"Yes! That's me! I'm hungry!" I run up by the weird lady, but then I go over by my dad, because the weird lady scares me.
"It's ok son, I know you can do this, you will. You are my son, I have beleif in you."
"Um...ok?" That was weird, I don't know why he is talking like that, but ok.
The weird lady pulls me over by her.
"The demigod tributes for the 76th annual hunger games!" she says.
Zeus gets up and walks over to her, he whispers something.
"Oh...wait, what? Ooh, ok." the weird lady mumbles.
"Well seems like we need more tributes, 12 demigods and they will choose 12 humans, but before we choose the others I seem to have forgotten to show you the video all the way from the Capitol!
A video starts:
"War, terrible war. Widows, orphans, a motherless child.
This was the uprising that rocked our land.
Thirteen districts rebelled against the country that fed them, loved tem, protected them.
Brother turned on brother until nothing remained.
And then came the peace, hard fought, sorely won.
A people rose up from the ashes, and a new era was born.
But freedom has a cost. And the traitors were defeated.
We swore as a nation we would never know this treason again.
And so it was decreed that each year the various districts of Panem would offer up, in tribute, one young man and woman to fight to the death in a pageant of honor, courage, and sacrifice.
The lone victor, bathed in riches, would serve as a reminder of our generosity and our forgiveness.
This is how we remember our past.
This is how we safeguard our future."
Fight to the death! What! I'm supposed to fight to the death against 23 others. I can do this, this is easy, I've fought many other things and killed them and they are much harder to kill than humans! So that's why my dad was giving me that awkward advice.
"Alright, so I guess I will do ladies first again..."
Don't be Annabeth! Don't be Annabeth! I cannot fight her to the death, I mean we're boyfriend and girlfriend! I feel bad having to Clarisse! Ya, were not the best of friens, but still.
She helped fight against Kronos too.
"Silena Beauregard"
Silena! I can't fight against her! Aphrodite would be so mad at me if I killed one of her daughters!
"And for the boys: Danny Nelson"
Danny Nelson? I've never heard of him...I wonder who he is the son of.
I walk over by my dad.
"Dad, why are we doing this?"
"Doing what?" he asked confused.
"This whole fight to the death thing!"
"Oh, that, um, well you see...actually why don't you just ask Fiona."
"Fiona?" I ask.
"Ya, that lady over there." he pointed to the weird lady.
"Oh, I was right, it was a girl!"
Poseidon gave me a puzzled look.
"But wait until she is done with getting all the tributes." he said.
"Ok."
"Come over here Percy." Fiona said.
"Our demigod tributes for the 76th annual hunger games:
Percy Jackson,
Clariss La Rue,
Silena Beauregard,
Danny Nelson,
Ronny Adams,
Travis Stoll,
Thalia Grace,
Andrew Roberts,
Lily Miller,
Brian Jones,
and lastly, Annabeth Chase,
and Scott Turner."
Annabeth chase, she said Annabeth Chase. We have to fight to the death. One of us is going to die.
Author's Note:
Yes, there will be Katniss and Peeta in the story, they will come in Ch. 4 and there will be other districts.