The Fifth Annual Hunger Games
Introduction
Lima Xabie and President Narciso returned for their fifth year running the Games. Besides his infamous romance with Lima, Narciso had been and was a great President, rebuilding Panem from the ground up after the rebellion. The Capitol legislative board thought he deserved a reward, and Panem agreed. Three and a half months before the Fifth Hunger Games would begin, a bill was passed and made into law saying that the President could take part in romantic relationships, and two weeks after the law was passed, Lima Xabie became First Lady Lima Sombray in an extravagant wedding, to which Kelan, Dillon, Tugra, and Noor attended. Fresh off of their honeymoon bliss, the couple was less harsh in this Games, returning to an almost homey, fairy tale-ish forest arena. It was also a more boring year, in the aspect of tributes; not a single tribute scored higher than an 8. Boliviana Rare returned as the host of the Games for her 4th year. Here are the tributes:
District 1: Rolanda Sree, 15 (3) 51-1 and Glowing Matthews, 18 (8) 12-1
District 2: Alyce Solitudes, 14 (5) 32-1 and Zane Robbs, 12 (5) 33-1
District 3: Shanae Quirill, 16 (5) 35-1 and Karsen Tabiah, 13 (4) 45-1
District 4: Jeannie Ash, 17 (8) 9-1 and Tuna Cashier, 15 (7) 15-1
District 5: Wanda Aljto, 12 (2) 67-1 and Bishop Erloto, 16 (7) 10-1
District 6: Loraselle Rainier, 18 (7) 11-1 and Horton Bai, 15 (3) 50-1
District 7: Ishania Patel, 16 (6) 17-1 and Ulysses Ordon, 18 (5) 32-1
District 8: Caroline Ziprup, 17 (5) 36-1 and Otto Cayman, 15 (6) 18-1
District 9: Ella Carmen, 14 (2) 61-1 and Damien Torr, 18 (7) 14-1
District 10: Foltra Teague, 15 (6) 16-1 and Gregory Silton, 15 (4) 41-1
District 11: Nathalie Aing, 13 (2) 65-1 and Mitch Aprentic, 15 (5) 34-1
District 12: Poe Ring, 12 (4) 42-1 and Quinn Lerome, 18 (6) 17-1
HGBA Bets: 18% on Jeannie, 14% on Glowing, 13% on Loraselle, 11% on Damien and Bishop, 10% on Tuna, 6% on Ishania, 4% on Otto, 2% on Foltra, Quinn, Alyce, and Zane, 1% or less on Rolanda, Shanae, Karsen, Wanda, Horton, Ulysses, Caroline, Ella, Gregory, Nathalie, Mitch, Poe, and Quinn.
The Games
The arena was smaller and lopsided, but lovely and almost fictional. The entire arena was forested, even the area around the Cornucopia, with short, squat trees, dotted with little leaf houses for various, harmless, fairy-like creatures. Herds of unicorns lived in the south in the least forested area with rolling, flower blanketed hills, a large sparkling lake with waterfalls was to the east, crystal mountains towered in the west, and a large yet deserted fairy tale castle rose from the ground to the north. Dozens of smalls brooks and streams carved through the land, and numerous fruits (blackberries, blueberries, apples, bananas, peaches, and pears) could be found easily in the arena. Only other tributes and the various fairy tale mutts would be killing the tributes this year.
The Cornucopia was styled like a small, golden castle, with the especially good weapons in the upper reaches of the castle. Since most of the tributes were weaker, there were only 4 bloodbath kills, made by only two tributes.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Everyone burst from their platforms. About half went for the woods, while the other half swerved around trees to reach the mini-castle Cornucopia.
Jeannie and Glowing would be the killers. Jeannie swept up a trident, which she knew how to use from working on a fishing ship in her home District of 4. Glowing had learned to wield a sword fairly at training, and he grabbed a whimsically curved and sharp blade.
Glowing spotted a small girl picking up a small box of five sharp awls, and he carved off her left leg before digging his sword into her neck.
Nathalie Aing, District 11 Female; 24th, Killed by Glowing, Bloodbath
Glowing quickly made his second kill before running off with bunches of supplies. He spotted a very strong boy picking through a crate of axes. Glowing sliced off the boy's head before moving on.
Damien Torr, District 9 Male; 23rd, Killed by Glowing, Bloodbath
Seconds later, Jeannie cornered Damien's District partner and stabbed her several times with her trident.
Ella Carmen, District 9 Female; 22nd, Killed by Jeannie, Bloodbath
Jeannie scavenged up more supplies, then she began to brawl with another girl who'd tried to stab her with a sickle. After three minutes, Jeannie put her trident through the girl's eyes.
Caroline Ziprup, District 8 Female; 21st, Killed by Jeannie, Bloodbath
The bloodbath was then over, and several tributes snuck back to the Cornucopia to get more supplies. It was nearly an even playing field; almost everyone was armed, and almost everyone had an average training score.
Day 2 was deathless. Day 3, an alliance of two stumbled upon to unicorns. They were really vicious mutts, and when the girl tried to pet one, it speared her in the stomach. Her ally was soon also gutted.
Shanae Quirril, District 3 Female; 20th, Killed by unicorn mutts, Day 3
Ulysses Ordon, District 7 Male; 19th, Killed by unicorn mutts, Day 3
Day 4, another kill was made. A bored boy threw a branch at the fairy houses, and angry tracker jackers emerged, killing him.
Horton Bai, District 6 Male; 18th, Killed by tracker jackers, Day 4
Days 5 and 6 were deathless. Day 7 had three deaths, all tribute-caused.
The first death occurred early in the morning. A small boy was caught up in a trap set by a small girl, and she killed him with an awl when she found him entangled in her trap.
Zane Robbs, District 2 Male; 17th, Killed by Poe, Day 7
The second death occurred a half hour after Zane's. One of three allies awoke and tried to kill the others, but they woke up before she could, and they killed her together.
Rolanda Sree, District 1 Female; 16th, Killed by Alyce and Tuna, Day 7
The third death occurred around noon. Two stronger tributes accidentally met up by the crystal mountains and began to fight. After twenty minutes, the girl shoved her spear into the boy's abdomen.
Quinn Lerome, District 12 Male; 15th, Killed by Ishania, Day 7
Day 8 had a single death. The unicorns gored a third tribute. Their horns were garishly dyed red by blood.
Gregory Silton, District 10 Male; 14th, Killed by unicorn mutts, Day 8
Day 9 was deathless. Day 10 had two deaths, one mutt caused, one tribute caused.
Early in the morning, a tribute dove into the water to clean off his body. At the bottom, a small kraken emerged, wrapping his suction cupped arms around the boy, drowning him.
Mitch Aprentic, District 11 Male; 13th, Killed by kraken mutt, Day 10
Loraselle discovered a small girl, wounded from a run in with the unicorns, and she whipped her with her flail to silence her cries of fear.
Wanda Aljto, District 5 Female; 12th, Killed by Loraselle, Day 10
Day 11 had a single death. A boy stumbled into a clearing where Alyce and Tuna slept. Tuna threw a knife into his chest, killing him.
Otto Cayman, District 8 Male; 11th, Killed by Tuna, Day 11
Days 12, 13, 14, and 15 all passed deathless, so the Gamemakers released a large mutt to narrow the field down to 8 tributes.
A large red, fire-breathing dragon emerged from the crystal mountains and flapped through the sky, looking for her two brutal kills. She made them over the course of ten minutes. She found a boy first, frying him, before taking out a member of a two person alliance.
Bishop Erloto, District 5 Male; 10th, Killed by dragon mutt, Day 16
Alyce Solitudes, District 2 Female; 9th, Killed by dragon mutt, Day 16
The Top 8 was finalized: Glowing Matthews, District 1, Karsen Tabiah, District 3, Jeannie Ash, District 4, Tuna Cashier, District 4, Loraselle Rainier, District 6, Ishania Patel, District 7, Foltra Teague, District 10, and Poe Ring, District 12.
Day 17, two kills were made. Around noon, Ishania found a smaller boy and shoved her axe into his chest.
Karsen Tabiah, District 3 Male; 8th, Killed by Ishania, Day 17
Not to long before the faces of the dead would flash across the sky, a small girl accidentally got caught in her own trap, and stabbed herself in the chest with her dagger to end the pain of being twisted in the trap.
Poe Ring, District 12 Female; 7th, Suicide, Day 17
Day 18 was deathless. Day 19, a kill was made.
A boy was discovered by Jeannie. He was face down, sleeping, and half of his body had burn marks from the dragon. His ally had been attacked, and he had gotten some burns, while she'd been roasted to death.
Jeannie shoved her trident in his back, only realizing it had been her District partner after she saw his face in the sky that night.
Tuna Cashier, District 4 Male; 6th, Killed by Jeannie, Day 19
Day 20, another kill was made. A girl who'd skated by by hiding and sneaking around was gored by the unicorn mutts. She had gotten stung by a few tracker jackers hours before, and even though she knew the mutts were dangerous, she was delirious and ran right into their horns. This was the 4th unicorn death, and the astounding 8th mutt death that Games.
Foltra Teague, District 10 Female; 5th, Killed by unicorn mutts, Day 20
Day 21 was deathless. Day 22, another tribute was killed.
Glowing discovered one of the girls, and they dueled long and hard. After fifty minutes, he managed to make another cut on her, and she bled out.
Jeannie Ash, District 4 Female; 4th, Killed by Glowing, Day 22
Day 23, the three remaining tributes were driven together by lightning storms. One of them, bloody and wounded from a recent battle, was the first to arrive. He was taken down by a strong girl with a flail.
Glowing Matthews, District 1 Male; 3rd, Killed by Loraselle, Day 23
Loraselle and Ishania faced off. The epic battle lasted well over an hour, and ended with one girl bleeding out, while the other nearly did the same. She would have died if it wasn't for the amazing Capitol doctors.
Loraselle Rainier, District 6 Female; 2nd, Killed by Ishania, Day 23
"Ishania Patel of District 7, you are the Victor of the Fifth Annual Hunger Games!" Boliviana cried out across the arena.
Ishania didn't respond as her blood pooled around her. Her hands were still wrapped around the axe buried in Loraselle's bloody side.
Aftermath
Ishania was the first of many Victors from District 7. Her victory would spark a long line of axe wielding boy and girl Victors from the District, many of who she would Mentor. She would die at the age of 82, soon after the 71st Hunger Games would cease. She would have two daughters with a loyal lumberjack husband.
Ishania helped start an axe school in District 7 to teach children, ages 5-18, how to wield an axe. It would prepare them for probable futures as lumberjacks, and for the Games if they were ever Reaped. Her efforts would help bring home several pre-trained Victors.
There were pretty decent payouts for those who bet on her, as about 6% of the bets had been for her.
Her Victory Tour did okay, although District 1 booed her. Glowing had been the son of their mayor, and they were disgusted by his death when he'd come so close to winning. The Matthews family would help found the first Academy, spurred by the brutal death of Glowing.
Victor's News
Ishania moves into the Victor's Village of District 7.
Dillon marries a girl from District 8; Carree Tuntaylo.
Noor's nephew, Alto, is born.
List of Victors
1st: Kelan Thather, District 4 (1, 1 Male)
2nd: Dillon Tripp, District 9 (1, 1 Male)
3rd: Tugra Ertra, District 5 (1, 1 Female)
4th: Noor Tuskararus, District 2 (1, 1 Female)
5th: Ishania Patel, District 7 (1, 1 Female)
