Fate

Summary: Kyle and Catty. Daughter of the Moon and Son of the Dark. Fates entwined by a force stronger than they know. SPOILERS!

Chapter One

'Because I fell in love her,' Kyle said. 'With a goddess.'

'She was that kind of pretty?' Obie asked.

'No, I mean she really was a goddess,' he said. 'I see her in Los Angeles still,

but she acts like she doesn't know me.'

Barbarian, p.202

Kyle Ormond shifted anxiously from one foot to the other. He and two of his roommates, Berto and Samuel, were waiting for their other roommate and friend, Obie, and his band, Pagan, to finish their gig at a new club on the beach called Citrus. Pagan's gig was nearly over and Kyle was restless to get out of the noisy club with it's bright strobe lights and suffocating, tacky fog machines.

Next to him, his girlfriend, Emily, slithered up and down close by, anxious as well. Em had been ready to have fun at the exclusive new club Berto had gotten his friends into and was rather put out by Kyle's crummy mood.

"Kyle," she finally snapped. Once she had his attention, her tone turned coy and playful. "Just one dance?"

Just then, Pagan finished and began shutting down while the DJ began spinning some fast, pop-rap mix that had everyone rushing to the floor.

"Em," he pointed out, allowing her to weave her slender fingers through his. "Obie's through. Want to grab a bite before I bring you home?"

"Kyle," huffed Emily. "I came to have fun. You've been angry all evening and you need some fun as well. Obie won't be done for a bit, so please?"

Kyle bit back a sigh and let Emily drag him out into the writhing masses.

Despite his slightly grumpy disposition, the mood was infectious and soon one song turned to two and two to five and soon his body had taken over and his thoughts melted far away.

Before Emily, Kyle had fallen hard for a goddess named Catty.

Catty was a Daughter of the Moon, a goddess sent to the Earth to vanquish an ancient evil known as the Atrox, who controlled Nefandus, an evil world interlocked with the one he lived in now.

Kyle had once been imprisoned as a servi, or a slave, and thus had immortality and the curse of never being able to love as his kiss sucked the soul from whomever he unfortunately fell for.

Catty was the child of a fallen Daughter, a goddess who had loved a member of the Inner Circle, or the highest and most powerful of the Atrox's followers. She was also the heir of the Secret Scroll, a powerful manuscript that had a terrible curse placed on it, and had been destroyed for a price by the heir.

Now she was said to be living with her father as her powers were one of vital importance for both the light and dark side.

The last Kyle had heard of her and her fellow Daughters, she was living with her father with the forces of light and dark at a stalemate, and her two other Daughters, Serena and Vanessa, imprisoned somewhere. She had warned him away then and it felt as if something were warning him away from his thoughts about her now.

Emily being shoved against him startled Kyle out of his intoxicating thought and, lancing down to apologize, he was startled to find her gone. When he spotted her again, she was dancing contentedly with her best friend Maddie and a few other girls her age. He was about to make his way over to them when he saw someone had replaced Emily's spot.

"Jimena," he whispered in disbelief, his throat closing tightly. Seeing Catty's best friend stirred hope and pain in him he thought he had let go of. Kyle was with Emily now and he felt guilty every time he dreamed of Catty until he was sure he had given every once of hope in Catty up for dreams of Emily.

Jimena Castillo gave him a coy smile, as if she were there for nothing more than flirtation, but her constant, concrete alertness she always wore was just beneath the surface.

Jimena was the only Daughter that he knew of that had chosen to stay behind as a mortal when she turned 17 and had been rewarded for her decision by becoming the reincarnation of the Greek Pandia.

"Kyle," she whispered back, her voice low and hoarse and suddenly, her arms were around his neck.

Kyle kept his grip loose, hoping Emily wouldn't see, though still wanting to comfort Jimena.

When Jimena pulled away, the look on her face was one of terror. "I had a premonition. You can't go after her, Kyle, Vanessa and Serena need you more."

"Jimena, what are you talking about? Am I going to go after Catty? Why? When? Did something happen?" Kyle's questions were intense as he raked his fingers jerkily through his hair.

"Kyle," she said sharply, her nails digging into his arms. When he looked into her eyes, he saw Catty's hazel eyes looking back and was instantly ensnared. "You have to listen to me! Right now is a dangerous time and you can't be making hasty choices. Trust the Sons, listen to them. Most importantly, trust your head, and your heart."

Kyle tried to stop her but she slipped away back into the crowd.

All too suddenly, Emily was at his arm, fighting back yawns. He quickly ushered her to his car and climbed in, driving her home, all the while in a daze.

Catty was gone. Their fates couldn't be changed, could they?

k, so here's the skinny. i got most of this information from the third Sons of Dark book, outcast. the quote is from the first book. everyone remembers kyle but outcast says what happens to the four remaining daughters. Jimena is no longer a Daughter. must remember that. tell me what you think. chapter two soon to come or it might just stay one shot.

this also might look familiar as it was posted under my HP user name, poke-the-sleeping-dragon but it has since been moved and is now on this account along with TP fics.

sorry to say i forgot to put the notice that this story contains spoilers in the summary, so, well, it does. anyway, someone wanted to know what happened to Tianna.

i was reading the Sons of Dark book partly because Lynne Ewing wrote them, partly because i wanted to see what happened to the Daughters. in book three, outcast, kyle finds out that serena is with her father, serena and vanessa are imprisoned somewhere, jimena can't help because it might shift the balance unfavorably, tianna gave up her life sob, yes, this was the hardest to except and things are at an all-over standstill.

kyle ormond has three roommates, obie, samuel, and berto. berto gets door-jobs at clubs that obie plays at ("Em had been ready to have fun at the exclusive new club Berto had gotten his friends into") and obie is in a popular band called Pagan. don't want to give too much away tho! also, all four boys were servi and are immortals. kyle is mentioned in book 11, The Prophecy.

if anyone needs anymore information or has any for me (which i really want to know of, even if it doesn't happen to pertain to the story) please lemme now!