DISCLAIMER: I don't own Daughters of the Moon or any related things, but I've made up some characters for this.
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All of the girls shoved themselves into the car and buckled up as Jimena started the engine. Jimena gripped the wheel to start to pull out of the parking lot but pulled her hands away and looked back at Carmen.
"Don't go to Planet Bang," she said. Carmen gave an uneasy smile, they were so anxious to bring her there yet she couldn't go back. How ironic.
"Remember, Jimena gets premonitions," Serena pointed out. "You'll have to trust her."
"But what did you see?" Carmen asked. Jimena just bit her lip and grabbed the steering wheel - Carmen knew that if she found out she wouldn't want to know after all.
Catty looked over at her and mumbled, "Sometimes Jimena doesn't like to tell, especially if-" She paused and looked ahead.
"No, really, what?" Carmen did not like that they were leaving her out like this. But Catty just shook her head disappointed.
During the car ride there was an uneasy silence even though music was booming from the speakers. Carmen walked into her house after she was dropped off to find her mom in the living room.
"Dove eravate?" Carmen's mom asked. She spoke less and less Italian nowadays and to hear her speak it made Carmen uneasy. She only spoke it when she got really stressed and barely noticed she wasn't speaking English.
"I was at Planet bang, Mom," Carmen replied.
"Dovreste chiedermi. Le vie non sono sicuri."
Carmen sighed and sat down next to her mother. She, like any teenager would if their mom just said the streets weren't safe, wanted to say the streets were safe enough and not to worry about her. But she couldn't. Inside her heart she always knew that something evil dwelled with the dark of the moon, and now she knew what it was. The very thought of the Atrox made her tremble.
Her mom stroked Carmen's hair and Carmen tilted her head. So badly she wanted to tell her mother exactly what she just found out she was. But she couldn't.
"Mom, niente è mai sicuro più," Carmen replied. "I wish that I could just be little again, when I was a little kid I never seemed to notice all the bad things in the world."
"Me too. But yet another one of my little girls is growing up." Her mother turned over and hugged her; then pulled back after a minute, once again her motherly self. "Up to bed... It's past midnight."
Carmen walked up the narrow stairs of her house to her room. She looked out the open window with a sudden curiosity. The nightlife boomed outside, she felt her lips curl to a dangerous smirk. "I have a power now," Carmen said. Every molecule in her body ached to turn into something, something that would bring her outside.
She gave into the will of her body and the world seemed to grow around her as she became a raven like the one on the building across the street. Her arms became wings and with an odd instinct she was able to work them to her will, she glided outside and over the city.
Something dark stuck out in front of her. It was darker than the night itself. Though it seemed like nothing but a shadow, it zoomed towards her menacingly. It pushed into her and seemed to grab at her, she struggled to get away but to no avail. She looked around as the world spun around her. The ground was getting closer and the dark shadow had a tight grip on her - there was no escape.
She closed her eyes tight. If she died, she didn't want to see what it was like to hit the hard pavement.
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Italian to English translations:
"Dove eravate?" = "Where were you?"
"Dovreste chiedermi. Le vie non sono sicuri." = "You should've asked me. The streets aren't safe."
"Niente è mai sicuro più." = "Nothing is ever safe anymore."
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All of the girls shoved themselves into the car and buckled up as Jimena started the engine. Jimena gripped the wheel to start to pull out of the parking lot but pulled her hands away and looked back at Carmen.
"Don't go to Planet Bang," she said. Carmen gave an uneasy smile, they were so anxious to bring her there yet she couldn't go back. How ironic.
"Remember, Jimena gets premonitions," Serena pointed out. "You'll have to trust her."
"But what did you see?" Carmen asked. Jimena just bit her lip and grabbed the steering wheel - Carmen knew that if she found out she wouldn't want to know after all.
Catty looked over at her and mumbled, "Sometimes Jimena doesn't like to tell, especially if-" She paused and looked ahead.
"No, really, what?" Carmen did not like that they were leaving her out like this. But Catty just shook her head disappointed.
During the car ride there was an uneasy silence even though music was booming from the speakers. Carmen walked into her house after she was dropped off to find her mom in the living room.
"Dove eravate?" Carmen's mom asked. She spoke less and less Italian nowadays and to hear her speak it made Carmen uneasy. She only spoke it when she got really stressed and barely noticed she wasn't speaking English.
"I was at Planet bang, Mom," Carmen replied.
"Dovreste chiedermi. Le vie non sono sicuri."
Carmen sighed and sat down next to her mother. She, like any teenager would if their mom just said the streets weren't safe, wanted to say the streets were safe enough and not to worry about her. But she couldn't. Inside her heart she always knew that something evil dwelled with the dark of the moon, and now she knew what it was. The very thought of the Atrox made her tremble.
Her mom stroked Carmen's hair and Carmen tilted her head. So badly she wanted to tell her mother exactly what she just found out she was. But she couldn't.
"Mom, niente è mai sicuro più," Carmen replied. "I wish that I could just be little again, when I was a little kid I never seemed to notice all the bad things in the world."
"Me too. But yet another one of my little girls is growing up." Her mother turned over and hugged her; then pulled back after a minute, once again her motherly self. "Up to bed... It's past midnight."
Carmen walked up the narrow stairs of her house to her room. She looked out the open window with a sudden curiosity. The nightlife boomed outside, she felt her lips curl to a dangerous smirk. "I have a power now," Carmen said. Every molecule in her body ached to turn into something, something that would bring her outside.
She gave into the will of her body and the world seemed to grow around her as she became a raven like the one on the building across the street. Her arms became wings and with an odd instinct she was able to work them to her will, she glided outside and over the city.
Something dark stuck out in front of her. It was darker than the night itself. Though it seemed like nothing but a shadow, it zoomed towards her menacingly. It pushed into her and seemed to grab at her, she struggled to get away but to no avail. She looked around as the world spun around her. The ground was getting closer and the dark shadow had a tight grip on her - there was no escape.
She closed her eyes tight. If she died, she didn't want to see what it was like to hit the hard pavement.
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Italian to English translations:
"Dove eravate?" = "Where were you?"
"Dovreste chiedermi. Le vie non sono sicuri." = "You should've asked me. The streets aren't safe."
"Niente è mai sicuro più." = "Nothing is ever safe anymore."