It's a game. It's fun, it's safe. But uh oh! They better watch out. It looks like there's a glitch in the system.

Peeta lives a quite life in District 12. He attends school like every other 16 year old while his spare time is spent in the family's bakery and admiring Katniss Everdeen from afar. But Peeta's life is turned upside down when he discovers that everything he knows is a lie. And to make matters worse, it turns out that he's not even a Mellark - but the only child of President Snow.

Peeta and Katniss were never reaped but were still the inevitable star-crossed lovers. Now, in the 4th Quarter Quell, the Capitol votes on the tributes they send to the 100th Hunger Games. But have the districts finally had enough? Will Willow Mellark be the spark to set off the rebellion? Let the games begin. Background Everlark. Everlark Prequel coming soon!

Amber always knew she'd die young. It was her family's curse. If the Games didn't take her, some freak accident would. Two years after losing her twin sister, she takes destiny into her own hands and volunteers for the 66th Annual Hunger Games, hoping to win and rid herself of the curse, but how can one escape death when it is a part of who they are?

"To remind the Capitol that their nefarious deeds will never be forgotten..." the voice chuckled before continuing. "Tributes who refuse to participate within the rules of the game will have their shock collars activated." A decade after the Hunger Games were abolished, 24 Capitol children were kidnapped on the fourth of July with the 12 Districts having to ensure their survival.

(Please be patient with me as I rewrite this to make it feel authentic. Changing the characters up a bit... lots of angst... Triggering...) Nikki Swift finds herself competing against her crush in a game of death. Will she get the courage to tell him how she feels before sending him back home? Or will she be the only one standing? (Peeta M./ O.C., Katniss E./ Gale)

A talking, happy-go-lucky giraffe swaps places with Effie just before the 74th Hunger Games, Freaky-Friday style. Oblivious to Panem's way of life, she unknowingly interferes with the Games' events, then busts 4 tributes out of the arena. With the authorities looking for them, the giraffe must now get the tributes to safety—but first she'll have to help them trust each other.

There are always those that are burdened with memories. They can never forget those that are gone. But even if they aren't ready, the cycle is about to start all over again. The 124th Hunger Games is just around the corner, and there's no telling what that could mean for Panem.

When Caius Thorntree agrees to take his father's place as Head Gamemaker, he has no idea what he's getting himself into. The tributes of the 98th Games are the strongest he's ever seen, and they're split like never before when a five-year-old rivalry divides the tributes into all-out war. With feuds, betrayals, and twists never seen before, these Games will be one to remember.

Dakota Grangerford is just a disabled, abandoned child. And that's all she ever would be, until she was reaped for the 54th Hunger Games. All Dakota expects is death. But even in the arena, kindness and goodness can conquer anything. Victor Exchange with AmericanPi

SEQUEL TO TAKING SIDES! Katniss thought it was over, but some choices have a way of coming back to haunt you.

Resurrection Games for Tributes 15-18

Effie Trinket, just another Capitol puppet. The Quarter Quell begins and it suddenly shows that Effie isn't as obsessed with the Capitol as it seemed. The revolution gets going and Effie, who came closer to Haymitch than she would have ever expected, has to figure out where her loyalties lie. And her time is running out.

'To fear death, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a person, yet people fear it as if they knew that it is the greatest of evils'- The 207th Hunger Games

A rebellion was sparked during the 95th Hunger Games. Panem almost fell. But the Capitol squashed the rebellion, extinguishing any hope at a new future. Now, President Pitheart is in charge, and he refuses to allow Panem to break. With all his victors on a tight leash, he's about to welcome 24 new tributes to the 110th Hunger Games. It'll certainly be a year to remember. (Closed)

There's always more to the game than merely playing by the rules; that's why Career districts win the Hunger Games so often. Even for them, however, nothing is ever guaranteed.

Six years have passed since the 95th Hunger Games, as a war rages between the dwindling rebels led by Kate Wakai and President Saskia Storm and The League, 24 new tributes will have to face the arena in the Capitol's biggest event of the year. (SYOT, open!)

Two years before the Starcrossed Lovers of District 12 set a nation on fire, it's once again time for the annual Hunger Games. 24 tributes go in. 1 comes out. "Nobody decent ever wins the games" - Katniss Everdeen {SYOT: Open}

Another year and another 24 lives to be bent against their own will, But who will be strong enough to survive the most brutal and vicious games yet? SYOT CLOSED

University freshman Casca Highbottom dreams up a punishment so extreme he doesn’t even dare turn it into his professor for his final project. His best friend Crassus, however, has different ideas. The event turns Casca’s world upside down as he copes with loss, guilt, and addiction. Hunger Games canon compliant including Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Careers- brutal and heartless killing machines. That's what they are, right? But isn't a story about perspective? So what if we rewatch the hunger games from the careers' perspective? What if we take a closer look into the lives of Clove and Cato, the star crossed lovers from district two? Let's take a look at how they grew up together and became the persons they are.

How did Finnick get to be the flirtateous heart throb Katniss meets in Catching Fire? Is the mask he wears in front of the capitol cameras the real Finnick? What history do the Quarter Quell combatants share? Find out my take on these questions and more in this story.

"I meant what I said before. You're my kill." Nova knows District 3 has some of the lowest odds of winning the games. It was why her reaping had filled her with nothing but nauseating dread. Her situation is only worsened when she unwillingly garners the attention of one of District 2's strongest tributes yet. (Cato/OC)

Rose Foster; a sheltered paranoid girl recovering from the trauma of the previous year's Quarter Quell. Navigating the intricacies of the Hunger Games, its' politics and the haunting regret stemming from a friends' sacrifice made the year before. Slowly but surely, she realizes she'll have to learn to trust again or face doom in the arena.

No one's hungry anymore in the Capitol for the games. Rebellion is a thing of the past. Citizens are looking for new entertainment. That doesn't work for President Snow's future. To retain power, the 24th Games are about to receive a major facelift. But will it pay off? Four perspectives will determine this: President Snow, Dr. Victorious Moss, Oxin Varland and Markus Perch.