THE 8TH HUNGER GAMES

The year of the 8th Hunger Games is a fairly quiet one, again. In the Capitol, things are going smoothly. The President and First Lady have a child now, Coriolanus Snow, who will of course take over as President in years to come. The Hunger Games carry on, with a new Gamemaker taking over as well. Apparently the Capitol weren't too fond of last year's lower-District Victor, so the old Gamemaker was 'taken care of'. Nobody knew this, however. This was the start of many Gamemakers' deaths.

In the Districts, the people are gradually being more and more oppressed by the Capitol. A few people from Districts such as 11 and 9 are becoming more aggressive, however, some choosing to paint slogans on the walls as graffiti or even attack Peacekeepers. However, these people are being subdued and purged from the Districts, and nobody dares step up to take their place.

THE LANDSCAPE

The tributes find themselves in a very different arena: a labyrinth. With high sandy brick walls, glowing, flickering torches and the promise of more than a few nasty surprises in dead ends, this year's Games will certainly be very interesting. There are many mutts and traps in the labyrinth, along with spouts that protrude from walls and the floor, which shoot lava. Any tribute caught in that will be dead in a second.

THE CORNUCOPIA

The Cornucopia contains armor for the first time, as well as food, water but only a few weapons. It lies in the 'starting room' for the tributes, with paths leading out of it.

THE TRIBUTES

- Jewell Barchetta - District 1 female, 17

- Obsidian Parisso – District 1 male, 17

- Alicia Coppers – District 2 female, 16

- Adrian Brewton – District 2 male, 18

- Darla Ericles – District 3 female, 14

- Cedric Hurst – District 3 male, 16

- Scilla Froyst – District 4 female, 16

- Hadyn Abrahams – District 4 male, 17

- Ardya Pontino – District 5 female, 12

- Dean Pickswell – District 5 male, 15

- Flora Bonnings – District 6 female, 14

- Laxander Brow – District 6 male, 18

- Paige Patrick – District 7 female, 17

- Cayn Flickerwood – District 7 male, 18

- Vella Garthers – District 8 female, 14

- Bertrand Quentins – District 8 male, 15

- Dollie Millsworth – District 9 female, 13

- Kenneth Dannlen – District 9 male, 18

- Lily-Rose Greenway – District 10 female, 15

- Pete Saintston – District 10 male, 17

- Fauna Cirll – District 11 female, 14

- Valerian Burgens – District 11 male, 16

- Sadia Kenns – District 12 female, 18

- Ashe Crow – District 12 male, 17

THE GAMES

The Bloodbath doesn't claim many lives as the tributes quickly realize there aren't a lot of weapons in the Cornucopia. However, this doesn't stop the Careers from chasing the other tributes, and they quickly get their hands on most of the weapons. The first to die is Lily-Rose, who is cornered by Jewell, who decapitates her. The second death is very surprising, and the first Career death in the Bloodbath yet: Alicia, the youngest Career, is attacked by Laxander, and the older boy manages to steal her weapon and kill her easily. The Careers run off, but take some supplies with them too.

The third and final death is Bertrand, who is killed by Flora as he tries to rip the backpack off her shoulder.

The Bloodbath concludes with only three tributes dead, a number which is very surprising…and disappointing. The Gamemakers are also annoyed to have a perfect killer (Alicia) dead so early.

The other tributes, having mostly headed for the Cornucopia, have plenty of supplies, but don't know what to do. Unfortunately, as he finds himself at a dead-end, Valerian is cornered by a huge, slavering rat mutt. It bites his head clean off.

24th – Lily-Rose Greenway, District 10 female

23rd – Alicia Coppers, District 2 female

22nd – Bertrand Quentins, District 8 male

21st – Valerian Burgens, District 11 male

Day 2 is even quieter. Not many tributes have slept well, and even the Careers are feeling nervous. Little do they know that the Gamemakers are doing something else to them: releasing a transparent gas from hidden air vents that will affect tributes' mental health, making them feel vulnerable and even more edgy, tense and scared than ever. It will also make them paranoid and mistrustful.

Day 3 is just as calm, so on Day 4, the Gamemakers are pleased to see that three tributes drop from dehydration: Flora, Ardya and Paige.

Meanwhile, later in the day, the Careers are attacked by tendrils that come out of the walls. The tendrils choke all three of them to death.

20th – Flora Bonnings, District 6 female

19th – Ardya Pontino, District 5 female

18th – Paige Patrick, District 7 female

17th – Jewell Barchetta, District 1 female

16th – Obsidian Parisso, District 1 male

15th – Adrian Brewton, District 2 male

On Day 5, a new alliance is made: Scilla, Sadia and Dollie meet up and decide to truce. Meanwhile, it seems like two specific tributes are in trouble – both Vella and Kenneth are suffering from severe mutt wounds and dehydration.

Day 6 comes, with Kenneth dying of dehydration and many tributes' supplies running out. However, with the Careers dead so surprisingly early, the Cornucopia is completely free and three tributes manage to find it again: Hadyn, Laxander and Fauna. Laxander kills Fauna and takes her water before hacking into Hadyn with an axe.

14th – Kenneth Dannlen, District 9 male

13th – Fauna Cirll, District 11 female

12th – Hadyn Abrahams, District 4 male

Day 7 dawns and Vella dies of blood loss. On the other hand, Laxander recieves a sponsor gift of bread.

11th – Vella Garthers, District 8 female

On Day 8, Ashe stumbles across Darla, and kills her quickly and silently. However, he is later killed by a lava spout.

10th – Darla Ericles, District 3 female

9th – Ashe Crow, District 12 male

Days 9 and 10 pass deathless, and so on Day 11 the Gamemakers make all the walls of the labyrinth collapse, letting the tributes and mutts roam free. A horrific second-Bloodbath ensues as Scilla and her girl group are torn apart by rat mutts, while Pete is killed by a lava spout and Dean is murdered by Laxander.

8th – Scilla Froyst, District 4 female

7th – Sadia Kenns, District 12 female

6th – Dollie Millsworth, District 10 female

5th – Pete Saintston, District 10 male

4th – Dean Pickswell, District 5 male

Day 12 comes and the final 3 are left: Laxander, Cayn and Cedric, who seems to have stayed hidden for most of the Games. By mid-morning, Cedric is unfortunately killed by a lava spout.

Cayn doesn't know it, but he is being hunted down by the vicious Laxander. The Capitolites are squirming in their seats, desperate to see this bloody show-down,

In less than an hour, Laxander finds the boy hiding behind a pile of rock rubble. He kills him slowly, then stabs him multiple times before raising his sword to ceiling in a Victory stance. A wide smile is on his face.

THE VICTOR

Laxander Brow – District 6 male

THE AFTERMATH

Laxander was one of the small group of Victors who were partially insane, and his known drug use before the Games was one of the reasons that District 6 was often called "Drug District" and known for sending out weird, insane or druggie tributes. He spiraled back into substance abuse only a few weeks after his Victory, and later was even jailed for 'inciting violent acts amongst citizens'. He wasn't admired by his District, although he was very interesting, and lots of people were scared of him. He never married and died at 47 from an overdose of morphling.

FAMILY INTERVIEW

Apparently Laxander has no living family, although his 'Uncle' Gerald did agree to speak about his 'nephew' on live TV. "Yeah, Laxander was pretty good with self-defense," Gerald says. He seems rather unruffled by the Victory. "I guess it was always his dream to be able to…hurt people." After this unnerving statement, he refuses to say anything more.

A/N: Laxander's Victory…what did you think of him? Also, you might've noticed that I swapped the 'Cornucopia' and 'Landscape' sections at the start - well, I did it because I thought it made more sense, so hopefully it works better now.

Victors List

Ambro Fray – District 10 male – won by killing his last opponent, Lud

Midas Redfold – District 1 male – won by killing his last opponent, Kall

Laria Barr, District 2 female – won by killing her last opponent, Kylo

Aqua Jonson, District 4 female – won by killing her last opponent, Timm

Seth Fairpine, District 7 male – won when his opponent was killed by a fallen tree

Hestia Blaine, District 4 female – won by killing her last opponent, Cryssa

Traff Fletcher, District 12 male – won when his opponent drowned

Laxander Brow, District 6 male – won by killing his last opponent, Cayn