"We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin." Five years have passed since the last Hunger Games. As Panem teeters on the edge of inescapable chaos, there is one final solution to turn to: bring back the Games. Will twenty three lives be enough to bring peace to Panem? [Sequel SYOT to Crown of Thorns]

"But he who dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose." On the dawn of President Coriolanus Snow's death, the 86th Hunger Games are announced. This year's tributes will not only pay tribute to the Games, but to the King of Roses himself. (SYOT now closed)

The tributes have been becoming increasingly intelligent. They've been figuring out the way arenas work and manipulating them. The Capitol do not like this at all. And now they will show the tributes that intelligence does not always win the Hunger Games... SYOT CLOSED.