𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙙, 𝙬𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨. "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠, 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙠." 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙣𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙙. "𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬," 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙. "𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩." ~ It had been seven years since Sidney Gage was reaped and won the 68th Hunger Games, meaning her and Finnick have been best friends for the past seven years, helping each other through the trauma they both endured. Every year they are dragged out to the Capitol to mentor tributes who die within the next week. It was now the 75th Hunger Games and the tributes were being chosen from the existing pools of victors. And when Annie was chosen to go back into the arena, Sidney had to volunteer for her.