Hello! This is the Hunger Games, with our beloved Hetalia characters. I have just loved parodies, and when this thought came upon me, I just had to do it. So Katniss will be played by Lovino/South Italy, Peeta will be played as Spain/Antonio, and many other characters will make their appearance here.
I will try to follow the book more closely than the movie, but since this is my interpretation things do have to change. For those of you who read the book, I will include Madge, but there will be no Avox girl that Lovino will encounter. Many characters will make their appearance and I shall try to include a list before each chapter so that everything remains straight. I'm using both the book and movie for reference, but again this is my interpretation of it.
Cast list for this chapter (in order of appearance):
Katniss Everdeen: Lovino Vargas/South Italy
Gale Hawthorne: Bella Dubois/Belgium
Primrose Everdeen: Feliciano Vargas/North Italy
Effie Trinket: Felix Łukasiewicz/Poland
It was cold. They had such cold mornings here in their District, but it wasn't something that Lovino wasn't used to by now. Still though, that didn't stop him from throwing back the thin sheet that he called a blanket and put his bare feet down on the ground. Lovino hissed at the touch, the freezing ground, sending chills up his spine. He would have loved to crawl back into bed with Feliciano and sleep the day away.
He couldn't do that though, not on this day. This day was just to important, never something that they would let him sleep through. Those damn peacekeepers went through homes collecting the kids who didn't show up for the Reaping. Lovino placed the blanket back on the bed, making sure that Feliciano was covered and warm before he put on regular clothes and made himself look somewhat presentable.
There's no one else out on the streets. Normally, since their District is famous for mining, miners would be dragging themselves down to the caves to spend the day in the dark where no one would see them until night falls. But today is the Reaping day, and no one is outside. In fact, Lovino is the only one who isn't peering outside windows and trying to stay out of the way. He made his way quickly through the streets and houses, coming face to face with a large electrified fence. Well it should have been electrified. It hadn't been in years simply because they couldn't afford for it to be lit up twenty four seven. Still though, every time that Lovino came up to the fence he would pause and listen for the tell tale hum of the electricity going through the wires. There was silence for the time being, and Lovino passed through a gap in the fence easily.
"Che, idiots..." Lovino muttered. They still didn't have enough common sense to watch over the gate, even though he and Bella were known for going through it and hunting.
Lovino grabbed his bow, and just a couple hundred feet away grabbed his arrows. He never left them in the same place, to afraid that someone would look through and find them. Not like anyone ever went into the woods anyways, but still he could never be to careful. Before others would have even gotten two steps, he had seen three birds and caught two of them. He was lucky today, normally they never saw game so soon. Hopefully his luck would last. It would, only a hundred feet away, a young doe was grazing. He bent his bow back, knocking an arrow silently. Just one more second, and that doe would be his...
"Hey Lovi! Busy chasing deer!" Bella suddenly exclaimed, right behind him. How she always managed to sneak up on him Lovino would never know. The doe took off running, and Lovino lost his chance.
"Shut up! You know deer don't ever come around here anymore," Lovino growled.
"Aw someone grumpy? Just remember, may the odds be ever-"
"In your favor. Ya, ya I know. Every damn year I hear that stupid reminder about how they send off kids to their death," Lovino cut off Bella, making sure that she hadn't stolen the birds he had caught on his way here. It wouldn't be the first time that she had done that.
"I didn't take your stupid birds Lovi. Now come on! We don't have that much time and I want to relax!" Bella grabbed his hand, dragging him along to her favorite hill. She always wanted to go there when they had time. It was a lot closer than Lovino's favorite spot of the lake, but still he didn't like it as much as she did.
Bella plopped herself down on the Earth, bringing her bag to her side and pulling out the things that she had brought to celebrate the day. Even a day like this where two people would be shipped off to their deaths, everyone else was expected to celebrate the day. Bella pulled out bits of meat, a sliver of cheese, and finally a small loaf a bread, no bigger than Lovino's palm.
"How much did that cost you?" Lovino exclaimed, grabbing her bread. It was still warm, he cracked it in half, savoring the delicious smell that wafted off of it. Bread was something that was just as rare as actual money here in District 12.
"Just a squirrel that I caught. He always gets sentimental today on the Reaping," Bella said as she tore it in half, giving him one half of it then diving what ever else they had brought right down the middle.
Their little 'feast', if they could even call it that, was done in about five minutes. Lovino washed down the last bite of bread he had with a swallow of water that he had. He looked at the scenery, trying to relax and make the scowl disappear off his face, but he just couldn't. His thoughts were to entrapped of what would happen in less than two hours. It was going to be Feliciano's first reaping. Though they looked so similar, Lovino was three years older than him. Lovino had his name in that shiny silver bowl over thirty times, just so that Feliciano would only have it in there once. Even though he acted like he didn't care, he had to watch over Feliciano.
"How many times is your name in there Bella?" he asked suddenly, trying to shake his own thoughts about what could happen if Feliciano got called up onto that stage. Twenty three other people, calling for his blood. Lovino couldn't help but shiver at the thought.
"Forty seven," she said simply. It wasn't uncommon for kids and teenagers to have their names in the bowl multiple times. Last year it had been only twenty nine for her. "I guess the odds really aren't in my favor today," she chuckled. They fell back into silence.
Before the hour was up they had both packed everything and were back in their camp. Lovino walked into his house, not bothering to knock or give any kind of warning. Not like his family would have hid anyway. Raids were normal here, and they had happened to them before. He was greeted with his Grandfather and Feliciano lightly chatting.
"Lovino! I'm so nervous! Everything's going to be okay right?" Feliciano almost screamed, running forward and clinging to his brother. Lovino pushed him away, trying to get more comfortable before he tried to calm his brother.
"You'll be fine! Now let go!" Feliciano let go of his brother, stepping back obediently. Lovino shrugged off his coat and his bag and putting them away before turning back to Feliciano.
"You'll be fine. Your name is only in there once. Now quit worrying and start getting ready alright? We have to be there in an hour." Lovino pushed his brother into the room, ignoring the others whines of protest and questions.
Lovino had taken his clothes out the night before and put them in the living room. He dressed quickly, washing the dirt from his hands out in the bucket of water that he had gotten last night, also making sure that he got his hair wet for that measure. His Grandfather watched him from his seat, not helping his grandson but also not doing anything wrong either. Lovino preferred it that way. When he was all clean he put on his clothes, making sure that they were clean as well, before going and getting Feliciano.
"Feli? Come on, we have to go," Lovino said before entering the room where his brother was. Feliciano was sitting on the bed, looking close to tears.
"Hey, come on, everything will turn out alright. I promise." Lovino said, pulling his brother up. They couldn't be late.
"Promise?" Feliciano choked out, eyes full of tears.
"I just did didn't I? Now come on." Feliciano let Lovino lead him out of the room, where their Grandfather was waiting for them to say goodbye.
"Bye Nonno, we'll be back soon," Feliciano said. Grandpa Rome, or as everybody called him Rome, smiled at Feliciano.
"I'll be there remember?" Feli nodded eagerly, "Lovino come here, let me fix your hair."
Lovino didn't protest as his Grandfather fixed his hair. He knew that it would probably look better anyways, and today was not the day for fighting. Once Grandpa Rome was done, he gave both his grandsons a hug and let them leave. He was to young to be a grandfather, but still he wouldn't give them up for the world.
Feliciano grasped his brothers hand tightly, refusing to let go even though some people would stare at them. He wasn't the only person scared about what was going to happen to them, but he was the only one actually holding onto a sibling. Everyone else acted detached, as if they weren't really there.
"Please head to the check in area. Please head to the check in area. Please head-" the robotic recorded voice said again and again. Lovino was used to it, but that same mechanical voice still managed to annoy the hell out of him.
"Do as they say, then meet me on the other end," Lovino barked out. He couldn't be nice here, in front of everyone else. Feliciano didn't even seem to notice the tone that his brother used though, he just nodded and got in line where Lovino had pointed. Lovino headed over to his own line, forking over a drop of blood and his name without a moments thought.
"You're clear," the peacekeeper said. Lovino was already gone before the words were out of her mouth.
He searched eagerly for his brother. He had to find Feliciano before the whole event started. As soon as it did, the kids weren't allowed to move anymore because it would interrupt and take away from the 'ceremony'. Lovino didn't really care but one time a kid had tried to move to get closer to his sister and the peacekeepers beat him to make an example. Now though, Lovino pushed through the other people, searching for one familiar face. He spotted Bella a couple feet away, Feliciano right next to her and holding her hand. Right as he reached them, the ceremony started, the last kid had been registered into the system that was meant to be there.
A microphone screeches, making everyone cringe and cover their ears. They all turned to the stage, where the mayor sat, along with Vash Zwingli, the only living victor of District 12 who won the Hunger Games. On the third and last seat sat Felix Łukasiewicz, the spokesman from the Capital who comes every year to pick the two tributes.
The mayor stepped towards the podium, telling the story of the Districts and the Capital. There had been a war, and risen from the ashes of that came the world known as Panem. From Panem came the Capital and then thirteen districts. All thirteen Districts rebelled against the Capital, but only twelve were subdued, while the thirteenth one was obliterated. It was a story that the mayor got to tell everyone every year.
Yet as a result of the rebellion, the Hunger Games emerged. As a punishment for the twelve districts that remained, every year there would be two tributes from each district. The tributes could be both girls or both boys, as long as there were two of them. Then the twenty four tributes were put into an area that could range from anything to ocean to desert, where they would fight for their lives. Only one tribute would live at the end. The event lasted several weeks, and every single person in Panem watched it. Lovino hated it.
Felix Łukasiewicz bounced up as soon as the mayor was done, tapping the mic to make sure that it was working. This year he had decided on wearing all pick, even tinting his hair a light shade of pick that went well with his original shade of blonde hair. He was wearing a powder pink button up shirt, and a hot pink skirt that ended just above his knees. Even his lips had a nice shade of pink with them, making them stand out compared to his pale looking skin.
"Now, like is everyone here? Oh they are. Totes cool. Let's like draw the first name then." Felix went to that large silver bowl, reaching his hand inside and pulling out a single slip of paper.
"Feliciano Vargas!"
So that's the first chapter! Let me know what you think and I'll update soon.