29th Hunger Games

Winner: Triton District 4

To be able to understand the result of the 29th Hunger Games, you have to go back to the 27th Hunger Games where an incident occurred between the Career tributes right at the beginning of that particular Games. The District 4 tributes tried to stab the other Careers in the back…literally.

They died in the attempt but since then the trust just wasn't there anymore. Both Districts 1 and 2 wanted revenge and as a result of this, in the 28th Hunger Games, the District 4 tributes kept to themselves and even the District 1 and 2 tributes drifted away from the alliance that they normally had.

But the 28th Hunger Games had been and gone and this years Games had different tributes with completely different ideas on how to win. And this years District 4 tributes decided that they needed the alliance.

The District 4 tributes this year were Triton, age 18 and Marina age 17. They were both very strong but were scared of having to go it alone. In training they tried to be friendly to the other Career tributes but were rejected despite them both proving how talented they were with weapons. Even two 9's in training weren't good enough for the District 1 and 2 tributes so Triton and Marina had to go into the arena completely friendless. This was an exact repeat of last year but last years District 4 tributes had accepted it and just got on with things. But Triton and Marina had a feeling that they would be the first to be hunted down by the Careers, who seemed to be particularly bitter this year.

What Triton and Marina didn't know is that Triton had many fans in the Capitol who were sure to make themselves known once the Games started. Tall, tanned and athletic, Triton was extremely good looking and the Capitol wanted him to win so they would get to see him every year when he would return as a mentor. They would help Triton, whatever the cost.

The arena this year was based on the artic that the children of Panem learnt about in their history lessons. With huge glaciers threatening to break any minute and huge white monsters prowling the arena, it was going to be a harsh Hunger Games, especially if the tributes couldn't get warm. To make sure that the Games didn't consist of watching every tribute slowly freeze to death, the Gamemakers had made sure that there was plenty of fire wood and matches in the Cornucopia for any tribute brave enough to go and get it.

When the gong sounded, most of the tributes, suspecting they would need firewood to survive, ran into the bloodbath. But Triton and Marina did something that was practically unheard of for Career tributes; they ran from the Cornucopia after Marina ran in a few metres to grab a box of matches and two knives.

The two of them had realised that they would be hunted down by the Careers so they needed to put as much distance between them and the Cornucopia as possible.

Triton and Marina trekked for hours before stopping to set up camp. Food wasn't a problem as there were plenty of fish under the ice and there was plenty of water as well. Their main concern was keeping warm. The fur lined coats the tributes were wearing only did so much and a box of matches weren't enough to keep two people warm by themselves.

That was when Triton's first gift arrived.

It was a bundle of logs and in no time the two of them had a roaring fire going. Of course Marina got to share the gift as well and the two of them assumed that it was for the both of them when in reality, only Triton was getting sponsors. It was rare that both tributes from the same district would get gifts as the mentor had to choose a tribute to help as there was only ever one victor.

But for now Marina and Triton didn't suspect anything.

It wasn't until midday of the second day when the two District 4 tributes realised who the gifts were actually for.

By this time the Careers, who were hunting for the two District 4 tributes, had nearly caught up with them and of course, the Capitol could see them get closer and closer through the cameras. Triton and Marina were completely oblivious to the oncoming threat.

When the Careers were only minutes away, the sponsors started showering Triton with money that the District 4 mentor could use to buy a weapon. But only one weapon.

Triton and Marina had realised that there was someone coming towards them by the time the gift arrived. Eagerly, the two tributes looked in it expecting to see two weapons but they were both surprised to see one sword with a note attached saying:

The sponsors made it clear this was for Triton. Sorry Marina. Aqua x

Moments passed and the Careers got closer and closer but Triton and Marina both stood watching each other, the sword lying between them. Marina was seething in anger and was glaring at Triton, who was looking quite smug, like this was entirely his fault. Triton did intend to take his sword, which looked to be good quality, but he wanted to let Marina calm down first.

Just as Marina opened her mouth to say something, a Career tribute came into view brandishing an axe and all thoughts of arguments disappeared. Triton grabbed his sword and Marina got her knife out as the other two remaining Careers (the girl from District 2 had been killed earlier) appeared.

The fight was evenly matched as the boy from District 2 was sporting a leg injury from an earlier encounter with a bear like creature so one stab with Triton's sword and he was out for good. The other two Careers proved to be trickier to defeat and both Marina and Triton were covered in cuts and bruises by the end of it including a nasty looking wound on the side of Tritons head. But in the end, being from the same district, Triton and Marina had the advantage as they knew each other well and could work together to eventually kill the boy from District 2. The girl from District 1 could see that she'd lost and sprinted away but neither Marina or Triton bothered to pursue her. They returned to the matter of the sword.

It was Marina who made the first move. She leant down as if to grab it from Triton's hand but he was too quick for her and slashed upwards with it, catching her in the chest. The wound was quite a bit deeper than the one he'd meant to make but as she died in a pool of blood. Triton tried to convince himself that it was alright that he'd killed Marina. She tried to take his sword. It was clear the sponsors preferred him to her and Aqua, their mentor, had clearly taken a side and chosen him. At the end of the day, she was competition that he needed to defeat.

It turned out that the Capitol didn't think Triton had done anything wrong either as minutes after the cannon went off for Marina, he received some medicine for the wound on his head. It was an expensive gift but the Capitol loved him so much they were willing to pay just about anything to keep him alive. And with practically everyone in the Capitol buying him gifts, Triton barely needed to lift a finger.

Whilst the other tributes froze, he was given matches and wood. Whilst the other tributes died from infected wounds, he was given medicine. Whilst the other tributes died in agony, Triton was kept alive.

The Gamemakers weren't particularly happy with this. Triton wasn't finding life in the arena tough at all. All he had to do himself was catch fish and kill tributes. When they'd set the sponsoring up, a limit had been placed on how much could be spent on an individual tribute but as everyone was buying Triton small little gifts, no one had broken any rules. It wasn't in the spirit of the Games but the Gamemakers weren't about to stop something that made the Capitol so happy.

The other tributes could've just given up when Triton received his sword. It was clear he was going to win; the Capitol would make sure of it. Triton didn't fail to please by delivering several gruesome deaths to several tributes towards the end of the Games but he was so strong and healthy compared to them, it only took one swipe of his sword and they were dead whether it was a slit throat, a sword to the stomach or in on case, a sword to the back.

Once the 29th Hunger Games were over and Triton was announced the victor, the Capitol were able to see a lot more of him. Triton was truly grateful for the support and made several speeches and even went and visited some of his sponsors. It'd be nice to think that being the Capitols favourite, Triton's story would have a happy ending but this wasn't the case.

When Triton returned to the Capitol for the Victory Tour, he was still as handsome as ever and people were so desperate to spend time with him that they started to pay for the pleasure of his company. Triton was allowed to take the money and jewels but wasn't allowed to refuse anyone. He effectively became the Capitols possession and its sad to say that over the years, this happened to many other victors which left them thinking that maybe they weren't so lucky to have won the Games after all