Everyone is watching television. No exceptions. If you are starving, dying, or anything else, you must watch the television. Today is the most feared day in Panem. The day that children in districts 1, 2, and 4 are eagerly awaiting. The day that children in districts 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 fear. No one is safe today.

Today is the Quarter Quell announcement.

Our president, President Rector, will read the faded envelope marked 175 today. It will reveal the twist in the Hunger Games this year. President Rector has been leading Panem since President Hickham's death after the 137th Hunger Games. Rector has a slightly relaxed lead than Snow or Hickham, but he is still strict.

I am sitting silently on the destroyed couch in our living room. My little brother just turned twelve, and he is shaking while sitting beside me. My little sister is only seven, and she doesn't know why the Quarter Quell announcement is so feared. My mother and father are sitting on the newer couch they got last week by our furniture dealer, Gotham Nail. He gave furniture away these days. It was great for my parents, who needed to save money to buy a new bull.

Suddenly, the anthem blares and the seal show up on screen. Jetta, absentmindedly, sings the words. She just learned them, while I knew them for over ten years. I feared this moment for three years. Being born near a Quarter Quell was bad luck here. You don't want to suffer the twist in the Games.

President Rector steps up to the podium. He looks as normal as ever. He's seventy years old and his white hair shows it. His features are sunken in and I guess it's from stress of being the president of such a horrible country. He opens his thin mouth and starts his speech.

"Today is a big day. Tonight is when I will make the Quarter Quell announcement. But, as President Hickham and Snow did before me, the history of our great natation comes first." Here he goes. "After natural disasters and wars, Panem rose from the ashes of a long gone North America. It was ringed by thirteen loyal districts. But, the Dark Days were upon us. The districts fought, but they were no match for the Capitol. With District Thirteen destroyed, the Hunger Games were born. They kept the remaining twelve districts in line, until Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark were chosen for the seventy-fourth Hunger Games."

I begin to zone out. I have learned this year after year in school. Katniss and Peeta defied the Capitol by threatening double suicide. They go home together and return for their Quarter Quell. They break out of the arena. District 12 is bombed. District 13 is still alive. Katniss ignites a rebellion. Blah, blah, blah.

"Before Katniss could do any real damage, the Capitol repeatedly bombed District 13. The bombings resulted in her death, along with everyone in District 13. The Hunger Games continued as normal, but with only twenty two tributes instead of twenty four. There was no victor for the seventy fifth Hunger Games." Rector grabs a list and he starts reading it.

He basically reads off every Quarter Quell. I can remember these by heart, thanks to the lovely schooling in Panem.

First Quarter Quell: Every district voted for their tributes.

Seconds Quarter Quell: Twice as many tributes go in.

Third Quarter Quell: Victors who are alive are reaped.

Fourth Quarter Quell: The Cornucopia was not in the arena.

Fifth Quarter Quell: All District citizens were eligible for the Reaping.

Sixth Quarter Quell: No one can volunteer for the child who has been reaped.

President Rector grabbed a yellowed with age envelope with the number 175 on the fold. He opened it slowly and Jace sucked in his breath. "For the seventh Quarter Quell, to remind the citizens that the rebels fought with people they didn't see eye-to-eye on, the tributes this year will be paired with someone not from their district."