"Well hey there, MegaStars, and welcome back to my MeTube channel! I'm your girl Meg, and today, we'll be continuing our deep dive into the 115th Hunger Games. If you haven't been following along, you can watch the rest of the videos in the playlist linked in the description - and while you're at it, don't forget to subscribe to my channel! We're so close to 42,000 subscribers, I can almost taste it!

"Today, we'll be breaking down the frantic, hard-to-follow ending of the 115th Games. This video has been requested non-stop by one of my long-time viewers, Brightley Pritchard, the sister of Blitz Pritchard, who was a tribute in those Games! Thank you, Brightley, for all of your support of my channel. I hope that we can keep Blitz's legacy alive together through this video. Now, let's get started!

"The last hour or so of the 115th Hunger Games are widely regarded as some of the most chaotic minutes to ever happen in any Arena - a breath of fresh air on one hand after the snoozefest of the four prior days, and a nearly impossible-to-follow sequence that led to one of the more improbably and controversial Victories since the Fourth Quell. Even the biggest Games enthusiasts have trouble keeping track of what exactly happened - but don't worry. Your girl Meg is here to break it all down for you.

"About an hour and a half before the end of the Games, eventual Victor Kedara Lumot and her Outer District alliance descended on the Cornucopia, catching the Careers by surprise. This assault was aided by Miraz Esterhazy of the Capitol, who had secretly been communicating with Kedara via radio pack. The two had actually been collaborating since the beginning of the Games; if you missed that detail, you probably missed my video on The Intricate Five/Capitolite Relationships that Drove the 115th Games! I'll leave a link in the description.

"While her allies took their anger out on the Careers, Kedara made a beeline for the Cornucopia itself, both for protection and to seek out her target, Helena. Unbeknownst to her, Helena was lying in wait in the bunker, trying to find an escape to get away from Miraz, who had expelled her from the control room underground in a fit of anger.

"Unfortunately for Kedara, but fortunately for us, Helena caught sight of Kedara before Kedara could spot Helena. With a lot of speed and not many options, Helena ran, scrambling up one of the ladders that led into the maze of catwalks above. By this point, Miraz had scrambled out of the underground control room; as soon as she spotted Kedara, the two gave chase.

"Unbeknownst to Miraz, however, her District Partner, Blitz Pritchard, had followed her out of the underground control room. By the time he made it out of the Cornucopia itself, however, Miraz and Kedara had already disappeared into the maze of catwalks. This left Blitz vulnerable - and surrounded by tributes already deep in the fog of combat. And… well, at that point, there really wasn't much Blitz could do.

"Meanwhile, Kedara and Miraz chased Helena through the Arena, up and up until Helena turned onto a dead-end catwalk and found herself cornered. At this point, Helena had a slight lead on her pursuers, and that lead was just enough time for her to come up with a plan - a risky one, but her only way out. And in one of the most memorable moments of the Games, Helena leaped off of the catwalk, catching a metal pipe with just enough strength to prevent her from plummeting into the basin below.

"Having lost sight of Helena, Kedara and Miraz needed a new plan. They decided to run back to the control room, figuring it would be quicker to scan all the monitors for Helena at the same time. Of course, it didn't make sense to them to go back to the entrance in the Cornucopia; that would put them right in the heat of battle. So instead, they decided to go around to one of the side basins and use the tunnel system to get back to the control room, hoping to find Helena from there.

"Once the coast was clear, Helena pulled herself up from her hiding spot - an impressive feat of strength given how long she was hanging for. After taking a moment to catch her breath, she started back the way she came, taking a more direct route to the Cornucopia. Going into the heat of combat was a risky move, but a calculated one; Helena must have been keeping track somehow of how many cannons she heard, and chosen her path with the knowledge that by this point, most of the remaining tributes were dead.

"By the time Helena made it down to the Cornucopia, she found herself in a sea of carnage, with only two combatants still standing: Cassiopeia Prescott of District Four and Presley Cordova One. Helena wasted no time jumping into the fray, sinking her knife into Presley's back at exactly the moment that Presley's brass knuckles buried themselves into Cassiopeia's throat.

"As Cassiopeia fell, Helena found that her knife had gotten stuck in Presley's back. The force it took Helena to pull it out was enough to send the two of them tumbling to the ground into one of the corpses below, blood from Presley's wound pouring all over Helena's body. Helena got to her feet, but with a bloody knife, soaked shirt, and three bodies around her, it was difficult to tell which one she'd actually hurt. Who would blame Miraz, then, for assuming Helena killed the tribute she'd fallen into - especially when said tribute was her beloved District Partner, Blitz.

"The firing of Cassiopeia's fifth-place cannon sealed Helena's fate. Miraz launched a fierce attack against Helena, sending hit after hit into Helena's head. Audiences waited with bated breath as the battle raged on, wondering if Helena could find a way out of it herself or if this would truly be her end.

"And then, moments before she surely would have been knocked out, a savior came from out of the blue! Kedara barely hesitated before stabbing a sword through Miraz's throat. Miraz's fourth-place cannon fired almost instantly; Helena must have been thrilled to see her District Partner come to save her in these final moments of the Games.

"The girls were so close to Victory they could taste it! All they needed to do was land the final hit on the already-incapacitated Presley. But then, in one of the Games' most memorable moments, Kedara turned on Helena, pinning her to the ground. Audiences watched in rapt shock as the long history between the two girls tumbled out of Kedara's mouth. Would Helena find a way to talk herself out of the situation, as she had so many times? Would Kedara allow her anger to get in the way of increased rations for her home? Was this to be the first time a a tribute died at their District Partner's hand in a Quintennial Games?

"The answer to all of those questions would turn out to be no. Because just as Kedara raised her sword, ready to drive it into Helena's chest, Presley Cordova's cannon fired, cementing Kedara and Helena as Joint Victors of the 125th Games.

"Thank you all so much for watching this video on the ending of the 115th Games! The story, of course, doesn't quite end there. Next week, we'll cover the aftershocks of the Games, from the turnover of Gamemakers to the reception Helena and Kedara had in their home districts. But the two of them were not the first District Partners not to get along. Click on this video to learn more about the five worst relationships between District Partners in Hunger Games history. Thank you so much for watching, don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow me on ChitterChatter. I'll catch you for the next one.

"Omega - out."

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