The Changing Games

Written by Chris Kotschwar (Based off of the Hunger Games Series)

I woke up to the knowledge that the choosing would be today. This is the worst part of the
annual Changing Games. It is any rock from ages twelve to twenty-one that get chosen for these
games, and you dont want to be chosen. There will be one rock that stays the same and the other
23 will be changed by the end of the games, but who will be chosen today? I went past the town
boundary and out past the green forest to sit on the bluff and wait till the sirens are heard, that
would be when we have to go to the center of the town where the trading is. My brother a
Sedimentary rock named, Sam came up and sat next to me. It wasnt very uncommon for us to sit
on the bluff and wait during this time.
Waiting again Maddie?
Cant wait
Then what are you doing?
Waiting Sam, I cant anticipate what will happen today.
Are you afraid you will get chosen?
Yes this is the year of the metamorphic rock our names are put in 12 times
Youll be fine.
Sam looked at his watch, Lets go dont want to be late.
When we got back to the town everyone was gathering in the trading area. Bright banners of red
illustrating the elite magma at the government capital. When we got to the area, igneous rock
soldiers where marking our names to see if we were all here. Finally we all got settled down and
stood waiting for the announcer to tell us who would get chosen.
The Announcer was a pampered Sedimentary rock, dressed in pinks and blue, (while we were all
dressed in greys and whites). Welcome, Welcome. She started, It is amazing to see you all
here at the 149th annual Changing Games! Everyone was silent, she waited maybe expecting us
to applaud, but we were silent. Well as usual ladies first. She went over to one of the large
bowls of white cards that contained our names. Maddie Metamorphic. My heart sank I knew
what this meant and I couldnt bear it, but I had to go up there. And now she continued, For
the boys. She stuck her hand in the other bowl and took a piece of paper out and read, Isaac
Igneous. I was half filled with joy and half not, the igneous soldiers escorted us to a train and
we rode on the train for a long time.
When we got to the government capitol there were a lot of people all of them pampered such as
the lady who did the choosing. We didnt stick here long, we got put onto a shuttle craft in the
first 10 minutes of us being here and we got escorted to the Games. On the shuttle we werent the
only ones there were 22 other rocks there of all kinds, igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.
We were all silent though rethinking our decisions to figure out why we ended up here. We

landed and everyone got escorted out by the soldiers, we all got put in separate rooms where they
prepared us for the Games.
It was about time to go into the arena, my makeup crew just left and all that was left was my
outfit designer, Dont be worried, I cant bet but if I could Id bet on you. He said and he left. I
got into this tube and it raised me up to the arena. I looked around and saw the people who were
on the shuttle with me, we were staring at each other. Then suddenly there was a voice counting
down. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Then a cannon shot and thats how we
knew it was time to start the Changing Games.
I ran for the tree line while others used heat and pressure to eliminate the igneous, and some of
the sedimentary rocks, rocks started to use heat and pressure to change them into metamorphic
rocks. I was scared, when I looked up I saw how many people had been eliminated. Ten. That
meant only fourteen rocks remained in my way to victory. I made sure to stay in cool areas
because if I melt I could turn into igneous or if I erode I could turn into sediments and then be
compressed together to turn into sedimentary rock.
An hour has passed and I have just been waiting, I looked up at the sky again and the number
had changed from ten to twenty. I heard a noise and I looked down and saw Isaac Igneous. I
knew I had to change him into a metamorphic rock. I took a mirror I had gotten in my bag before
the games and I made it so the light of the sun reflected off of the mirror and pointed at him and
he started to change before my eyes! I looked up at the sky again and it said twenty-one have
been changed. I was so close to victory I could taste it! I went back to the middle of the arena
and I waited for someone to come here so I could Change them.
Phil, a metamorphic rock came. I hid behind a tree and waited for him to come near. The closer
he came the more ready I got. He came closer and I jumped behind him and pushed him against a
tree making him erode and turn into sediments right there. Thats how I knew I had won. I was
the victor of the 149th Changing Games! I arrived home on the same train that took me there and
everyone applauded me. I was finally safe to change back to my original form of a sedimentary
rock.