After 𝐌𝐬. 𝐉𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲's bittersweet victory the year prior, the Capitol was going wild as the concept of each victor being different and unique had fully settled in. Bets were being made left and right as to who would win these games and join the growing family of victors. Head Gamemaker 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 returned for her second year on the job, and met up with 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐞. The two agreed to introduce three new ceremonies to the games. The first was the tribute parade, which would see each tribute dressed up in a costume representing their district's industry and being paraded through the Capitol on a chariot pulled by horses. The second new addition was training. Each tribute would be given three days to train and prepare for whatever dangers the arena might hold. The third and final new addition was the interviews. The night before the games, a host would meet with every tribute and hold a three minute interview. Tickets sold out in the blink of an eye. Once twenty-four stylists were hired and a master of ceremonies was selected, the games were in business.
The arena for the sixth Hunger Games was an archipelago of islands, dotting a crystal clear ocean. Beautiful pink and yellow fish swam through the water and each island had a dock for boats. Several of the islands had hidden caves. The cornucopia was in the very center of the arena as it always was, on an island about half a mile square.
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The most peculiar thing about the sixth Hunger Games was the tributes. Inspired by the victory of 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚, and 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞, there were two volunteers into the career pack, something unheard of at the time! The District 1 female tribute and the District 2 male tribute both volunteered into the games with the hope of winning money and fame and honor to their district. By no means was the excitement limited to the exclusive career pack, no. The boy from District 5, for example, had not one day in his seventeen year-long life had enough food to eat and so was determined to do anything to win. The District 6 girl was homeless and volunteered knowing she would not be missed. The two District 11 tributes were fifth cousins. As for the training scores, there were a surprisingly large number of nines and tens. Three tens were earned. They were the District 1 girl and the District 2 boy (the two career volunteers) and, surprisingly enough, the District 7 girl who was skilled with an axe and knife from working in District 7 all her life. There were only two twelve-year olds; the District 6 girl and the District 11 girl.
With all of the tributes on their pedestals gazing around and taking in the grandeur of the arena, the countdown began. Many of the tributes didn't know they were on an island and were confused by the fact that the cornucopia was filled with collapsible rafts. The bloodbath of these games would claim the lives of eleven tributes, not quite as large as the thirteen deaths of the previous year but still enough to capture the audience's attention.
At the sound of the gong, the majority of the tributes ran forth to loot the cornucopia of its precious supplies. The careers were, of course, the first tributes to reach the horn. The very first tribute to traverse the plain and reach the bounty of supplies was 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝. She looked around for a bit before setting her eyes on a hatchet that lay on a table not very far away at all. She grabbed the weapon, turning sharply on her heel and hurling it through the air, aiming for a girl who had received reasonably high odds of winning. Her aim was perfect, and the hatchet sank into the girl's skull as she tumbled to the ground.
By the time that this happened, all of the other tributes who did not turn tail and flee had reached the cornucopia. The careers were now all armed and ready to do their part in scoring as many kills for the pack as possible. At this time, 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭, seeing a boy less than twelve yards from him that would be an almost laughably easy target, grabbed the nearest weapon, which happened to be a throwing knife, and chucked it through the air. The weapon lodges itself into the back of the boy's head and caused a spray of scarlet to explode from the wound as his eyes rolled back into his head.
Now that 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 had reached the cornucopia, she bent down and picked up a crossbow that lay on the ground. Pulling a bolt from the sheath and nocking it in the weapon, she aimed at a boy about twenty meters away that would be a fairly easy target. The bolt missed. Cursing under her breath, the second bolt missed as well. However, her third bolt found its target when it lodged itself firmly between the shoulder blades of the boy.
Noticing that there was still a bounty of bolts remaining for her crossbow and that there was a girl less than thirty feet away from her, she placed a bolt in the weapon and pulled the trigger. The bolt flew through the air at an uninterpretable speed before sinking into the girl's neck.
𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲, the District 4 girl who was skilled with a trident from working in the fishing industry for most of her life, spotted a boy very close to her and so blindly lunged at him. The boy took his final breath before tumbling to the ground. Perhaps 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 should have examined her victim before pouncing upon it, for it was too late when she realized she had killed her very own district partner.
𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫, the District 1 boy who was thirsty to prove himself since he had made no kills so far, grabbed a rope from the field in front of the cornucopia, snuck up behind a girl in a vulnerable position, and yanked the rope around her neck, tying it in place and rendering her unable to breathe. As soon as 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 left her to die, 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 strolled over to her thrashing body and smashed her in the heart with her hatchet.
Perhaps allured by the fact that killing as much as possible would increase his chances of winning, 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐲 picked up a sword off of the ground, brushed it off with his shirt, and snuck up behind a boy. The sword easily cleaved apart his tiny frame.
Little did 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐲 know that standing behind him was 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚. 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 nocked a bolt in her crossbow and pulled the trigger, allowing the bolt time to sink into the back of his chest. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐲 howled in pain before falling to the ground in death.
By the time eight kills had been made, 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 thought back to how, the year prior, 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐤𝐞𝐫 had hid in the cornucopia and ambushed any tributes that snuck in. 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 did the same exact thing, hiding behind a red crate filled with packets of dried fruit and waited. It was too easy. Within five minutes she had made a whopping three kills. All she had to do was wait for a weary tribute to wander into the darkness of the horn, then quietly leave her hiding place and bludgeon them in the back with her hatchet.
At the conclusion of her third kill, 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 wandered out of the horn with the intent of scouring the clearing for the last few stragglers to round up. There were none, and instead she found her fellow careers stupidly scrambling around trying to round up those last few. After about five minutes of searching, they gave up and instead began the laborious task of clearing away the bodies of the dead, including one of their own. It would not be until many years later that a hovercraft would come to retrieve the corpses of fallen tributes.
The evening of Day 1, the careers were determined to make at least one or two more kills before calling it a day. They all had their own weapons; 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 wielded her hatchet and 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 had his rope. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 had his throwing knives while 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 had her crossbow. 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 wielded her trident. It was a miraculously short period of time before 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 stumbled upon a girl sitting hunched behind a tree and rummaging through a backpack she received from the cornucopia. She barely had time to scream before 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 tied his rope firmly around her neck and her face turned purple.
As the careers prowled tirelessly through the arena the night of Day 1, a very clever 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 set out on a plan to kill one of them. She snuck into the cornucopia while the careers were all away and grabbed a knife. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 hid, crouched behind a crate in the mouth of the horn, and waited for what seemed like an eternity. The first of the careers to wander back in to restock on his water supplies was 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 brandished her knife, snuck up soundlessly behind 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭, and stabbed him in the back. He howled in pain. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞, worrying that his howling would alert to his allies that he was in danger, ripped the blade out of 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭's back and fled across the plain, hopping into a boat and sailing off far away. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 bled out twelve minutes later.
The night of Day 1 and the morning of Day 2 passed void of death. However, around noon on Day 2, two deaths occurred within twenty minutes of each other. The first was from an unskilled tribute that killed and ate a very poisonous crab.
The Gamemakers wanted to wait for two more kills before forcing the final tributes inward for a bloody showdown. The first of these deaths was on the morning of Day 5, when a tribute died of dehydration.
The second of these deaths occurred around three o'clock in the afternoon on Day 6. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞, the only remaining tribute outside of the career alliance, wielded her knife and hid behind a tree when she saw 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 walking by. Taking infinite care, she snuck out from behind the tree and stabbed 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 in the back of the neck with her menacing weapon. At the sound of 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲's cannon, most of the tributes suspected it was time for the final fight and so began retreating to the cornucopia.
All four of the remaining tributes were on the central island, the one with the cornucopia, and so it was easy for the Gamemakers to force the tributes inward. They simply lit the grass of the plain on fire, forcing the tributes inward as the fire spread. Additionally, they caused the fire to excrete noxious purple smoke that would kill any tribute that breathed it. The smoke and fire was only a few feet high, of course, so the top of the cornucopia would be safe. Once all four tributes were on top of the horn of plenty, the final showdown began.
The first death of this final showdown occurred at the hands of 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝. Wielding her hatchet, she prowled towards 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 and forced him closer and closer to the edge of the cornucopia. 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 looked rapidly back and forth between 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝's hatchet and the noxious purple smoke and fire surrounding the cornucopia. Finally, 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 formed his lips into a solid line and jumped off of the horn into the swirling vortex below.
The three tributes remaining were 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝, 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚, and 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 and 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 decided to team up together and kill 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 hurled her hatchet through the air, and the blade lodged itself into 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞's heart as she opened her eyes and mouth wide before tumbling backwards off of the horn. A panicked 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 received her hatchet from the corpse to use in the final battle against 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚.
The final battle of the sixth Hunger Games was between 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐋𝐮𝐱 of District 1 and 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐧 of District 2. They walked to opposite ends of the platform on top of the cornucopia, 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 brandishing her crossbow and 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 holding her hatchet.
First, 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 lunged forward with the intent of smashing 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 in the stomach. However, 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 dodged the attack and moved out of the way at the last moment. 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 then nocked a bolt in her crossbow and lifted it up to shoot. She placed her finger over the trigger. The exact moment that the bolt was sent flying through the air towards 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝's heart, 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 hurled her hatchet through the air before in lodged into 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚's waist. The two both collapsed to the ground, laying there in silence and slowly dying from the horrible injuries they had given each other. For almost an hour they lay there. But, in the end, the impact of 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝's hatchet into 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚's waist was no match for the bolt 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 had lodged in 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝's heart. 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 slowly closed her eyes as her cannon rang through the arena.
"𝑳𝒖𝒏𝒂 𝑳𝒚𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝟐, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔!", 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 exclaimed into the arena as the chorus of trumpets sounded.
𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 did not respond; she just lay on the cold surface of the cornucopia as a team of medics were summoned into the arena to put back together the mess of a person that was their victor.
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The Capitol adored 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚; upon her victory District 2 became the very first district to obtain multiple victors. She was the second victor from the district of masonry.
Her victory tour went fairly well. However, District 11 gave her the cold shoulder.
𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 was the fifth female victor in a row.
She moved into the Victor's Village of District 2, in the house adjacent to 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐭.
𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 would marry once in her lifetime, at age forty-two to a man one year younger than her.
𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 would live to the spectacular age of one hundred, dying from heart disease around the time of the ninetieth annual Hunger Games.
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▪ 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧, the victor of the first Hunger Games, marries his only spouse, 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐲𝐤𝐚. They will remain married until 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐬' death.
▪ 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐧 moves into the Victor's Village of District 2, the second victor to do so.
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𝐇𝐆𝟏: 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧 (#1 of District 3)
𝐇𝐆𝟐: 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 (#1 of District 1)
𝐇𝐆𝟑: 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (#1 of District 4)
𝐇𝐆𝟒: 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐭 (#1 of District 2)
𝐇𝐆𝟓: 𝐌𝐬. 𝐉𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲 (#1 of District 12)
𝐇𝐆𝟔: 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐧 (#2 of District 2)
