Chapter 4: The Lions Den. A section in a book called The Blood Games Story - Written by Patrick Roseforge

The 4th Hunger Games

It would appear that my writing style would confuse certain folk, such as my rude cellmate Grimyard - he says hi the readers - who keep telling me to pick a point of view perspective. I won't since this isn't the usual Capitol garbage novels people sell when literature was coming back. This is my perspective. I'm storytelling about twenty-four kids and the Hunger Games I helped create to kill twenty-three of them. I'm writing because some things need to be remembered and who better than the man who created the Games. So, yeah. The first paragraph will have me writing about Capitol events that happened. The remaining paragraphs will be about the tributes. Then thier age and scoring, then how the Games worked. So anyway, nothing of note happened this year. Let's move on to the tributes!

There are no volunteers. However, in the 4th Hunger Games, there was two alliances this time around. One was called the Boys Club. Four tributes in one team. Ford from 6, the oldest tribute and the only one who served in the war, amazingly, at the Capitol's side. A crowd favorite with his ruthlessness and confidence. Cameron from 3, instead of someone intelligent like usual from the district, this guy's a big bruiser. Lewis from 9, a simple kind-hearted wheat farmer with broad arms and skills with a scythe. Lastly, Robin from 5, he's an orphan with charm and showed a few impressive magic tricks in his private session.

The other alliance was called Raider's Gang. Five tributes are apart of this little alliance. The leader, Lulu Raider from 12, one who wasn't a rebel per se, but she certainly didn't try to hide her contempt against us Capitolites. A freakish tall girl with some war experience and became a gang leader in District 12. The next one in this alliance is Lulu's district partner, Spark from 12, who I could describe as a dull brawny miner. Next is Krista from 8, who is a beautiful pretty blonde with surprising skills with a knife under that pretty smile. After Krista, Osiris from District 10 is part of this gang, a handsome young man who charmed the crowd in the interview with his jokes and mysteriousness. Lastly, Eugenia from 6, who joined the Raider's gang out of spite against Ford. It would appear that this year's two alliances had a rivalry going on. It was mostly with Ford and Lulu doing most of the cussing, however.

Apologies, but I don't have enough paper for every twenty-four tributes, so I can only write in a few other tributes. Fluffy from 2 is a favorite for his jokes during his interviews. And Gunther from 11 is a tough guy who happens to know his way around weapons.

District 1: Roland Lee, 12, (2), and Jazzmine Dawnbloom, 15, (5)

District 2: Fluffy McDonald, 15, (4) and Winnow Blye, 14, (4)

District 3: Cameron Caiazzo, 18, (6) and Tyne Stone, 13, (3)

District 4: Sunny Fairlocks, 12, (2) and Brizo Greenwaters, 15, (4)

District 5: Robin Santina, 15, (6) and Freya Mattin, 13, (1)

District 6: Ford Cabello, 20, (11) and Eugenia Mulder, 16, (4)

District 7: Thorn Towner, 17, (6) and Larisa Wildroots, 13, (5)

District 8: Marcus Lakatos, 15, (4) and Krista Owens, 18, (8)

District 9: Lewis Baggio, 17, (7) and Alida Popescu, 16, (7)

District 10: Osiris Horatio, 18, (8) and Nutmegs Monet, 12, (1)

District 11: Gunther Bryan, 17, (10) and Apple Blanxart, 15, (5)

District 12: Spark Roygier, 18, (7) and Lulu Raider, 19, (10)

Patrick's Bet: Fluffy McDonald. Honestly, I went with what humored me the most since most of my bets lose anyway. He makes me laugh.

Alex's Bet: Ford Cabello. He went with the obvious winner. The fact that Ford was a Capitol supporter helps out as well.

-THE GAMES-

The arena is a savanna. It was a woodland grassland kind of place with a clear blue sky and an orange-ish soil ground. One river stream flows in the arena, where tributes may gain their only source of water. All around, there were animals such as lions, warthogs, zebras, wildebeests, and wild dogs. The best part is none of them are mutts besides one.

The cornucopia was a traditional one. The center of the cornucopia was a wooden hut, weapons, and supplies all around it. All twenty-four tributes were placed in a circle.

After the countdown, there was a bloodbath(of course).

4... 3... 2... 1...

"Let the 4th Hunger Games begin!"

Six tributes decided to escape the incoming violence of the Cornucopia: Fluffy from 2, Brizo from 4, Marcus from 8, Thorn from 7, Larisa from 7, and Jazzmine from 1. These tributes get to survive the first day.

Can't say the same for ten other tributes. This bloodbath is a big one since two rival groups decided to duke it out.

Spark went in straight to the closest weapon he can find, which happened to be a sword. He was ready for a kill, whether it was someone from Ford's gang or an unlucky tribute. That's when he saw the slow Nutmegs from 10. He didn't waste any time and slashed her with his sword. With one single strike, Nutmegs's young life has been forfeit.

Nutmegs Monet, District 10 Female: 24th Place, Killed by Spark. Bloodbath.

Next up is Alida from 9, who ambitiously wanted some supplies before she could go out into the arena. Of course, getting the supplies when surrounded by enemy tributes is a tricky business. In any case, the moment she picks up a book bag from the ground, she aims to escape. Only it was too late for Alinda as a Ford already found a purposely placed war-hammer, and instantly found the closest person to kill, which happened to be Alida. The girl from Nine stabbed by the spiky end of Ford's war-hammer onto her stomach and Ford went to find what he considered real enemies after killing Alida.

Alida Popescu, District 9 Female: 23rd Place, Killed by Ford. Bloodbath.

The next death was one concerning the rivalry between Ford's and Lily's groups. Krista from 8 and Cameron from 3 was close to each other's launch pads, and Cameron decided to get rid of her, first thing. When the countdown began, Cameron jumped Krista, and the two began to wrestle. For the most part, Krista got a higher score due to her looks, and some skills with weaponry. Unfortunately, it came to a hand to hand fight in which Cameron proved to have high grounds with his strength. Cameron managed to get her to the ground and use his fists to bloody her once pretty face. It took a while, but Cameron managed to beat her to death.

Krista Owens, District 8 Female: 22nd Place, Killed by Cameron. Bloodbath.

Gunther managed to get his supplies and a mace. When the boy went to get away from the arena, he got into a path of young Roland from 1 desperately trying to stab Tyne from 3 with his dagger. It would appear to be an impulsive decision on Gunthors part, but one quick strike with his mace and Roland died, bleeding from his head. Gunther left Tyne to whatever fate has to offer after he murdered Roland.

Roland Lee, District 1 Male: 21st Place, Killed by Gunther. Bloodbath.

There was a little team-up between Apple from 11 and Freya from 5. Both of which got small knapsacks from the cornucopia. When they were about to leave, they were stopped by Robin from 6. The boy told them to leave the supplies or die. The two girls decided to let go of the supplies but kept a knife and a can of soup hidden in their pockets. Fortunately, Robin honored his agreement and let the two go. At least those two didn't perish that day.

Speaking of perishing, it didn't take long for Tyne to kick the bucket when another person tried to get to kill her. Winnow from 2 surprised everyone in the Capitol with her viciousness when she killed Tyne with a knife she found. Winnow left soon after, with supples. Looks like Gunther saving Tyne proved to have done nothing.

Tyne Stone, District 3 Female: 20th Place, Killed by Winnow. Bloodbath.

No twelve year old survived the first day in this Hunger Games. Sunny from 4 foolishly thought he could get something and get out, but thought wrong as Eugenia suddenly slashed Sunny's throat open with her knife. The poor boy didn't see it coming before it was too late.

Sunny Fairlocks, District 4 Male: 19th Place, Killed by Eugenia. Bloodbath.

Now, the next few deaths came the expected brawl between the Boys Club and Lulu's Raiders. Ford, Cameron, Lewis, and Robin versus Lulu, Spark, Osiris, and Eugenia.

Lulu and Ford were off to fight one another the moment they set eyes on each other. The two fought with experience, Ford with his war-hammer, and Lulu with her sword. The two were fighting, Ford had strength while Lulu had speed. Their weapons kept blocking on another, and both had gotten bruises and scratches. It's a miracle it lasted as long as it minute, but it all came to an end...

After Osiris betrayed Lulu and stabbed her in the back. Indeed, no one saw it coming. well, Ford did and he grinned at Lulu's shocked expression and death. It seems that this was planned before handed.

Lulu Raider, District 12 Female: 18th Place, Killed by Osiris. Bloodbath.

Spark was fighting Robin, but after he saw his leader fall, he decided to book it. He did so successfully, as Robin didn't want to kill anyone.

That left Eugenia the only one left in the bloodbath with the enemy, she was currently fighting Cameron and Lewis. It got worse for her as Ford and the traitorous Osiris were going to reinforce their allies. If nothing else, Eugenia wasn't going out without a fight. She proceeded to take a risky stab at the two tributes in front of her, and successfully stabbed Cameron in the stomach. He yelped, and while Lewis tried to fight her, he wasn't swift enough to stop Eugenia as she had another knife and stabbed Lewis in the throat. Steams of crimson liquid was coming out of Lewis's neck.

Lewis Baggio, District 9 Male: 17th Place, Killed by Eugenia. Bloodbath.

Ford was finally closeby, and Eugenia was too late to stop or dodge him. He swung his war-hammer is it landed harshly on the side of his district partner's head. The blow from the war-hammer turned off Eugenia's brain and killed her.

Eugenia Mulder, District 6 Female: 16th Place, Killed by Ford. Bloodbath.

You'd think that would be the final death, but it isn't. Cameron had a knife in him, and he was on the ground groaning every time he tried to get rid of it. He was bleeding quite heavily. The rest of the Boy's club went to check upon him, and find him bleeding heavily. Osiris recommend on giving Cameron a mercy kill, Robin disagreed and said that Cameron needed some first aid. The two argued for a minute before Ford told them to shut up. He's made his mind up. Ford raised his war-hammer and brought it down on Cameron.

Cameron Caiazzo, District 3 Male: 15th Place, Killed by Eugenia and Ford. Bloodbath.

That ended that discussion. No one else died on Day 1. The Boy's Club decided to camp in the cornucopia, wanting the rest of the tributes to have a fair chance. Robin and Osiris were subtly sniping at each other, and Ford didn't stop his teammate's antagonism since it amused him. It's uncertain how long that alliance will function.

Meanwhile, Thorn and Larisa(both allied prior) from Seven met Jazmine from One on the way. It would Jazmine followed them and asked to join, and both of them decided to let the young girl join. Fluffy didn't do much but run, he did find a recently dead dear that's half-eaten. He's both cautious at whatever predator killed this deer and hungry, so he ate what he could get. Brizo from Four was hungry, so she ate some wild berries. Fortunately for her, it wasn't poisoned. Marcus from Eight made a poorly made-shift knife out of a stick he found and used it to hunt some zebras that were nearby. He couldn't even catch up to the zebras and went day 1 without eating anything.

Sparks from Twelve, being the only surviving member of the Raider's Gang, made it out with a backpack filled with canned food that'll last him a week. He got better of than most, but considering his alliance if all gone, he'll possibly not be making a move for a while. Winnow from Two traveled the savanna, finding herself beside the only river. She decided to stay here for the night. Apple from Eleven and Freya from Five did not do much, they simply chatted and slept under a tree. Gunther from Eleven saw Apple and Freya earlier but decided against trying to kill them. He's got a better bounty than most tributes from the cornucopia and made camp under the stars. He seemed sad when he saw Tyne's face in the sky.

Then came Day 2 appeared, and the Boy's Club decided to hunt down the next unlucky tribute. Winnow didn't move from her little camp near the river, and it was too late for her to hide from the three hunting tributes. She flees, but Ford managed to catch up to her and hold her down. Osiris and Robin came, and Ford wanted Robin to get a kill to prove his loyalty. Robin looked uncomfortable but realized he had no choice or Ford and Osiris will kill him. Winnow begged for her life, and Robin looked like he was about to cry during the whole process as he stabbed her.

Winnow Blye, District 2 Female: 14th Place, Killed by Robin. Day 2.

Other than that, nothing much happened. Most tributes managed to get some grub from hunting down zebras and avoided the dangerous animals like the lions and tigers. Unless your Marcus. He's not doing well on that front, which is humorous as even Fluffly managed to jump on an ostrich, kill it, and eat it.

Day 3 came by, and so far, everyone was mostly wandering. Apple and Freya were at the arena's boundary, which was a red line. I made sure to tell them that they can't cross it, along with exploding chips in their necks that'll keep all the tributes in line.

Marcus was getting hungrier by the second, and his poor excuse for foraging and hunting skills isn't helping him. Whatever the case, he found a cave near him and decided to check it out.

There, Marcus saw a lion with a black mane and a scar on his face.

"So, tribute. You have come to my domain?" my lion said.

Marcus was both surprised - not to mention frightened - at seeing the lion. "You can talk!"

The lion grinned. "Indeed. My name is Scar, and talking isn't all I can do."

Marcus Lakatos, District 8 Male: 13th Place, Killed by Scar mutt. Day 3.

I'd rather not give out the details of the poor boy getting eaten. To clarity, I made a semi-sentient mutt named Scar based on a villain character from an ancient story known as Lion King. I thought it would fit, and I didn't need to make more mutts when there are already so many other deadly animals in nature.

Jazzmine, Thorn, and Larisa were mostly eating berries, then they meet up with Fluffy. The cheery boy from Two offered them some bird meat. There was a truce and a decent meal for that day until they decided to part ways. The Boy's Club decided to Gunther - as they believe he's the toughest tribute to worry about. Gunther, meanwhile, battles a tiger and survived without injury. Day 3 ended without any more deaths.

Unfortunately for the tribute, Day 4 had plenty more deaths to pick up the slack. Brizo was wandering around, eating birds, and that's about it. She didn't have any weapon's on her. She noticed the Boy's Club. Sadly, so did they. Brizo wanted to run away, but unfortunately for her, she pulled a cliche. She tripped and broke her ankle. A shame, if that didn't happen, she could've survived. Ford was the one to finish her off as he used his war-hammer and bashed her head.

Brizo Greenwaters, District 4 Female: 12th Place, Killed by Ford. Day 4.

Another thing of note was Fluffy decided to forgo clothes and live naked. We sponsored him a loincloth, the gamemakers couldn't keep seeing his junk. He had a humorous moment here, among others, but Fluffy's luck was at its end. Scar came out of his cave to hunt, and Fluffy was the closest. The boy from Two wanted to run away once he saw Scar, but the lion mutt was too fast.

Fluffy McDonald, District 2 Male: 11th Place, Killed by Scar mutt. Day 4.

An interesting thing happened, Gunther and Spark saw each other in the distance and meet up, both suspicious and wary of each other, but Spark offered a chance of an alliance. Gunther accepted this proposal. It's a bit late in the game, but perhaps they both needed some companionship to take away the loneliness of the past few days. Or perhaps they knew the Boy's Club needed to be handled together and took a chance. Nothing but guesses from me.

Since the three tributes - Larisa, Thorn, and Jazzmine - escaped the cornucopia without a weapon, the closest things they had were sticks. It's bad luck that Gunther and Spark were in their path, both supplied and ready to kill. They were caught off-guard, as it was dark out, the group was having a fun time and talking to each other. This was ruined when Jazzmine was thrashed by Gunther's mace and it didn't go so well for her as she soon started to cough up blood. Gunther finished her off quickly.

Jazzmine Dawnbloom, District 1 Female: 10th Place, Killed by Gunther. Day 4.

While Thorn and Larisa were in shock, Spark took advantage and slashed Larisa in the back with a sword. She fell to the ground, blood visible and spreading. Thorn didn't even attempt to run. He went on his knees and cried when both his friends died. Spark stabbed in between his eyes, wanting to end this as fast as possible.

Larisa Wildroots, District 7 Female: 9th Place, Killed by Spark. Day 4.

Thorn Towner, District 7 Male: 8th Place, Killed by Spark. Day 4.

Gunther and Spark didn't want to stay there, understandably. Day 4 ended.

There were only seven tributes left now: Robin and Freya from District 5, Ford from District 6, Osiris from District 10, Gunther and Apple from District 11, and Spark from District 12. Who do you think will win?

Day 5 moved quickly. The three groups of tributes were walking around in circles. Literally in circles. Day 6 was mostly the same, but with one event that would spark some interest. Apple and Freya - two lucky tributes who haven't had much trouble - we're close to a certain lion's cave. Scar came out to play again, and the two saw a big grinning scary lion. The two, fortunately, made it out alive. They ran to the river, and both of them managed to cross it. It was a good move to make as Scar didn't want to be wet - who would think the big pussycat was afraid of water?

On Day 7, unfortunately, Freya and Apple were close to the boy's club. Ford and the rest of his group went out to find them. Freya was slower than Apple, and she realized she won't outrun the bigger group. Freya, however, did tell Apple about a bold plan. Apple was hesitant and saddened, but agreed to it. Apple went on as Freya decided to fight rather than die.

Osiris was the one who called to kill her, and he swiftly slashed Freya with his sword. Red crimson was on his sword and hands as he looked down in disgust with his kill.

Freya Mattin, District 5 Female: 7th Place, Killed by Osiris. Day 7.

Robin, however, looked with Osiris in disgust as he killed his young district partner. No doubt saddened seeing her die, but his emotions got the better of him as he cursed Osiris in his face - also calling him a traitor that can't be trusted. There was shouting as the two allied tributes started to be close to fighting each other, but Ford ordered them to shut up. He also said that when they're done chasing the other girl, they're going to deal with each other by fighting - but only after they killed Apple. Neither objected and continued the chase.

Apple crossed the same river as yesterday, and predictably, the Boy's Club started to follow.

What happened was that Apple leads them right in the Lion's Den - get it - and Scar was hungry for some human flesh. Apple saw it - and went back to the group of three. The Boy's Club thought it was strange that Apple was running towards them, but then saw a giant lion heading their way. Ford got his weapon ready, so did Robin and Osiris. Scar leaped towards the group, and they fought. Apple managed to run away. She can't say the same for those she left behind.

Ford got a hit with his war-hammer at Scar, and Robin managed a stab - but Osiris was considering something. He was behind his allies and decided this the best way to get rid of them. He stabbed Ford in his legs, betraying him. Robin says "I fucking knew it, you traitor!". Osiris simply grinned and left his betrayed teammates. Scar managed to kill Ford easily enough - considering that Ford is wounded. All Scar had to do is claw open is stomach and the foolish Boy's Club leader died.

Ford Cabello, District 6 Male: 6th Place, Killed by Scar mutt. Day 7.

Robin was now left under alone fighting Scar and it wasn't much of a fight. Scar easily used its claws to stab at Robin's arms, and then bite onto Robin's torso. The boy from 5 died, eaten from a mutt based off a cartoon.

Robin Santina, District 5 Male: 5th Place, Killed by Scar mutt. Day 7.

And so, the games went on with four tributes left. Osiris slept like a baby, and Apple cried in her sleep. The wary alliance between Spark and Gunther became warier as time went on. The two were a bit paranoid of each other, so they slept a few feet away from each other and put sticks everywhere around them - just in case. They considered separating as they saw the tributes face's in the sky, but Spark cussed as he noticed something.

"Dammit," Spark cursed.

"What?" Gunther questioned.

"Osiris is still alive. That's that two-faced ass that betrayed by group," he replied. "I was hoping he'd be dead by this point."

"Sounds like a right ass," Gunther said. "I'd rather not have some traitor as a winner."

"Yeah," Spark agrees, and he became less cautious of his allied tribute. "Want to stay together until he's died."

It was a mutual agreement that bonded over hating the traitorous tribute. Soon enough, Osiris will have tons of trouble, no doubt. Day 8th and last day of this Hunger Games came by. I was going to announce the Finale soon, but one tribute had an unlucky break.

Apple was her name, a sweet girl with over ten siblings. Amazing that her whole family survived the war, but her family won't be seeing much of her after this day. There was an angry rhino around her, and no one knows why the rhino was angry, but it was charging and stampeding straight towards the drowsy Apple who just woke up. She didn't have time to do anything before the rhino stepped on her.

Apple Blanxart, District 11 Female: 4th Place, Killed by a wild rhino. Day 8.

After that, the arena was simply too big of a map for three tributes. Osiris was starting to not like his chances, while Gunther and Spark were. No matter what, the Finale was about to begin.

"To the final three tributes, meet at the cornucopia by the end of the day or we will send Scar after you. You don't want that." That's the message I sent, and it got through.

The three tributes were headed to the cornucopia and wanted to get it all over with. It wasn't the most entertaining or dramatic as it could have been with the whole thing with Osiris being hated the remaining tributes, but Gunther and Spark got there first. Had Osiris been to the cornucopia first, it could have been another - possibly more entertaining - story, but it wasn't.

As soon as Osiris was spotted, Gunther had a bow and aimed it at the traitor of the year. He pulled, and the arrow turned true as it landed perfectly in Osiris's heart. To many, it was rather anti-climatic. To those pragmatic and sane, it was a quick death as any in the Hunger Games.

Osiris Horatio, District 10 Male: 3rd Place, Killed by Gunther. Day 8/Finale.

Gunther and Spark now knew that they were the only two tributes left, and they shook hands with each other. Wishing each other good fortunes on whoever wins, the two fight. Spark had a sword, and Gunther had a mace. The two fought, Gunther swung his mace, and Spark slashed with his sword, both landed. Spark's shoulder is dislocated and Gunther's side is bleeding from the cut. Once more, both tributes aimed their weapons and swung. The fastest swing was the one to get the fatal hit...

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Was Gunther. His mace connected with Spark's head hard, and it killed the boy from District 12.

Spark Rogier, District 12 Male: 2nd Place, Killed by Gunther. Day 8/Finale.

Gunther Bryan, District 11 Male: 1st Place. Victor of the 4th Hunger Games.

-THE AFTERMATH FILE-

4th HG:
Name: Gunther Bryan(M)
District: 11(#1)
Age: 17

Bio: His parents was in business. Merchants. They went and sold berries, food, and other things. Gunther learned his skills in weaponry from others who'd trade information for weapon learning. Gunther and his parents thought it was worth it and they were right.

Victory Tour: He was hated in District 1 for killing both their tributes and Fjord(the first Victor) even encouraged it out of spite, they threw rotten food at him there. The other districts didn't do anything but give Gunther the cold shoulder.

After the HG: At the very least, he earned a significant amount of respect in his district. District 11 citizens respected him enough to listen to his word sometimes, Gunther even stopped a riot once. After he won, Gunther decided to take a hobby - which happened to be blacksmithing. Perhaps the Hunger Games gave him more interest in weapons or at one point weapons gave him nightmares and he decided to face that fear head-on. Gunther married a farmgirl named Seeder in 18 AR(After the Rebellion Calendar. The Hunger Games is the start), and they had a kid named Homer together.

-THE VICTOR LIST-

1st HG: Fjord Nightbreeze (1#, District 1)
2nd HG: Arabella Tamon (1#, District 4)
3rd HG: Rosa Weaver (1#, District 8)
4th HG: Gunther Bryan(1#, District 11)

A/N: And here we are.

Patrick: Yep. Here we are.

Alex: SO! Anyway, thanks LordShiro so I can borrow Osiris. That guy is a character in the SYOT We the People. Also, Osiris backstabbed and killed my character in that SYOT, so I wanted payback!

Patrick: Don't you think it's petty you held a grudge against a fictional character.

Alex: ...shut up. Good thing Osiris didn't win anyway, he got close. Gunther won thankfully. But anyway, earlier about SYOT's, let's talk about that. The 5th Hunger Games is a special one! And it's coming out, part of the Roseverse. It's called Lucky Tokens.I'm hoping it to be a short SYOT, one with a twist and a lot of blood. hahahahahahHAHAHAHA!