1st Annual Hunger Games

The 1st Annual Hunger Games (Youtube/Tiktok) were the first Hunger Games to be held after the War. By lottery, the Capitol picked one boy and one girl from each District, between the age of 12 and 18, to be taken to the Capitol and fight to the death in an arena. As with all the Old Games, this event was held in the Capitol Arena and, in the first and second year, a live audience was allowed in the stands to watch the Games, with Peacekeepers surrounding the inner circle disallowing any attempt from tributes to get close.

Leonel Fallen from District 4 was the lone survivor and the very first victor of The Hunger Games.

## Background

As these were the first ever Hunger Games, everything was very new, even for the Capitol. Nothing much was put into practice other than basic details such as the place where the games would take place (the Capitol Arena) and the rules (the tributes must fight to the death and only one comes out alive).

The reaping system was similar to the one we know from later years, but back then, it was the Mayor of the district who held the Reaping. The tributes were not treated as celebrities and neither were the Games seen as a big festivity. The Tribute parade, the interview and even the training center were still not a thing back then. The Tributes were just raffled, thrown into the train and taken to the Capitol, like animals. This first year, many tributes did not even make it to the Capitol alive, due to the precarious conditions of the trip and the tribute's already weakened condition coming from the Districts.

Tributes did not know what to expect from the Capitol or the Games - the fear and confusion due to their situation was so notorious, that those children visibly did not know how to act or react about it: all were confused and very agitated as they were brought to the arena.

## Reaping

The Reaping happened according to the location of the Districts, starting with the Districts closest to the east coast, in the direction of the west coast: the first was District 12, and the last, District 5. In this last District, a complication happened inside the wagon carrying the tributes. Connie, the female tribute from District 5, freaked out as she was placed inside the train, which also agitated the other tributes. To control them, the peacekeepers shot at the tributes, killing 7 of them here and there: the girls from District 1, 3 and 5; and the boys from 2, 6, 8 and 9.

Thoroughly terrified, none of the still-living tributes dared to react as the peacekeepers entered the wagon to retrieve the bodies. All the dead Tributes were abandoned right there at the train station in District 5. During the rest trip to the Capitol, none of the remaining tributes dared to disturb the silence.

## Capitol

Upon arriving in the city, they were all moved from the train station to the an animal pen where they would spend the night. The environment there was very precarious, with everything very dirty and without any drinking water or food available for the tributes. The next morning, they would be sent to the Arena.

Throughout the night, without the presence of Peacekeepers, another incident happened. The skinny little boy from District 11 who could barely stand up since they had left his District, ended up starving to death. The 14-year-old girl from District 4 fell into despair and couldn't stop crying because of the little boy who had just died in her arms. Enraged by having to repeatedly ask the girl to shut up with no avail, Palmer, the strong looking 18-year-old boy from District 7, was afraid that the Peacekeepers would return soon because of all the noise - so he quickly dove his hands into the girl's neck and snapped it.

Chocked by seeing his District partner being murdered in such way, Leonel Fallen jumped onto the killer. The boy from District 4 was relatively smaller than Palmer and not as strong. However, Calix - the boy from District 1, and Gideon - the boy from District 10, quickly realizing that Palmer could easily defeat any other Tribute present by the way he wasn't having any trouble fighting Leonel and previously snapping the neck of the girl, took the opportunity to eliminate their powerful contender right there.

The three tributes (Calix, Leonel and Gideon) joined their strength to finish off Palmer. No Peacekeeper intervened or seemed even interested in checking out why there was so much screaming in the enclosure, as they expected such behavior from district savages. By the end of the fight, with Palmer already dead, the three boys dragged the bodies away from the remaining Tributes.

The next morning, when the Peacekeepers went to fetch the remaining Tributes to bring them to the Arena, they found out that another Tribute had died. Hylla, the 15-year-old girl from District 2, had been shot in the leg back in the train wagon and ended up bleeding out and passing away that night. Only 13 Tributes remained alive to fight for their survival.

## Arena

In the Capitol arena, the seats were full and the audience was in a frenzy. From the moment the tributes were placed in their pedestals, the Capitol citizens began cursing and booing them. The Tributes were so distraught over the situation that they didn't even notice the cue signalling the start of the Games. Some sat down and wept right there on the Arena's floor, while others stared at each other and at the pile of weapons placed ahead of them. Minutes passed, and not a single tribute had moved.

The crowd grew louder and louder, the citizens annoyed that nothing was happening - when suddenly, a gunshot coming from the designated Peacekeeper's stand silenced the entire audience. Twayla, a scrawny girl from District 8 who was sitting on the floor wrapping her legs in a hug and could do nothing but cry, dropped dead from that same gunshot. Three more shots followed by the first, knocking down the three seemingly smaller tributes, likely the weakest of the bunch - both the District 12 tributes and the girl from 11.

Calix, from District 1, realizing what was happening there, ran to the pile of weapons and grabbed a machete immediately. That same instant, the gunshots ceased. The boy ran towards the girl from District 6, who at first froze, but then, realizing what was about to happen, began to plead for her life. Calix also froze in place and hesitated as he was almost ready to strike, with his hand holding the machete still raised above his head.

Another shot was fired, this time at the girl from District 9, who was very close in proximity to Calix. The boy was smart enough to realize what the Peacekeepers wanted - feeling like there was no other option, he stabbed the girl with his machete, eliminating her from the competition. The audience went loud as they cheered for the first Tribute kill in the history of the Hunger Games.

Gideon, from District 10, and Leonel, from 4, followed by also running towards the weapon pile and grabbing an axe and a spear, respectively. The two face each other, trying to figure out what the other was about to do. The same moment, another Tribute ran towards them both - Boreas, the boy from 5, barely had time to grab a machete when Gideon's axe quickly ended his life.

Leonel took a step back, trying to take it all in, as he watched the carnage that suddenly took over the Arena: Calix had begun a bloody fight against the girl from 10, while Gideon eliminated the boy from District 3 from the Games. Lost in so much horror, Leonel didn't notice that Leafy, the girl from 7, advanced towards the weapons and managed to arm herself with two small axes. The girl, whose physique didn't indicate being an opponent to worry about, managed to disarm Gideon and hit one of her axes on his shoulder, while the other hit his left thigh - leaving him on the ground.

Afterwards, she threw one of her axes straight at Calix's head, eliminating the powerful District 1 Tribute. Leafy then steals Gideon's axe as she advanced onto Leonel. Seeing the apparently deadly opponent coming straight at him, Leonel, by instinct, threw his spear at Leafy, hitting her in the neck. The audience at this moment was absolutely silent and one could only hear Gideon's screams of pain. Leonel remained standing there, staring at the boy on the floor, who still had the small axe stuck in his leg.

Several minutes passed, until some booing started being heard from the audience - and, once more, the Peacekeepers aimed their weapons. Upon hearing the gun's cocking from right behind him, Leonel quickly grabbed an axe as he advanced towards the boy. Gideon tried to drag himself away from Leonel, but the boy from 4 quickly reached his opponent and struck him with his weapon.

Leonel Fallen, from District 4, was then announced the first ever Victor of the Hunger Games.

## Placings

* 1st - Leonel Fallen (District 4) - victor.
* 2nd - Gideon DeMayo (District 10) - injured by Leafy Burnett (District 7) and speared by Leonel Fallen (District 4).
* 3rd - Leafy Burnett (District 7) - speared by Leonel Fallen (District 4).
* 4th - Calix Lelash (District 1) - hit in head by axe throw by Leafy Burnett (District 7).
* 5th - Belinda Simpson (District 10) - killed by Calix Lelash (District 1) with a machete.
* 6th - Dolby Michalka (District 3) - speared by Gideon DeMayo (District 10).
* 7th - Boreas Rolek (District 5) - killed by Gideon DeMayo (District 10) with an axe.
* 8th - Kyva Valema (District 6) - killed by Calix Lelash (District 1) with a machete.
* 9th - Aluma Estelle (District 9) - shot dead by Peacekeepers in the arena.
* 10th - Rochelle Rabara (District 11) - shot dead by Peacekeepers in the arena.
* 11th - Roxie Drill (District 12) - shot dead by Peacekeepers in the arena.
* 12th - Theron Rough (District 12) - shot dead by Peacekeepers in the arena.
* 13th - Twayla Curth (District 8) - shot dead by Peacekeepers in the arena.
* 14th - Hylla Scharpling (District 2) - succumbed to wounds caused by Peacekeepers's shot at the train.
* 15th - Palmer Dietz (District 7) - lynched by Calix Lelash (District 1), Leonel Fallen (District 4) and Gideon DeMayo (District 10).
* 16th - Cress Pelphrey (District 4) - neck snapped by Palmer Dietz (District 7).
* 17th - Remus Levin (District 11) - succumbed to starvation.
* 18th - 24th - Gem Blendin (District 1); Jaeger Gleeful (District 2); Marcy Sugar (District 3); Connie Braly (District 5); Glaucum Sorcher (District 6); Calico Keystone (District 8); Silan Lars (District 9) - shot dead by Peacekeepers at the train.