The Quarter Quell

by bookworm1838

What if Snow decided to stop the rebellion at its source? Katniss went into the arena because Prim got reaped. What if Prim had gone into the arena? The rebellion would have never started. The Quarter Quell was that the relatives of Victors would go into the quell. Prim gets reaped and so does Peeta's older brother. It's everyone for themselves. SYOT closed, but read anyway.

12. Chapter 12

Author's Note: Disclaimer: I don't own the Hunger Games. *sigh* Suzanne Collins has me there. Next reaping. Sorry about the wait, but I had no complete districts! Ugh! Submit tributes, please. There is a difference between "Strategy in the games" and "What s/he does in the games". Strategy means what they plan on doing going into the games. "What s/he does in the games" means what they actually do in the games. Silverblaze88 guessed an answer that was completely wrong: Gaius, because I said "Gloss, Clariona, and all the other district 1 Victors were already there". Think about it; the answer is simple. I still need tributes(they can be submitted through PM or review): males from districts 3, 5, 8, and 10. I need a male and a female from district 9. Please submit escorts and stylists. I need a stylist for every tribute(besides Prim and Aaron), which means I need 22 stylists. I also need 5 escorts. The submission forms for both are on my profile. My other SYOT is on temporary hiatus while I work on this one and I wait for the slots to fill up. Thank you guys for reading!

District 11

Bellya "Bella" Virgo

Age 16

The Quarter Quell announcement causes Aunt Emilia to explode. She couldn't bear the thought of her "poor little brother" going into the games. My father is a balding man who is dying of a illness we can't diagnose because we don't have the money for doctors. Aunt Emilia loves him and says he was what got her through the games. No thought for me. No thought about the fact her niece could be going into the games, though if I did and Dad didn't, he would lose the will to live anyways. My father would take a bullet for me, and I for him. I love him.

I go to bed while Dad is being assisted by Aunt Emilia. The reaping is tomorrow. Uh-oh.

Rye Howell

Age 25

Seeder is fuming. She doesn't want me to go into the games at all. Ever. The Quarter Quell announcement means that only Victors' siblings can go into the arena. So I could be going into the arena. I go to bed quickly after that.

Bellya

"Bellya, help me get your father ready for the reaping," Aunt Emilia calls. I head downstairs in my reaping outfit; a blue open cardigan over a white tank top with a black pleated mini skirt and brown lace up boots. I help Emilia dress Dad in blue jeans and a red and white plaid shirt. We set out for the reaping.

Dad and I are directed to penned-in areas on opposite sides of the stage. Emilia sits off to the side with the other victors.

Griffin, our escort, steps forward and announces in his ridiculous capitol accent "Happy hunger games and may the odds be ever in your favor, and, as always, ladies first." He reaches his hand in the reaping ball and announces "...

Rye

I get up to Seeder's anxiety attack. She cooks breakfast while going crazy about the "what if" of me going into the games. I get dressed in black pants and throw an olive shirt on, with black dress shoes. We set out for the reaping. I am escorted to a penned-in area to the side of the stage. Seeder takes a seat with the other district 11 victors.

Griffin, our escort, steps forward and announces in his ridiculous capitol accent "Happy hunger games and may the odds be ever in your favor, and, as always, ladies first." He reaches his hand in the reaping ball and announces "Bellya Virgo." I think that's Emilia's niece. She steps forward, shaking. "And now for the boys," Griffin adds. He grabs a slip from the boys' reaping ball. "Rye Howell." I am going into the games. Seeder is going to explode. She is working for the rebellion, as am I, but she will stop if the Capitol has me. Time to say goodbye to people.

Nobody. Nobody comes. I don't have any friends, though, and my only living relative is Seeder, who is already on the train. I am taken onto the train and turn on the reaping recaps with Seeder. The rebellion decided to do whatever it takes to rescue the relatives from the arena because none of the victors will help the rebellion if their relative is being held by the Capitol and can be tortured because of the victors' actions. I know that Katniss won't help the rebellion if Prim is being held by the Capitol.

Bellya

"Bellya Virgo." Okay. I am going into the games. Uh-oh. I step forward, feeling my body shaking. "And now for the boys," Griffin adds. He grabs a slip from the boys' reaping bowl. "Rye Mitchell." The boy reaped steps forward, looking grim. I go into the Justice Building to say my goodbyes.

Dad comes in. "Honey, I love you, and I need you here," he says.

"I'll try to win, Dad, I will," I reply. I hug him, holding on as if for dear life. He leaves.

Rosaline(Rosi) and Elizabeth(Elle), my best friends, come in. They surround me in a group hug.

"Come home," Rosi encourages. "I know you can do it."

"See you soon," Elle mutters. "You better make it to my track meet in 5 weeks."

"I'll try," I vow.

"Of course you will," Rosi replies. We make small talk until they have to go.

"Bye," I call, not sure if it will be the last time I see them.

I board the train. The reaping recaps are on and all the victors and the make tribute are watching them. I begin to watch as well, thinking about my family and friends that may never get to talk to me again.

Author's Note: This is kinda short, I wasn't feeling very creative. Sorry. What do you think? I don't feel that either of them will make it past the bloodbath, BUT if you send me a PM that says you like them, AND favorite the story, AND follow the story, AND review, (OPTIONAL: AND favorite me, AND follow me,) I may consider letting them live past the bloodbath. If you do the optional as well, they could live to, say, the final 10 or so. Ahh, sweet blackmail. This also goes for all the other tributes. Thank you guys for reading. The person who walks through the door in Chapter 10 will be revealed later. Think about who it could be! Okay, so nobody figured out the something special in Chapter 11? It's simple, think about it. Review/favorite/follow/submit a tribute! This still hasn't even been guessed at! Who do I like the most so far(this will not affect who wins, but it may affect the POVs I write with)? Some more questions. I would actually like to know these things. They will help me decide who will go down in the bloodbath, so answer them!

1. Who do you like better: Bellya or Rye? Why?

2. How can I improve this story? The reapings? ect..?

3. Out of the tributes you have met, who do you think will win?- this means who do you think has the best odds of winning.

4. Who do you want to win?- this means who do you want to win even if they don't have the best odds of winning.

Thank you guys for reading!