Prologue
The Hunger Games were brought on as a punishment of the Capitol because of the District's uprising many years ago, serving as a reminder of the Capitol's power and strength. The games were not fun as they had once been long ago and now were full of evil and dreadful tragedy. For the games each district would have to offer up one mare and stallion to fight to the death in an arena televised for the always happy Capitol ponies to watch.
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Inside the brightly lit, crystal studded hallways of the Capitol building were the tributes for the 31st annual Hunger Games. The oblivious careers were standing in one corner talking about who knows what. Careers normally are from the districts one, two and four but sometimes there can be exceptions. The careers are different than most ponies in the games, since they often volunteered and trained- even though that was supposed to be against the rules, the only reason they even did it was for the fame and glory. The careers this year consisted of Fleur de Lis and Fancy Pants hailing from district one, Trixie Lulamoon and Bulk Biceps from two, Stone Storm from four and lastly both from five- Rainbow Dash and Thunderlane. Only a few other ponies even considered teaming but Applejack wanted to be allies with her brother who was also her district partner and with her cousin, Braeburn from 11. Plus Derpy who was shunned from the careers decided to ally with Octavia, who was from twelve.
Almost to soon for the chatting ponies it was time for the interviews. As always the female from district one goes first, then male, then district two and so on. When Fleur de Lis went on the stage many 'oohed' and 'aahed' at her at her sparkling pink gown. By the time she even sat down with Ceasar she had the crowd's full attention. "So" Ceasar the announcer piped up "How has your stay in Canterlot been?"
"Oh simply lovely! It is the most beautiful thing I have seen in my entire life!" Fleur stated.
"Well it's great to hear that but how about you? Are you missing home at all?"
"I must not lie- I am actually"
"That's to bad" Ceasar told her in a fake sympathetic voice he had probably trained on "But I'm sure everypony wants to know, why did you volunteer?
"Actually I volunteered because-" And that's when the timer buzzed signaling that her time was up.
"Oh and times up! Just as Fleur was exiting the stage Ceasar announced the next pony "and now lets welcome Fancy Pants!"
After all the interviews were over, the ponies scurried to their rooms for the night. They would need to rest since after all- the next day was the Hunger Games, and they would need every precious ounce of sleep they could get.