Disclaimer: I don't own any of Lynne Ewing's characters.
Lain was awakened by the banging on her door and her Aunt Claire's screams.
"Get up, all of you"
Lain growled and slowly crawled out of her bed. She waited until she heard her Aunt's car pull out of the driveway before she opened her bedroom door. Lain walked down the hall and opened the door to Trent's bedroom. He was still in his bed. His hair was a mess. Trent slowly got up.
"Call the school and tell them I'm sick" Trent threw a pillow at Lain
Lain caught the pillow and nodded to his request. She was use to it, Trent hated the day time and would always sleep in until noon. Sometimes even sundown. Just then, Cole exited from his room with his surfing equipment.
"I just got a call from Collin. He says the waves out there are perfect today, so I'm going to skip school. Will you call for me?"
Lain nodded again "who is Collin?"
"Just a surfer I met while you were in Europe. See you later." And with that said Cole left.
Trent walked next to Lain with a blanket wrapped around him. "How can he go surfing so early in the morning" Trent yawned. Lain walked away without answering his question. She called the school and told the secretary that her cousins were sick. She then went into her bathroom, brushed her teeth and took a shower. After her shower Lain put on a cloud grey short sleeve, v- neck shirt and black capris. She brushed her hair and put on her black tennis shoes. Lain took a quick look in the mirror. She had changed a lot in eight years. Not only was her hair longer, but it was colored ice blue at the ends. She had four piercings on each ear, three were at the bottom and one was at the top of her ear. She also had a crescent moon tattoo decorated on her stomach, just around her belly button. Lain remembered the night she got it. It was the day after she found out she was a goddess. Stanton thought the tattoo was proper for the occasion.
Lain sighed. She was grateful to have Stanton as a friend. He was always there for her. He even helped her to control her powers. Memories of her past began to play in her head, but she pushed them aside. She needed to get to school.
Minutes later she was out the door and walking down the street. It was a usual sunny morning, and the trees were singing a beautiful duet with the sunshine. It was a peaceful thing to hear, but soon ended once Lain was close to La Brea High School. The nature spirits never came near heavily crowded areas, unless they were lost souls or shadows of the Atrox. Lain was grateful for this. It made it easier for her to concentrate, the less to hear the better. As she passed through security, she could hear the loud thoughts of random kids near by.
"Is she new here?"
"Ugh! She's wearing black. Probably another Goth."
"Hey she's hot"
Normally the loud thoughts never bothered her except then her acute hearing would kick in.
"I hear she just transferred from east L.A."
"I hear she killed a guy because he tried to dump her."
"She looks creepy"
Lain focused her thoughts and took out her pocket watch. It was always hard for Lain at school. When she was little, she would always have to go home early because she couldn't handle all the voices in her head. She always found it easier to think if she could focus on one particular sound, which explains the pocket watch. Her father would always use it to make Lain fall asleep. Since he died, Lain would always have it with her. Lain made her way to the school office and sat in a chair, waiting for the secretary to give her schedule. While she waited, she listened to the sweet melody of her father's pocket watch.
"You must be Lain Markinson" the secretary looked up from her file cabinet, with Lain's schedule in hand.
Lain nodded without even looking at the woman.
"Well, ok. Here's your schedule. And be sure to give these schedules to your cousins" she handed Lain the three sheets of paper.
She closed her pocket watch, grabbed the sheets of paper and left to her class without saying a word. All the voices came back once she entered her geometry classroom. Lain noticed five girls all sitting together. They all had the same moon amulets. Lain quickly hide hers from view and sat in a seat at the corner of the room.
"Of all the classes in the world, why did I have to be in the same one as them?" Lain asked herself.
Lain never wanted anything to do with them or Maggie. But when Stanton told her about Serena also being a dark goddess, her curiosity had been overwhelming. She wanted to know which one was Serena. Just then Lain immediately closed up her mind. She could feel someone trying to enter. Lain used all the voices in her head and focused them directly to the intruder, so instead of getting into Lain's thoughts all she would get were a dozen screaming voices.
"Aaahh!" one of the girls screamed. She had short hair and a piercing on her noise.
"Serena, are you ok?" a girl with blonde hair asked Serena.
"I don't know" was all Serena could manage to say.
"Jimena would you please escort Ms. Killingsworth to the nurse" the teacher looked to a girl with dark hair. Jimena and Serena were walking out of the classroom Serena glanced back at Lain . Lain couldn't resist giving her an evil smirk and a wave. But that was a mistake because the other three saw Lain's gesture and spent the rest of the class staring at her.
The rest of the school day was pretty much the same way. Lain went to a class and they were all there. There last period was gym. By then Lain figured that this was too much of a coincidence for her to be in all of their classes.
"Stanton" Lain finally concluded while running her sixth lap. The gym teacher gave the class a free day, so Lain decided to run around the track, mainly because everyone else was playing volleyball or tennis. Lain looked in the direction of the tennis courts. Vanessa, Tianna, Serena and Jimena were playing team tennis. Catty was sitting on the sidelines, drawing something in her sketch book. When Lain was finished with her tenth lap, she went to the locker room to get changed. The five goddesses were two minutes behind her, so it wasn't hard for Lain to hear them follow her. She got dressed quickly, the sooner she met with Stanton the better. Lain grabbed her bag and exited the locker room at the very same time that the five girls came in. As she was leaving, Lain could hear some of their conversation.
"She's just afraid of what we might do to her" Jimena was saying in a confident tone.
"Do you think she's a follower?" Vanessa asked.
"I don't know. But I want to find out" Serena said. And that was the last thing Lain wanted to hear as she was walking off of the school grounds.
Lain didn't get home until the sun began to set. As she was climbing the stairs, she hears a noise in her room. When she was two feet away from her door, her moon amulet started to glow. Lain smirked and opened the door to her room. Stanton was laying comfortably on her bed, as if he owned it. He looked at Lain with his blue luminescent eyes. Lain dropped her bag and walked into her bathroom, completely ignoring Stanton. After splashing cold water on her face she sat down on the end of her bed.
"What do you want Stanton?"
Lain was awakened by the banging on her door and her Aunt Claire's screams.
"Get up, all of you"
Lain growled and slowly crawled out of her bed. She waited until she heard her Aunt's car pull out of the driveway before she opened her bedroom door. Lain walked down the hall and opened the door to Trent's bedroom. He was still in his bed. His hair was a mess. Trent slowly got up.
"Call the school and tell them I'm sick" Trent threw a pillow at Lain
Lain caught the pillow and nodded to his request. She was use to it, Trent hated the day time and would always sleep in until noon. Sometimes even sundown. Just then, Cole exited from his room with his surfing equipment.
"I just got a call from Collin. He says the waves out there are perfect today, so I'm going to skip school. Will you call for me?"
Lain nodded again "who is Collin?"
"Just a surfer I met while you were in Europe. See you later." And with that said Cole left.
Trent walked next to Lain with a blanket wrapped around him. "How can he go surfing so early in the morning" Trent yawned. Lain walked away without answering his question. She called the school and told the secretary that her cousins were sick. She then went into her bathroom, brushed her teeth and took a shower. After her shower Lain put on a cloud grey short sleeve, v- neck shirt and black capris. She brushed her hair and put on her black tennis shoes. Lain took a quick look in the mirror. She had changed a lot in eight years. Not only was her hair longer, but it was colored ice blue at the ends. She had four piercings on each ear, three were at the bottom and one was at the top of her ear. She also had a crescent moon tattoo decorated on her stomach, just around her belly button. Lain remembered the night she got it. It was the day after she found out she was a goddess. Stanton thought the tattoo was proper for the occasion.
Lain sighed. She was grateful to have Stanton as a friend. He was always there for her. He even helped her to control her powers. Memories of her past began to play in her head, but she pushed them aside. She needed to get to school.
Minutes later she was out the door and walking down the street. It was a usual sunny morning, and the trees were singing a beautiful duet with the sunshine. It was a peaceful thing to hear, but soon ended once Lain was close to La Brea High School. The nature spirits never came near heavily crowded areas, unless they were lost souls or shadows of the Atrox. Lain was grateful for this. It made it easier for her to concentrate, the less to hear the better. As she passed through security, she could hear the loud thoughts of random kids near by.
"Is she new here?"
"Ugh! She's wearing black. Probably another Goth."
"Hey she's hot"
Normally the loud thoughts never bothered her except then her acute hearing would kick in.
"I hear she just transferred from east L.A."
"I hear she killed a guy because he tried to dump her."
"She looks creepy"
Lain focused her thoughts and took out her pocket watch. It was always hard for Lain at school. When she was little, she would always have to go home early because she couldn't handle all the voices in her head. She always found it easier to think if she could focus on one particular sound, which explains the pocket watch. Her father would always use it to make Lain fall asleep. Since he died, Lain would always have it with her. Lain made her way to the school office and sat in a chair, waiting for the secretary to give her schedule. While she waited, she listened to the sweet melody of her father's pocket watch.
"You must be Lain Markinson" the secretary looked up from her file cabinet, with Lain's schedule in hand.
Lain nodded without even looking at the woman.
"Well, ok. Here's your schedule. And be sure to give these schedules to your cousins" she handed Lain the three sheets of paper.
She closed her pocket watch, grabbed the sheets of paper and left to her class without saying a word. All the voices came back once she entered her geometry classroom. Lain noticed five girls all sitting together. They all had the same moon amulets. Lain quickly hide hers from view and sat in a seat at the corner of the room.
"Of all the classes in the world, why did I have to be in the same one as them?" Lain asked herself.
Lain never wanted anything to do with them or Maggie. But when Stanton told her about Serena also being a dark goddess, her curiosity had been overwhelming. She wanted to know which one was Serena. Just then Lain immediately closed up her mind. She could feel someone trying to enter. Lain used all the voices in her head and focused them directly to the intruder, so instead of getting into Lain's thoughts all she would get were a dozen screaming voices.
"Aaahh!" one of the girls screamed. She had short hair and a piercing on her noise.
"Serena, are you ok?" a girl with blonde hair asked Serena.
"I don't know" was all Serena could manage to say.
"Jimena would you please escort Ms. Killingsworth to the nurse" the teacher looked to a girl with dark hair. Jimena and Serena were walking out of the classroom Serena glanced back at Lain . Lain couldn't resist giving her an evil smirk and a wave. But that was a mistake because the other three saw Lain's gesture and spent the rest of the class staring at her.
The rest of the school day was pretty much the same way. Lain went to a class and they were all there. There last period was gym. By then Lain figured that this was too much of a coincidence for her to be in all of their classes.
"Stanton" Lain finally concluded while running her sixth lap. The gym teacher gave the class a free day, so Lain decided to run around the track, mainly because everyone else was playing volleyball or tennis. Lain looked in the direction of the tennis courts. Vanessa, Tianna, Serena and Jimena were playing team tennis. Catty was sitting on the sidelines, drawing something in her sketch book. When Lain was finished with her tenth lap, she went to the locker room to get changed. The five goddesses were two minutes behind her, so it wasn't hard for Lain to hear them follow her. She got dressed quickly, the sooner she met with Stanton the better. Lain grabbed her bag and exited the locker room at the very same time that the five girls came in. As she was leaving, Lain could hear some of their conversation.
"She's just afraid of what we might do to her" Jimena was saying in a confident tone.
"Do you think she's a follower?" Vanessa asked.
"I don't know. But I want to find out" Serena said. And that was the last thing Lain wanted to hear as she was walking off of the school grounds.
Lain didn't get home until the sun began to set. As she was climbing the stairs, she hears a noise in her room. When she was two feet away from her door, her moon amulet started to glow. Lain smirked and opened the door to her room. Stanton was laying comfortably on her bed, as if he owned it. He looked at Lain with his blue luminescent eyes. Lain dropped her bag and walked into her bathroom, completely ignoring Stanton. After splashing cold water on her face she sat down on the end of her bed.
"What do you want Stanton?"