The 50th Hunger Games

The 50th Hunger Games arena

"*He reads from the square of paper in the same onerous voice he used for ours, informing Panem that in honor of the Quarter Quell, there will be twice the number of tributes.* "

-Katniss watching the 50th Games
The 50th Hunger Games are the Games that Haymitch Abernathy won. He is the second victor of District 12. Since this was a Quarter Quell, there was an extra rule added to the Games, saying that there would be twice the number of tributes in the Games, making 48 people in the arena, to symbolize that two rebels died for every Capitol citizen. Each district would provide 2 girls and 2 boys. Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen would watch these Games in Catching Fire.

## Reaping

The reaping is greatly described in the book. First, Euphemia Trinket calls out a girl from the Seam, Pear, and then Maysilee, a girl that was clinging on to two girls, with one of them being Katniss's mother. This is noticed by Peeta. The other girl she was friends Madge's mother, a similar girl who was twins with her, according to Peeta, since his dad told him that. The first male tribute was Nero Haddix

Then, after the first male tribute from 12 is called, Haymitch is reaped. He is said to be strong, young, with dark and curly hair. Katniss even admitted that he looked attractive, especially with the grey Seam eyes he had, making him look dangerous. After this, they are taken into custody of the Capitol and are mentored by Rummage Lorman. However, it was said that since Rummage was so tired of seeing his tributes die, he didn't really bother to mentor this year's pair. It also didn't help him that there were double the tributes this year, giving him more of a headache.

In District 1, when Kriska was picked, she didn't volunteer for anyone, and no-one volunteered for her place. This was a very rare thing that occurred in her district, but it was okay since she had been training from an early age since until the age of 18.

## Tribute Parade

Katniss mentions that District tributes wore ugly coal mining costumes.

## Training

During his training. he did very well, making his odds of winning 10-1. Since there were 48 tributes that year, if it was a normal year, his odds would be 5-1. During training Haymitch would focus on the survival skills incase he ran out of food. Haymitch kept his distance from the careers as he didn't want them to make fun of him. Haymitch was asked to join an alliance with Nero in it be he refused saying he wanted to work alone. Haymitch during his private session showed off his knife skills and then a bit of his survival skills which landed him a 7 as his score which wasn't bad.

## Interview

During the interview, Caesar asks, "So, Haymitch, what do you think of the Games having one hundred percent more competitors than usual?", Haymitch shrugs and says, "I don't see that it makes much difference. They'll still be one hundred percent as stupid as usual, so I figure my odds will be roughly the same." This makes the crowd burst out with laughter. Haymitch gives a half-smile. He was arrogant and snarky before he was a drunk. Katniss even calls him a looker at this time. its known that Caesar was wearing a midnight-blue suit, just like he along with other boys and girls each year.

## 50th Games

When Haymitch was about to go in a glass tube he was met by his stylist who wished him luck. When he was raised into the arena he was stunned by the beauty. There was the Cornucopia in the middle and a forest surrounding it with a snow capped mountain in the background. He was amazed by the beauty but soon realized that this was a trap by the game makers and put his attention on the Cornucopia.

Just 10 seconds before the Gong rang Haymitch heard a big explosion which meant a tribute went early. When the gong sounded he ran to the Cornucopia as fast, as he could. When he was running he picked up 2 loafs of bread and a pear. When he got to the outskirts of the Cornucopia he got a whole pack of water bottles and apples in his backpack. He then got 3 knives and shoved it in his backpack as he was running he saw one of the girl from 3 getting stabbed to death multiples times.

Haymitch ran away to the forest before most tributes realized that the gong had sounded. Haymitch ran away as fast as he could and hid behind a log. Haymitch then waited for the bloodbath to be over. In the first day 18 tributes out of 48 were killed during the bloodbath. Haymitch wondered if any of them were his district partners. As Haymitch went through his supplies, he was surprised with the great amount of food he got.

As Haymitch was getting ready, he saw a beautiful flower in which he noticed as his mother grew them a lot back home. When Haymitch went closer to the flower, he sniffed it and vomited. He then realized that everything in this arena was poisonous. Haymitch then crawled back to his tree. When the fallen tributes came he realized only one career died which surprised him. Haymitch then saw that one of his district partners, Pearl, had died which did not surprise him. Haymitch then fell asleep

Haymitch woke up to a canon which startled him. When he woke up he didn't eat much as he wanted to ration. So he ate half a apple, quarter of a bread. He then decided he would explore the arena, but mark the bushes incase he got lost. Haymitch then saw a grey cat in which he remembered his cats.

As Haymitch went back, he was sitting down when something stung him. Then it stung him again, he realized this was acid rain, he took off his jacket and placed it over his head and grabbed his backpack with his food and water and ran away leaving many supplies. He than ran into a cave. As he was catching his breath, he saw the girl from 5 struggle to get into the cave and die. He saw as her body was lifted into the air feeling guilty for her death. As Haymitch took a nap and then realized the acid rain was over

As he was walking back, he saw a necklace and recognized it as the girl from 5's he then kept it. Haymitch camp was ruined. When the death portraits displayed he saw 6 tributes including one career who died that day. When the girl from 5 came he felt uneasy. During day 3, Haymitch just stayed at camp and heard only 2 canons that day which was very less.

During day 4, Haymitch fell to the ground when he heard a big rumble. He thought of it as nothing. When Haymitch was sitting on his tree, he saw the snow capped mountain explode into molten lava which shocked him. He quickly grabbed his binoculars and climbed up the tree. He saw the careers screaming and in the mix he saw Nero but before he could react he fell to the debris. When he got back up the entire mountain was filled with lava and heard explosions go off.

Haymitch heard 13 canons. He got very worried that Nero was one of them. Haymitch started biting his nails in which he could not wait till the night. When Haymitch was on the tree he noticed that 5 careers were killed and when District 12 came he saw Nero. Haymitch was so shocked, but he didn't show his feelings on the outside. In the inside Haymitch was breaking down

As Haymitch slept for a bit he had a dream about Nero in which he woke up startled. During day 5 no deaths happened and not much really did happen. During day 6 the game makers released a toxic gas which killed the girl from 3. Haymitch was still affected by Nero's death. During day 6, Haymitch was spotted by a career tribute who had survived the volcanic eruption. As Haymitch started running, he was cornered by all three of the careers. He realized that these were one of the strongest careers and one of them was even the leader. As one career ran at Haymitch, he slit the careers throat. As another ran at him he pushed him to the side. The other grabbed Haymitch and started to fight him. Haymitch and the career were almost equal in size but the career was a master combatant. During this time one of the careers died because of his throat. As Haymitch was about to get stabbed he grabbed one of his knives and dug it into the careers head. The leader of the careers knocked Haymitch down with a log and was about to kill him, until Maysilee came and threw a poisonous dart that killed him.

When he saw Maysilee he was both surprised and happy. The two decided to make an alliance later on. They both talked on how the games went with them when Maysilee claimed she killed 2 tributes earlier. Haymitch and Maysilee decided to sleep under a rock for that night. When they woke up Haymitch and Maysilee decided to walk near the edge of the arena. When they got there Maysilee complained saying they have walked for hours and nothing is coming. They decided to break the alliance. When Haymitch kicked a rock, as he was walking away, the rock bounced back. He did this again but with a bigger one. Haymitch realized that he was at the edge of the arena. He was suprised but then he heard screaming and crying. He ran knowing this was Maysilee. He found her with her throat being slit open. As he ran towards her he saw candy birds flying away filled with blood. Haymitch held her hand in her last moments and she died in his arms. Haymitch one again lost someone. During day 8, Haymitch sat down devasted of what happened. All of a sudden, Haymitch heard fighting and he saw the boy from 8 sparring with the injured boy from 4. Haymitch watched as the boy from 8, struck his sword into the boy from 4 face killing him.

As Haymitch watched he felt something sting. He saw a carnivorous squirrel biting him. Haymitch also heard the boy from 8 scream. Haymitch and the boy from 8 both started running the same direction as a whole bunch of squirrels were after them. When Haymitch was running, he saw the boy from 8 trip. He heard the screams and cries of the boy from 8. When Haymitch was running he heard the canon marking the boy from 8 death. As Haymitch was running, the squirrels stopped. He then realized he was that there was only 1 person left. As he got up, he heard heavy breathing and saw Kriska.

He and Kriska started to spar both equal in strength. However, Haymitch got axed in the stomach causing his intestine to get loose and almost fall out. Haymitch angrily stabbed her in the eye. Both were very injured and suddenly, Haymitch remembered about the forcefield which wasn't far. He pulled himself up and Kriska started going after him. Haymitch fell down not taking it anymore. As Kriska threw her axe. Haymitch ducked and the axe came back and struck her head. The axe now into Kriska. As Haymitch got up he saw Kriska in her dying moments. Just shortly after the canon wrung crowning Haymitch Abernathy as the winner of the 50th Annual Hunger Games.

 Kriska Slipnook (2)
 District 8 Male (1)
 District 4 Male (2)
 Maylisee Donner (2)

Placing from 6th to 48th:

* 6th-11th = Survived the Volcanic Eruption of the snow capped mountain, but later died for their own reasons
* 12th-24th = Died during to the eruption of the snow capped mountain.
* 25th-29th = Died by getting lethal doses of poison in the arena (not by Maysilee) since there were many things that were poisoned, like some of the plants, the water, flowers, etc. Nothing was safe to eat unless if it came from the cornucopia supplies, or from a sponsor.
* 30th-48th = Died in the initial Cornucopia bloodbath.

(1) or (2) gives the information if the tribute was the first or second male/female reaped for their District.

## Post Games (2 weeks later)

The way Haymitch won was very disrespectful to the Capitol, as it was seen as an act of defiance, using the arena as a weapon. Because of this, his little brother, mother, and his girlfriend were killed. Since these Games had a very bad reputation, they were hardly ever televised. He isolated himself from the rest of District 12 and started drinking heavily, which was his ways of mourning the loss of his future tributes and his family.