Epilogue:

Korrina Ovidius, President of Panem

Ten Years Later

Korrina anxiously awaits the results of the election, Myron sitting by her side, and just taking her back to when they were doing this ten years ago. Back then she was so much more confident with getting elected with Anastasia's fierce support. But even now with the victors providing her support, she doesn't know if it will be enough. Yet just like last time, she wants to get elected so badly. She knows she can keep doing things to improve this country, if they will just let her. And she still has her baby boy sitting by her side as they wait, although he has grown so much. Now a full adult, he's made her so proud these last ten years.

So much has changed in that time, but also not enough.

"They're not going to let you down, Mom."

"I'm not too sure about that," Korrina mutters as she keeps staring at the screen, refusing to look away from the commentary Jovian is giving before the results. "I failed the Districts by not getting them a say in the election. Just like I failed Jovian and let them get wrapped up in the excitement of the Games when I should have given more support to them in their loss."

"You didn't fail the Districts. The people that fought you at every turn and prevented that change in law failed them," Myron tries to reassure her before pointing at the screen. "And Jovian? They reached this point on their own. You didn't fail them."

Korrina can only shake her head and sigh at this. If there's one thing in the last ten years she regrets…it's getting Jovian caught up in the Games and watching a broken person latch on to the one thing that would get the rebels punished for what they did to their family. Maybe she could have done more. But it's too late now…

"We'll see how the Capitol voted," Korrina says quietly as the time has finally come. Her hands shake as nerves fill her stomach, and Myron reaches out to take her hand. "This is it…"

"Hello citizens of Panem!" Jovian cheerfully greets the country, all smiles as they get ready to announce what future they can expect. "The time has come for us to reveal the results of tonight's election for President of Panem! The results are just coming in so let's see…"

Korrina grabs onto Myron's hand tighter, surely crushing it, but he does the same as they await their fate. Two bars appear on the screen with pictures of Korrina and Basilius, and slowly they begin to fill, neck and neck for a while and going back and forth who is in the lead, until one starts to take a bigger lead. And continues to take a bigger lead…

"It's over," Korrina whispers as she stares at the bar showing Basilius leading the results, knowing there's no way for her to come back and take the victory. Her eyes begin to water as she watches Jovian announce that Basilius is the winner. She tried so hard to get reelected…she had the victors supporting her, even ones that were prickly towards her at first because they saw what could happen if Basilius was elected, and none of them wanted that…

Myron clears his throat as he stands up and Korrina looks at him through blurry eyes. "President Ovidius, this is my formal resignation as Head Gamemaker."

"You don't need to do this, Myron," Korrina says as she wipes at her eyes, a little surprised to find herself crying. "I know you always wanted to be Head Gamemaker. Don't give up your dream for me."

"I'm not," Myron answers stubbornly as he goes to grab a box of tissues, calling over his shoulder, "My dreams changed long ago and all I want to do is support you. So fuck being Head Gamemaker until that asshole."

"Myron!" Korrina says, looking around in caution as he hands her the tissues. "You can't say things like that, he's our new President. We don't know how strict he is going to be about these things…"

Myron returns to his spot next to her and they both sigh, hunched over as the stare at the screen and Jovian talking about their new President. Korrina shakes her head, deep concern building in her, "I really hope he won't be as bad as Snow…"

"I don't think anyone could be as bad as him," Myron replies, grabbing a couple tissues for himself. "But Mom…he's going to continue the Games.

"I know, that was his entire campaign against me," Korrina shuts her eyes, trying to fight back the sense of dread building in her. But it's impossible to fight knowing the outcome of tonight.

She will always be that President that tried to end the Hunger Games, but failed. That's what she'll be remembered for. Not for ten years of rebuilding this country after a devastating rebellion. Maybe they will just forget about her. That would be better than looking at her with disdain.

But at least she knows that she tried to be on the right side of history. The country will realize this eventually, just hopefully not after a Third Rebellion. Despite the Capitol not supporting her in this election, she still wants what is best for Panem. And the last thing she wants is more loss.

"So be it," Korrina says quietly as she stares at the screen and the results of the election. "We did what we could and we failed."

"We didn't fail, the Capitol did," Myron offers, but even he doesn't sound too hopeful. "You know it would have been different if the Districts could vote."

"I tried so hard to get that change passed…" Korrina sighs, knowing that's the reason for her downfall. "But the Capitol was too afraid to give the Districts that power. They know they're outnumbered. And so the cycle continues, the few ruling over the many…"

Korrina wants to give up so badly, just go live out the rest of her life in solitude, but she knows she can't do that. The Districts need someone in the Capitol that will hear their voice and fight for them. So she will oppose Basilius at every turn, just as he did to her. She won't let him get away with this oppression without at least trying to give a voice to the Districts.

That will be her legacy. Not failure…a voice for the Districts.

And with that...Hysteria is over. Well, there's still lots of future hysteria in the country, but the story Hysteria is over XD I know this story has changed up quite a bit from what I initially planned and also took much longer than I anticipated, but if you have still stuck around with it, you're awesome and thank you so much for taking the time to read this!

I hope you enjoyed this story regardless and getting a bit more of a detailed look into what happened after the Second Rebellion within my verse. And if you enjoyed this story, I hope you consider reading my other stories I have going on (if you're not already)! And stay tuned for a new project coming...soonish XD

Happy New Year everyone and thanks again for reading!