The First Annual Hunger Games


Introduction

The Head Gamemaker this year was Lima Xabie, a young, 24 year old designer who caught the eye of President Narciso Sombray, also age 24. They devised a simple arena together, mostly forested with the Cornucopia nestled between two bare, grassy hills, small creeks scissoring through the landscape. The Capitol and Panem were still reeling from the rebellion, so everything was pretty much falling apart at all times. The host, Charlize Conratha, was young and inexperienced on television, at age 22, and Lima and Narciso weren't very good at directing people yet. The arena was barely finished on time, and one tribute that was Reaped, Lowe of District 5, found out he had terminal cancer before entering the arena. Also, the entertainment factor of the Games would not be put into use until the next Games, so there was no government-run betting system like there were from the the 2nd Games and onward. Here are the tributes:

District 1: Kaelynn Ritter, 15, (7) 10-1, and Mateo Hunwott, 13, (4) 35-1

District 2: Zarabella Siene, 14 (6), 12-1, and Orrin Bunt, 18, (8), 9-1

District 3: Terezia Sample, 16 (5), 26-1, and Jac Roulay, 13 (3), 54-1

District 4: Mitzi Tone, 12 (5) 31-1, and Kelan Thather, 17 (9) 7-1

District 5: Daqua Freich, 15 (6) 22-1 and Lowe Strey, 16 (6) 21-1

District 6: Listra Campabenadetto, 17 (8) 9-1 and Donn Sik, 13 (4) 32-1

District 7: Rona Tibb, 15 (6) 21-1 and Zeller Zyme, 18 (8) 11-1

District 8: Mina Pin, 13 (4) 34-1 and Zachry Tunkch, 16 (7) 14-1

District 9: Maia Quertt, 14 (3) 45-1 and Dominic Ate, 15 (6) 24-1

District 10: Elora Benore, 17 (8) 10-1 and Anthony Hugh, 15 (5) 29-1

District 11: Sentra Kray, 16 (7) 15-1 and Peter Sore, 12 (3) 57-1

District 12: Fionna Caranna, 15 (6) 26-1 and Lou Singh, 17 (6) 24-1


The Games

The very first Hunger Games began with a lackluster start. Only two tributes would die in the initial fight, which would soon be nicknamed "the Bloodbath" as more and more tributes were killed trying to get supplies every year.

The timer counted down from 60. Holographic numbers, slowly decreasing from 60, flashed in the air around them. The tributes looked around, shifting on their pedestals, making sure not to fall off. If they did, their pedestal would blow them to pieces and their face would be the first in the sky that night.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Tributes jumped forward and backward, most heading towards the golden Cornucopia, a few deciding to run into the forest without anything but their bare hands. Tributes scooped up supplies, avoiding each other. The first of two deaths, the very first death of the Hunger Games, happened when Zeller of District 7 and the unlucky victim were grappling over the only axe at the Cornucopia. Zeller smashed the axe into the boy, who had recently been proved to have terminal cancer. The boy screamed as he fell limp on Zeller's axe, dying 52 seconds after the Games had begun.

Lowe Strey, District 5 Male: 24th, Killed by Zeller, Bloodbath

The other death occurred exactly 28 seconds after Lowe's death. Elora, wielding a knife, spotted young Jac rifling through a crate holding loaves of bread. She stabbed him in the back, knowing that someone would have to do some intentional killing for this Games to end.

Jac Roulay, District 3 Male: 23rd, Killed by Elora, Bloodbath

Day 1 came and went, and, with the sun dawning on Day 2, a cannon rang through the arena. A girl had found herself at the edge of the arena (it was sizably smaller than most other arenas; this issue was fixed in the 2nd Games after 4 tributes would die in the 1st Games from running into the force field.) She ran into the force field and was jerked back. She hit her head on the ground and broke her neck, and she quickly died.

Rona Tibb, District 7 Female; 22nd, Killed by force field, Day 2

The rest of Day 2 and Day 3 were uneventful, but near the end of Day 4, a girl dropped from dehydration. There were very few water sources in the arena, and several more tributes would die of dehydration.

Kaelynn Ritter, District 1 Female; 21st, Dehydration, Day 4

The morning of the 5th Day, 2 more people dropped from dehydration. Most people who hadn't gotten water at the Cornucopia were running out of options, and those that went to the Cornucopia found that all useful supplies like water had been pilfered. The two who died from dehydration were only a half hour apart.

Lou Singh, District 12 Male; 20th, Dehydration, Day 5

Maia Quertt, District 9 Female; 19th, Dehydration, Day 5

By the end of Day 5, two more cannons rang; another dehydration death, and a second tribute had run into the force field.

Mina Pin, District 8 Female; 18th, Dehydration, Day 5

Zarabella Siene, District 2 Female; 17th, Killed by force field, Day 5

Day 6, Kelan, the tribute with the best odds, stumbled upon a sleeping tribute. He raised his trident and put it through the boy's back, killing him swiftly.

Dominic Ate, District 9 Male; 16th, Killed by Kelan, Day 6

Another tribute also suffered from dehydration and they stabbed themselves with a knife to escape its pain.

Zachry Tunkch, District 8 Male; 15th, Suicide, Day 6

Day 7 passed without deaths. At this point, all the remaining tributes had either found a water source or had a sufficient amount of water from the Cornucopia.

Day 8 found two separate tributes walking into the force field minutes apart. Both tributes were shocked and killed.

Mateo Hunwott, District 1 Male; 14th, Killed by force field, Day 8

Donn Sik, District 6 Male; 13th, Killed by force field, Day 8

Day 9, Elora found another tribute, and stabbed them with one of her knives. She now had about twelve or thirteen of them, pillaged from camps of dead tributes.

Mitzi Tone, District 4 Female; 12th, Killed by Elora, Day 9

Day 10 passed, deathless, and Day 11 had two deaths, both from the same District. One fell at the hands of Listra, who had a sickle, and the other fell prey to dehydration after his water supply ran out.

Sentra Kray, District 11 Female; 11th, Killed by Listra, Day 11

Peter Sore, District 11 Male; 10th, Dehydration, Day 11

Days 12, 13, and 14 were deathless, so the Gamemakers threw a twist in on Day 15; hills rose out of the ground, driving the tributes together into three groups. This resulted in three deaths, caused by Daqua, Fionna, and Kelan.

Terezia Sample, District 3 Female; 9th, Killed by Daqua, Day 15

Anthony Hugh, District 10 Male; 8th, Killed by Fionna, Day 15

Orrin Bunt, District 2 Male; 7th, Killed by Kelan, Day 15

Day 16 was deathless, and Day 17 a weak and emaciated tribute who had barely managed to make a kill on Day 15 passed.

Fionna Caranna, District 12 Female; 6th, Starvation, Day 17

Day 18, Kelan found a strong girl slumbering in a tree. He shuffled up the tree, and almost dropped his trident. She awoke just as he slid onto her branch and shoved his trident into her chest.

Listra Campabenadetto, District 6 Female; 5th, Killed by Kelan, Day 18

Days 19 and 20 were deathless, and the tributes spaced themselves apart. The Gamemakers were waiting for one more death until they would induce a bloody finale. A boy gave it to them after he bled out from a knife wound from Daqua.

Zeller Zyme, District 7 Male; 4th, Killed by Daqua, Day 21

Late, after Zeller died, the Gamemakers made it pitch black, and then they herded the tributes together via fireballs. One smashed into a girl and killed her immediately.

Daqua Freich, District 5 Female; 3rd, Killed by fireballs, Day 21

The final two, Elora and Kelan, met up at the Cornucopia. Elora had her assortment of knives, and Kelan had his trident. They faced off, and a bloody fight began.

Eventually, one tribute triumphed, stabbing their weapon into the other's tired out form. They fell, dead, and the cannon rang.

Elora Benore, District 10 Female; 2nd, Killed by Kelan, Day 21

"And this is the magical moment when a tribute becomes a Victor," Charlize, the host murmured as Kelan raised his bloody trident to the air, celebrating his victory.

Kelan Thather, Age 17, District 4 Male; The Victor of the 1st Hunger Games


Aftermath

The nation was intrigued by Kelan, and many learned to love their kind and benevolent first Victor. He would go on to give much of his spoils and riches to the poor of District 4, as he had been among them before he became Victor. He would Mentor dozens upon dozens of tributes for District 4, helping them receive several more Victors while he was alive.

His Victory Tour went well, and he was celebrated by the country. District 10 was sour about their loss, and it would be several Games until any of their tributes came as close to victory as Elora had.

Kelan would settle down in the Victor's Village of District 4, marry, and have two strong daughters. He would lead a long and happy life.


Victor's News

Kelan moves into the Victor's Village, the first tribute to do so. He marries his high school sweetheart, Tania Ake.


List of Victors

1st: Kelan Thather, District 4 (1, 1 Male)