Chapter one

My oldest memory was when I was two. I was hugging my sister, on our birthday. Each of us seven kids cut the home-made vanilla sponge cake, and Happy Birthday was sung. Very old-fashioned. People a million years ago did that.
last week I went to my best friend's, Jackie, and we sung NOTHING, the cake come out of the metal and glass table, it was made at the best place in town, Tequila's Johnnycakes. Johnnycakes are the height of fashion. They are cakes with three layers, and in each layer is fizzle-pops. Jackie had a layer of chocolate, then inside that a layer of strawberry mousse, and inside that a layer of creamy vanilla.
Instead of having cheerio sausages and tasty popcorn with salt and butter, stuff Mum got at the Antique food store she runs, Jackie had mostaruo's, cheese-stuffed spinach rolls and Halliga's, honey-coated raisins with chocolate inning, with chocolate sprinkles. At least we both had fairy bread - buttered white bread with sprinkles on top. Very old fashioned, but those trends go around. Last year fairy breads were considered childish. Today my Mum had some on her birthday!

I was born, along with another six children - septuplets. More often than not a special system is used for couples to conceive. My parents conceived the natural way - the way humans have done it for the past two million years or so. Also, it is severely uncommon to have twins, triplets are very old-fashioned, and so on. Us seven kids are one of the only three in the world. it was so unusual to have something extraordinary in Qualag, Auzealand. Auzealand is the huge island Australia and New Zealand formed with the pacific islands when all the underwater volcanoes erupted and there were fifteen massive earthquakes 158 years ago. Five million people died. It was a huge disaster.
Anyway, back to family.
The eldest is Sarah, a rather old name, but it is still going strong. Sarah and the second-eldest are sport-freaks. Last year at the age of fourteen, those two won the Auzealand sportmen of the year trophy. Sarah has short-cropped hair the colour of honey, leaf-green eyes and a soulful expression. She always seems to wear t-shirts and jeans - how old is THAT? I mean, the stone-age people wore that! It is 3005, for goodness sake! She looks great in them though - she can show off her curvy body in those tight tops and jeans.

Next is Alarina. Her name was invented by our father, who passed away last year in Hospital from Leukemia. (I mean, blood cancer??? Every single OTHER cancer has been eradicated - why not Leukemia?) Alarina Has very short honey-coloured hair, with blue eyes, for some strange reason. Well, I think she is wearing contacts. She does need glasses you know. But when ever she wakes up, hair tousled, clothes sweaty from dreaming, she has blue eyes. Her expression - talk about drama queen! She is in constant pain - not only is she accident-prone, but she makes a fuss about the littlest thing. She is so sporty though. She is in every sport there is to play at High School. And at intermediate, and Primary. Even at Kindy she was seen kicking a ball around. She always wears seamless, footless bodysuits with short skirts. A modern thing.

Then, me. Hi, I'm Jemma. I have the honey-hair gene, as well as the green eyes. I alway seem to smile. Even when I fell over and broke my skull, dislocated my arm and leg and crushed three vertabrae in my back I was laughing through the pain from Hell.
I am also the smartest of us seven. I always have a plan, which comes in useful for when we are plotting schemes and things to get back on our parents and our school-teacher who we have no patience with. I like wearing Tops that come just above my belly-button - Tank-tops, I think that what they are called I forget. Oh, and I wear small skirts. Ones with ruffles and things. Hehe And I wear glasses. What every geek needs.

Fourth is poor old Richard. Old name, new mind! He is not as smart as me, but he can craft things so well, and he invents like a wild-fire! He had the honey-and-leaf face, they cute expression of "I am harmless!" and he never really does that much. He gets good grades, wears shirts and pants, uses dimonds to create his things - an average kid on the outside. I still don't know some of the inside.

Next, Rex. He has curly hair, not straight like the rest, but... yes, honey-and-leaf gene. He never smiles, just sits there like a lemon. He is in love with the computer. Honesty, all he does is stay in his room, with the old computer (40-inch screen with Hagra installation), looking up plants, space, history. He only comes out for school, he even gets his food delivered by out robot, Ropotrota. He loves wearing - pyjamas.

Sixth is my loyal sister Maggitha. She is cute with the blue-and-honey gene, like Alarina, but always sticks with me. She loves art. She draws, paints, sculpts, whatever, and helps build models of Richards things, and maps out my plans. She is helpful, charming and always on hand for a job. Definitely Mum's favourite.

Seventh is Cameran. He always looks up at us six older children. He doesn't have much of a personality. He Gets average grade, looks just like Rex, just without the curly hair, never smiling. He talks with us about school projects. He always get a B in his work. He doeseverything he's told. He is just like Ropotrota - talks in a monotone and walks slowly through the house, wearing a seamless T-shirt and seamfull pants.

Mum is Vanessa-Jessy. She has Green eyes and brown hair, lines all points down on her face, eyes big and sad. She struggles looking after us kids. She was also born in Texas, America. SHe gives us cold eyes at least three times a day, laughs about once a week and never thinks about anything but the nucular war in Russia, against Austria. We are all very worried about our poor Mum.