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Panem Events
Most of Panem was happy with Lorien's victory, she was a great leader and fighter. Some Capitolites still believed that the Games weren't harsh enough for the tributes. The underground political party had grown exponentially and they were gaining followers each day. It was known as the Alpha Aurea and they wanted tougher arenas and more mutts. President Pennilo tried to manage the growing frenzy. It didn't help that the Alpha Aurea was spreading rumors about President Pennilo and Head Gamemaker Aurelia Davis, stating their love affair was distracting them from creating a better Games and governing a better Panem. Aurelia would once again release clips of the arena to help bide the Capitolites, it included a soft-rolling river, barren cliff edges, and small shrubs. The Capitol had high expectations for this year's Games. This year's tributes were interesting. There weren't any Career volunteers from One, the tributes didn't want to volunteer because the One tributes always seemed to have bad luck and ended up dying just short of victory. This lead to a young female tribute with minimum training and a young male tribute who had some training but didn't excel in any specific area. District Two and District Four offered strong tributes. The female of Two, Grenada Venta, scored the first 10 in a post-rebellion Games. Another interesting tribute was Joaquin of Eight. He is the youngest son of the late Victor, Cecelia Casada of Eight. He is also the last eligible direct descendant of a pre-rebellion Victor. Rumors state that Aurelia and Pennilo rigged his reaping. He scored well in training with an 8. Oman of Five scored a 7 and all the other outliers scored averagely. There were only three outlier alliances this year, Cole and Hazel of Twelve, Zeona from Five and Indiana of Six, and the other being Root of Three, Trax of Six, and Cassie of Nine. Both President Pennilo and Head Gamemaker Aurelia were hoping these would be the best Games yet.
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Tributes
District One- Male: Richyrd Laisson, 16 (6) Female: Shimmer Brix, 13 (4)
District Two- Male: Preston Stone, 16 (9) Female: Grenada Venta, 18 (10)
District Three- Male: Speeder Watson, 12 (3) Female: Root Fitch, 14 (4)
District Four- Male: Mackerel Primm, 17 (9) Female: Bridgett Seine, 17 (8)
District Five- Male: Oman Daniels, 18 (7) Female: Zeona Evans, 15 (5)
District Six- Male: Trax Hummer, 15 (5) Female: Indiana Garson, 16 (5)
District Seven- Male: Barkin Holmes, 17 (6) Female: Fiona Dempsey, 18 (4)
District Eight- Male: Joaquin Casada, 18 (8) Female: Denima Elliot, 16 (5)
District Nine- Male: Tanner Gerber, 13 (4) Female: Cassie Bennet, 14 (4)
District Ten- Male: Kite Alexander, 17 (6) Female: Savanna Knowles, 16 (6)
District Eleven- Male: Seth Mills, 13 (4) Female: Nalia Stenson, 17 (6)
District Twelve- Male: Cole Dixon, 15 (5) Female: Hazel Thornton, 16 (5)
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Day One
The tributes rise up on their pedestals shielding their eyes from the intense sun. They wear thin brown cotton pants and shirts. A colored band on their right bicep denotes their home District. The tributes are centered in the bottom of a burnt orange canyon. Steep cliffs line the east and west about a mile apart but the north and south seem to go on for miles. A small river slowly flows a few hundred yards away. Not much vegetation can be found only a few shrubs here and there. The gong sounds and all twenty-four tributes decide to head into the Cornucopia.
Bridgette from Four is the first at the horn, she quickly finds some throwing knives. She runs out and spots a small boy digging through a crate. She prances over and repeatedly stabs a knife into his side. The boy collapses to the ground gasping for air.
24. Seth Mills, 13, D11- stabbed in the side by Bridgette Seine, D4
By now many of the tributes have made it to the Cornucopia. Oman from Five finds a spear and scans the area looking for a target. He spots the alliance of three, Root, Zeona, and Trax, on the edge, they seem to be arguing about which direction to go. Oman throws his spear and it sails through the air and pierces Trax in the chest. The two girls scream and flee in opposite directions. Oman runs over to the boy and removes his spear and takes a pack before heading away from the Cornucopia.
23. Trax Hummer, 15, D6- spear thrown into chest by Oman Daniels, D5
Mackerel and Grenada meet up inside the horn and decide to hunt together. They find Cole and Hazel from Twelve digging through a crate. Grenada runs over and slices her sword across Cole's chest. Hazel screams and tries to run away but instead meets Mackerel's sword. Mackerel hacks at Hazel's body leaving her a bloody mess.
22. Cole Dixon, 15, D12- chest slashed by Grenada Venta, D2
21. Hazel Thornton, 16, D12- chest slashed by Mackerel Primm, D4
Zeona sprints around with a pack held tightly against her chest, searching for her alliance partner, Indiana. She can't seem to find her and decides to run to the backside of the Cornucopia. She rounds the corner and comes across Barkin. Barkin points his ax towards Zeona and she gives a yelp before trying to run away. Barkin throws his ax and it buries itself in her back.
20. Zeona Evans, 15, D5- ax thrown into back by Barkin Holmes, D7
Preston comes across Joaquin, his main target of the Games. Preston attacks savagely against Joaquin. Both tributes have a sword and Joaquin manages to keep Preston at bay. Joaquin isn't capable of seeing an opening to attack and so he kicks his foot into Preston's groin. Preston falls to the ground with a moan allowing Joaquin to escape. Tanner spots Preston on the ground and sees this as a way to kill a strong Career. The thirteen-year-old boy from Nine goes to make a kill but is stopped by a knife thrown into his chest by Richyrd.
19. Tanner Gerber, 13, D9- knife thrown into chest by Richyrd Laisson, D1
Richyrd runs over to help Preston up, hoping this would grant him a place in the Career alliance but instead is met by an angry Preston who slashes his sword out at Richyrd. Not wanting to be killed Richyrd runs away from the Bloodbath.
Grenada stalks through the Bloodbath searching for another tribute when she finds Root crying behind the Cornucopia. Grenada makes an easy kill by stabbing Root in the chest.
18. Root Finch, 14, D3- stabbed in the chest by Grenada Venta, D2
Kite is about to run from the Bloodbath when a knife flies over his shoulder. He looks back to see Cassie preparing to throw another knife. Kite quickly takes his bow and shoots an arrow. The arrow pierces into Cassie's neck and the small girl falls to the ground.
17. Cassie Bennet, 14, D9- Kite Alexander, D10
Denima and Nalia fight over a large backpack on the outskirts of the Bloodbath. Denima pins Nalia to the ground and presses her forearm against Nalia's throat. Nalia reaches around her for anything to use. Nalia feels a rock and smashes it against Denima's head. Denima rolls off of Nalia and Nalia starts to smash the rock against Denima's face until she's no longer recognizable. Nalia quickly picks up the backpack and flees.
16. Denima Elliot, 16, D8- head trauma induced by Nalia Stenson, D11
Preston now recovered from Joaquin's attack searches frantically for a tribute. He spots the slightly overweight Shimmer running away from the Cornucopia. Preston uses his speed to easily catch up with Shimmer and stabs his sword into the girl's back.
15. Shimmer Brix, 13, D1- stabbed in the back by Preston Stone, D2
With the death of Shimmer, the cannons start to go off. Ten cannons boom as Preston meets with the other Careers at the Cornucopia. All of the other tributes flee in different directions. None of the remaining tributes are in alliances and are alone. Joaquin runs north along the riverside searching for a place to stay for the night when he comes across a tribute panting underneath a dried up bush. The boy has his eyes closed as Joaquin sneaks up and stabs his sword into the boy's chest. An eleventh cannon booms as Joaquin takes the boy's pack and continues running north.
14. Speeder Watson, 12, D3- stabbed in the chest by Joaquin Casada, D8
By sunset, many of the tributes find a place to stay for the night. Savanna, Barkin, Nalia, and Fiona all headed south from the Cornucopia. Savanna got a blanket, a bottle, and some jerky from the Cornucopia and found a place to stay in a hollowed out area under a large rock. Barkin got an ax, a first aid kit, a water bottle, and a loaf of bread and decided to camp in a large tangle of bushes. Nalia managed to get a knife, a water bottle, jerky, and a blanket from the Cornucopia and went the farthest south and found a cave along the canyon wall. Fiona got a pack of throwing knives, jerky, bread, water, and a jacket from the Cornucopia and found a cave about twenty feet up the canyon wall to stay in.
Oman, Kite, Richyrd, Indiana and Joaquin all went north of the Cornucopia. Oman got a spear, a can of nuts, and matches from the Cornucopia and found a place by the river about eight hundred yards from the Cornucopia. Kite got a bow and arrow along with some rope and bread and decided to stay the night in the branches of a small leafless tree. This is the first time the District Ten male has survived the Bloodbath in a post-rebellion games and Kite takes this as a good sign. Richyrd got some throwing knives along with jerky and a blanket and found a small crevice between to large rocks to stay in. Indiana got a knife, bread, and rope from the Cornucopia and found a small overhang to sleep under. Joaquin went the furthest north and managed to get a sword, jerky, a first aid kit and got another first aid kit and a knife from Speeder. Joaquin decided to sleep within a thicket of bushes.
The Careers of Grenada, Preston, Mackerel, and Bridgette are at the Cornucopia. They are preparing dinner when Bridgette notices a flicker of light in the distance, "What is that?" she asks pointing.
Everyone turns their heads, "I think some dumb tribute is trying to start a fire," Preston says with a laugh.
"I can't really blame them. It's getting really cold now that the sun has gone down," Mackerel adds.
Preston leaps to his feet and grabs his sword, "Don't worry guys, this one is mine."
"Hey, I saw him first I should be able to go after him," Bridgette protests.
Preston shrugs his shoulders, "You should've called dibs," and with that, he runs into the night.
Preston follows the flickering of light and soon comes close enough that he can see someone hunched over the flame. Preston clears his throat and steps into the light waving his sword.
"Don't you outliers learn anything back home," Preston scoffs.
Oman scoots backwards with a gasp and reaches for his spear. Preston leaps over the small fire and slices his sword across Oman's face. Oman yells in pain. Preston then stabs his sword into Oman's abdomen. Preston leaves Oman to bleed out and heads back to the Cornucopia. He makes it back to the Cornucopia just a few seconds after Oman's cannon and the anthem starts to play.
"Twelve deaths in the first day, that's pretty good guys," Preston says smiling.
13. Oman Daniels, 18, D5- stabbed in the abdomen by Preston Stone, D2
Day Two
The Careers wake up early and start to make a game plan for the day. They agree that one person should guard the Cornucopia with one person going south and two going north. Grenada volunteers to stay at the Cornucopia as Mackerel goes south and Bridgette and Preston go north.
After a few hours of walking Mackerel spots a green pack laying out and he goes over to investigate. Mackerel picks up the pack and opens it up, there are only a few supplies inside and he drops the bag to the ground. Mackerel hears a shuffling sound from behind a rock and sneaks over with his sword raised. Mackerel rounds the corner and finds Richyrd standing there.
"Wa...Wait," Richyrd stammers holding up his hands.
Mackerel ignores his protests and slices his sword across Richyrd's throat. Tired of the blistering heat, Mackerel decides to call it a day and heads back to the Cornucopia.
12. Richyrd Laisson, 16, D1- throat sliced by Mackerel Primm, D4
Joaquin would continue to walk north throughout the day hoping to find the source of the river. Around sunset, he comes to the end of the arena which is a large dam that feeds into the river. At the source of the river, the water is rougher and more intense. There is also greener vegetation at this part of the canyon. Joaquin climbs up a tree for the night and decides to stay at this part of the arena for most of the games.
Day Three
The Careers go hunting once again. Grenada and Mackerel go north, Bridgette goes south and Preston stays at the Cornucopia. Most of the outliers try to find shade from the hot sun. Fiona and Nalia stay in their small caves. Kite also finds a small cave to stay in. Indiana starts to build a covering over her overhang to give her more cover from the sun and Careers. She uses shrubs to mask her hiding place. Savanna also has the same idea as Indiana and uses shrubs to also hide her place. She also uses her blanket to shield her from the sun. Barkin has less luck of finding shelter from the sun, but a sponsor sends him a small bottle of sunscreen. Even the Careers don't go out hunting for long before deciding to go back to the Cornucopia. The day passes slowly and without any deaths.
Day Four
For today, the Careers decide to have two people go hunting in the morning and then the other two go in the afternoon. Mackerel and Bridgette stay at the Cornucopia as Grenada goes north and Preston south. The heat seems to be increasing each day. Grenada and Preston both take multiple stops beside the river to refill their water bottles. Grenada is about to head back when she spots someone else walking along the river and refilling their water bottle.
"Hey!" Grenada shouts at the tribute. By his tall height, Grenada can tell it's Kite from Ten.
Kite immediately starts to run away and Grenada curses at herself for yelling out. Grenada chases after Kite but her heavy hiking boots make it hard, but Kite is also weak and tired. Kite is running up towards his cave when the loose rocks give way and he slips. Grenada takes her chance and stabs her sword through the back of his neck. Kite's cannon booms and Grenada heads back to the coolness of the Cornucopia.
11. Kite Alexander, 17, D10- stabbed in the back of the neck by Grenada Venta, D2
Grenada returns to the Cornucopia and Bridgette starts her trek south, Preston had already returned and Mackerel had gone north. Grenada and Preston stay at the Cornucopia and pass the time organizing supplies. The rest of the tributes stay hidden away in the shade. Nalia and Fiona both saw Grenada chasing after Kite and decide that it's best to gather water at night. A few hours before sunset Barkin discovers Kite's cave and decides to make camp there to stay out of the sun. Indiana and Savanna both stay hidden away. Joaquin stays safe near the dam nearly five miles from the nearest tribute.
Day Five
The day slowly passes once again. The Careers go hunting but don't find any tributes. Although, now many tributes are running out of food. Fiona finds some edible cacti near her cave. Savanna also finds some edible cacti. Barkin uses rocks to create deadfall traps to catch any creatures who scurry by. Nalia finds some lichen growing on the rocks of the river to eat. Indiana finds some crayfish in the river near her hiding place. Joaquin finds some small wild berries to eat along with setting some deadfall traps as well. The day passes without death.
Day Six
The day passes deathless. All of the tributes stay in the shade as much as possible, even the Careers don't hunt past midday. Heat exhaustion is becoming a threat. The outlier tributes only come out at dusk or dark knowing the Careers will be back at the Cornucopia and the heat won't be as intense.
Day Seven
The day passes without much action, until in the evening when Savanna and Fiona come across the same cacti patch. Savanna being weaponless darts away. Fiona doesn't necessarily want to kill but she needs the sponsors and she chases after Savanna. Fiona takes one of her throwing knives and throws it. It passes a few feet to Savanna's left, Fiona throws another knife. This time it lands in Savanna's left calf and she falls down into the cacti. Savanna screams in pain from the knife and the tiny needles embedded in her skin. Fiona removes the knife from Savanna's leg and quickly slices it across Savanna's throat. Fiona quickly takes Savanna's pack and runs away hoping that Savanna's screams didn't get anyone's attention.
10. Savanna Knowles, 16, D10- throat slit by Fiona Dempsey, D7
Day Eight
The heat continues to rise in the arena and the Careers decide to stay inside the Cornucopia for most of the day and the other tributes stay sheltered away. No deaths occur.
Day Nine
The tributes continue to stay hidden during the day. While taking a nap, Indiana wakes up to a searing pain in her forearm and finds that a snake has bitten her. She uses her rope to make a tourniquet around her bicep. She didn't see the snake but she assumes that it was poisonous. She decides to wait it out and see what happens. Indiana dozes off and when she wakes up her arm is swollen and a purplish-black color.
"Please send me medicine," she begs.
Nothing comes and Indiana decides to risk it and to go to the Cornucopia. If she's going to die she might as well try to live. She makes her way towards the Cornucopia. She spots the glistening horn and notices two tributes outside of it. Tears start to stream down Indiana's face. She's going to have to fight, she has no choice. One of the tributes stands up and Indiana continues to walk to the Cornucopia. Indiana holds her small knife out in front of her as she goes. As she gets closer she notices that it's Bridgette and Grenada guarding the Cornucopia. Grenada picks up her sword and walks out to meet Indiana. Grenada notices Indiana's swollen arm and grimaces. Indiana bares her teeth and swings her knife out. Grenada jumps back and lifts her sword. In a quick plunge, she pierces it into Indiana's chest. Indiana falls to the ground choking on blood and her cannon soon booms.
9. Indiana Garson, 16, D6- stabbed in the chest by Grenada Venta, D2
This leaves the final eight: Grenada Venta and Preston Stone of District Two, Bridgette Seine and Mackerel Primm of District Four, Fiona Dempsey and Barkin Holmes of District Seven, Joaquin Casada of District Eight, and Nalia Stenson of District Eleven.
Day Ten
Bridgette is keeping watch as the other Careers are sleeping huddled up in their sleeping bags to keep out the cold night air. It's the final eight and Bridgette has her pack and weapons ready. She needs to ditch out soon before the alliance unravels and she's going to take out the Game's strongest competitor when she does. Bridgette spends most of the night hyping herself up to do it. She plans everything out. She hides Mackerel's and Preston's weapons and gathers her supplies. She takes a knife and makes a perfect cut across Grenada's throat. Grenada's eyes open in fear and her screams are choked. Bridgette grabs her things and takes off sprinting north. Grenada's cannon soon booms but Bridgette continues to run. She doesn't look back to see if Mackerel and Preston are following her she uses her long legs to run as far as she can. Bridgette runs until she comes across an outcropping in which she crawls into. Bridgette then starts to cry in fear of what she has done.
8. Grenada Venta, 18, D2- by Bridgette Seine, D4
In the morning, Preston and Mackerel slowly eat a breakfast of bread and jam.
"I'm sorry about Grenada, Preston. If you want I'll help you track down Bridgette," Mackerel states.
"No, there's no need. We should just continue hunting for tributes. We have no idea where she's at or what direction she went in. I think it's best to keep doing what we've been doing," Preston says.
"Well if you want to stay here in the shade I'll go hunting first. I'm sorry about what Bridgette did but I'm wanting to stay in this alliance until the end, I'm here one hundred percent," Mackerel says standing up.
"Thanks, man. I appreciate that. We should stick together until the final two and we'll fight with honor. And maybe for today we should just both stay here at the Cornucopia and save the hunting for tributes," Preston says. Mackerel nods his head in agreement.
Day Eleven
Preston goes hunting first and walks a few miles north before heading back to the Cornucopia. When he returns Mackerel goes south to hunt. Neither spot any tributes. Fiona, Nalia, and Barkin all stay inside their caves. Fiona and Nalia have a schedule of getting food and water, but Barkin still hasn't found a reliable food source. Stomach pains wrack his body. He finds a snake squished under one of his deadfall traps and skins it with his ax. Barkin doesn't have any way of cooking the meat so instead, he places the filets on a flat rock to bake in the sun. A parachute drops down to him containing a small packet of salt to use to preserve the meat. Barkin sprinkles the salt on the meat and patiently waits. As the sun is starting to set, Barkin decides to test his snake jerky and finds it surprisingly satisfying. Bridgette spends the day walking north. She comes to terms with what she did and is now prepared to fight until the end but still wants to put as much distance between her and the other Careers. Joaquin continues to live by the dam.
Day Twelve
The day passes by as many previous days have. The tributes try to stay out of the sun as much as possible. Bridgette decides to follow along the river and try to find it's source, hoping it to be a pond or lake with fish.
Day Thirteen
Not much action takes place during the day, but after sunset, while Nalia is searching along the river bank for lichen and crayfish she hears a groaning noise. Nalia cautiously follows the noise and comes across an exhausted and starved Barkin laying beside the river. Barkin sees Nalia and jumps to his feet causing him to become light-headed and woozy. Barkin tries to stumble away but Nalia quickly comes and stabs her knife repeatedly into his back. Barkin's cannon booms and Nalia takes his pack and returns back to her cave.
7. Barkin Holmes, 17, D7- repeatedly stabbed in the back by Nalia Stenson, D11
Day Fourteen
Nalia and Fiona continue to stay inside their caves for the day. Around mid-afternoon, Bridgette makes it to the dam and finds a secluded space behind two large rocks to make camp at. Joaquin stays hidden and doesn't encounter Bridgette. As the sun is starting to set Preston returns back to the Cornucopia from hunting.
"I think we should ditch staying at the Cornucopia and start traveling in a direction to hunt tributes. There aren't any tributes within a few hours walking distance from the Cornucopia, they must be farther away," Preston says dropping his sword to the ground.
"I think that would be a good idea and it makes sense. We have plenty of supplies that we can take with us. Which direction do you want to go in?" Mackerel asks handing Preston a package of jerky.
Preston takes the jerky and shrugs his shoulders, "I don't care."
Mackerel grabs a small flat rock off the ground and spits on one side, "Alright well I'll flip this rock, wet we go north and dry we go south."
Preston nods his head and Mackerel flips the rock and it lands wet-side up.
"We should get to packing, and get a good nights rest because in the morning we're heading north," Preston boasts raising his jerky in the air.
Day Fifteen
Preston and Mackerel leave early in the morning and start to head north following along the river. Nalia and Fiona stay inside their caves in the southern part of the arena. Near the dam, Joaquin is laying up in a tree when he hears a melodic humming noise. He nearly falls out of the tree when he spots Bridgette walking towards him. She doesn't seem to notice him as she starts to pluck berries as she walks along humming. She's in total awe of this small area of paradise. Bridgette gets closer and closer to Joaquin's tree. When she's almost directly underneath Joaquin, he decides to take his chance and leaps down from his limb. He swings out his sword and it cuts across Bridgette's back. Bridgette screams and Joaquin lands on the ground but his left ankle makes a loud popping sound. Bridgette turns around and Joaquin stabs his sword into her chest. Blood spurts out of Bridgette's mouth and she falls to the ground. Her cannon booms.
6. Bridgette Seine, 17, D4- stabbed in the chest by Joaquin Casada, D8
As his adrenaline rush starts to fade, the intense pain from his ankle shoots up Joaquin's body. He starts to wretch from the pain but he doesn't have much in his stomach and it's mostly bile. As the pain starts to subside into a dull throbbing, Joaquin removes his boot and grimaces at the sight. His ankle is swollen to the size of a grapefruit and is a collage of purple and green bruising. Joaquin quickly opens a first aid kit and find a bottle of pain pills and some to help with the swelling. He then uses the role of bandages to make a brace around his ankle. By nightfall, the swelling has gone down some but it is still almost impossible to walk on.
Day Sixteen
Mackerel and Preston continue north in search of tributes. After seeing Bridgette's face in the sky, Fiona and Nalia fear that the Careers have broken up and become even more paranoid about being seen so stay in their caves even more. Joaquin continues to rest his hurt ankle.
Day Seventeen
Nothing much happens. Nalia, Fiona, and Joaquin all rest. Preston and Mackerel make it to the dam at sunset and decide to search the area in the morning.
Day Eighteen
Mackerel and Preston search around the lush area of the dam and they come across a sleeping Joaquin. Preston throws a rock at Joaquin and he stirs awake.
"Wakey, wakey legacy, you have company," Mackerel sings.
Joaquin's eyes open wide and he grabs for his sword. He manages to stand up, "I...I killed Bridgette, I'm not afraid of you two."
"Well, you see that kinda pisses me off because I wanted to kill Bridgette and besides we have a fight to finish," Preston says with a laugh.
Mackerel laughs along with Preston. Joaquin tries to skip over to the two boys and he swings his sword. Preston blocks Joaquin's attack, "Oh, impressive," he mocks. Joaquin spits at Preston. Preston shoves Joaquin back and he almost falls to the ground. Preston hacks his sword at Joaquin but he blocks it. As Joaquin fights with Preston, Mackerel takes the opportunity to shove his sword into Joaquin's side. He slices a cut from his armpit to his hip. Joaquin falls to the ground as he organs spill out around him. His cannon booms.
5. Joaquin Casada, 18, D8- stabbed in the side by Mackerel Primm, D4
"Dude, he was mine," Preston whines.
"Eh, I got bored watching," Mackerel laughs.
"Whatever, at least we can enjoy this nicer part of the arena now. We should have come here days ago!" Preston states.
Day Nineteen
Preston and Mackerel spend the day enjoying the small paradise surrounding the dam. Nalia and Fiona continue to stay mostly in their caves. In the evening, while traveling further upstream in search of lichen Nalia spots a cave better hidden than her own. It's about twenty feet up the cliff face but shouldn't be too hard of a climb. Nalia makes it to the cave. To check to see if there are any animals or tributes inside the cave she throws a few rocks up into the cave. Inside the cave, Fiona feels a rock hit against her back. She turns around and another rock strikes her in the forehead. She has to bite into her arm to prevent herself from crying out. She rubs her hand against her forehead and luckily she isn't bleeding. Fiona doesn't want to risk being seen by the tribute outside and huddles deeper inside her cave hoping whoever is outside will pass by. Nalia deems the cave uninhabitable and starts to climb up the rock face. Fiona hears the sound of falling pebbles and it takes her a few seconds to realize that someone is climbing up to her cave. Fiona peeks out and finds Nalia about two-thirds of the way up. Nalia looks up and sees Fiona looking down at her. Nalia gasps and hastily starts her descent down. Fiona takes a throwing knife and throws it down at Nalia. The knife lands in Nalia's shoulder causing her to lose her grip and slide down along the rock wall and onto the hard ground fifteen feet below. Nalia lays on the ground moaning in agony for about thirty minutes before her cannon booms.
4. Nalia Stenson, 17, D11- internal bleeding from fall caused by Fiona Dempsey, D7
Day Twenty
Fiona wakes up early and anxiously starts her trek to the Cornucopia. She mentally prepares herself for the finale against Preston and Mackerel. Preston wakes Mackerel up. They started heading to the Cornucopia last night after the cannon shot and made camp for the night about a mile and a half north of the Cornucopia.
"Mack, wake up the Gamemakers will want us to go to the Cornucopia," Preston says.
Mackerel quickly wipes the sleep from his eyes. He looks around and picks up his sword, he gives a deep sigh, "We should do this now. The Seven girl will be an easy kill, we're better prepared and in better shape now."
Preston nods his head and raises his own sword, "Best of luck to you."
"As to you," Mackerel replies flashing a grin.
The two clash swords. The pair hacks away at each other trying to find any openings but both are equally matched. It's almost twenty minutes before Preston finds an opening and plunges his sword into Mackerel's chest. Mackerel falls to his knees wheezing, as his lung starts to fill with blood.
"I'm sorry, friend," Preston says solemnly.
Mackerel furrows his brow, jealousy and his Career mindset cause him to fight back. Mackerel swings out his sword and it slices across Preston's abdomen. Both Preston's and Mackerel's eyes widen with shock. Preston tries to hold his intestines inside as Mackerel starts coughing up blood. Mackerel falls to the ground and his cannon booms.
3. Mackerel Primm, 17, D4- by Preston Stone, D2
Preston tries to make it to the Cornucopia but he doesn't make it far before he falls to the ground, his intestines and blood pool around him and his cannon booms.
2. Preston Stone, 16, D2- by Mackerel Primm, D4
"Congratulations! Fiona Dempsey of District Seven, you are the Victor of the eighty-first Hunger Games!"
Fiona walks out of the Cornucopia confused. She scans the area looking for Mackerel or Preston but doesn't see any signs of them. The hovercraft soon comes and takes the confused Victor back to the Capitol.
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Facts about the Victor
Fiona is the first left-handed Victor.
Appearance: Fiona is 5'7 and slender with a round face. She has shoulder length, curly brown hair, and brown eyes.
Family: Fiona has two younger brothers. Fiona would marry her longtime boyfriend at the age of 20. Fiona would later have three daughters. None of her children would participate in the Games.
Death: Fiona would die peacefully in her sleep three months before the 159th Games at the age of 96.
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81st Hunger Games Kills
Richyrd Laisson, D1- 1 (Tanner Gerber D9)
Stone Preston, D2- 3 (Shimmer Brix D1, Oman Daniels D5, Mackerel Primm D4)
Grenada Venta, D2- 4 (Cole Dixon D12, Root Finch D3, Kite Alexander D10, Indiana Garson D6)
Mackerel Primm, D4- 4 (Hazel Thornton D12, Richyrd Laisson D1, Joaquin Casada D8, Preston Stone D2)
Bridgett Seine, D4-2 (Seth Mills D11, Grenada Venta D2)
Oman Daniels, D5- 1 (Trax Hummer D6)
Barkin Holmes, D7- 1 (Zeona Evans D5)
Fiona Dempsey, D7- 2 (Savanna Knowles D10, Nalia Stenson D11)
Joaquin Casada, D8- 2 (Speeder Watson D3, Bridgette Seine D4)
Kite Alexander, D10-1 (Cassie Bennet D9)
Nalia Stenson, D11- 2 (Denima Elliot D8, Barkin Holmes D7)
Victors
76th Hunger Games: Minnie Griffith, 17, TS (6) Kills (4), District Eleven (1 Female)
77th Hunger Games: Luna Sparks, 18, TS (7) Kills (5), District Five (1 Female)
78th Hunger Games: Marley Higgins, 16, TS (6) Kills (3), District Eight (1 Male)
79th Hunger Games: Maverick Sayles, 18, TS (9) Kills (3), District Four (1 Male)
80th Hunger Games: Lorien Hastings, 17, TS (9) Kills (5), District Two (1 Female)
81st Hunger Games: Fiona Dempsey, 18, TS (4) Kills (2), District Seven (1 Female)