A/N Welcome one, welcome all to my new SYOT! I'm just putting this up so that I won't have to wait for forever before starting this story. So if you submit, please follow this story. That way you'll know when I actually start writing it. Now, each chapter has to have a story to make it legal, so here goes.

Romulus Snow, President of Panem

Year 998 ADD, After the Dark Days. 997 years of Hunger Games. Now, it's only a matter of weeks before the Reapings begin all over the country. People are already preparing themselves for the celebrations that going to happen, and the Gamemaker team is busy. I smile. They don't know.

The phone on my desk rings. My secretary.

"Yes?"

"Head Gamemaker Maximius is here to see you."

"Send him up."

Soon, the door creaks open, and Maximius Ryene stands before me. He's a man in his fifties with a good build. Smart and loyal. But this isn't why I gave him the position. He's sane, and after decades of insane Gamemakers, I appreciate this.

"Sir," he says, taking a bow, "The arena is done. Would you like to see it?"

Now, there are some parts of this position that I like. Meeting with the rulers of other nations, for example. Being able to give my sister's granddaughter what she wants for her birthday is another perk. But seeing arena plans? Not so much.

"Go ahead," I say, sitting up straight.

He begins to describe the arena, a huge swamp full of mutts and abandoned houses.

"-not the most original, but people was to see something normal," he finishes.

"Good."

He knows that I don't enjoy this, so he leaves the room. I walk to the window and look down at the people below, partying and drinking. They think they know what lies ahead of them. They think that life will always be this way.

But I know that it won't.

And because of this, I smile.

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Good luck! Goodbye! (upside-down"!") Adios! 再见!

~Joseph