What would have happened if Katniss didn't take Prim's spot in The Hunger Games? Would anything be any different? Would a new story unfold? This is my version. *WARNING: Things have been changed. Don't say I didn't warn you.*

Facing the most powerful man in the Lands armed with nothing but a sword and the hope that she could prevail, was not the direction Akira saw her life going in. After witnessing her family's death she had stayed away from it all, living in hiding. Yet when she discovers that her dragon is a Dragon of Legend and together they are to challenge Haiden, the ruler of the dark Lands, her life plummets into chaos. Taken in by the Academy, where young dragon riders are trained to fight, she must rise up and prove herself worthy of the name of the 'Rider of Legend'. Yet as Akira finds out, fighting for an almost hopeless cause when no one believes in you, is not easy. With all odds stacked against them, Akira and her dragon must fight for their own lives as well as try to fulfill all expectations and free the Lands from a tyrant's rule once and for all.

James was just a normal eight year old. He went to school like his friends and never expected anything strange to happen to him; plus, least of all at the school field trip to the zoo. But when a fun trip turns into a living nightmare, James' life as he knows it will completely change. The only questions is how? and will it be for the better?

Part 1 of Living Like a Lion [Revised] (I started this story when I was eight years old and I have uploaded that version since then; but I have decided that it needs some serious updating and grammar corrections. I hope you enjoy this version a whole lot better.) I started out as a normal person, just like you; but of course that had to change. It's a rather long story, but if you are willing to listen, I will surely tell. You see, it started over ten years ago during our school field trip...