A Different Take on Life

Terra Potter groaned as she threw yet another t-shirt out of her dresser.

"I can't choose!" she whined to her sister, Amanda.

Amanda laughed. It was August 31st, and the group of seven fourteen year old girls were trying to decide what to wear.

Oh, I'm sorry, my name is Jill, well, Jillian Ashley Anders to be exact. I'm here to tell the real story of the Potters and their friends. No one wants to read a story about a perfect family with their perfect friends and their perfect life, so the media sort of tweaked the story a bit. But anyways, our group of seven...

First of all I mentioned Terra Potter, our fashion guru, one of the eldest daughters of James and Lillian Potter. Amanda is her twin sister. They're fraternal twins though, so it isn't that hard to tell them apart.

And then there's Ginny Weasley, but I suppose you already know all about her, so let's move on, shall we?

I mentioned myself, Jill Anders. You see, there was no Peter Pettigrew. There was however, a Paul Anders. He was the true fourth marauder. And no, my father was not a rat, but Feathers, a golden eagle. I also have a twin sister, well; actually, there are three of us, triplets. But my sister's name is Jenna. Matt is my brother, but you'll hear about him later. My mother's name is Erica Anders.

And then of course you would think that Remus Lupin the werewolf would never marry and have children, but you are mistaken there. In fact, Remus isn't a werewolf, a wolf is just his Animagus. Anna Lupin is the sixth one in the group. She's the daughter of Remus and Jessica Lupin.

And you can't forget the man whom you all love and adore, Sirius Black. He and his wife Michelle also have a fourteen year old daughter, Alyssa Black. Yes-you heard me correctly. The Hogwarts player is married with kids.

Okay, well, my job isn't to bore you with incredibly lame introductions, so I might as well get on with the story.

We were up in Terra and Amanda's room at Potter Manor in Godric's Hollow, and Terra had 50-some shirts in a pile on her bed.

Lissa, that's our pet-name for Alyssa, yelled down the stairs for the seven other girls in the house who would be going to Hogwarts the next day.

Yes, I shall now bore you by introducing seven more people into the story, and doubling the number of people cramped into the twins' room.

Well, I should start with the biggest shocker first-Kaylyn Malfoy. I know; huge shocker right? Wrong. Voldemort is completely fictional; he was created by the media so you would not have to be bored out of your minds with a sappy family-oriented story.

After Kaylyn there's Allison Longbottom. With no Voldemort, there are no Death Eaters, and with no Death Eaters, the Longbottoms were not tortured.

The next person is Luna Lovegood. Luna's mother never died, so Luna's not as loony as she's made out to be.

And of course we have the siblings who are not in the 14-year-old club.

Mary Lupin, Anna's older sister; Charlotte Anders, my younger sister; Susan Potter, Terra and Amanda's younger sister; and Lindsay Black, Alyssa's younger sister.

And of course, we can't forget Hermione Granger, but then again, you know all about her.

Alright, here's how it all goes, this way I won't have to bore you with any more introductions later in the story.

Harry Potter: 15

Terra Potter: 14

Amanda Potter: 14

Joseph Potter: 12

Susan Potter: 11

Andrew Potter: 7

Kristine Potter: 4 months

Bill Weasley: 26

Charlie Weasley: 25

Percy Weasley: 19

Fred Weasley: 17

George Weasley: 17

Ron Weasley: 15

Ginny Weasley: 14

Alyssa Black: 14

Nick Black: 13

Lindsay Black: 12

Chris Black: 10

Jordan Black: 7

Hannah Black: 7

Isabelle Black: 6

Mary Lupin: 15

Anna Lupin: 14

Mark Lupin: 12

Eric Lupin: 10

Julie Lupin: 8

Sarah Lupin: 7

Draco Malfoy: 15

Kaylyn Malfoy: 13

Hermione Granger: 15

Neville Longbottom: 15

Allison Longbottom: 12

Jarred Longbottom: 10

Luna Lovegood: 14

Peter Lovegood: 10

Jill Anders: 14

Jenna Anders: 14

Matt Anders: 14

Charlotte Anders: 12

Lauren Anders: 10

Ashley Anders: 9

Megan Anders: 6

Gosh, that sure is a lot of people. If you actually read that then I envy your self-discipline. Okay, well then, now I can finally get on with my story.

"All females attending Hogwarts this year please report to the twins' room A.S.A.P.!" Lissa yelled.

There was a trample of feet and the room was stuffed.

"Okay," Mandy began. "Here's the deal. My darling sister has way too many clothes, so were having a swap, well, giveaway actually. Okay, so you can have the clothes for Hogwarts, but you have to give them back to Terra when we get back."

The girls all nodded as I walked over to the pile and pulled out a shirt.

This shirt was a pastel pink with gold writing that read 'IF I LIVED ON THE SUN WOULD THE WORLD REVOLVE AROUND ME?'.

Everyone laughed as I threw the shirt at Kaylyn. It went unsaid that Kaylyn would have this shirt. Pink was her color. None of the rest of us really had a color, but pink was definitely Kaylyn's. And the saying was perfectly her as well.

The next item up for grabs was a dark grey hooded sweatshirt that read 'EFF YOU ' in a gory red font.

I tossed this one at Mary. Despite how she was raised, Mary Lupin was a pure rebel. Maybe it was all the time she spent with Sirius, but I'm not quite sure.

We handed out a few more shirts, skirts, and dresses before we had dwindled the pile down to one more object; a black shirt that read 'DADDY'S GIRL' in big blue letters.

I threw it at Alyssa. Alyssa was a daddy's girl if there ever was one. We all knew so. But then again, Sirius' daughter being a daddy's girl isn't necessarily a good thing now is it?

"Girls!" Alice Longbottom yelled up the stairs. "Dinner!"