AN: Another fan arena, written by Naisa. Please submit your own ideas too! The next arena will be of my design and the next again by a fan. I don't own THG.
Arena 12:
This arena is in the form of ancient remains from some lost civilization. All around there are the marble ruins of what may have been old religious temples, public houses and homes of the rich. It is like the ruin of an old Roman or Greek settlement, providing plenty of places to hide, to ambush and to shelter from the sweltering sun. The cornucopia is in the center of it all, it provides a little food and plenty of water but no weapons, as all of them, including swords, spears and axes, are hidden around the arena like buried artifacts.
Seven tributes die in the blood bath this year. Many of the tributes simply flee into the ruins while the rest battle out for the food and water. The boy from district 7 is killed and both tributes from district 3 and 8 as well as the girls from districts 4 and 8. The survivors of the bloodbath are both tributes from district 1 and 2, who killed most of the other tributes and quickly form an alliance, guarding the cornucopia.
The female tribute from district 12 is killed later that day by the girl from district 1 from trying to sneak food from the cornucopia. However there is a surprise in store for the alliance when night falls, and they realize they have no fuel to light a fire and are suddenly defenseless. At this point the girl from district 1 is killed by the boy from district 12 taking his revenge for his friend, before he too is killed by the boy from district 1.
When the sun rises again the male tribute from district 1 goes to look for weapons but is killed by the girl from district 6 and the boy from district 4 who managed to find a hoard of weapons in the rubble and had created their own mini alliance. They then decide to form a larger alliance with other tributes to try and take back the cornucopia, as all are getting desperate for food. Both tributes from district 5 decide to join the alliance.
In the battle to try and take back to cornucopia the girl from district 6 and 5 are killed by the tributes from district 2, before they are then killed by both the boys from district 4 and 5. However because of the obvious risks in guarding the cornucopia they decide to simply grab as much food as they can carry and run back to shelter. From then on the cornucopia is free pickings and all are able to sneak up and get food and water, apart from the male tributes from 8 and 11 who find themselves at the cornucopia at the same time and the boy from 8 takes this opportunity to kill the boy from 11. However 8's victim was a stronger fighter than he realised and is left with a dagger wound for his penance.
From then on things grow quiet in the arena, as all surviving tributes hide away in the ruins with weapons and food. It is then that the mutations are brought in. As with the Romans bringing lions into an arena with a human for entertainment, here there are mutant lions set loose within the ruins with the tributes. A cross between a wolf and a lion, they have an excellent sense of smell to help them sniff out the remaining tributes and hunt in packs. Both tributes from district 9 and 10 are killed by these beasts. The female tribute from 7 actually manages to kill one with a spear so gets away, and the girl from district 11 only survives because the boy from district 8, who was once fit and healthy and could have out-run the mutts, was slowed by his dagger wound and killed, so the girl manages to sneak away while the mutants fed on their prey.
With the remaining seven tributes, things grow quiet again. There is a large rainfall during the night to see who is intelligent enough to use the opportunity to hide from the mutts. Sure enough five of the seven remaining tributes cover themselves in the mud all around them, therefore hiding their scent from the mutts, and continue to hide amongst the ruins. The boy from district 6 however and the girl from district 9 do not catch onto the idea in time and are killed. Now just five tributes remain, and food is starting to run out.
We then call for a feast to bring the tributes back together and allow them to get more food. The girl from 7 is ambushed on the way there by the boy from 4 and is killed. However when the boy from 4 reaches the feast he is then killed by the boy from 5, who also kills the boy from 9 when he turns up to the feast. Despite this the boy from 5 cannot yet be crowned winner, as the girl from 11 is still hiding away and did not go to the feast, so he starts to hunt out the last tribute.
However the girl from 11 was more intelligent than she was given credit for. She managed to use her food sparingly so was not desperate to go to the feast, and being small she could hide in the best places. Hiding beneath some rubble she sees the boy from 5 approach and attacks him, cutting open his leg before fleeing to another hiding place. The boy from 5 is mortally wounded and bleeds out, however before he dies the girl from district 11 returns to him to apologize for killing him and give him comfort in his last few moments.
The girl from district 11 is the victor of the 12th Hunger Games.
