A/N: I don't own anything relating to daughters of the moon, that is Lynne Ewing's work. I do own Tetra, Laleyna, Shellie, and Megan

Chapter 4: His World

Vanessa lay in her bed, the goddess Tetra slept next to her, shivering non-stop. The candles would continue to burn for hours since they were lit by magic and gave off little heat making the wax melt slower. Stanton had left after she swore to him that the goddess would not be found by either Cassandra or Jimena. He had nodded and left through the window to find out what was going through the outcast's mind, or Vanessa guessed, the immortals mind. Sitting up Vanessa walked down the hall to her mother's room of clothes that she sewed for the movies and scanned through the dresses. She found one made of leather, it had slits from the top to the bottom laced in corset style. Vanessa held it up to herself and found it would barely cover her thighs. Looking around she found some leather boots with five inch heals that matched perfectly and took them to her room. She was low on cash and knew an easy way to make some money. She'd go to Heaven's Ballroom. Slipping out of the clothes she was wearing she slid into the dress and boots, and put on some red eye shadow, liquid black eyeliner so she could do wings, and a dark red lipstick. Looking at her hair she noticed some of her natural texture was back but she didn't care, she still looked good.

"Vanessa…" Turning, Vanessa looked back at the goddess on her bed and cocked her head to the side, "where are you going?"

"Make some quick cash."

"Mind if I come?" Tetra sat up, she had thought the girl had been asleep but apparently she'd just had her eyes closed because she didn't sound tired at all. "Please, I don't want to be alone right now." Vanessa considered it. Going to Heaven's Ballroom alone had never been a good idea, last time she did that she got caught up with a Moon Demon named Hector, she didn't need a repeat of that episode. The tattoo from the fire she touched when she met him the first time still graced her arms, along with the tattoo Maggie gave her to counteract the magic of Hector's fire.

"Sure, I'll show you where the clothes are." Tetra nodded and stood up, she was walking around just fine now, not tripping or anything. She looked normal now. "You okay?"

"I will be later, I know what happened to me now…" Tetra looked through the clothes and picked out a silky red dress that was just as short as the one Vanessa had on. "That bitch is going to pay for what she did to me." Vanessa looked over at Tetra and gave a very confused look to the goddess, no, fallen goddess. Vanessa could see it in Tetra's eyes, the hunger that followers get. That's why she looks fine now, she's turned… Sliding into the dress, Tetra kept her boots that Vanessa had tried very hard not to steal, very hard. "Where are we going anyway? I never took you for a girl who…"

"Dance for dollars place called Heaven's ballroom. Basically we just dance with guys for money, nothing more. It's decent pay, we're just dates for the night." Tetra nodded, not many people knew about Heaven's Ballroom, but Vanessa remembered one night when there was a bunch of protesters outside of it when Hector had been kidnapping friends of Jimena to get the goddesses to come out to play. Vanessa had nearly become his wife just to save her friends and the friends of her friend.

"We'll meet up there okay?"

"Gotcha," Vanessa separated her molecules and watched Tetra go to do her make-up as she went out the window.

~*~

When Vanessa materialized in the alley next to the ballroom, she ran right into Stanton. He hadn't been there a second before so he must have followed her, or been here hunting. He was wearing black Tripp pants with black straps and chains with a black T-shirt and boots. Staring down at Vanessa he looked very closely at her wardrobe and noticed that she was wearing a thong, making the goddess blush. "What are you doing here?"

"Gunna make some money and cause some trouble if the guy pisses me off." Stanton cocked his eyebrow up and smiled at Vanessa.

"Why go dance with old guys when you could dance with me?" A seductive smile crossed Stanton's face and Vanessa did her best not to give in at that moment. Smartass comment, what's a good smartass comment.

One came to her, "You're calling them old, Stanton you have several centuries on them." Stanton laughed and so did Vanessa. Stanton had been alive since the thirteenth century; they were now in the twenty first. He had no right to go calling the senior citizens old.

"So you're just going to brush off my invitation like that? Perhaps I am not old looking enough for you." Vanessa's eyes turned into slits as she glared up at Stanton, and put her hands on her hips in a daring pose. "Well?"

"You got a place in mind?"

"Yea, I do." Vanessa looked at Stanton shocked then watched Tetra materialize next to her. "Am I interrupting something?"

"No, but Stanton wants to talk to me so you go have fun here, if there's any cute guys feel free to get them to dance with you. They're not as perverted as the geezers." Vanessa smiled and walked with Stanton out of the alley, and the moment they turned the corner, he turned them both to shadows.

~*~

Vanessa recognized the spot he brought her to. It was the bluff that he had shown Serena the cold fire the first time. He led her over to the cliff and Vanessa saw there was a blanket set out with candles and what smelled like authentic Italian food. Looking over at Stanton her jaw dropped and he smiled as he helped her sit down. It's a date! Oh my god he brought me out here for a date!

"And if I did?" Vanessa blushed and Stanton brought out the food from the basket he hid behind one of the rocks. Breadsticks and cheese manicotti were laid out and he brought out a bottle of red wine that looked like it had a few years on it, with some crystal glasses. "Just so you know; I've never done this for anyone."

"Not even Serena?" He shook his head, "why?"

"With her, I was always afraid that I'd lose my control and just change her, you're safe from that threat so I can actually treat you like a goddess should be treated, or worshipped is better choice of wording." Stanton looked up at her, his clear blue eyes penetrating her mind and looked as if he could see her soul. When the food was set out, Stanton brought out an iPod and speakers, which surprisingly had some slow songs on it. Vanessa could feel that her face was red.

Stanton served Vanessa, first he poured her wine, then gave her a breadstick and a couple manicotti. The smells made Vanessa's mouth water. "I cooked all this myself by the way. It was not an easy thing to accomplish but I managed."

"What do you mean?"

"I had to break into someone's kitchen." Vanessa laughed and he smiled at her. Serena had been so lucky, Vanessa had no idea why her friend had left him and gone to Hekate, who was not known for liking men. In fact, she hated them. "It was her choice. I admit, I was upset at first but she was happy with the dark goddess so I never said anything, I just helped her get back to this world so she could follow the moons patterns."

"Oh," Vanessa looked up at the night sky, stars lit up the heavens but it was the second night of the dark moon, both Stanton and Serena were at their strongest, but Vanessa was unaffected either way. Afterlife by Avenged Sevenfold came over the speakers and Vanessa noticed Stanton was actually singing along with the lyrics, but was looking at her, making her blush even more. A loud snap got both of their attentions and Stanton was up in an instant, ready to attack. Through the woods, a shadow appeared and Serena materialized, "fuck…"

"Serena what are you doing here?" Stanton's voice was low, and angry. Vanessa's eye twitched. This was her second dinner with an awesome guy that had been intruded on. Last time it was Tymmie, Stanton, Karyl, and Cassandra. This time it was Serena. (Guess which one pissed her off more.)

"Came to let you know Cassandra is looking for you, wanting to gloat that she's seduced a goddess, and also Jimena is on the war path looking for Tetra. If you know where she is you better warn her if she wants to stay a follower." Serena looked at Vanessa and the dinner set up for her. "Funny, I never got a dinner."

"Guess we know who he likes more then, don't we?" Vanessa said and Serena glared. Stanton looked at Serena to Vanessa, and took a step back. "Plus you left him, I don't see why it matters to you if he makes me a candle lit dinner under the dark moon." Serena growled and the wind picked up a little, blowing the taper candles out. Vanessa looked back at them and lit them with her purple flames, they were wind resistant, then sent a wave of energy at Serena knocking her into a tree. The moan that Serena released was full of pain and she looked up at Vanessa. Serena and Vanessa had been the strongest out of their whole group, because they didn't belong to Selene. They were dark goddesses, and after a while neither gave a damn about the rules. Before Serena could get back up Vanessa sent another wave of energy and knocked Serena unconscious, then walked over to her 'once-friend'. She looked peaceful when she was out cold, but awake she was a total bitch, more than usual. Stanton came up behind her and hugged her close to him, the remake of Careless Whispers by Seether came on and she looked up at him. She had basically promised him that she would dance with him tonight, and this was the perfect song to do so. The purple flames from the candles gave a ghostly look to everything around them.

The feel of his tripp pants against her bare legs was comforting, as if this was how things were meant to be. "Maybe they were." Stanton said and smiled, "if you remember, I invited you a long time ago to join my world. I can't hurt you Vanessa, and back then I couldn't protect you, unlike I can now. I can save you from all of this," Stanton leaned down and whispered in her ear, "come to my world, come with me, be mine, Vanessa." Before she could reply he softly brushed his lips against hers, once, twice, thrice, then kissed her. The kiss was sweet and passionate, and when the kiss broke she whispered one word: yes and then everything went black, but she heard Serena's wicked laughter.

~*~

A/N: Review and ideas are welcome! I'll update soon I promise. Every time I come up with a new idea or get inspired I just get on my computer and start typing, it's starting to annoy me, lmfao.