You're a Victor from your district and you're at home in your house in your district's Victor's Village, waiting for your boyfriend, Finnick Odair, to arrive as he'd planned to come visit you today from District Four.

You're on the couch when the capitol-issued tv turns on, and President Snow is standing at a podium talking about this year's Hunger Games and how it will be a Quarter Quell.

Everything is fine. You're not even paying attention when you hear the words that makes your heart stop.

"And, as a reminder that even the strongest cannot overcome the power of the capitol, the tributes will be reaped from the existing pool of victors in five weeks."