hunted down all the tributes until finally Finnick, Johanna, Beetee, and Wiress's alliance was left. The other original members were killed earlier in the Games; Mags was poisoned by the fog, while Blight hit a force field (like in the original Games). Beetee figured out from Wiress's words that the arena was a clock. In the final fight, Wiress was almost instantly killed by Gloss. Beetee tried to help her but he couldn't in his fight with Cashmere. Johanna fought Enobaria and managed to kill her, while Finnick was defeated by Brutus. Beetee was eventually killed by Cashmere, but Johanna managed to kill the Career as he was distracted of his triumph. That left only Brutus, who Johanna managed to kill by throwing her last axe at, becoming crowned the Victor of the 75th Hunger Games.
All tribute spots have been filled, so please sit back and enjoy the story! The prologue will be quite short, but I promise that the reapings will be longer.
Prologue: The Power Above All
Panem was in chaos, thanks to those damnable Hunger Games.
The Hunger Games were expected to keep the Districts in line, expected to keep the Capitol in power.
And for the past two years, they had completely failed. Failed.
After the 74th Hunger Games- with that damnable Katniss Everdeen- the 75th Hunger Games had a backlash that President Snow had foreseen, but he had not expected such a full-out rebellion in District 11.
He sighed as he looked at the screen; the ragged people of 11 throwing whatever they had, even dirty dishes. The Peacekeepers shouting for order, shooting in random and whips flying through the air.
He turned off the screen with a push of a single red button. Seneca Crane would be here soon, along with the new Assistant Head Gamemaker this year.
Remembering the Bloodbath of the 75th Games, President Snow smiled. With satisfaction he rembered Haymitch Abernathy, the drunk of District 12 getting his head sliced off by Cashmere. It hadn't just been him- most of the drunks and the addicts had been killed in the Bloodbath.
The Career alliance had been a smaller number than usual that year, with the District 4 tributes, Finnick and Mags, who had made themselves their own alliance of Johanna and Blight of District 7, and Beetee and Wiress of District 3.
Over the course of five days in the arena, old Mags had been poisoned and killed by he poisonous fog, and Blight had hit a forcefield on the second day. The Careers had hunted down all but Finnick's alliance during those five days, and when the final fight came, it had been bloody and brutual.
Gloss had buried his axe in Wiress's head almost at once. Her district partner Beetee had tried to help her but he had been stopped by Cashmere. Brutus had managed to snap Finnick's neck, but Johanna had managed to kill Enobaria and killed a gloating Cashmere, who had just killed Beetee. She had also managed to kill Brutus to President Snow's annoyance with her last axe, becoming crowned the Victor of the 75th Hunger Games.
President Snow hadn't been deaf to the horrified cries of the Capitol citizens, especially when Finnick had been killed. He had heard them like this exactly once before, when the star-crossed lovers of District 12 had died. It had created a sense of guilt that they had not been able to save them, and had accepted the boy Cato as their Victor.
To the Districts, it had made them rebel, the most from 3, 5, 6, 8, and 11. All had been quietened and the participants had been either killed or prisoned- all but District 11, that was. But President Snow knew that the idea of a rebellion had never left the minds of the Districts citizens.
However, Snow knew that even if the districts dared to challenge him, the Capitol citizens didn't. There may be some rebels, but none of them were strong enough to challenge him publicly- yet.
There was a knock on the door, and Seneca Crane walked in, along with the new Assistant Head Gamemaker.
"Mr. Crane," said Snow.
Crane bowed his head. "President, it is an honor to see you again. May I introduce my comrade? This is the new Assistant Head Gamemaker, Plutarch Heavensbee. He is quite skilled, I have to say."
"President," Plutarch shook his hand, meeting Snow's eyes directly. It impressed Snow- few people had the courage to do what Plutarch had just done. Plutarch respectfully added, "I am honored to meet you at last."
"The honor is mine," replied Snow. "Please sit, both of you."
"Sir," said Crane, straight into business. "We have completed the final arena, with the few adjustments that you wished to make in it. Dr. Astrid has also added our newest edition in it."
"And what will that be?" Snow asked. Crane pushed a few buttons, and a holographic image appeared against the President's sofa.
"These are what we call the Shadows," the Head Gamemaker said, eyes gleaming. "Dr. Astrid has been working on it for ages with the help of Dr. Whittaker, and of course, the rest of the muttation department."
"And how exactly will they work?" Snow asked testily. Crane pushed a few buttons and revealed a small video as the Shadows worked their way few obstacles.
"We'll be inserting them in about the time eight or so tributes will be left," said Crane. Beside him, Assistant Gamemaker Heavensbee looked as much as excited as his mentor did.
"Spectacular work, Mr. Crane," said Snow smoothly. "I expect to see more before the Games arrive."
"Of course, sir," answered Crane. "I will see you before the Games begin."
Snow nodded as a dismissal, and Crane deeply bowed his head, followed by Heavensbee, and then exited the room.
Snow then turned over, then quickly typed up a message. He pressed the send button, and relaxed as his reply came. The Districts would see this year what would happen to those who rebelled, and those who passed the Capitol secrets over to them.
Speaking swiftly onto the speaker, he ordered his very personal Avox to bring a cup of tea. Tea always seemed to reassure him.
A few seconds later, the Avox entered, bowed his head to Snow, left a cup of tea and quickly exited.
The Hunger Games will fulfill their true purpose this year, Snow promised himself as he took a sip of tea. The districts will see how impossible it is to challenge to Capitol, that whatever happens, we will always win.
He smiled, thinking of the peculiar arena that Crane had showed him just a few minutes before. And of course, the 'Shadows'.
Snow smiled as he took another sip of tea.
Oh, yes, it was going to be an interesting year.
List of Tributes
District 1 (Luxury)
M: Chant Paquet (18)
F: Victoire Doré (17)
District 2 (Mason/Millitary)
M: Ashlar Laurence (18)
F: Julianne "Julie" Ascher (18)
District 3 (Technology)
M: Dagan Brooks (17)
F: Amelia Villarreal (16)
District 4 (Fishing)
M: Ridge Cascade (18)
F: Vivien "Viv" Crassly (17)
District 5 (Power)
M: Anthony Colton (14)
F: Courtney White (16)
District 6 (Transportation/Medicine)
M: Raymond Kater (16)
F: Sophia Edmonds (15)
District 7 (Lumber)
M: Rowan Wintermute (12)
F: Camellia Redwood (15)
District 8 (Textiles)
M: Delvin Dayton (13)
F: Ekaterina Sacremoto (16)
District 9 (Grain)
M: Taylor Ethandale (17)
F: Andrea Evelyn Swain (14)
District 10 (Livestock)
M: Cameron Whittings (18)
F: Idoya Meneses (16)
District 11 (Agriculture)
M: Kestrel Valliory (18)
F: Shellby Patterson (14)
District 12 (Coal/Mining)
M: Nicholas "Nico" Forrest (15)
F: Cassia Wells (17)
So here we go! The next chapter will be our very first two Reapings!
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