District 13

Belladonna Sarensen, (62), Victor of the 29th Hunger Games

To be completely honest, Belladonna hopes that it's her.

That isn't because she's an angsty person, or anything of the sort. It's more so that like basically all of the other Victors, Belladonna doesn't want to have to see any of her fellow Victors return to the arena.

District 13 has four living female Victors. Among them is one of Bella's old Mentors, District 13's first Victor, 83-year-old Patricia Damon. Patricia is an elderly woman, who requires a cane to walk and is starting to feel the onset of dementia. While District 13 does indeed produce medications capable of reversing the effects of the disorder, they're for sale in the Capitol exclusively. The next one in age is a woman in her early forties named Delta. The woman's a genius, a toxicologist, and even as a university named after her. The district's youngest female Victor is a young woman named Maddelyn, who Delta helped bring back from the arena. All three women (as well as the district's male Victors) are like family to Bella, and it would kill her to watch any of them go back into the arena.

The Square of District 13 is silent as their escort, Francesca, continues her strained speech. The memory of the girl from District 5 being bludgeoned over and over again with Bella's crowbar in the Bloodbath resurfaces in Bella's mind. The girl from 5 had knocked her down and raised a sword to her. Bella only killed her out of self defense. Right? It doesn't matter. Either way, that girl is long dead and Bella's long had to live with the guilt of her death.

"Belladonna Sarsensen!"

Bella sighs a quiet sigh of relief and mounts the stage quickly. She's glad that it's her who's going back in. As the rest of the district stares at her with eyes of pity, tears well up in Bella's eyes as she spots her family. Stay strong, she thinks to herself. It's the best thing you can do right now. Just like Mother would've wanted. Just like your family needs. Just like you did for your family... however many years ago it was now.

Once she makes it onstage, Belladonna somehow finds it in herself to give the district a reassuring smile, as if to say "it's going to be okay". Bella's likely not going to win - not this time - and she knows it. She kept the other three out of the arena, and to Bella, that's all that matters right now.

Jameson Gilles, (18), Victor of the 72nd Hunger Games

Jameson looks around the District Square to avoid looking into Bella's eyes.

He knows that if he looks into her eyes as she stands up there onstage, the heavy, sinking feeling of grief will find its way into James's body. And he's not ready for that. Not yet, anyways.

Looking back up at the stage, Jameson unintentionally shares a glance with Bella, and all of a sudden, it feels like he just ate a boulder. He takes a few deep breaths in an attempt to discard the feeling, wondering whose name Francesca will call next. District 13 has four living male Victors - and it could be any of them. James has a 25% chance of going back in, but it's really a 50% chance. Nate knows that if a specific other Victor is Reaped, he'll volunteer. No if's, and's, or but's about it, Jameson just can't watch him return to the arena.

Compared to the rap sheets of most of the other districts, District 13 does pretty well for themselves in the Games. Eight Victors is pretty impressive. That's why District 13 has an Academy in construction. As do Districts 7 and 10, with seven and six Victors respectively. And while all of the Academies are still officially under construction, something tells Jameson that due to the circumstances of the Quell, at least one of the three may end up eventually being revoked - ironically, just like last year's "rule change".

"Orion Trent!"

"I volunteer as tribute!" Jameson screams so loud it makes his ears ring.

Near simultaneously, close to everyone's mouths fall open, including that of Francesca, Bella, Orion, Maddie, Delta, Galvin, 13's older two Victors, and Mayor Coin. The young medical student of a Victor shuffles towards the stage as everyone's surprise slowly fades a bit. You had to do it, James thinks to himself. You couldn't let him go back in. What you had was over, but you still couldn't let him go.

Jameson looks down at his district with a dash of fake-confidence. For the second time in three years, Jameson is standing where the District 13 male tribute stands. And only this time, no matter how things go down, it's going to be even more akin to hell than it was the first time.

A/N: And here we are with my personal favorite district, (my rendition of) District 13, Bella and Jameson! I can't decide if I love or hate these POVs, but I can't really force myself to rewrite them for some reason. I hope that you're leaning closer to the "love" side, but that is something that time will tell. Thoughts on the pair?

And so, with all 13 districts taken care of, that concludes AVR. As stated in the description, I'm thinking of stemming another story off of this. I currently have two ideas, though I'm not sure if I should do both, or just one of them. Feel free to inquire what they are in a review or PM, as I'd love to hear your feedback.

As always, thank you for reading.

Until next time.

-Bo