When Kira Blackwood's name is reaped, she knows she's screwed. How is she supposed to survive in a fight to death with twenty-three other tributes, all of whom want to get out alive as much as she does? Not to mention, the thought of killing somebody twists her stomach into all sorts of unnatural shapes.
Despite secretly training for the Games in the cow pastures surrounding her home, and being pretty handy with a knife, Kira's kind heart may be the thing that holds her back the most. However, as she navigates through the opulent world of the Capitol, and then the arena itself, Kira starts to realize that maybe, just maybe, it's not the dead she should pity, but the Victor.
After all, no one ever really wins the Hunger Games. Survives, sure. But wins? Never.
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Please Note:
This is set in a world where the 2nd Rebellion failed. All usurpers were executed (except those pesky star-crossed lovers, who knows where they ran off to), District 13 was destroyed for good (but District 12 was rebuilt, on the basis that the Capitol realized that it actually really needed coal), and the Hunger Games were reinstated.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the rights to the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, or to the Lionsgate adaptation of her books. (Obviously.) All characters of my creation are copyrighted.
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Thank you so much for reading this, it really means so much to me!!! :) I hope you enjoy, and love it as much as I do! (Also sorry for the length, I sort have this thing for details... and long, run-on sentences... and long, run-on sentences stuffed with details...)
Please note: I don't have a ton of free time, so as much as I love writing this, updating it will probably be super irregular. I'll try not to let too much time pass in between updates, but that really depends on my homework schedule. Actually, who am I kidding, I'm a huge procrastinator. I'll probably be doing this instead of my homework.
[COMPLETED] Many, many years after the rebellion, Paylor of Eight still reigned over Panem. Until she was executed by Snow's remaining family who saught to revenge him and continue the Hunger Games. The fight to the death was back on, and now there was thirteen districts to punish. Every year, there was a new way to punish the Victor's and rebels, and during the year of the 85th Hunger Games, each Victor was forced to mentor their grandchildren in the games, and watch them suffer and die. So when that year's reaping is rigged, Johanna Mason is forced to mentor two of her innocent, beloved grandchildren.
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Anil's dreams and wishes of keeping her siblings safe from entering the Hunger Games have disappeared. As Johanna Mason's grandchildren, Anil and her siblings have their names entered into the reaping extra. Now both Boston and Jonas are in the games, and one of them has to die....
I DO NOT OWN THE HUNGER GAMES. All rights to Suzanne Collins. All the characters she created belong to her and her only. I should only receive credit for the characters I created.
Cover by: the wonderful @hungergamefanatic02
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