40th Games

This year's arena divided citizens of The Capitol. with some thinking that it was a very disgusting setting, whilst others thought that it was an ingenious idea to have tributes fighting in such a claustrophobic location.

This year's victor was Marian Green, age 17, from District 9. The arena was set in toxic sewers, featured hungry alligators, a tsunami, and lasted for 6 days.

The cornucopia was a murky mess with the podiums surrounding a thick pipe. Around this pipe, there were weapons, along with food and water supplies that had been placed in floating waterproof boxes, which meant that even if tributes were lucky enough to get hold of a box, they would not necessarily know what they were taking with them. Due to many tributes choosing to check the contents of the boxes before taking them and the tunnels providing limited escape routes, it became easier for the careers to attack the remaining tributes, with 11 deaths in the first 5 minutes.

Marian only managed to grab one box, that was later revealed to contain a strange looking bottle. She then spent the rest of the first day wading through an unlit tunnel, whilst she gradually became immune to the repulsive smell. She also soon learned that there were alligators within the arena and that she could avoid them by climbing onto the side of the sewer pipes, even having to sleep on one for the first night.

During the morning of the second day, Marian woke up and felt severely dehydrated. Without any other potions, she used the strange bottle to scoop up some water, in the hopes that it may provide clean water. Luckily for her, the bottle turned out to be a very advanced water filter and within minutes, she was able to drink clean water.

As the day went on and she explored further, Marian heard the career pack coming. Not wishing to cause noise by splashing about through the water, she submerged herself in water under the piped, using the empty filter as an oxygen supple, whilst praying that the alligators weren't in the vicinity. Once the careers had gone by, many Capitol residents wee somewhat impressed by how committed she had been to hiding and she was gifted with enough food to last her for a week.

Marian spent the next few days following the career pack through the labyrinth of dark tunnels, waiting for the alligators to attack. After a few days, her patience paid off when the careers became careless. Whilst the careers were chatting and eating, Jade (1) was dangling her leg over the side of one of the pipes when it was bitten off by an extremely ravenous alligator. Whilst the other careers fled and Jade desperately tried climbing back onto the pipes, Marian grabbed her bow and arrow and remaining food, then she headed back the way she had come, whilst the alligators finished off Jade.

By the start of the sixth day, there were just Marian, Radon (1), Cressida (2), Daria (5), Oaker (7) and Chester (10) remaining. The game-makers announced that a tsunami would soon be heading to the cornucopia from the perimeter of the arena, with neon arrows appearing on the ceiling to direct tributes back to the cornucopia. All six tributes ran for their lives, with Cressida slashing Radon's throat on the way and Oaker falling off a pipe and straight into an alligator's mouth, whilst Daria and Chester were caught up in the tsunami and drowned.

Only Marian and Cressida made it back to the cornucopia before the tsunami and they climbed ladders on different sides of the pipe in order to avoid both the wave and crocodiles, who had now appeared in the water below.

Marian realized that Cressida was continually climbing clockwise in order to catch her and so Marian stayed on the same ladder, but climbed as high as she could. When Cressida was still climbing and was directly below her, Marian slid down the ladder knocking Cressida into the alligator-infested waters below taking the win.

After her victory, Marian experienced extreme PTSD and an intense fear of being underground, but later returned to District 9 and had a family, before dying in the 75th Hunger Games