The Capitol

" How tantalising to see all your shining young faces on this auspicious day " Doctor Gaul started " I am Dr. Voluina Gaul, your humble head game maker in charge of the war department and all it's affiliated concerns....I've broken free of my laboratory toady to examine you, the leaders of the next generation......I won't be around forever after all " Doctor Gaul laughed " and now to the end.....I am honoured to introduce to you, the creator of the hunger games themselves, Dean Casca Highbottom ".

Highbottom chugged a small veil before he began speaking " Select students.....faculty...." He turned around and began to slowly walk to the front of the room " and of course, Doctor Gaul...I have summoned you all here today for the 10th annual reaping ceremony.....in which we choose two children from each district to throw into the Capitol Arena to fight to the death in the hunger games ".

" I can't believe, they still allow them to speak in public " Clem said to Coriolanus, who merely glanced at her

" and here said.....our own 24 top prospects......all awaiting to hear the results of hard study in this prestigious institution, eager to learn, who's won that Plinth Prize, no doubt.....in a golden future...." Highbottom paused before continuing " However, I am here to tell you that there has been a change this year, one final assignment to prove that you are worth.....because the esteemed citizens of The Capitol.....have grown bored of the games and simply aren't watching anymore and if the games are to continue at all, there must be an audience....so head game maker Doctor Gaul has stepped in to.....incentivise patriotic values with her own....unique flair starting with you.......The Plinth Prize will no longer be determined by who has the best grades..but by who is the best mentor in the hunger games....." Highbottom walked closer to the graduates " This brand new role......as the reaping progresses live, I will allocate each district tribute, a Capitol mentor, behind the scenes, one who must persuade them to perform for the cameras ".

" Obviously, the best mentor will be the one who's tribute wins the games ".

" What if I get a pathetic runt girl from one of the poor districts like 8 or 12, their just gonna die in two minutes like they did last year and the year before ".

" Your role is to turn these children into spectacles miscreting.....not survivors " Highbottom replied " Victory in the games is only one of our considerations.....your entire future rests on this last project....oh and I must tell you that anyone caught cheating to give their tributes an unfair advantage....will just have no future at all ".

Music began to play as the reaping began.

" Oh, here we go " Highbottom sat on the steps below the graduates " Let The Reaping Ceremony, Begin ".

" District 1, boy goes to Livia Car Dews.....girl goes to Fomiromonti ".

" District 2, boy...how apt...boy goes to Sejunas Plinth "

" You got the pick of the litter " Coriolanus smiled at his friend.

" You forget, I'm apart of that litter " Sejanus replied with a distant look.

" 4 boy, Stephanie Price......girl, Festus Creed ".

" 7. Boy.....Episanias Sickle.....girl, Paparicte ".

" 8, boy......Judo Phipps.....girl, Hilarious Heavens Be ".

" 10, boy.....Misha Whimsewick......girl, Brak Crane ".

" 11, boy....Clemensia Dovecoat...... ".

" Oh, you'll be happy about this, Miss Crane......the small girl, district 11......she belongs to Coriolanus Snow".

Coriolanus glared at the ground before looking at the screen to see his tribute, a small 12 year old with raven hair and blue eyes.

District 11

" Maela Dilara ".

Everyone mumbled as they look at said girl, who was a newly turned 12 year old and she slowly walked out of line and trembled as she walked.

Naya Dilara, felt her stomach sink at the thought of her sweet and innocent sister being in those games.

" Mae.....Mae " Naya yelled as she ran out of her place and was held back by peacekeepers " Wait......wait.....I volunteer—I volunteer as tribute " Naya shouted causing people to gasp.

No one had ever volunteered for the games before.

Coriolanus stood from his seat as he watched the peacekeepers let the girl go, he heard a spine chilling laugh and looked at Dr. Gaul, who was laughing at the girl with a glint in her eyes.

" Naya " Maela yelled as she ran over and hugged her older sister.

" It's okay, Mae......your going to be fine " Naya smiled before she was taken to the stage by peacekeepers.

Coriolanus looked around at everyone, who were whispering among themselves at the girl deceleration, he got a better look at the girl, who looked like her younger sister with her long silly raven coloured hair and blue eyes, she was beautiful and not the fake beautiful like those in the Capitol but a nature beauty a lot of girls didn't have.

" And now for the male tribute......Reaper ".

The muscular dark skinned boy walked onto the stage.

" Now shake hands ".

Naya and Reaper shook hands before begin escorted into the building behind them.

⎯

Naya paced in the waiting room as she waited to bid her sister goodbye.

" Naya " Maela cried as she ran and hugged her sisters waist.

" It's okay....I'm going to be fine and so are you " Naya reassured her sister as she held her face " You are strong....so be brave until I return " Naya smiled teary eyed and Maela nodded and the sister rested their foreheads against each other.

The Capitol, Coriolanus's home.

" He's sabotaging us....that girls not going to win these games, you saw her she's underfed....." Coriolanus scoffed as he paced.

" Dean said it's not just about winning " Tigris said to her cousin from her desk.

" Everything is about winning, if not the games now....the crowd " Coriolanus argued " Naya won't survive a minute inside that arena, so that means we have to make every second before then count.... ".

" I wouldn't do a thing for you, if I were her.....I wouldn't do anything at all, unless I could trust you" Tigris said.

" She's district, Tigris.....she knows that we hate her and she wants us dead.." Coriolanus questioned " How am I supposed to get her to trust me? ".

" Imagine if it was my name that was pulled and you did what she did and then was ripped from your home....I would just want to know that somebody still cared about me out here " Tigris replied " Don't discount her just because shes district, Coryo......you might have more in common with her than you think ".

Coriolanus looked at the red rose in his hand knowing his cousin was right.

𝐀/𝐍:

𝐇𝐢𝐢,

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