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Fun Fact of the Chapter: Yes, Amata the Head Gamemaker is my Author Avatar. Couldn't resist.

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Amata le Fay, Head Gamemaker, Capitol

"Miss Le Fay?"

I brush my dark purple bangs out of my eyes and spin around in my chair to see the president staring me in the face. "Madam—President—Shadow. How nice to see you—sit down—can I help you? I mean, shouldn't you be addressing the crowd before the games start?"

"I have a few minutes." She sits down in the chair beside me, glancing down at my desk. "Is this the tribute list?"

I slide the piece of paper towards her, nodding. She pulls a green pen out of her pocket and clicks it open, leaning forward, hazel eyes flickering in the light. "Listen, Amata. These Games are incredibly important. You know that the reapings were rigged even more so than usual, but I need you to know why. So." She circles several names on the paper. "I need you to make sure these tributes have been killed by the end of the games. More importantly, make them suffer. Die slowly, in agony. Use your creative brain to think up something even more horrible."

I scan down the list. Six names circled. "That should be—pretty easy—to do."

"I thought so." She leans back, smirking.

"Might—I ask—why?"

She stands and begins to exit before calling behind her shoulder, "Rebellion."

It figures. Rebels occasionally pop up here and there, and the games are generally the perfect way to crush them, if they have children. It's not uncommon. And I enjoy a challenge, especially when my life is on the line.

I lightly close my eyes and swivel my chair back to the screen, where an aerial shot of the arena is being interspersed with scenes from the tributes' launch rooms and the mentors' room. As a Gamemaker, you can see and control everything, and you can do anything you want within the rules of the games.

Let the free reign begin.

Tribute List:

One: Emily Raine & Luka Saroque

Two: Fawn Serenity "Emerald" Honeycomb & Marius Sheer

Three: Thalia Trinket & Link Anderson

Four: Carreen Haggerty & Gabriel Maddox

Five: Teagan Stratus & Veras Valdes

Six: Neetamarie "Mary" Telva & Eadem Ordinaria

Seven: Briana "Bri" Renay Geers & Che Botill

Eight: Parker Bates & Yon Trizzle

Nine: Jacy "Jace" Faith Latone & Noaa Carpenter

Ten: Chantelle Jacobsen & Anderson Birk

Eleven: Caprice Alexander & Cameron Ray

Twelve: Riley Rynne & Kirby Knightly