THE 19TH HUNGER GAMES
The year of the nineteenth Hunger Games is a quiet one, and the Districts are fairly submissive. The Capitol rejoice at the coming Games while the Districts lie in wait for the Reapings, hoping desperately that their child's name isn't called out.
Because of such a quiet year, all the pressure is on this year's new Head Gamemaker to create a stunning, interesting and bloody arena. Whether or not he fulfills the target will be decided by this year's Hunger Games theirselves.
Back in District 3, people are beginning to rise up again, as smaller factories start to experience similar issues and malfunctions with new and 'improved' technology from the Capitol. However, there are no proper riots this time, as Peacekeepers make sure to keep everyone under control and close watch.
THE LANDSCAPE
The tributes rise into a small backwater town with 24 houses located at different points. Inside each house is a hidden supply chest, filled with something of use to each tribute. The supplies vary from best to worst: District 1 tributes may find weapons galore in their chests, located in the Mayor's Hall, while the District 12 tributes may only find a few pieces of bread in an old shack. There is also a river by the town.
THE CORNUCOPIA
The Cornucopia is located in the centre of the small town square. It contains some food, but very little water and only long-distance weapons such as bows and spears. It stands on a slightly raised platform.
THE TRIBUTES
- Tiana Charters – District 1 female, 17
- Lionel Thermonte – District 1 male, 18
- Candice Pillarr – District 2 female, 17
- Hadrian Rittersnap – District 2 male, 16
- Stella Nesse – District 3 female, 15
- Cablon Decker – District 3 male, 18
- Fiona Mongullo – District 4 female, 17
- Rokk Greatcliff - District 4 male, 13
- Carolina Trufflin – District 5 female, 16
- Marc Brittenna – District 5 male, 15
- Jodi Stephenson – District 6 female, 18
- Kendor Brayne – District 6 male, 17
- Ashlyna Towers – District 7 female, 14
- Lindello Bendes – District 7 male, 14
- Cally Featherton – District 8 female, 18
- Apper Tallman – District 8 male, 16
- Mazie Donnhill – District 9 female, 17
- Brann Tuckston – District 9 male, 15
- Mirada Vanncamp – District 10 female, 12
- Keld Ropings – District 10 male, 18
- Carotta Grate – District 11 female, 16
- Soye Heredon – District 11 male, 17
- Slatia Clubbs – District 12 female, 16
- Buto Corqonn – District 12 male, 15
THE GAMES
The Bloodbath begins as the gong rings out and the tributes flood away from their pedestals, this time with only a few less than half going for the Cornucopia. Obviously the others are hoping to find food in the nearby settlements. The Careers continue their tradition and begin to grab weapons, but it seems that for the first time, another alliance has been previously made: Carotta, Ashlyna, Lindello and Brann have joined together to collect supplies and try to kill other tributes.
The ensuing massacre ends seven lives, as many tributes try to run away but are shot down by the Careers. Mazia, Buto, Carolina and Cablon are killed single-handedly by the two apparently strongest Upper-District tributes: Lionel and Candice. Meanwhile, Apper and Kendor are both killed by Carotta and Lindello, while Brann finishes off Slatia with a quick decapitation.
As the Bloodbath ends, the remaining seventeen tributes run into the abandoned town, most going inside houses or huts to hide from the two strong alliances. However, there are only 24 to choose from, and unfortunately for Mirada, she accidentally stumbles upon Fiona's hut. Mirada is the youngest tribute and doesn't stand a chance against the strong seventeen year-old, and, after a few moments of weak but admirable fighting, she is throttled.
No more deaths happen on Day 1, as the tributes settle in. Most have problems finding water and food.
24th – Mazia Donnhill, District 9 female
23rd – Buto Corqonn, District 12 male
22nd – Carolina Trufflin, District 5 female
21st – Cablon Decker, District 3 male
20th – Apper Tallman, District 8 male
19th – Kendor Brayne, District 6 male
18th – Slatia Clubbs, District 12 female
17th – Mirada Vanncamp, District 10 female
Day 2 comes with a bout of rain which lasts the entire day. Most of the tributes manage to collect water, but the Lower-District alliance decide to send out Carotta to the nearby town river to fetch water. She reaches the bank and kneels down, only to be quickly pulled into the water by a terrifying alligator mutt. It eats her alive, and her cannon booms as the only death of the day.
Meanwhile, the Careers manage to find Rokk, hidden behind one of the biggest houses and resting. Candice attacks him, but miraculously he just barely escapes, though with a large cut on his leg which could risk infection.
Soye and Keld make a temporary alliance together in the evening, both unarmed, but they agree that after that night, they will separate and go their different ways.
16th – Carotta Grate, District 11 female
Day 3 comes, and the Lower alliance is shaken by their ally's untimely death. However, they can't let it get in the way, and they begin exploring the town, raiding the few empty houses and even capturing the Mayor's Hall as their own camp.
The Careers find another tribute later in the afternoon, and this time Lionel catches him: it's Marc. The younger boy struggles to escape but is soon cut down.
In the late afternoon, Soye and Keld agree to part ways, but just as Soye turns his back, Keld leaps at him and starts pounding his head with a large rock. Soye is weaker and can't fight back, and he is killed.
In the evening, Cally climbs onto the roof of one of the huts, and just in time – a stronger and smarter tribute, Stella, is roaming beneath her, and is armed with a crossbow. Cally escapes down the opposite wall of the hut and runs off.
15th – Marc Britenna, District 5 male
14th – Soye Heredon, District 11 male
Day 4 comes, with surprisingly only one death from dehydration: Fiona. A few hours later, the Gamemakers make an exciting announcement – there will be a 'restock' at the Cornucopia with everything that each tribute needs. Of course, this is the birth of the Feast, but it wasn't made a tradition until much later. Out of the thirteen remaining, only six go back to the Cornucopia – Rokk, Brann (sent by his alliance), Stella, Jodi, Keld and Cally.
A small Bloodbath ensues, in which Cally manages to kill Rokk, the weakest of the six, who is hindered by his leg wound. Brann and Keld meet when they reach for the same backpack, and Keld grabs Brann in a headlock, strangling the younger boy.
The living tributes – Stella, Jodi, Cally and Keld – all escape with their lives, but only Cally and Jodi have actually taken supplies.
13th – Fiona Mongullo, District 4 female
12th – Rokk Greatcliff, District 4 male
11th – Brann Tuckston, District 9 male
Day 5 comes with more rain, and with only ten tributes remaining. It's also the first day to go without deaths, and the arena is fairly peaceful. The Careers, however, seem to be in trouble. They have almost no food left, and their water is finished. Hadrian and Tiana get into an argument over whether they should visit the Cornucopia, but finally they decide to risk the journey. However, their efforts are wasted as they reach the golden horn only to discover that the Gamemakers have emptied it completely as a cruel trick on the tributes.
Meanwhile, Ashlyna and Lindello mourn the loss of yet another ally, and try to scrape together more food by raiding huts.
Day 6 brings Jodi stumbling across Cally's camp. Cally, although weakened by hunger and tiredness, still has a knife as a weapon, and jabs it quickly into Jodi's neck. The tall girl screams and falls to the ground, while Cally sobs quietly.
On the other side of the arena, Keld hears the cannon and begins to sharpen his sword on a rock. He is clearly one of the more blood-thirsty and determined tributes, and could be a good contender for Victor. However, he'll have to get past all the others before that can happen.
10th – Jodi Stephenson, District 6 female
Day 7 starts with the remaining nine tributes decided: the four Careers, Stella, Ashlyna, Lindello, Keld and Cally. The Capitol and the Gamemakers are getting excited, and are craving more bloody deaths, so the Gamemakers decide to add a little twist: by the evening, they will flood the arena from the river, sending the alligator mutts into the town to hunt the tributes and drive them into the centre.
The plan is pulled off without a hitch. The snapping alligators swarm the houses, and Stella screams as her arm is bitten off by one of the large mutts. It finishes her off quickly as she falls to her feet. The Careers are taken by surprise, and Hadrian yells to his allies as a mutt grabs his foot. However, they keep running, and leave the youngest Career to his unpleasant death.
Although only two tributes are killed at first, the remaining seven are all driven into the centre of the town – to the Square, where Ashlyna and Lindello are hiding in the Mayor's Hall. They stay hidden inside as the alligators kill Tiana within minutes.
9th – Stella Nesse, District 3 female
8th – Hadrian Rittersnap, District 2 male
7th – Tiana Charters, District 1 female
Day 8 comes with only one death, as the still-terrified tributes struggle to remain calm. Candice and Lionel, the only surviving Careers, decide that they have to take matters into their own hands. Their competitors are easy prey, and they know that they have to kill them. The pair split up to search.
In the late afternoon, Candice discovers Keld's hut on the far side of the arena. She ambushes him, but isn't able to kill him instantly, since he puts up a good fight. Finally, to the shock of the audience, Keld stabs his spear into Candice's stomach, and leaves her to die of blood-loss.
6th – Candice Pillarr, District 2 female
Day 9 comes with the Final Five decided: Lionel, the only remaining Career, Ashlyna, Lindello, Keld and Cally, who has remained very quiet over the course of the Games. Now, she begins to sharpen a stick, using grass and rocks to fashion herself a very formidable weapon. Obviously she has held back in training, since she seems to know a lot to have survived this long.
In the early evening, Lionel realizes that Candice is dead when he sees her face on the hologram. Apparently over-come with grief, he kills himself in a shocking twist.
5th – Lionel Thermonte, District 1 male
Day 10 dawns and the final four tributes know what must happen soon. It's nearly the Finale of the 19th Hunger Games, and they all must prepare.
Ashlyna and Lindello step outside the Mayor's Hall for the first time in days, driven by starvation and severe dehydration. They are in no way fit to fight, and they both collapse by the doorstep, passing out.
A few hours later, Keld, who has come into the Town Square to look for the Cornucopia, finds them lying there. He stabs them both with his spear, ending District 7's chances of winning this year.
Now, Cally and Keld are the only tributes left. Both eighteen and both from Outer Districts, it's a relatively fair fight. Cally hears the two cannon shots and smiles to herself, clearly ready for her final show-down.
The tall girl steps out into the Square, and yells a loud insult at Keld before rushing at him, lodging her handmade weapon into his shoulder. The boy yells in shock and stumbles backwards, holding a hand to his bleeding wound. Cally is clever – she's injured his throwing arm, meaning that his spear is almost useless. Grabbing it from his limp hand, she thrusts it into his chest and ends the 19th Hunger Games in a spray of blood.
THE VICTOR
Cally Featherton – District 8 female
THE AFTERMATH
Cally was the first Victor from District 8 in eighteen years, and so of course her District adored her. She was smart, strong, a good killer and a perfect first champion for the textile District. However, Cally seemed to hate attention, and preferred to lock herself up in her room, drawing and painting strange pictures most of the time. She was never labeled 'mad' but there was definitely a strange quality to her. She died at only 30 after taking an overdose of some little-known District 6 drug.
FAMILY INTERVIEW
Cally's mother and older sister, Lera, are her only family. Her sister, who is apparently 22, is sobbing loudly into her hands, though whether it's tears of joy or misery, it's hard to tell. Her mother stares at the ground, only answering questions with 'yes' or 'no'. It's hard to get a good response, but she seems shaken by her daughter's Victory.
A/N: Cally, first Victor from 8! It did take a long time for them to win, so I thought they deserved someone – what did you think?
Victors List
1st - Ambro Fray – District 10 male – won by killing his last opponent, Lud
2nd - Midas Redfold – District 1 male – won by killing his last opponent, Kall
3rd - Laria Barr, District 2 female – won by killing her last opponent, Kylo
4th - Aqua Jonson, District 4 female – won by killing her last opponent, Timm
5th - Seth Fairpine, District 7 male – won when his opponent, Zayda, was killed by a fallen tree
6th - Hestia Blaine, District 4 female – won by killing her last opponent, Cryssa
7th - Traff Fletcher, District 12 male – won when his opponent drowned
8th - Laxander Brow, District 6 male – won by killing his last opponent, Cayn
9th - Tekka Noreal, District 3 female – won when her last opponent, Kilda, was killed by a caterpillar
10th – Melody Brighte, District 10 female – won by killing her last opponent, Rya
11th – Cindya Graychime, District 9 female – won by killing her last opponent, Uist
12th – Amadeus Shine, District 1 male – won by killing his last opponent, Gregorie
13th – Cleaver Blackbrooke, District 2 male – won by killing his last opponent, Janice
14th – Mett Streeke, District 5 male – won by killing his last opponent, Cob
15th – Apollo Rust, District 6 male – won by killing his last opponent, Hartford
16th – Poppy Brookeway, District 11 female – won by killing her last opponent, Christopher
17th – Morelle Edgecombes, District 1 female – won by killing her last opponent, Aluminum
18th – Griffa Barr, District 2 female – won by killing her last opponent, Harvey
19th – Cally Featherton, District 8 female – won by killing her last opponent, Keld
List of Districts & Victors
D1 – Midas Redfold (2nd HG), Amadeus Shine (12th HG), Morelle Edgecombes (17th HG)
D2 – Laria Barr (3rd HG), Cleaver Blackbrooke (13th HG), Griffa Barr (18th HG)
D3 – Tekka Noreal (9th HG)
D4 – Aqua Jonson (4th HG), Hestia Blaine (6th HG)
D5 – Mett Streeke (14th HG)
D6 – Laxander Brow (8th HG), Apollo Rust (15th HG)
D7 – Seth Fairpine (5th HG)
D8 – Cally Featherton (19th HG)
D9 – Cindya Graychime (11th HG)
D10 – Ambro Fray (1st HG), Melody Brighte (10th HG)
D11 – Poppy Brookeway (16th HG)
D12 – Traff Fletcher (7th HG)