30th Hunger Games

Winner: Fabry District 6

By now you've probably realised that the victors don't have happy endings even after they've survived the Games. Traumatised by the horrors they faced in the arena, many victors were unable to cope and turned to drink or in some cases, drugs. The victor of the 30th Hunger Games was a particularly bad case; she fell into a depression and then nearly died after purposely taking an overdose of morphine. But to understand why Fabry was so emotionally scarred, we need to go to the 30th Hunger Games.

The reaping this year picked particularly young tributes meaning that Fabry was one of the only seventeen year olds in the Games. However compared to the strapping strong tributes of the Career districts, which was where most of the older tributes were from, Fabry was scrawny, thin and extremely shy so despite her age, no one expected much from her.

However Fabry managed to prove herself in the Training Centre. She was brilliant with a knife and every time she threw, she always got the neck which meant instant death if she got anyone in the arena. Fabry then went on to get a 7 in the individual evaluation so she definitely had potential in the weapons But unlike some of the tributes, Fabry had also visited the survival stations and had found she was very good with using the camouflage paint to blend into her surroundings which would be an added bonus if she couldn't get a knife.

The arena this year was a swampy marshy land which could only be described as mudlands. There was a constant drizzle and there was quite a lot of mist which could make it hard for the tributes to see. But there were lots of plants and berries to eat and a huge amount of mud.

When the gong went off, Fabry ran to the Cornucopia to grab a knife. She was good with one and everyone knew it, even the Careers respected her as she could potentially beat them in a fight. Once Fabry had picked up her knife, everyone expected her to join the bloodbath that the Careers had already started but she did something that was completely unexpected. She ran away.

Fabry ran and hid in the mud. She'd realised that she'd much rather hide than stay to fight; she was less likely to be killed this way. The Capitol was shocked. Yes, this was a clever move but not one they'd expected from someone who could fight. Fabry was supposed to be killing tributes right now, not running away!

But they couldn't do anything about it for now so they just had to watch as Fabry put as much distance between her and the Cornucopia as she could. Many other tributes also ran and hid but the problem was that there weren't many places to hide. There were no trees and not many plants. Some tributes took to hiding in the marshes, hoping it would be enough cover. Some tributes tried to hide in the only bits of water that there were in the arena, but this proved to be ineffective as soon as other tributes came looking for water. Fabry chose to use her camouflage skills that she had picked up in Training. She wasn't the only one to do this. Many other tributes wanting to avoid fighting, covered themselves in mud but if anyone bothered to look closely, it was pretty obvious someone was there. Fabry seemed to have a real talent for painting as she was able to make herself become invisible and was therefore content to staying hidden throughout the entire Games, moving only at night to gather food and water.

Any other tribute that tried to camouflage themselves would've died if they had hidden where Fabry hid as it was quite near one of the only water sources in the arena and was therefore frequented by many tributes. But no one noticed her as she was able to keep completely still, sometimes even holding her breath.

Being so close to the other tributes some times, Fabry witnessed many deaths when other tributes accidentally bumped into each other, some of which were extremely gruesome. In some cases, Fabry would go and put the abandoned wounded tribute out of their misery to stop their screaming. Then she would go back to becoming part of the arena.

The Gamemakers had sensed that the Capitol weren't happy with this waste of potential, like they were being cheated out of some good fights so they tried to force Fabry into showing herself. They used extreme winds, severe floods and an infestation of mutts in the form of birds but all this accomplished was a few of the other tributes dying. Each time a new threat appeared, Fabry would run until she was safe and then she would cover herself in mud and plants again. All the Gamemakers could do was hope that as the number of tributes dwindled; Fabry was going to be forced to fight. She definitely wasn't going to be found, even the Capitols cameras had problems focusing on her.

The Gamemakers got their wish when it came down to the last two tributes, the boy from District 2 and Fabry. She knew she couldn't wait around and hope he died because she knew the Capitol would want him to win, seeing as she hadn't actually murdered anyone yet. The Capitol would get their chance to see Fabry fight.

They met at the Cornucopia. Fabry hadn't been far away and the boy from District 2 had given up trying to find her. She came into view, holding a knife looking completely composed. As soon as the boy from District 2 saw her, he went charging at her at full speed, sword in hand but Fabry didn't move to meet her. As he got closer and closer Fabry still didn't move and it wasn't until he was right in front of her that Fabry hurled her knife at him and it sunk right into the boy from District 2's neck. Fabry was the victor of the 30th Hunger Games and the Capitol were slightly inclined to forgive her for not fighting as she hadn't disappointed them at the end.

It was a miracle that not a single tribute had found Fabry throughout the Games and it was clear that she was an extremely talented artist. After the Games, Fabry focused her talents on painting and it was nice and peaceful for a while until the Capitol got wind of it and started to badger her with requests. There's only so much attention a person can put up with and soon Fabry began to suffer panic attacks and on top of the nightmares she had about the screaming tributes she'd watched die, it was no surprise that she turned to morphling for a coping mechanism. It's sad to say that she was one of the tributes that never really recovered from the Games.