Dear reader,

I hope you enjoyed this fan fiction. I know that it was quite fast paced and a bit jolty at times, but I wanted to focus mainly on plot and action (if you like long, descriptive, more traditional book-like chapters, I would suggest reading my second fan fiction: Keep the Skies Clear for Me, based off of the game Overwatch).

A large part that I would like to expand on is Shae's relationship with Andrew. I started writing this fan fiction almost a year and a half ago in July, 2020, as a story where I put myself and my real friend into the Hunger Games. Therefore, I included a lot of experiences and relationship changes that we've actually gone through. Of course, this story is a very condensed version of our relationship over the last while, but that's OK.

I actually didn't show my friend this story until recently because it was embarrassing. Now it's not so much embarrassing as just plain hard to write, because the person it's based on will read it. I've finally solved that problem though by actually finishing the story. Yay!

Also, as much as I wanted our relationship to take more of a front seat, I didn't do that as much as I could have. This is because (a) I didn't want to write a redo of Katniss and Peeta, even though it probably really sounded like it sometimes, and (b) I didn't want to move our relationship past the point where it is right now in real life, however much the creative liberty side of me wanted to.

So yeah! I'd love it if you guys could leave a review and tell me what you thought of my story. I've never read another Hunger Games fan fiction, so I don't know how this may compare to a lot of them.

Before I head off though, here's a quick fun fact: this story has all been written down originally on paper! I have happily filled eighty-three pages of a wide ruled notebook.

Thanks for reading, and have a great day! ^-^

~Owliartist