Theirs was an upbringing full of contradiction. Told they were superior by virtue of birth. Told how to think and how to behave, shackled by expectations. And wasn't it odd, that their very superiority was the reason invoked to deny them individuality? The problem with the Black cousins is that they all, some earlier than others, decided they had the right to be their own person.

"Born to those who have thrice defied him." Defying the Dark Lord not just once, but *three* times before their 21st birthday? Wow. Let's go check out just how awesome those Potters were. This is the war story of a muggleborn witch and a pureblood wizard determined to fix their prejudiced, unequal and yet somehow still wonderful world.

"The power of love," he would say. Because even Albus Dumbledore couldn't have gotten away with saying "a 21 year old muggleborn destroyed Voldemort using dark arts." It was the rare kind of sentence that could give both light and dark wizards an aneurysm. Lily Potter, from the aftermath of 'Mudblood' to her death. Lots of Severus. Canon compliant (ish). ONESHOT

ONESHOT. She was the first Career. The Dark Days threw her family on the streets. The Hunger Games were her escape. She took control of her life. She trained more like her. She changed the Games themselves. She died and her Victors became objects, until the Second Rebellion set them free. A look at Panem and the Games through the eyes of District One's Careers.

Because when on chapter 20 everyone is still rooting just for their own tribute, you've got a problem. Here you are, with your computer, an amazing arena and twenty-four uber-original foolproof tributes. What's next? A parody of what's wrong in so many SYOTS.