15th Hunger Games

Notable animals: Poisonous butterflies

Main event: Mutt chase

Length: 13 days

Arena: Desert oases

Victor: Tyrone Mackenzie (age 18): District 9

It was never expected that a simple pair of binoculars would be a tributes key to victory, but this was surprisingly the case this year.

The Games
During the opening countdown, Tyrone noticed binoculars near the cornucopia. Having never seen them in the games before, he realised that they must be there for a reason and would likely be useful. So when the games began, Tyrone grabbed them and ran to a distant oasis before collapsing in the water in a wave of exhaustion.

On the second day, it was Tyrone's birthday and he was very grateful to receive a picnic from sponsors. Rammstein and Vera (both 10) entered Tyrone's oasis as he hid in a palm tree, he heard them talk about how the butterflies were poisonous.

With this information, Tyrone spent the next days capturing butterflies and extracting their venom into some of his food and the oasis water. From then, whenever he saw approaching tributes, he hid in the bushes and watched many of them consume what would be their final drink or meal. He took the knife from the last tribute, Barb (12) that he killed in this way.

With our tributes remaining, Tyrone heard mutts approaching from the perimeter of the arena. He was just one of the two tributes who made it back to the cornucopia in time, and during an exhausting final battle with the other survivor, Lupus (2), Tyrone stabbed him through the heart and won.

After the Games
After winning his games, Tyrone opened a butterfly sanctuary within the Capitol, which became very popular amongst its citizens.