As the 74th Hunger Games approach, the idea of a free Panem is mere wishful thinking, but there are some who wonder how a country can recover from so many years of brutal dictatorship. Sooner than they ever dared to hope, they will turn their plans into reality and put a regime on trial, but the path to getting justice for an entire nation will be long and difficult. IPOAL prequel.

A talking, happy-go-lucky giraffe swaps places with Effie just before the 74th Hunger Games, Freaky-Friday style. Oblivious to Panem's way of life, she unknowingly interferes with the Games' events, then busts 4 tributes out of the arena. With the authorities looking for them, the giraffe must now get the tributes to safety—but first she'll have to help them trust each other.

There's but one problem with that mask. For it to work, the victor must have two essential things; haunting vivid memories and loved ones they would trade their lives to protect. One without the other is to no use. So when Olive Navin Cresta survives the 69th Hunger Games with no recollection of her time in the Arena, the mask gets destroyed before it's even placed.

"The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago...had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands." Partial SYOT closed.

24 tributes go in, only 1 goes out. It's a daunting task, surviving the Games, but before Katniss and Peeta, 73 children managed to beat the odds and cheat the jaws of death to survive the deadly Hunger Games. These are their stories, and how they morphed into mentors of varying loyalties over the years.

Timotheus Mellark and Timotheus Sinterguth are twin cousins. One of them lives in Panem, the other one in Central Europe, about one century after the final rebellion. Both are shy and kind of nerds and have big troubles finding a girlfriend. However, fate has big plans for them; let's find out how this works out. AU, with references to the real story.

In an alternate universe where a special portion of population of Panem can grow lovemarks on their skin for anyone precious to them Katniss Everdeen struggles with making sure no other flowers sprout on her skin except the primroses around her wrist for her baby sister. However, going into the Hunger Games with Peeta Mellark might make that difficult.

Caspian Ashwood has never been one to think small. He's spent his entire life thinking bigger and bolder than everyone around him, and he's positive that's what propelled him to the very pinnacle of power in Panem. And now that he's there, he intends to reshape both the nation and the Hunger Games in his chosen image. Starting with the Fourth Quarter Quell! SYOT CLOSED!

The Hunger Games have been a beloved tradition for centuries, and have undergone immense transformation throughout that time. But what happened in each edition of the games to shape them into what they are today? Here are the stories of every Hunger Games ever enacted upon the citizens of Panem. This is 23 Cannons.

It takes her ten years, but eventually Cashmere realizes that death is a kinder fate than the life of a victor. Or five times Cashmere wished she could have saved her tribute, and the one time she was thankful she couldn’t.

Peeta Mellark is a regular patient of Katniss's mother and sister. Overtime, the Seam huntress falls in love with her family's patient. "She holds the compact, circular tin out to Peeta now, making sure to look him in his….. entrancing blue eyes…. as she does so. She is flustered by how Peeta gazes right back, and she feels his hand grasp the tin. Electricity shoots up her skin."

A darker tale, in an alternate universe, of the final years of the Capitol's reign through the eyes of a previous victor. Certain chapters will have trigger warnings.

Nicoletta was the winner of the 68th Hunger Games, a Victor from District 12, the only one apart from Haymitch. For the past 6 years, she was a mentor, forced to watch kids die. The Games caused problems for her like every other Victor. She thinks this will be continuous and nothing will change, but will these two tributes change what's been going on for 74 years previously?

"As a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors." Catching Fire from the perspective of the victors across the districts and a reflection on their centrality to the rebellion. There's more to the Hunger Games than Katniss Everdeen.

When she's reaped for the annual Hunger Games, Embelia Hackett's only goal is to spare her mother the pain of losing her child- but she's unsure how a skinny, malnourished teenager from the poorest district in Panem is supposed to do that. But she's clever, and knows her mind but not her own strength, and she'll do anything to get back home.

"No matter how far Panem progresses, at the end of the day, it's always the same." Fifteen years and thirteen Career Victors, the Games have becomes a slave to repetition. And the Capitol wants it that way. Let's hope they get their wishes for the 94th Anniversary of a war that was never worth fighting. [On Hiatus.]

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Stop there and let me correct it, I wanna live life from a new perspective... When a virus breaks out, bringing District 2 to its knees, Panem enters an unprecedented era. District 2 hasn't managed to produce a volunteer for three years, crumbling beneath the weight of the Golden Flames. Will the titan District manage to regain their rightful throne? Or will despair prevail?

This year the Tributes will be split into teams. A whole team can win if they all survive but can they survive the Arena the Gamemakers have planned for them? Or will they slowly turn on each other? SYOT/SYOC OPEN

In another world, Katniss Everdeen might have volunteered for young Primrose, but the baker's daughter beat her to it. Jaydah might have stood a chance against the other tributes, too, had her brother's name not been drawn and all reservations for her own life were thrown out the window. [Cato/OC]

Roselyn Larson won her Games five years ago, and her life has since then become a never-ending trial. Forced into the dark underbelly of Capitol society, she doesn't have much to live for. Until, that is, she meets Cato Hadley, the newest Victor who is pleasantly naïve about the horrors of the Capitol. Cato/OC

Another Hunger Game is upon us, but this one is not like the rest. With a surgeon, an alcoholic, and a set of conjoined twins among our cast of tributes, these Games will be like none you've seen before.

"Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies" -TOOL In the 107th Hunger Games tributes will be confronted with a multitude of challenges. They will face off against themselves and each other in a bid to survive. Who will come out on top? (SYOT Closed)

I'm doing my first SYOT! I'll do my best please don't be too harsh

These are the Behind the Scenes drabbles and deleted scenes from The Lady of the Lake, as requested by reviewers. Including stories from Finnick, Cato, Katniss, Deccia, Peeta and many more.