Disclaimer: I don't own any of Lynne Ewing's characters.
"What do you want Stanton?"
"How was school?" Stanton stood up from the bed and sat next to Lain.
She narrowed her eyes. "You messed with my schedule, didn't you?" she had an angry tone.
"Just a little" Stanton grinned evilly and began to finger through Lain's hair.
"Why?"
"I thought you wanted to meet Serena."
Lain was remembering when Serena had tried to enter her mind this morning. "Her mind reading isn't as strong as I thought" she had expected a challenge from her fellow dark goddess. Hopefully Serena just underestimated her. Stanton frowned slightly and walked to the window. He didn't like the disappointment in Lain's voice. Stanton wanted her to be pleased with Serena.
"Stanton, I know what you were trying to do. But I'm not ready to join them" Lain's eyes turned sad, but cold as well.
Stanton began to dissolve into the night. "I'll see you at the dungeon," he whispered into her mind.
STANTON"S POV
Stanton was floating in the night sky. He didn't expect Lain to be so sad and filled with disappointment. He wanted what was best for Lain. Stanton knew that if she remained an outcast she would continue to hurt herself. Stanton slipped through Serena's opened window. Serena was looking in the mirror. She was wearing a black dress with an open back and it went just above her knees. She had on gold loop earrings and gold glitter on her hair and some in her hair.
"Beautiful" Stanton thought
"Thank you" Serena giggled.
She turned around and wrapped her arms around Stanton's neck. Stanton replied by placing his arm around her waist.
"Are you coming to Planet Bang tonight?"she asked him
"Not tonight" he kissed her forehead and pulled her close. Serena pouted slightly.
"How was your first day back?" Stanton asked. Trying to change the subject. Serena looked at him for a moment and then explained about the new girl in all her classes.
"We think she way be a new type of follower. Do you know who she is?"
"I might know about her." Stanton was careful to hide his memories of Lain. He didn't want Serena to know about her being a goddess yet.
"Well we're going to go ask Maggie tomorrow" Serena said.
Before Stanton could reply to that, there was a knock on Serena's door.
"Hey chica, time to go and party" Jimena's voice could be heard from behind the bedroom door. Stanton gave Serena a quick kiss and disappeared into the shadows.
LAIN'S POV
Lain was drying her hair. She had just finished taking a shower. Her thoughts continued to linger on Stanton. Why did he try to reveal her to the daughters of the moon? The thought of joining them made her angry with herself. Lain could never be angry with Stanton, but this time it might be hard to forgive him. The shadows in her room gave her comfort with there soothing whispers. She could feel the moon rising above the horizon. She went to her closet and grabbed a black miniskirt and a black seamless camisole tank top. Lain ripped the price tags off and quickly put them on. Lain walked to her dresser, took out a pair of black arm socks and put them on. She grabbed the curling iron and began to curl random strands of hair. She then put on raven black eyeliner around her eyes and cover her eye lids with smoke eyeshadow. She put on a pair of high heeled sandals. Lastly she ran silver shimmer through her hair. Lain walked over to the mirror and looked at her reflection. It was mysterious and ghastly, she smiled at this, because it proved that her suspicions were correct.
"I'm no goddess" she said to her reflection
She tucked her moon amulet into her shirt and walked out of her room and out of her house. Her cousins weren't home yet, which meant the van or the motorcycle wasn't there. Lain's only option was to walk. She didn't mind, after all it was a beautiful night. Twenty minutes later Lain was standing outside the Dungeon. It's loud techno and metal music could be heard clearly to Lain. She entered through the doors of the regular looking building. She was walking through a narrow hall way, the walls were black all around. In the hallway couples were making out and rolling around on the floor. Lain ignored them and walked into the dungeon. Her moon amulet began to glow and she knew why, over half of the people there were followers of the Atrox.
"Party time" Lain smiled coldly Lain saw Yvonne, a follower that became a lecta last year. Yvonne was dancing between two guys. She was wearing a see through camisole with a dark green mini skirt. She looked up and saw Lain.
"Come dance with me" Yvonne entered Lain's mind.
Lain didn't worry about Yvonne, they hadn't known each other long, but they did have something in common. They both worked closely with Stanton. When Lain got to Yvonne the two men left with a wave of Yvonne's hand.
"Looks like you got them wrapped around good."
Yvonne smirked "Yeah but they get boring after a while"
Yvonne's hand intertwined with Lain's and they began to dance. Their hips moving to the beat of the music. After what seemed like an eternity of dancing Yvonne and Lain sat down on a nearby couch. They began discussing about the latest initiates and how the Atrox is conjuring up a new plan to destroy the goddesses.
"Don't worry. The Atrox only wants the key and besides I doubt the Atrox would even consider you one of them." Yvonne added.
Lain laughed "like I would be desperate enough to join those girls." Yvonne began to laugh as well.
The techno music ended and it was replaced with a screaming heavy metal tune. Just then Tymmie walked to them and sat next to Lain on the couch. Tymmie was tall, had white-blonde hair with black roots.
"I've been looking for you" he whispered into Lain's mind.
"So I heard."
He glared at Yvonne. She gave him a innocent looking smile and said " wasn't me"
Tymmie ignored her gesture, took Lain's hand and led her to the dance floor. Lain wrapped her arms around Tymmie's neck. He put his arm around Lain's waist and pulled her closer to him. They danced slowly compared to the people jumping up and down to the heavy metal music. Lain had always thought of Tymmie as the kind a guy who would never show his feelings to anyone. But last year she had been proven wrong when he had helped her beat down a couple of followers who were trying to make a name for themselves by killing a goddess on the dark of the moon. Stanton was so relieved to see Lain alive that he overlooked the fact that Tymmie had feelings for her. But after awhile he started to notice Tymmie's infatuation for her. Lain brushed her lips against Tymmie's neck. She never understood why he was so attracted to her. Sadly she never felt the same about him and no matter how many times Tymmie looked into her mind he would never find the answer. Which was impossible, everyone has feeling toward something no matter how small the thought. Why is it that he couldn't find the a single emotional feeling, only memories and even they didn't have any emotional attachment to them.
"What are you looking for?" Lain pressed closer against him. She found his cold aura and quiet thoughts comforting. Tymmie's right hand made it's way to the back of Lain's neck. He gently tilted her head up. "This" she kissed her passionately. Lain leaned into the kiss.
"Mind if I have a turn" Lain heard Stanton's voice and broke the kiss with Tymmie. Stanton was standing next to them.
Tymmie licked his lips in satisfaction. "Sure. She tastes really good"
Stanton grabbed Lain and kissed her. Lain didn't mind, she knew it was just an act to fool Tymmie. When the kissed ended Stanton pulled Lain off the dance floor, and out of The Dungeon.
"What did you want to talk about?" Lain asked.
The sun peeked through Lain's bedroom windows. She opened her eyes to find herself sleeping in her bed. She got out of her bed quickly.
"NO! Stanton"
"What do you want Stanton?"
"How was school?" Stanton stood up from the bed and sat next to Lain.
She narrowed her eyes. "You messed with my schedule, didn't you?" she had an angry tone.
"Just a little" Stanton grinned evilly and began to finger through Lain's hair.
"Why?"
"I thought you wanted to meet Serena."
Lain was remembering when Serena had tried to enter her mind this morning. "Her mind reading isn't as strong as I thought" she had expected a challenge from her fellow dark goddess. Hopefully Serena just underestimated her. Stanton frowned slightly and walked to the window. He didn't like the disappointment in Lain's voice. Stanton wanted her to be pleased with Serena.
"Stanton, I know what you were trying to do. But I'm not ready to join them" Lain's eyes turned sad, but cold as well.
Stanton began to dissolve into the night. "I'll see you at the dungeon," he whispered into her mind.
STANTON"S POV
Stanton was floating in the night sky. He didn't expect Lain to be so sad and filled with disappointment. He wanted what was best for Lain. Stanton knew that if she remained an outcast she would continue to hurt herself. Stanton slipped through Serena's opened window. Serena was looking in the mirror. She was wearing a black dress with an open back and it went just above her knees. She had on gold loop earrings and gold glitter on her hair and some in her hair.
"Beautiful" Stanton thought
"Thank you" Serena giggled.
She turned around and wrapped her arms around Stanton's neck. Stanton replied by placing his arm around her waist.
"Are you coming to Planet Bang tonight?"she asked him
"Not tonight" he kissed her forehead and pulled her close. Serena pouted slightly.
"How was your first day back?" Stanton asked. Trying to change the subject. Serena looked at him for a moment and then explained about the new girl in all her classes.
"We think she way be a new type of follower. Do you know who she is?"
"I might know about her." Stanton was careful to hide his memories of Lain. He didn't want Serena to know about her being a goddess yet.
"Well we're going to go ask Maggie tomorrow" Serena said.
Before Stanton could reply to that, there was a knock on Serena's door.
"Hey chica, time to go and party" Jimena's voice could be heard from behind the bedroom door. Stanton gave Serena a quick kiss and disappeared into the shadows.
LAIN'S POV
Lain was drying her hair. She had just finished taking a shower. Her thoughts continued to linger on Stanton. Why did he try to reveal her to the daughters of the moon? The thought of joining them made her angry with herself. Lain could never be angry with Stanton, but this time it might be hard to forgive him. The shadows in her room gave her comfort with there soothing whispers. She could feel the moon rising above the horizon. She went to her closet and grabbed a black miniskirt and a black seamless camisole tank top. Lain ripped the price tags off and quickly put them on. Lain walked to her dresser, took out a pair of black arm socks and put them on. She grabbed the curling iron and began to curl random strands of hair. She then put on raven black eyeliner around her eyes and cover her eye lids with smoke eyeshadow. She put on a pair of high heeled sandals. Lastly she ran silver shimmer through her hair. Lain walked over to the mirror and looked at her reflection. It was mysterious and ghastly, she smiled at this, because it proved that her suspicions were correct.
"I'm no goddess" she said to her reflection
She tucked her moon amulet into her shirt and walked out of her room and out of her house. Her cousins weren't home yet, which meant the van or the motorcycle wasn't there. Lain's only option was to walk. She didn't mind, after all it was a beautiful night. Twenty minutes later Lain was standing outside the Dungeon. It's loud techno and metal music could be heard clearly to Lain. She entered through the doors of the regular looking building. She was walking through a narrow hall way, the walls were black all around. In the hallway couples were making out and rolling around on the floor. Lain ignored them and walked into the dungeon. Her moon amulet began to glow and she knew why, over half of the people there were followers of the Atrox.
"Party time" Lain smiled coldly Lain saw Yvonne, a follower that became a lecta last year. Yvonne was dancing between two guys. She was wearing a see through camisole with a dark green mini skirt. She looked up and saw Lain.
"Come dance with me" Yvonne entered Lain's mind.
Lain didn't worry about Yvonne, they hadn't known each other long, but they did have something in common. They both worked closely with Stanton. When Lain got to Yvonne the two men left with a wave of Yvonne's hand.
"Looks like you got them wrapped around good."
Yvonne smirked "Yeah but they get boring after a while"
Yvonne's hand intertwined with Lain's and they began to dance. Their hips moving to the beat of the music. After what seemed like an eternity of dancing Yvonne and Lain sat down on a nearby couch. They began discussing about the latest initiates and how the Atrox is conjuring up a new plan to destroy the goddesses.
"Don't worry. The Atrox only wants the key and besides I doubt the Atrox would even consider you one of them." Yvonne added.
Lain laughed "like I would be desperate enough to join those girls." Yvonne began to laugh as well.
The techno music ended and it was replaced with a screaming heavy metal tune. Just then Tymmie walked to them and sat next to Lain on the couch. Tymmie was tall, had white-blonde hair with black roots.
"I've been looking for you" he whispered into Lain's mind.
"So I heard."
He glared at Yvonne. She gave him a innocent looking smile and said " wasn't me"
Tymmie ignored her gesture, took Lain's hand and led her to the dance floor. Lain wrapped her arms around Tymmie's neck. He put his arm around Lain's waist and pulled her closer to him. They danced slowly compared to the people jumping up and down to the heavy metal music. Lain had always thought of Tymmie as the kind a guy who would never show his feelings to anyone. But last year she had been proven wrong when he had helped her beat down a couple of followers who were trying to make a name for themselves by killing a goddess on the dark of the moon. Stanton was so relieved to see Lain alive that he overlooked the fact that Tymmie had feelings for her. But after awhile he started to notice Tymmie's infatuation for her. Lain brushed her lips against Tymmie's neck. She never understood why he was so attracted to her. Sadly she never felt the same about him and no matter how many times Tymmie looked into her mind he would never find the answer. Which was impossible, everyone has feeling toward something no matter how small the thought. Why is it that he couldn't find the a single emotional feeling, only memories and even they didn't have any emotional attachment to them.
"What are you looking for?" Lain pressed closer against him. She found his cold aura and quiet thoughts comforting. Tymmie's right hand made it's way to the back of Lain's neck. He gently tilted her head up. "This" she kissed her passionately. Lain leaned into the kiss.
"Mind if I have a turn" Lain heard Stanton's voice and broke the kiss with Tymmie. Stanton was standing next to them.
Tymmie licked his lips in satisfaction. "Sure. She tastes really good"
Stanton grabbed Lain and kissed her. Lain didn't mind, she knew it was just an act to fool Tymmie. When the kissed ended Stanton pulled Lain off the dance floor, and out of The Dungeon.
"What did you want to talk about?" Lain asked.
The sun peeked through Lain's bedroom windows. She opened her eyes to find herself sleeping in her bed. She got out of her bed quickly.
"NO! Stanton"