March 27, 2012, 1:57 p.m.
The Real Third Quarter Quell: Prologue
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President Snow was a liar.
But of course you already knew that. Even though he struck that bargain with Katniss Everdeen to never lie to her, and vice versa, not a soul in Panem can deny that Snow was a dirty, deceiving, manipulative, controlling, evil liar.
But this is not a story about President Snow.
This is a story about the third Quarter Quell.
You all know what happened during the 75th Hunger Games. I'm not going to recap it here; there's a whole book dedicated to that. But the small yellow envelope that President Snow read from before the Reaping was a lie. The original founders of the Games did not intend for past victors to ever reenter the arena. No, that particular torture was thought up in some war room in the Capitol, all with the intention of covering up Katniss Everdeen's execution.
Again, none of that is what this story is about.
This story is about what almost happened, what should have happened, at the third Quarter Quell, if there was no rebellion. If the mockingjay meant nothing. If Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark had just lived in Victor's Village in District 12 in what little peace they had left.
If President Snow wasn't a liar.