AN: Omg. Can you believe that we're here? Book 3. Le gasp.
Summary: Blaze Mitchells is content is who she is. Even though she is the oldest Daughter and knows her time as one is short, she enjoys everything about it. In fact, she visits Jimena daily to master her gift of time. This is where things for her begin to swirl. She and Conrad become closer than friends should be, much to the dismay of her best friend, Hailley. But Blaze doesn't want to stop seeing Conrad. On the verge of losing her best friend—and mind—she meets three very interesting girls that explain to her of another destiny she's forced to follow. What if she doesn't want to be this "Chosen One" they claim she is? Desperate for a helpful ear, she tells her other friend Erik everything that's been bugging her as of late. Little does she know how big of a threat dear little Erik has become until she's led into the biggest trap of her Daughter existence. One good thing about it all: Conrad isn't so much a dog that she once thought he was. Too bad that the dark side isn't willing to let her go yet.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Daughters of the Moon. If I did…Well, Book 13 would be out, and Chris would certainly not be dead! I do, however, own Blaze, Torrence, Hailley, Auriella, Conrad, Erik, the Pandora Daughters and the concept of the Pandora Daughters. I also own the plot. -.-; Which, unfortunately…well, I'll get into that later, okay? In any case, if there is anything else in here that you may not recognize, I probably own it too.
Prologue
Every generation of Daughters has a girl belonging to the mischievous and dark world of Pandora. In this world, the girl can be who she was really meant to be.
Vanessa Saratoga loved her little speech, something she would tell Blaze when it was time for her to come to the previous dual Daughter. Yet, this time around, there would not only be the dual Daughter, but three others, completing the quartet.
Vanessa realized when Torrence came to her and introduced her to the three already-formed Pandora Daughters—Ariel, Gissele, and Evangelina—that this was the reason why Selene had sent her back when she had chosen the metamorphosis so long ago. Why Pandora had banded her Daughters together now was something she didn't know. It was a bit of mystery, a mystery she desperately wished to know.
"Vanessa, my darling daughter, why do you have to worry so much?" A soft chuckle came from behind the blonde woman.
Vanessa turned quickly, facing her other mother, the one she discovered about through the mouth of a demon. "I don't understand why a Daughter of the Moon is also a Daughter of Pandora."
"In each set of Daughters, there is one pure Daughter. The others have severe dark sides. Now, by severe, I don't exactly mean ruling. I just mean that they are a strong presence.
"The purpose of a Pandora Daughter in a moon goddess is to eliminate her as this ultimate good force. Call it karma's way of making sure no one comes out on top at the beginning of the game," Pandora laughed, a wry smile on her perfect mouth.
"But why three other Daughters, Pandora? Why bring them together now?" Vanessa asked, needing to know the answer of her burning question. Deep down, she was afraid of the answer.
"My darling, the four I have chosen, they can all lead very dark, destructive paths, including Blaze, who was supposed to be the ultimate good girl. Some will, some won't. Some will choose to be Pandora. It seems strange now, but my daughters, Selene's daughters, and the Gods of Night will become dissolved into the forces of good and evil. Thousands of years, and we still have not seen the outcome of these battles. Perhaps there truly isn't one.
"One of my daughters, as you well know, has passed her test. Ariel belongs to good, as does her guardian, Orlando."
"Pandora, how do I help them if some will become evil?" Vanessa felt like her mentoring position was automatically set up to fail. How does one keep another from being curious?
"Be there for them, like no one was there for you in you time of choosing. I can only pray the gods will help them to the side of good."
