The Victor's Story

I had my first exam today; two and half hours of media yay. But I think it went pretty good so I thought "Hey Ellesse, screw revision for English tonight; why don't you write the victor's story?" So here I am. Now let me just say I was so touched by the reaction to my last chapter. I mean the fact people still cared to read and review was really sweet. I'm excited to write the new one. Check my profile on the 18th because I have a feeling the new story will be up. I literally have about 11 spaces left.Again, I'm very touched so thank you. Anyway, if you've seriously taken the time to read this far I'm sorry for distracting you for so long. Enjoy the Chapter and May the Odds be Ever in Your Favour!

Ares Tower POV

I'm sat outside the president's office. As soon as I woke up from passing out they sent me here. I'm not an idiot- I know what happens to the victors. As if on cue, Amy Leigh Gizmo, last year's victor passes through the hallway. She wears a short black dress that shows a lot of cleavage. I don't stare; she'll get enough of that when she gets to her destination. Then she looks up and her eyes meet mine. They're not sad- they're bitter.

"Mr Tower?" says a woman "The President will see you now."

I sigh and walk in. Salem's chair is turned away from me. I could try and kill him if I had the guts. But I don't so I sit down instead. He's silent for a few minutes and I look around the room. A large picture of him hangs on the left wall with smaller pictures of the former presidents underneath. When my head is turned, Salem swerves round.

"Ares Tower" he says "Congratulations my boy! District 6 is in celebration, for you of course."

I stay quiet. Salem stands up and walks over to the portrait of Paylor and strokes it, his back turned again. I take the letter opener from his desk and as he turns back around, stab him in the chest. He clutches the wound and makes a weak grab for the letter opener. I stare at him blankly as the life leaves his eyes.

"You know Ares; I see much of myself in you. Strong, a born leader; it's no surprise your popular with the ladies. Of course men like us can't just give ourselves to anyone now can we?"

I blink quickly, returning to reality. A few seconds later he looks around expectantly. I shake my head.

"In which case, I have a proposition for you. Your little friend from district 8; Angela?" he says.

"Angel" I correct him.

"Unfortunate mistake; I have no idea how she got reaped. So we need her to be forgotten."

"What do you mean forgotten?"

"I mean, forget her; forget any "relationship" you may or may not have had. She's unimportant now."

She's unimportant now.

It's the words I hear as I'm interviewed. It's the words I hear as I sit on the train. It's the words I hear every time I wake up.

"Ares" Johnny says.

I look up. I remember where I am. I'm sat in the justice building opposite Angel's friend Johnny wondering what the hell I'm doing here.

"What do you want?" I say.

"Look dude, I just want to help. She would have wanted me to tell you this" he says before leaning closer "I know of a train heading straight to district 13 tonight, not stopping anywhere- except district 6."

"What's so great about district 13?"

"I've heard about you Tower; you've been doing your research, looking into secrets that are better kept hidden. Don't wait until it's too late to run. It's already too late for me."

A peacekeeper opens the door.

"Time's up" he says.

"Lead the way bro" Johnny says.

He follows the peacekeeper out the door. The gun shot rings out seconds later. I get up. I've got a train to catch.

I may well update you on Ares story if I can be bothered. We shall see. Tune in on the 18th though I may let you know earlier if necessary. I'm not writing funerals because last time it just took too long and it ended up the same thing over and over. Maybe I'll write a little about what happened to the families though. But I don't know when so don't nag me please.

Death List

27th- Lewis Simmons: I had no problem with him but I thought one of the alliances should have a loss plus I think following Ruby is the kind of thing Lewis would do. I will miss him though; he was all cheery.

26th- Mai Moonheart: I always felt so sad when I was writing for her; I had no idea what to do with her character. I thought it'd be best if I just ended her pain.

25th- Coal Hartcell: I felt kind of bad killing him because he's been pretty popular but I struggled to write for him.

24th- Terrian Demetrius: I'm sorry to his creator but he was one of the hardest characters for me to write for. I have no idea why. Plus, he was all bitchy towards Cersai and I'm thinking "this girl has enough issues without you targeting her".

22nd- Dusty Abernez: In short, I thought I should have another death and believe me, choosing who to kill off was pretty bloody hard. In the end I chose Dusty, just because I thought he'd fallen under Whittier's spell the most and was therefore most likely to do something stupid.

21st- Ruby Rachel Rodriguez: I literally chose the first person who I could think of a death for; it was the only way.

20th- Annaliese Slate: Pretty much the same reason as Ruby but also because I didn't want her death end up too cliché.

19th- Jayden Williams: He wasn't as popular as some other tributes and I thought he'd run his course.

18th- Reedman Phelps: Like Jayden, he wasn't overly popular but I did like him quite a bit; at least he died a good man.

17th- Jenneth Myra Speare: She was actually reasonably popular but I just wasn't feeling her storyline anymore; also, I unfortunately left her in an awkward position what with her critical injuries and all.

16th- Clio Slate: I just couldn't think of much more to write about him and I thought he should go out before his storyline got boring. Also, selfish as it is, I kind of felt like his death will somewhat do Annaliese good.

15th- Nicole Jade Smith: I just felt like- "You know what, she's done enough." Also, it was a crazy on crazy meet up so… WHAT THE HECK DID YOU THINK WAS GONNA HAPPEN?

14th- Luke Matthew Pond: I've always considered him a pretty smart character, the type that looks at things from a logical point of view so it's the not that surprising the whole Ruby thing freaked him the crap out. To be honest, I did think about him winning at some point, but after Jenneth got stabbed I was just like, this isn't gonna happen really is it? Still, an awesome character and I'm sorry to get rid of him.

13th- Angel West: Call me self centred, but I love writing for my own characters. However, Angel's story had to come to an end because I've been writing it like that I guess. Plus, love has to end in tragedy in the games. It's a shame really because I loved her and Ares as a couple.

23rd/12th- Riddell Thicket (first time): After not giving him an alliance, I didn't know what to do with him. Sorry to everyone who supported him.

(second time): I quite liked him and like I said I probably could have given him more storyline but ultimately while he was a good character, he was one of the harder to write for characters.

11th- Aurora Felici: Poor thing was basically just another victim in Cersai's little riot; I always liked her but I just never really thought of much storyline other than the one at the last minute.

10th- Dandelion Wildflee: Loved her; loved her a lot. She has always been one of those character who actually cares about a lot of people. She never went crazy but she had a cowardly moment and I dunno, I just feel like, after a while, she got lost in the crowd.

9th- Juliette Ryde: Ok I'm gonna level with you guys; when I kill someone off I'm not entirely honest in why I kill them off. A lot of the time I love the character but I just find a way that their death will fit for a good story and I'm afraid this was the case for Juliette.

8th- Lupus Cobaine: He was killed by popular demand basically; you guys were saying one of the evil people had to die soon and frankly he was starting to piss me off so I imagined Whittier's patience would probably ware thinner than my own thus no more Lupus.

7th- Cersai Grace Helms: I guess I decided to have a 2 for 1 sale on killing off the bad people. But honestly, in one of my personal brain rambles I thought "Seriously Ellesse this girl is just too crazy and she's not going to get that back in the like few days left of the games." Plus I just thought her time was up in general and I wasn't sure how else I could write for her.

20th/6th- Annaliese Slate: I built up to killing her; from the whole, being a bitch, being nice, reverting to her originally bitchy ways but ultimately after death, combining the two and being a bitchy for a good cause.

5th- Scout Parker: Here's the thing, I thought to myself "At least one of them would totally refuse to kill but who?" I thought it was Scout's kind of gesture to be brave and apologise to Juliette and you know.

21st/4th- Ruby Rachel Rodriguez: I interpreted my decision of who to bring to the final 3 out of her and Whittier in the story; I loved Ruby but ultimately I prefer Santana and Ares and without a villain in the top 3 I just- it just doesn't work for me.

3rd- Santana Wolf: She was probably one of my favourites but ultimately she wasn't well liked other than being fantastically sassy. I did contemplate letting her win though.

2nd- Whittier Lear: I'm sorry but I was glad to be rid of her. Come on, she was a bitch and you all know it.

1st- Ares Tower: I just wanted a decent human being to win; I don't ask for much people! But seriously, he grew on me through the games and to start with I wasn't too bothered about him but I think he grew as a person so yeah…