Being Chosen Isn't Always a Good Thing- The 25th Hunger Games
President Cook walked onto his balcony. This was where the video taping would be taking place. It was the first quarter quell and nobody knew what to expect. The President himself didn't even know, all he knew was there was some sort of twist that was made twenty five years ago by the founders. However, in just a few moments everybody would know the twist after the President, himself, read the card. In fact, they only had sixty seconds until this would be a live broadcast and everybody would hear his wonderful voice. He looked over at the camera man who counted down on his fingers once they reached ten seconds. "And three, two one, go," Rufus said as the broadcast went live. It started off with the National anthem of Panem and during that time, the President stood up and waited until it would be over. Rufus then gave him the go signal and the President began his speech.
"Good evening, residents of Panem. It's me, President Cook and it is officially time for our first Quarter Quell. I know we are all anxiously waiting," President Cook announced loud and clearly into the microphone as he opened up the small box that carried the cards for all of the quarter quells that were planned out. Of course the one they needed was on the top, so the President quickly grabbed the yellow envelope and opened it up as he quickly read it.
"Wow, now this is quite a surprise," the words quietly came out of his mouth making everyone become extremely anxious as they waited. He decided to end the suspense. "For the first Quarter Quell, the tributes will be chosen by none other then everybody else in the districts. Each family gets one vote for the girl, and one vote for the boy. Now have fun deciding on who you want to be in the games, for your district."
Right after the President finished saying that, he heard Rufus, the camera man, say, "And we are out."
The President then got up and walked over to the Head Gamemaker, Cormac. "You ready to make this first Quarter Quell a rememberable one?"
Cormac looked over at the President in surprise that he had just asked that. "Do you know me at all? I'm the Head Gamemaker and I love torturing the tributes. Of course this will be a remembered games!" he replied loud and clear but then mumbled something else, "As long as my fellow Gamemaker's don't fool around and actually get some work done..." he cut himself off before President Cook yelled at him for having a team that was slacking.
"Well you better get them under control because if you don't then we are going to have some serious problems!" President Cook announced rudely to Cormac before walking back into his office. He hated hearing that the Gamemaker's weren't under control, since it was indeed Cormac's job to make sure everything was running fine. The President was not going to let the First Quarter Quell be bad just because the Gamemaker's couldn't behave.
After President Cook made it back to his office, he sat down in his chair as he started to think about the next few weeks. It would only be a little longer until all of the tributes were selected. In fact, the President really liked the idea of the districts choosing their own tributes since he wanted to see how creative they would all be. He did wonder though if kids would volunteer to go in. He also wondered if people would pick people they hate, strong tributes that they personally thought could win it, or weak tributes who they knew would die.
The Official List Of Tributes!
District One (Luxury items):
Female- Aria Macmillan
Male- Felix Pierce
District Two (Masonry):
Female- Yoko Tanizawa
Male- Gust Gilbank
District Three (Technology):
Female- Taryn Lorelai
Male- Zane Braine
District Four (Fishing):
Female- Penelope Quartenfield
Male- Ruben Quincy
District Five (Power):
Female- Noelle Coltenburge
Male- Edison Schultz
District Six (Transportation):
Female- Jantelle Laise
Male- Kalen Ram
District Seven (Lumber):
Female- Jaine Crocker
Male- Cyprus Aldren
District Eight (Textiles):
Female- Unity Larson
Male- Thatcher Larson
District Nine (Grain):
Female- Imogen Wheaton
Male- Acer Woodwing
District Ten (Livestock):
Female- Mist Manke
Male- Parker Redmond
District Eleven (Agriculture):
Female- Alyssa Brown
Male- Aiden May
District Twelve (Mining):
Female- Jennah Morrison
Male- Troyzan Smith
