This is a story based off of the movie Elf as requested by alliswell21 It's from "Jovie" i.e. Katniss's POV, what she would have seen and fell in love with one Peeta 'Buddy' Mellark.

When 16-year-old cowgirl Jackie Spidell is reaped as the female D10 tribute for the 66th Hunger Games, she knows her fate is sealed. But she adores life and won't go down without a fight, especially not when the arena looks so much like home. Along the way, she forms a close-knit group of allies-and, later, friends. Will she ever be able to save herself from her love for them?

What did the audiences see while the Hunger Games was taking place? Hear from the Tributes, Districts, The Capitol and the Victors as each Games takes place. Side story to 75 Years. Rated T for The Hunger Games

Peeta returns to Katniss unhijacked. Mockingjay non-hijacked Peeta, but there's still a lot to work through.

Coriolanus Snow knows that this year's games have to be Magnificent in order for the audience to forget last year's disaster fest. He won't let the failures of the past stop him from accomplishing greatness. But, with the ideas that he has, he's going to have to mentor again with so little Victors...which also includes the indomitable Lucy Gray Baird. SYOT Open!

You better leave or hang on to yourself. The Judge, who only seeks truth, pure and untouched by lies. The Jury, who's hung up on his own decisions- to stay or go? The Executioner, who's finally had enough- they're ready to burn the nation down just to feel the fire's warmth. (The 212th Hunger Games are out of their hands. The fate of the world is still up to them to decide.)

It's the 100th Hunger Games. Daemon is an experiment gone free, almost superhuman in his deadliness, who would do anything to survive. The odds were never in his favor, so why would they be now? And how many bodies will he leave behind in the end?

Peeta Mellark was the unlikely winner of the 74th Hunger Games. But when he catches the attention of the air-headed Katniss Snow, will he forever be trapped under the president's power? Or will he discover a fire in their relationship that melts her public facade and fuel a revolution?

Lucy Gray and Coriolanus never go to the cabin, so they never find the guns. They decide to travel together, but Lucy Gray isn't so easily fooled. Truth is; he needs her, and she needs him. Common ground has to be found somewhere. Speculation about if they traveled up to find District 13.

The scariest monsters aren't those you can see. It is those hidden in plain sight, who use your own mind against you. In the 150th Games, only the strongest mind will survive. (Partial SYOT closed, readers welcome!)

Caspian Ashwood has never been one to think small. He's spent his entire life thinking bigger and bolder than everyone around him, and he's positive that's what propelled him to the very pinnacle of power in Panem. And now that he's there, he intends to reshape both the nation and the Hunger Games in his chosen image. Starting with the Fourth Quarter Quell! SYOT CLOSED!

Post Mockingjay, Pre Epilogue. Peeta and Katniss are in the process of growing together. Peeta is learning about setting boundaries and taking better care of himself and Katniss is drowning in depression. How they grow together as friends and eventually, something else

In the shadows, magic wakes, A storm inside that none can tame. Wings to fly, and fire to burn, A broken world, no place to turn. The Capitol's grip, a tightening chain, She fights for freedom through the pain. With every spark, the flames ignite, A rebel's heart in the darkest night.

The annual Hunger Games pits two teenagers from each of Panem's 12 districts in a brutal fight to the death. Among the tributes in the 74th Hunger Games is Clove Kentwell from District 2. As she fights to win, she realizes that the Games are more than just a test of strength - they're a deadly game of politics and strategy. A game in which there are no winners.

Modern AU: It's been six years since Katniss Everdeen fled Panem Island after the brutal murder of her mother. The wedding of her best friend, Gale Hawthorne, forces her back home to face the past, including the man she left behind. But when the guests start dying one by one, she realizes the killer has also returned to finish what he/she started. Everlark. Cover by the amazing Ro.

Maze Donahue, a troublesome but lonely orphan from District 3 with a penchant for pranks, is Reaped for the 57th Hunger Games, and is surprised to find people finally taking an interest in her — the Capitol, other tributes, and her mentor, Beetee. No matter what, she won't ever be alone again.

AU. Coriolanus Snow & Lucy Grey Baird escape from Panem & stumble upon one of Dr. Gaul's top secret projects: a device for inter dimensional travel. Coryo & Lucy Grey get caught in the experiment & are flung to a new world that is so much like ours.

Look over there. See that red in the pond? That's blood. Oh, and over by the bushes? That's blood too. All around you there is blood, and if you aren't careful, soon it could belong to you.