73 Games that Came & Went

by Skyheart033

We all know about the 74th and 75th Hunger Games, but what about the stories we were never told? What about the Hunger Games that were forgotten? This is where you can read about the arenas that were abandoned and the tributes who were lost in time. These are the stories of the 73 other Hunger Games. *Not following the events of canon Games* 29/73

25. 24th Hunger Games - Floating Islands

THE 24TH HUNGER GAMES

As the season of the Hunger Games begins, a emblematic bombshell is dropped on the people of the Districts.

The Quarter Quell.

President Coriolanus Snow is getting to be even worse than his father. As the Reapings come ever closer, he passes a new law – every twenty-five years, as an extra punishment for the Districts' rebellion, they will send their tributes into a Games with a wicked twist.

There is uproar, especially in the lower Districts. People begin to realize that this will happen next year, and soon even the Peacekeepers can't control the riots, protests and sheer disobedience of the District people. So President Snow made a threat: if they didn't accept this new law, then they would have to send in double the amount of tributes every year – making forty-eight tributes in total.

This worked, of course, and the Districts began to return to their usual quiet status, although there were still many who hated the idea of the Quarter Quell. But there was nothing to be done. President Snow had made the decision, and it was final. The 24th Hunger Games continued as normal, with all the Districts still bristling after the announcement.

THE LANDSCAPE

The tributes rise up through a pale blue expanse, and finally find themselves on individual floating islands, acessible with rope bridges. There are 12 large islands and 24 tiny islands, about 2 or 3 meters long. These are the islands each tribute rise up onto. Some islands have trees and rivers which flow off the sides as well, or are covered in plants and flowers.

CORNUCOPIA

The Cornucopia sits on one central island, and holds only weapons. The weapons are spears, knives, swords, axes and bows. It will be difficult for tributes to survive without looking for food and water themselves, although sponsor gifts may help.

THE TRIBUTES

- Primadonna Alezander – District 1 female, 18

- Romeo Spearsteel – District 1 male, 17

- Valkyrie Greybridge – District 2 female, 16

- Oskaro Exenn – District 2 male, 18

- Jozephina Brandeen – District 3 female, 18

- Norris Tinvyre – District 3 male, 18

- Maggie Hatchton – District 4 female, 15

- Seamus Brynewater – District 4 male, 12

- Xippina Tollstein – District 5 female, 17

- Willyam Hareford – District 5 male, 14

- Karra Brixx – District 6 female, 16

- Cartor Erinne – District 6 male, 18

- Rica Strawton – District 7 female, 13

- Nutt Woodharp – District 7 male, 15

- Penni Young – District 8 female, 15

- Satinno Bandon – District 8 male, 17

- Seyna Raybury – District 9 female, 12

- Oatier Baldock – District 9 male, 16

- Merona Wynned – District 10 female, 18

- Falcon Avenlock – District 10 male, 14

- Daffodill Prenders – District 11 female, 17

- Tagonn Dute – District 11 male, 15

- Vinna Bushlane – District 12 female, 13

- Larm Corthalle – District 12 male, 16

THE GAMES

The 24th Hunger Games begin at the booming sound of the gong, but for once, the tributes are reluctant to step off their platforms. Many are slightly scared of the islands, nervous that they might capsize or sink. However, it's Oskaro from Two who starts it all, as he lunges at Primadonna, who stands on the pedestal next to him. He pushes her off her platform and then proceeds to smash her face off her pedestal. The other tributes watch in horrified silence as her cannon rings out.

Another few seconds pass, and slowly, the tributes start to trickle towards the Cornucopia, until eventually all but five are grabbing supplies. These five are Seyna, Tagonn, Xippina, Karra and Vinna, who quickly cross the bridges to separate islands.

The second death occurs when Valkyrie runs at Penni, pushing her over the edge of the island. Penni lets out a ear-splitting scream and falls for about a mile before dying on a forcefield that covers the bottom of the arena.

Four more tributes die quickly after – Larm, Satinno, Rica and Seamus, three of which are killed by Careers. Larm is stabbed by Jozephina, an unsurprising kill, as the girl seems to be a strong tribute.

The rest of the day passes relatively quietly, with eighteen tributes left. The two Careers who are allied, Valkyrie and Romeo, stay on guard at the Cornucopia. Meanwhile, their former ally Oskaro roams the arena, seemingly in some kind of blood-thirsty trance. He manages to ambush the unsuspecting Falcon, ending Day 1 with a cannon shot.

24th – Primadonna Alezander, District 1 female

23rd – Penni Young, District 8 female

22nd – Larm Corthalle, District 12 male

21st – Satinno Bandon, District 8 male

20th – Rica Strawton, District 7 female

19th – Seamus Brynewater, District 4 male

18th – Falcon Avenlock, District 10 male

Day 2 brings the start of a new alliance – Jozephina and Oskaro, who plan to work together and kill as many tributes as they can. They share their supplies and discuss the weakest tributes, along with their route around the arena.

On one of the larger islands which is covered in dense pine trees, Merona is camping, and has lit a small fire. Unfortunately for her, this attracts the attention of Maggie, who is wielding a large sword. Merona manages to escape up one of the trees before Maggie sees her, and then escapes onto the corresponding island.

Although there are no deaths for the rest of the day, it isn't just Merona who has a close shave. Seyna, one of the youngest tributes, tries to steal some supplies from the Cornucopia, but is pierced by one of Valkyrie's arrows as she tries to run back the way she came. Deciding she will die anyway, the Careers leave her to it, and Seyna disappears with more trouble than she started out with.

Day 3 begins with a sudden blistering heat, and many of the tributes are driven into shade. This proves deadly for Vinna, who stumbles into Jozephina and Oskaro's camp. Jozephina strangles her after a long struggle, earning a little more respect from her ally.

Nutt seems to be one of the tributes in trouble. He has a weapon, but no supplies, and is too scared to leave the tree that serves as his shelter. However, if he doesn't find water soon, he will die. Unfortunately for him, it seems he is too weak to move, let alone climb out of his tree and search.

The last death of the day happens in the early evening. Oatier, apparently too weakened to carry on, commits suicide by jumping off the edge of his island.

17th – Vinna Bushlane, District 12 female

16th – Oatier Baldock, District 10 male

Day 4 starts with a loud cannon shot ringing out across the arena – Nutt has finally died of dehydration. However, his is the only death of the day.

Valkyrie and Romeo go tribute-hunting, only to find Seyna again, this time leaning against a tree stump slowly bleeding out of her wound, which has become infected. Romeo kicks her side and they leave her, deciding to let her suffer.

Cartor goes out to find food of some sort and meets up with Tagonn. Not wanting to fight the younger boy, he agrees to an alliance. Tagonn shares some fruit he has found, while Cartor gives him a knife to defend himself with.

Meanwhile, Willyam stumbles across Karra's camp, where the older tribute is sleeping soundly underneath a tree. He hesitates for a few seconds, then hurries over to her collection of nuts and berries, scooping them up and dashing away.

As night falls, Daffodill makes herself a quick shelter out of sticks and twigs, then lights a fire. Luckily for her, the trees on her island hide the smoke.

15th – Nutt Woodharp, District 7 male

Day 5 brings very hot, sunny weather, which encourages the fourteen remaining tributes to explore the arena a little better. Jozephina and Oskaro make yet another kill – this time, it's Norris, whom they dispose of quickly and easily. Jozephina doesn't seem to care that it's her District partner. This pair are obviously natural killers, which makes them very likely to be in the Final Five at least.

By afternoon, most of the tributes are moving around the islands, looking for food, water or others to kill. Cartor and Tagonn, however, stay in their camp, deciding that they will hold out for a few more days or so.

As the sun begins to set and darkness shrouds the arena, Xippina, one of the weaker tributes, is discovered by Valkyrie, who has gone out tribute-hunting by herself. After a short fight, Xippina is skewered by the Career, and her cannon rings out. Day 5 ends with only half the tributes remaining.

14th – Norris Tinvyre, District 3 male

13th – Xippina Tollstein, District 5 female

Day 6 brings no deaths, but Maggie seems to be in trouble. She has lost her iodine tablets in the meadow she's walking through, and is suffering greatly from dehydration. As a last resort, she crosses to the larger Cornucopia island, hoping that Romeo and Valkyrie won't be there. In a stroke of luck, it appears that they are away hunting tributes, and Maggie manages to get some more supplies before running back the way she came.

Karra is infuriated by the fact that her food has been stolen, and goes out to look for more. However, she is suddenly attacked by a cloud of genetically engineered wasps – tracker-jackers. They sting her badly and she hallucinates for the rest of the day before blacking out next to a stream.

Cartor and Tagonn set some snares together and Cartor manages to set up a small campfire. They eat some blackberries as the afternoon turns into evening.

Jozephina and Oskaro are frustrated as they set up camp for the night, wishing they had made some more kills recently. However, they are soon put in a good mood when they receive the first sponsor gift of the Games – a loaf of bread and some water, along with a short spear each.

Day 7 sees Seyna's death, as she finally dies of infection and dehydration. However, hers is not the only cannon to ring out that day.

Merona is dying slowly, with only a little spring of water to keep her from becoming fatally thirsty. She hasn't eaten for days, and is now too weak to look for any wild food, or to journey to the Cornucopia. Even with her water source, she is not going to survive without some kind of sponsor gift.

Meanwhile, Oskaro and Jozephina encounter Willyam one of the meadow islands, trying to hide in the tall grass. He is starving hungry and far too weak to fight them off with his fists. Oskaro sends his spear into the younger tribute's head, and smiles as the cannon shot rings out.

12th – Seyna Raybury, District 9 female

11th – Willyam Hareford, District 5 male

Day 8 begins peacefully, although Romeo and Valkyrie are getting antsy. They are the proper Career alliance and they still haven't made many kills. They go tribute-hunting and, to the pair's delight, they find Karra lying on the ground, trying desperately to crawl along through the grass. She is an easy kill, and Romeo stabs her quickly.

However, there are still ten tributes left, and so the Gamemakers decide to spice things up a little. The island that is most inhabited is the largest forest island, with Merona, Daffodill, Cartor and Tagonn all camping on it. The Gamemakers make the island rotate slowly, and the tributes stumble, surprised but not too alarmed. Then the island starts to spin much more rapidly, until eventually it's flying around and the tributes are frantically trying to hold onto trees and bushes. However, Merona, in her weak state, goes flying off with a scream, and falls for quite a distance before landing on the forcefield at the bottom of the arena.

10th – Karra Brixx, District 6 female

9th – Merona Wynned, District 10 female

Day 9 marks the death of Jozephina. In a fit of rage after a loud argument with his ally, Oskaro picks up his spear and drives it into her chest, blinded by fury and frustration. Once he realizes what he has done, he grabs her supplies and runs, apparently shocked by his own actions.

With only seven tributes left, the arena is becoming much less populated, and potential Victors are starting to emerge. Cartor and Tagonn are still allied, although they have both discussed what will happen if they end up in the Final Four. Tagonn is willing to die for Cartor, which is shocking to everyone. However, Cartor refuses to let him do that, and instead tells him to drop the subject.

8th – Jozephina Brandeen, District 3 female

Day 10 brings the death of Maggie, as she dies of dehydration. Her cannon rings out, leaving two alliances and two lone tributes left in the Games.

Oskaro decides that he will do whatever it takes to return home, but finds himself growing weaker every hour. By afternoon, he collapses by a tree, exhausted, hungry and dehydrated. In less than five minutes, he has fallen asleep.

This proves to be deadly for him. Daffodill, the other lone tribute, appears from behind some bushes, wielding a sharp-looking rock. Hurrying over to Oskaro, she proceeds to bash his head in, using both the tree trunk and the rock to kill him. It looks like one of the most blood-thirsty tributes is now dead, with five kills to his name.

7th – Maggie Hatchton, District 4 female

6th – Oskaro Exenn, District 2 male

Day 11 leaves the Final Five decided – Daffodill, Cartor, Tagonn, Valkyrie and Romeo. The Careers' supplies are now running very low, and they decide to go out and try to kill off some more of the tributes. After hours of searching nearly every island, they find one of Cartor and Tagonn's old campfires. They manage to track the two boys down, and ambush them as evening sets in. Tagonn screams in pain and fear as Romeo buries his axe in his back, while Cartor hurries away, escaping with nothing except a few berries.

5th – Tagonn Dute, District 11 male

Day 12 brings the arrival of a second sponsor gift – this time, it goes to Daffodill. She recieves a Capitol-made slingshot, complete with little metal darts to use as ammunition. Satisfied with her new weapon, she lays low for the day, collecting some nuts and berries to eat.

Valkyrie decides that she and Romeo will not be allies any longer – but it's not a mutual decision. As darkness falls on the islands, she creeps up behind him and slits his throat with her sword, smiling cruelly as he falls to the ground and his cannon rings out.

4th – Romeo Spearsteel, District 1 male

Day 13 sees the death of Cartor as he is attacked by Daffodill. The once-harmless girl has now turned into some kind of monster with her slingshot, and shoots him down remorselessly from her perch in a tree.

Now, as Cartor's cannon rings out, the two contenders for Victory have been decided. Daffodill, unlike Valkyrie, has a plan.

She watches and waits until Valkyrie leaves the Cornucopia in search of the last tribute, then sprints over and begins to work quickly. She grabs coils of wire that the Careers hadn't found a use for and begins to weave a long, thin mesh around the small entrance of the golden horn. It takes about an hour to finish the mesh, and once Daffodill is done, she manages to cut small holes in the mesh with wirecutters lying nearby. Then she takes up position and waits.

Valkyrie arrives back, tired and angry that she hasn't found her opponent yet. However, as she steps towards the Cornucopia, a metal dart flies into her head, causing her to fall backwards. Daffodill continues to let the darts fly, although most of them hit Valkyrie's shoulders or throat. In less than five minutes, the older girl is streaming blood and can barely stand.

Daffodill watches and waits as the Careers crawls along the ground, clawing at the metal mesh and trying to break through. Daffodill stays put and finally, after a long, agonising wait, Valkyrie slumps to the ground and her cannon rings out. From her place in the Cornucopia, Daffodill covers her face with her hands and leans against the wall as her Victory is announced to the whole of Panem.

THE VICTOR

Daffodill Prenders, District 11 female

THE AFTERMATH

Daffodill, although welcomed by District 11 as their second Victor, was never anyone's idol or favorite. The Capitol disliked her for being a 'coward' in the arena, and she was often left to her own devices, for most were slightly scared of her intelligence and her sudden change after leaving the arena. She was a broken girl, not only because killing was not in her nature, but because she was so haunted by her time in the arena that many called her 'strange' or, at worst, 'crazy'. She was very different from Poppy Brookeway, Eleven's other Victor, and eventually ended her own life when she was only 27 years old, ten years after her Victory.

FAMILY INTERVIEW

Daffodill is apparently from one of the poorest families in Eleven, and lives with her older sister, Marianna and her parents, who both work in the orchards all day. Her parents are unavailable for comment due to their taxing jobs, but her sister, who is a washerwoman, says that she is extremely proud of Daffodill's Victory. "To be completely honest, we were sure she would die in the Bloodbath," Marianna says quietly. "We are just so happy that she could make it home, whatever she had to do in the arena."

A/N: What did you think of Daffodill? I think her Victory came as a bit of a surprise to the Capitol, although she was an excellent survivalist. Also, it's the Quarter Quell next, so I hope you're all excited! (I've also noticed that the chapters are getting much longer - by about a thousand words, which is great).

Victors List

1st - Ambro Fray – District 10 male – won by killing his last opponent, Lud

2nd - Midas Redfold – District 1 male – won by killing his last opponent, Kall

3rd - Laria Barr, District 2 female – won by killing her last opponent, Kylo

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

5th - Seth Fairpine, District 7 male – won when his opponent, Zayda, was killed by a fallen tree

6th - Hestia Blaine, District 4 female – won by killing her last opponent, Cryssa

7th - Traff Fletcher, District 12 male – won when his opponent drowned

8th - Laxander Brow, District 6 male – won by killing his last opponent, Cayn

9th - Tekka Noreal, District 3 female – won when her last opponent, Kilda, was killed by a caterpillar

10th – Melody Brighte, District 10 female – won by killing her last opponent, Rya

11th – Cindya Graychime, District 9 female – won by killing her last opponent, Uist

12th – Amadeus Shine, District 1 male – won by killing his last opponent, Gregorie

13th – Cleaver Blackbrooke, District 2 male – won by killing his last opponent, Janice

14th – Mett Streeke, District 5 male – won by killing his last opponent, Cob

15th – Apollo Rust, District 6 male – won by killing his last opponent, Hartford

16th – Poppy Brookeway, District 11 female – won by killing her last opponent, Christopher

17th – Morelle Edgecombes, District 1 female – won by killing her last opponent, Aluminum

18th – Griffa Barr, District 2 female – won by killing her last opponent, Harvey

19th – Cally Featherton, District 8 female – won by killing her last opponent, Keld

20th – Cadran Jentille, District 2 male – won by killing his last opponent, Splashe

21st – Fritta Armento, District 12 female – won by killing her last opponent, Carmelita

22nd – Jonn Artokraft, District 2 male – won by killing his last opponent, Coir

23rd – Sparki Wallin, District 3 – won by killing her last opponent, Seaha

24th – Daffodill Prenders, District 11 – won by killing her last opponent, Valkyrie

List of Districts & Victors

D1 – Midas Redfold (2nd HG), Amadeus Shine (12th HG), Morelle Edgecombes (17th HG)

D2 – Laria Barr (3rd HG), Cleaver Blackbrooke (13th HG), Griffa Barr (18th HG), Cadran Jentille (20th HG), Jonn Artokraft (22nd HG)

D3 – Tekka Noreal (9th HG), Sparki Wallin (23rd HG)

D4 – Aqua Jonson (4th HG), Hestia Blaine (6th HG)

D5 – Mett Streeke (14th HG)

D6 – Laxander Brow (8th HG), Apollo Rust (15th HG)

D7 – Seth Fairpine (5th HG)

D8 – Cally Featherton (19th HG)

D9 – Cindya Graychime (11th HG)

D10 – Ambro Fray (1st HG), Melody Brighte (10th HG)

D11 – Poppy Brookeway (16th HG), Daffodill Prenders (24th HG)

D12 – Traff Fletcher (7th HG), Fritta Armento (21st HG)