Game Of Survival

0- History

Time: 74th Hunger Games, One Year Ago
Place: Capitol

An Asian female groaned as her female tribute dies in the arena, a cannon going off. Damn, she was really betting on the fire haired female to win that year.

"Damn, guess we're out." a male with dark skin said passively, having already bet on district twelve's tributes winning that year. The two mentors from district five were sitting on a fluffy couch, watching one of the various TV screens. "Shame she died to the berries."

"But she was smart." The female argued, to which the other male nodded before getting up "Where are you going?"

"Bo and Banz are waiting for us." The shorter male said, leaving the other victors who'd mentored this year's tributes, district twelve's only victor surprisingly sober.

"Cedric's betting on your tributes." The district twelve Victor jumped at the sudden appearance of the district five female mentor "I can see why." the two were currently arguing over her tribute's death, and how the male who picked the berries was lucky he hadn't eaten any berries "They're good at faking."

"The boy's actually in love with princess, over there." The district twelve mentor said, motioning to the screen. "Nothing to fake from his part, Moa."

The female shrugged, standing to leave "Lets hope one of 'em wins." Moa called "you deserve a break."

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Time: 75th Hunger Games Reaping, After District 12's Reaping
Place: District 12 Train

"These people have known each other for years." District 12's oldest victor was telling the two newbies "They're friends, so that puts a target on your backs."

"Just tell us about who we're up against, Haymitch." The female victor turned tribute snapped, unhappy about the entire situation

Haymitch sighed, turning on the re-runs for the reaping that day. Currently displayed was District One.

"The male tribute is Gloss." He waved toward the screen "The other one was supposed to be his sister, Cashmere, but someone volunteered in her place."

"A lover?" The male victor guessed, tilting his head

"No, this is Trin Fox. She's possibly more dangerous than anyone you'll see around." Haymitch said "Gloss you can deal with, while Trin had most of the victors from her district killed for 'being too pretty' for her standards." He shook his head "She killed every female tribute she came across first in her games, before seducing and killing off the rest of the guys. She's vicious and wants to be the center of attention."

"District two is Brutus and Enobaria." Haymitch continued on, flipping over to district two's reaping

"Jeez, what's with her teeth?" The female victor asked warily

"After she won, she had them filed down into sharpened points so she could rip out the throats of her enemies." Haymitch explained, shuddering, having not gotten used to the district two female his entire time as a victor.

"Talk about commitment." the male victor murmured

Haymitch nodded, but continued "District three's Wires and Beetee, both geniuses in their own right. Beetee once electrocuted three tributes during a storm during his games, giving him the win." He flipped to district four "District Four, watch out for them. Their male tribute is Finnick Odair."

"The youngest victor?" The male victor asked

"Yes, won his games at age fourteen, youngest victor ever, as well as taking the cake for probably the most expensive sponsor gift ever, getting a trident from his sponsors, he's extremely good in water, and just over all dangerous."

"Weaknesses?" The female asked, staring at the muscular blonde

Haymitch nodded "Two. One, is his partner, Mags, she was his mentor and volunteered for another tribute, Annie." He said solemnly before flipping to two stoic victors from district five, who's names had just been called. "District Five's Two tributes are Moa Louis and Cedric Storm. Cedric is good at surviving on his own and managed to take down multiple mutts with his traps during his games, while Moa's specialty is medicine. She can cook up a remedy that works better than any fancy Capitol stuff. They are two of their four person group."

"Who're the other two?" The female asked, impatiently

"Just wait, Katniss, I'll get to it." He flipped to district six "The Morphlings."

"What's wrong with them?" The female victor, Katniss, asked

"Won their games by camouflage, and turned to drugs to deal with being victorious." Haymitch answered shortly before flipping to district Seven "Blight and Johanna. The first one you shouldn't worry about more than the girl. A sniveling weakling during her interviews, and then showed what she could really do in the games once she got her hands on an Axe." Flipping to district eight, it showed two tributes that looked way older than most of the higher district number tributes. "Cecelia and Woof. Cecelia has children of her own, so just... Go easy on her."

The other male victor nodded sympathetically.

Haymitch sighed, going to district nine. "District Nine, only real threat here is the male tribute, Banz Bonsai. Won his games by killing everyone in his path, had nobody to go home to, so the Capitol can't control what he says or does. He could murder you all in your sleep before the games and win that way, his specialty is with throwing knives, and he is part of Moa and Cedric's group." His eyes watched as the District Nine male seemed tired, walking over to his district partner and shaking hands with her "Though, he's seemed to calm down since his games and is actually pleasant to be around."

"That's good, especially since it's coming from you." Katniss snorted

Haymitch rolled his eyes, but moved on "District Ten, the person to look out for here is Bo Lafayette. He has a mother, father, and six siblings who are counting on him to win, as he's the only victor in the family and they would be homeless if he died. He was chosen for his games by volunteering for one of his siblings, who is now dead due to a work incident. He won by upfront fighting, he has no specialty and works good with any weapon. He has extensive knowledge on what animals give the best nutrients. He's the last of Moa, Cedric, and Banz's group of four." Haymitch wasn't close with the group of four- from what he could remember due to being drunk every day until the two new victors came along -but they were always inclusive when the man wasn't feeling being around the other victors. They were the ones who'd helped with some ideas for the rebellion.

Katniss nodded, feeling bad that she might have to kill the male with such a large family, and she understood volunteering for a family member, as she had done so for her sister only a year prior.

"District Eleven is Chaff and Seeder, and then there's you two, Katniss and Peeta." Haymitch rushed through the other two victors "And that's all you gotta really know." He clapped his hands together "Now, you're gonna need allies if you want to survive, and I guarantee it's not gonna be easy."

Let the games begin, May the Odds be Ever in Their Favor.