Hello all! Thanks for checking out this story. I still need more tributes! So check out the form and the tribute list and do me a huge favour and submit. Please? Anyway this chapter is the prologue, it will be the only thing I update until I actually get all my tributes. So please submit! Anyway i hope you enjoy...dont forget to review...or submit...or both. :)

Prologue

I slowly stroll across the stage. Every camera is on me as I walk. As i reach the podium, the crowd erupts with cheers and claps. Its incredible how loud the Capitol audience can be, even though they know nothing about the announcement. The announcement that will make this years the most...interesting...yet.

"Hello citizens of Panem!" I yell into the microphone. The crowd erupts even louder than before.

"I'm sure you are all wondering what today announcement is about." I take a dramatic pause as the audience continues to cheer and as the camera continue to broadcast to the districts.

"Today's announcement is regarding the Hunger Games, as I'm sure many of you were hoping" the crowd explodes this time. I couldn't believe that they could get any louder, but I guess if one thing is more important to them then their president, its the Hunger Games.

It takes more than three minutes for the cheers to die down before I can continue with this. "When the Hunger Games were first formed, it was decided that every 25 years, we would hold a special edition of the Games, called a Quarter Quell. Each Quell with there own unique twist."

As the crowd goes up into another frenzy, I call up the girl, randomly selected Capitol citizen to bring the box. The box that has the enclosed Quell twists. The box that will entertain all of us this coming year. She places it in front of me and I open up the little black box and select the envelope with the '25' on it.

The crowd falls eerily silent as I break the seal on the envelope. You could hear a pin drop from 50 feet away. I silently read the slip of paper before I announce it and grin. This is going to be fun.

"To show the districts that they have brought the Hunger Games upon themselves and that they are the ones at fault. Each district shall vote for the tributes to represent them in this years games."

The crowd is silent while the news settles in. Then suddenly bursts into cheers and claps. This will be the most exciting games yet. I plaster a huge grin on my face due to all the excitement, say a quick thank you into the microphone and walk off the stage to my assistants and head back to my mansion.

Along with all the excitement, comes the irony of this whole situation. America may have fallen so long ago...but who says democracy is dead? Let the games begin.