June Naysmith

• Mentor

**June Naysmith** is a Hunger Games Victor, winning the 13th Annual Hunger Games at the age of 18. As a citizen from District 2, June was well-fed and strong, which helped her in her games. She also received training from Aaron Ballin, the victor of the 4th Annual Hunger Games. She was the third victor from District 2.

## Early life

**June** came from a wealthy but small family from District 2. Her father is an important colonel in District 2, living only for his work after June's mother's death. June had to raise herself, finding a family in Aaron's training center when her father signed her up when she was 12 (specifically, shortly after Vibia Jardine's victory). After that, she considered the victors from District 2 as her an older sibling figure for herself, having an immense respect for everything that they would say. She found a purpose for her life during the Reaping of the 12th Hunger Games, when Aaron invited her to help him and Vibia train the other kids, recognizing her great skill in combat and axe throwing. However, her happiness about finding purpose was cut short when her name was called in her last Reaping ceremony, sending her to fight in the 13th Annual Hunger Games and ruining her hope.

## 13th Annual Hunger Games

This year was very popular, as it was Coriolanus Snow’s first year taking the main reins of the arena, and previous victors from the Old Games were summoned to be properly presented to Panem and take part in the mentorship program. Now with Aaron and Vibia in the Capitol, the union between tributes from districts 1, 2 and 4 was even more solidified, following the older victor’s invitation to Mags during her Victory Tour. Some other alliances were also formed, but in fewer numbers.

### Interview

During the interviews, Lucky had asked June if she had the opportunity to watch the games of last year, and her thoughts about District 2 almost bringing home their third victor. With a very nervous laugh, she made a comment about how she was glad it was moths being released and not spiders, as just the thought of seeing those arthropods would have made her turn away from the television. What she couldn't imagine was how that simple comment was about to be used against her in the arena, by the girl from District 3.

### Arena

In the arena, June was used as a weapon by many. From the beginning, her allies had realized from her behavior during her interview that they could easily take advantage of June, letting her do the dirty work while not taking any risks in battle themselves.

Pixelle, the girl from District 3, took advantage of her as well. After hacking the arena's surveillance system using equipment she found in the electronics store, Pixelle started sending threatening warnings pretending to be a Gamemaker, while using the arena's communication system. June was so afraid that she fell for it, starting to kill everyone she could find through Pixelle's guidance and orders. On the last day, when only June and Pixelle were alive, June's last opponent tricked her by luring the girl to a trap, by saying that June had won and to exit the arena, she would have to go to a specific location.

Deciding to regain control of the mall’s systems, the head Gamemaker released June from the trap and sent her to the store Pixelle was hiding in. In her last fight, June was injured by Pixelle, who had stabbed her in the left leg, but still managed to defeat the girl and be crowned victor.

June’s interview with Lucky Flickerman had to be postponed until the next day, as she seemed very unstable and aggressive the moments following the arena. However, the girl ended up losing her left leg due to the injury, being treated at the Capitol - which caused them to postpone the interview even further.  When she was finally dispatched from the hospital, Lucky Flickerman tried to get as much as he could out of the girl, but she was so drugged that she could barely respond. Despite this, June Naysmith from District 2 became one of the most popular victors of that time, mainly due to her title as the victor who claimed the most victims in the Hunger Games.

During her Games, June was responsible for the deaths of the following tributes:

* District 7's female tribute
* District 3's male tribute
* District 11's female tribute
* District 10's female tribute
* District 1's male tribute
* District 1's female tribute
* District 6's male tribute
* District 6's female tribute
* District 10's male tribute
* District 9's female tribute
* District 12's female tribute
* District 12's male tribute
* District 4's male tribute
* District 4's female tribute
* District 7's male tribute
* District 2's male tribute
* District 3's female tribute

## Life after the Games

June Naysmith was welcomed back in District 2 as a hero, just like Aaron and Vibia previously were. As promised, she received her reward for winning the Games - such as a house in the Victor’s Village of District 2. Due to her popularity, the Capitol watched the victor closely, broadcasting everything about her to their citizens. This whole situation did not help June’s case at all, bringing even more despair and stress into her life.

### Victory Tour

June’s Victory Tour was marked by many troubles, as the girl did not want to face the District’s citizens after claiming so many victims during her Games. Even if she was popular at the Capitol, June was completely despised in the Districts.

To be able to carry on with her duties of completing the tour, June had to be medicated, as well as requiring the constant support of Aaron, her mentor.

### Back in District 2

After all her duties following being crowned victor, June was finally back in District 2. Due to the events of the 13th Hunger Games and all the traumas looming around it, the girl required psychiatric help, to the point of requiring constant medication to not relapse. Due to this, June often seems to be spacing out, having very few moments of clarity.

Her situation gravely worsened after she found out that the Gamemaker announcements were really not real, and that she had been manipulated by Pixelle throughout the entirety of the Games, to the point of murdering her own allies. However, even after that truth coming to surface, something even more severe had been in the talks around the District - rumors that the Mayor of District 2 had rigged the Reaping to ensure that the name called would be one of Aaron’s promising pupils, in an attempt to bring up the reputation of the District with one more victory and to receive the spoils that came with it. After that, June completely lost it.

Aaron and Vibia helped June as much as they could, keeping her mind busy with the school where they trained the children of rich District 2 citizens. However, due to her delicate situation, both older victors were worried of keeping June close to the kids while handling weapons - instead, they gave her other duties that wouldn’t involve weapon handling, such as carrying out maintenance tasks in the school. It was almost as if two sides of June were battling inside the victor - some days her head was clear and she could be an amazing trainer, while in some others no kid wanted to be in the same room as her.

## Etymology

June ultimately comes from the Latin Iunius, “of Juno (Iuno),” referring to the Roman goddess.

## Trivia

* June Naysmith holds the title of having the highest number of kills in the history of the Hunger Games.
* June was the third victor from District 2, being the second female victor.
* She was the first victor to have a previous victor as a mentor.