FIRE

'''Percy Jackson and Hunger Games Crossover. I do not own any of the characters, (yet).  SallyPerson /   Natalie Cole  21:57, May 15, 2011 (UTC)'''

''Over three thousand years ago, the Titan bent down to Earth and gave fire to all humanity. Warmth. Hope. Power.''

''It was a gift against the corrupt government controlled by Zeus, who hid fire from humans. It was the start of a new dawn.''

''Centuries later, Rome historically announced a republic, a government revolutionary and awe-inspiring. The flame of the gods was strong, and continued to move to places where it was the strongest, conquering lands and seas.''

''At the end of time, or so everyone thought, dark and chaos came once more. America, the home of the gods and of Western Civilization, was destroyed, and Panem rose from the ashes. Panem, with its harsh dictatorship, with 12 districts controlled by force and fear.''

''Each district represented a god. Not all were direct descendants from the gods, since not a whisper had been heard from them in nearly a hundred years, but the blood of the gods had been bred in to each and every person in some way, stronger in some, weaker in others. The gods, once everywhere and always interfering, were nowhere to be found. Not even in District 4, a fishing district, could we connect to our patron Poseidon. There was only one symbol of the gods left: Apollo had created the Mockingbird.''

''           My name is Finnick. I was reaped for the annual Hunger Games, a cruel source of entertainment for the Capitol. I was trained to kill all my life, was taught to be heartless, even to those around me. One of my friends would have to die in the Arena with me. That was the way the Games worked.''

''           Miraculously, cruelly, I survived. In front of cameras I never showed it, never showed the dying boy inside. But I was. I hated the government. Hated the 23 other tributes to the Games, who never once thought of anything but killing others, killing me. Never once did they realize I was not the real enemy.''

''           I had to return every year to the Games, not to play in them, but to mentor the other children from my District, along with Mags, who had been my mentor. I watched children die, in the most barbaric and brutal ways, just like the Capitol wanted. But I also saw hope that one year, in a startling turn of events. I saw a strength in someone like that I had never seen before. Proof of the gods’ existence, which the Capitol denied. She was obviously fathered by a deity, therefore a demigod. Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire. ''