Four of a Kind, but not so Identical

Chapter One: The Quads

The four were simply one minute apart from one another. First came Julianne, then Jessie, a minute later came Jackie, then finally, Jamie. Julianne grew to be the most mature of the group, often making the more major decisions for the group. Jessie was the responsible one, making sure something belonging to one sister wouldn't get mixed into another sister's things. Jackie was the shy, creative one, always loyal and willing to help. Jamie was the rebellious sister. She was always looking for danger or adventure, and at times would get her sisters in trouble, though it was often resolved without anyone getting more than a few bumps and bruises.

Though, there was something even more extraordinary than the sisters being a set of entirely healthy, identical quadruplets. The four were pure-blood witches, the daughters of a pure-blooded witch and wizard. They knew they were different, and so they stuck together, they were ever by one another's side, day and night. They grew up in a rural area, populated by those of magical blood, so the four never had to worry. Their parents had schooled them on basic things, math, reading, and writing, as well as some science and history to make sure that the four would be ready when they had to leave home for school in the fall when the four were eleven years of age. That would be when everything would be out of their hands, when the girls left home. And the parents, John and Julia, two brown-haired, brown-eyed magical folk, one a pure-blood wizard, the other a witch of pure blood as well.

But the pair had no time to fret over school starting just yet; it was July 7, 1991, the quad's eleventh birthday, and they intended to make it their best yet. John and Julia simply wanted their daughter's birthday to go as planned, though, they had no idea just what would be coming in the post later on that day.