As I waited outside for Jimena, I felt a peculiar breeze wrap comfortingly around me. It made my little hairs stand on edge. It twisted up my body to my face and caressed my cheek. I could almost feel the warmth of someone's touch.
Quickly, I released my senses, but came up with nothing. I stretched as far as around the corner and could even feel the Daughters coming.
There was no other presence in the air, though. A shiver ran down my back. I thought I was powerful enough that not even a high member of the Cincti could block me. Hell, I even thought my father couldn't block me.
I had all of his power, plus some. I'm not sure where I had inherited my special powers from, but I had them, and made sure my father didn't know about them.
It seemed ages before the Daughters showed up. I was so relieved when they did though. I could hear the music pounding from the car; I could even feel the vibrations on the street.
I smiled slyly and looked down the street again before stepping into the car. I could see the girls looking at me in awe.
I didn't want to gloat but I did look particularly good tonight. I was dressed tight, super low-rise black jeans, with a slinky black and silver halter top, it had phoenix and floral designs and only had a string to tie in the back. It was very revealing. I applied glitter all over my body and just seemed to shimmer every where, especially under the moonlight. My hair hung all the way down to my jeans, very straight and silky.
"Hey hot stuff!" Catty shouted teasingly. I smiled coyly in reply as I sat down.
"Good thing you dressed for clubbing, because we had changed our minds and decided to go to a rave!" Serena yelled excitedly over the music.
"Yeah, we were going to call, but we didn't have your number," Vanessa, who was sitting beside me, whispered into my ear.
"Yeah, I guess I got away lucky with that one!" I replied for all of them to hear.
Jimena smiled wily and said, "Well! Let's hit it!" She punched the gas and we were off at a dangerously fast speed towards the outskirts of LA.
If I wasn't immortal I would have feared for my life with Jimena at the wheel. There was only 1 stop light that she actually stopped at. She definitely has lived la vida loca, as she called it.
While sitting quietly in the car, I tried to enter her mind to read the premonition she had about me earlier. The strange thing was I couldn't enter her mind.
I began to panic when I tried to enter the minds of the other girls. Theirs were all blocked off also. What the hell?
I knew my powers were back to full strength. I had been practicing after Stanton left. Why couldn't I get into their heads?
Suddenly a glint caught my eye on Vanessa's neck. To help cover my intentions when I grabbed Vanessa's new necklace I said, "Wow, what I pretty necklace! Where'd you get it?"
I hated that necklace with all my might. It was a necklace that blocked mind reading. I couldn't remember what goddess has made it and I didn't particularly care at the moment. It was in the shape of a dragon. Dragons were fierce protectors and did their job well.
"Oh, a friend of mine. She's sort of like my mentor, I guess," Vanessa said nervously as she gently took the necklace out of my hands. Before she had taken the charm away from me however, I was able to get a peek in her mind.
All of the Daughters had received the necklace. Strange thing was that they had an extra necklace. It was in Serena's pocket. I wondered why Maggie would give them an extra one. Who was it for?
We finally reached the rave. As soon as I stepped out of the car, I could feel the strange breeze wrap around me again. I gasped and shivered, the wind was filled with bad intentions.
"Melanie? What is it?" Vanessa asked alarmed. As soon as she spoke, the breeze left me. From behind me I could hear her gasp too.
"What was that?" Vanessa said with a ghostly tone in her voice. Her moon amulet, along with the rest of the Daughter's shined fiercely.
Automatically I could feel their powers start to build up. The air around me seemed to get denser. Sparks of electricity came out when Vanessa reached out to touch me because of the difference of our powers.
I jerked away quickly and said, "Ouch!"
The rest of the Daughter's came quickly to our side, looking around curiously and protectively.
"Do you think it's her?" Catty asked quietly.
My eyes widened, how could I tell them it wasn't me? "Who?" I asked with fake curiosity.
"Melantha," Tianna said subconsciously. As if on cue, right after Tianna had said that a violent wind blew through. Sand pebbles hit the bare parts of my body hard. It felt like little needles stinging. What was going on?
"Tianna! Cállate," Jimena shouted harshly over the wind. Just as quickly as it had come the wind stopped.
We all looked around us, suspicious. It was eerily quiet. It didn't feel safe to be outside anymore.
Most of the people, who were outside, were now coming out from their hiding places. Soon they all started their own little party again.
"I think we should go inside now." I said softly and slowly.
Everyone nodded in agreement and we headed towards the party. It felt nice to hear the music pound through my body. As soon as we hit the dance floor I began to dance. The others also began to dance with me.
We all moved in time and to the beat. Kids who had been dancing around us started to stare at us in awe. You could tell that most of the guys were having some very x-rated thoughts about us.
I felt truly happy for once in my life. I felt like a normal teenager. I could feel the joy rush through my whole body.
Finally the song we were all dancing to stopped and a new one started. Our dance group broke up and went off to dance with others.
Before Jimena left she whispered in my ear, "We should all dance together more often. It adds a little spice to have a sixth in our little group."
I looked back, smiled, and yelled over the music, "I wish!"
Jimena shot me a curious look, shrugged and began dancing with someone.
I continued dancing solo, politely turning away from any guy who tried to dance with me. I closed my eyes and let the music take over.
I don't know how long I had danced for when I felt a hand rest slightly on my shoulders then run gently down my back. I got the familiar tingle, as he rested his hands on my waist and slowly circled them around me.
I smiled and turned around to face Blake. We began dancing very sinuously. When the song ended he led me through the crowd to the back.
"I'm glad you decided to show up. It wouldn't have been much fun without you." Blake said as he brushed away some sand that had stuck to my shoulder.
"It was sort of a last minute idea," I replied.
"You look amazing tonight," he said as he looked me over, his thoughts were obvious.
"Thanks," I paused.
A sudden thought occurred to me. I quickly grabbed Blake's wrist to read his watch. It read 11:30, I didn't have much longer. We all had already been here an hour. Time flies fast.
As sensing that I had to leave, Blake quickly stole a kiss. It started off slow and chaste, but quickly turned hungry. I returned the kiss, knowing this was probably going to be my last. I could wait a little while longer to finish my plan.
It was so hard to pull away from him, but I had to. Any longer and I didn't know what I would do. Actually I did, I would take Blake away from here and do some very dirty things. I couldn't though. It wouldn't be fair to him.
"I'm sorry Blake. I have to-" Blake put a finger to my mouth to silence me.
He looked at me sorrowfully, "I know, you have to go."
I smiled sweetly and touched his cheek, "I really am sorry."
"Go," He said quietly. I could tell he was hurt. I quickly gave him a peck on the cheek and left to find everyone. I felt oddly dizzy after leaving him.
Once we were all out of the club and near Jimena's car I stopped walking. I looked around; we were a pretty safe distance from people.
They all turned around to look at me.
"What's wrong?" Serena asked.
"I need to tell you guys something. Something important," I said loudly for all of them to hear. They all looked at me questioningly.
AN: I put this chapter out quickly, because I'm going on vacation for a week (I know I'm going to leave you in suspense! I'm really sorry :( ). It's a little rushed so there'll probably be a few mistakes. If there are any big ones please let me know. I might be able to get another chap up tomorrow but I doubt it. I know however when I do get back I'll look over the chapter and make some changes, so I could take some things out that I didn't like (or add stuff), I don't know though. Hope you guys enjoyed my story so far and thanks a ton for reading!