The 275th Hunger Games

by TheDarkestIce16

The last Quarter Quell has become a distant memory but now that 25 years have past, the Games will soon introduce a new rule as the format returns for this year's Hunger Games. Which tribute will walk away the winner when there's a new power at play? Sequel to "The 225th Hunger Games" and "The 250th Hunger Games."

1. Prologue

The years have passed and a slew of tributes are dead. The last Victor's tour has barely ended but it's now time to start the next Games. This year returns the format that everyone across the districts dread: the Quarter Quell.

The 250th Hunger Games saw a larger than normal cast of tributes. Forty-eight entered the arena but only two emerged as part of the twist. Tanner Ashby and Cammie Hargreaves returned to District 9 as Victors, with Tanner taking over the role of District Mentor and Cammie assuming the role of District Mayor as an adult.

The large television screens in District 9 line the walls of the political building. Many stand gazing at them, watching as Archibald Snow, the current President, appears on the screen. He steps toward the podium and pulls a card from the mysterious black box that holds a selection of horrors for the next Quarter Quells. The stoic and cold Snow opens the envelope and stares toward the camera, flashing his trademark emotionless smile.

He reads from the card and decreed: "Each tribute reaped into the arena will be granted one special privilege; an item selected beforehand which could potentially change their place and standing in the Hunger Games."

A new item? Tributes are already allowed to bring a small token with them into the Games, something of a reminder of their prior lives in the districts. However, this could be something different – a mysterious choice that can help someone survive and reach the end of the Games. Could a tribute's selection help or hurt their potential to win?

Only time will tell what will happen, but it will be a choice that could have dire consequences.

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The Tributes

District One
(Girl) Fleur Dunham
(Boy) Stirling Lock

District Two
(Girl) Ingrid Vargas
(Boy) Aries Gilliland

District Three
(Girl) Jane Tucker
(Boy) Linus Fritz

District Four
(Girl) Simone Yu
(Boy) Leith Wallis

District Five
(Girl) Priya Boehm
(Boy) Charlie Esser

District Six
(Girl) Greer Zeigler
(Boy) Henry Bright

District Seven
(Girl) Jasmine Treadway
(Boy) Dale Horne

District Eight
(Girl) Sarai Osgood
(Boy) Conner Strett

District Nine
(Girl) Penelope Wolfe
(Boy) Sean Latimer

District Ten
(Girl) Maisie Upshaw
(Boy) Fox Arbia

District Eleven
(Girl) Emma Ross
(Boy) Lawson Ellsworth

District Twelve
(Girl) Natalie Kates
(Boy) Taggert Rowe