Cornelia has spent nearly eight years in a prison cell for a crime she too young to knowingly commit. And unlike the others like her, it is a punishment she has accepted. But when Lia is dragged from the cell to the old Training Center along a distant boulevard in the city she had once been at the top of, acceptance is more difficult to bear. Eight years of knowing that she would die, only to be sentenced to death by Hunger Games, as so many before her had, was not an easy pill to swallow. Especially when the other were ruthless and bloodthirsty after watching the Rebellion take their families. Especially when they find out that one of them is the granddaughter of the man too weak to stop the fire from catching. Especially when they realize that one is only a sheep in wolf's clothing... Even the guidance of her designated mentor isn't helpful. What can one expect from an alcoholic that is a mere shadow of what he once was and one that tries to keep her from the mentor that actually wants to help her? And what choice is there, when the one whose role is forbidden is more insistent and deadly than anyone she has ever known? WORD COUNT: 25,894

Two choices: Live and die in District 12 like her parents or Run and hide for the rest of her life, leaving everything she has known behind including her only friends. Carina chose a third option and became someone else, abandoning who she was and promising to herself to never return to 12. She took her brother's hand and ran as far as she could, leaving 12 behind.

"The sea does not like to be restrained." - Rick Riordan Two years ago, Ceto Sommers thought she was safe after her games. Away from death. Away from fighting. Only to be proven wrong in the Quarter Quell. Thrown back into the ocean, Ceto finds herself in the midst of the arena. She finds new friendships, building stronger friendships, and fixing broken friendships. She finds herself in danger of the forest, and in the betrayal she's given. Taken from what was safe and brought to the dangers of the capital, she's trained to believing the lies she's told. Everything is crumbling. Until the light reaches the darkest part of the ocean. ~~~ THIS IS A REWRITE. THE ORIGINAL RETURN TO THE SEA IS STILL UP. I am the author of the OG RTTS and you are more than willing to go read it. This is still a Gale Hawthorne story. But it won't be thrown out like the original had. I do not own anything Hunger Games related. Only Ceto and her many problems and other OCs. Please do not steal. I trust those out there to tell me if there is someone stealing, but be a decent human being and just don't steal content. Ask if you're inspired by something and want to use an idea. Chances are I'll give it to you. Enjoy reading!