Prt II: Aria

Chapter Four: The RockOut Prt. III

Aria jerked back slightly when there was a sudden outburst of music. "Whoa." She said.

Ian smiled at her, "Cool huh?"

She looked up at the stage. Why was that girl popping up everywhere?! "Unexpected." She replied.

"C'mon, let's dance." He stated, grabbing her.

It took awhile for Aria to get over her suspicions of Riley, but as soon as she did, she began to enjoy herself. She let her hips sway in accordance to Ian's and a genuine smile appeared on her face.

The song that the band was playing ended, "Fun huh?" Ian asked her.

She nodded, "Didn't think I would like the band though."

Ian laughed, "Most people don't. But it's hard not to enjoy Imy's vocals."

Aria turned to the stage, "That's Imy?" she asked in bewilderment, the girl that was both hated and loved by everyone, was a girl full of piercings and weird clothes? She looked at her and her jaw dropped.

"What is it?" Ian asked with curiosity.

"She has my necklace too." She whispered.

Ian was about to say something, when a loud crash interrupted. Aria's head immediately shot towards the back. A large cluster of people had gathered around the drinks area, and Aria gently made her way through, eager to see what had happened.

She weaved through the crowd with polite 'Excuse me's and surveyed the scene. Ian was right behind her.

The band had kept playing, either oblivious to the accident or trying to distract the crowd, so the air was full of high energy music.

"Keep your hands off of my sister, punk!" She heard yelled.

She ducked between two people, wondering why her interest in the case was so extreme. A lot of them had already left from the crowd and went back to dancing. Aria made her way to the front.

There, she saw a tall man with white hair and a lot of pierces, currently being held up by his collar from another man with dark hair. Both of them had multiple scratches and the dark haired one's nose was bleeding.

In between them was a blonde girl with big blue eyes. She was stunningly pretty, but was obviously intoxicated at the moment.

Ian suddenly showed up beside her and sighed, "That's just Tessa." He muttered.

Aria turned and looked at him, "Tessa?"

Ian nodded, "She goes to La Brea High, but when she gets bored at Planet Bang, she comes over here for an after party." He gestured to Tessa, "It's not the first time something like this has happened."

Aria rose an eyebrow, "What about the other guys?"

"The one with the dark hair is her brother Ezra, a no-nonsense kind of stiff. He comes around occasionally when he's not at school."

Aria's eyes drifted back to the two men. The one with the platinum hair was giving her the chills. Something wasn't right about him, "Who's the other guy?"

Ian seemed to study him, "I don't know, never seen him around here before." He shrugged, "Probably just trying to score with the drunk chick."

Ezra and the unnamed man seemed to be having a conversation without words, the white haired guy pinned against the wall, but smirking as if he had some kind of advantage. Ezra stood with his eyes narrowed and boring into the other man's. Tessa sat in the middle, a cloudy and dazed look etched on her face.

Aria was balanced between two sides. She knew she had to try and help the situation, but at the same time she felt like it was none of her business. After a few moments of an internal battle, she sighed and made her way over to the two.

"Sorry, but what's going on here?" She demanded politely, sounding much braver than she felt.

"Buzz off." Came the platinum haired one, his eyes now seemed to be fixed in concentration.

Aria sighed, knowing she would feel guilty if she didn't resolve it, "Look," She said, her voice tainted with superiority, "If you guys want to rip each other's throats out, fine. But do it outside." She gestured at all the shattered glass around them, "People in here could get hurt."

The blonde guy's concentration snapped, and he blinked a few times. He slowly looked at Aria, "Looks like we got ourselves a little vigilante." He sneered.

Ezra, however, blinked and then pushed the blonde man away from him as fast as he could, "Get away from me!" He bellowed, shoving him into the wall and backing away.

The blonde man began to laugh extremely hard, "Big brother!" He yelled, "I'd advise you to keep your lil sis on a tight leash." He looked at the intoxicated Tessa, "She could get into trouble."

Ezra shot a look at the man before he grabbed his sister protectively around her shoulders and steered her outside.

The man stood, and cracked his neck from side to side, he then gazed at Aria. She noticed then that his stare was frozen on her amulet.

"Filia Lunae." He whispered.

Aria took a step back, "Moon Daughter?" She asked, confused. She paused, had she just understood Latin?

Aria looked tentatively at the man and her face twisted in fear when she looked into his eyes. They were cold and felt like black holes. "What are you?" She demanded.

The man smirked, "Let me show-"

"There you are little sis," Stated some guy, placing his hands on Aria's shoulders, "We've been looking everywhere for you."

Aria was startled, "Who are you? Get off of me!" she said, turning around and looking into the face of the drummer for the earlier band.

"Now sis, that's no way to treat your brother." He replied he looked at her as if he were shocked, "Are you drunk? Oh man, mom's gonna kill me!" He steered her away and called over his shoulder, "Sorry to bother you sir."

"Not at all," Replied the man, his voice like tacks.

Once they were away, the boy took his hands off her shoulders, "Are you ok?" He demanded, his eyes searching hers.

Aria was puzzled, "Why wouldn't I be ok?" she paused, "Who are you?" She asked, forgetting his name.

"My name's Art." He looked at her with severity, "Don't go near those types again. Bad news." He looked up at the stage and smiled, "I have to run, don't talk to that guy." He said, turning around and back to the stage.

Aria was about to chase after him and ask him more, but Ian cut in front of her, smiling,

"Hey, there you are." He said happily, "Lost you in the crowd."

Aria gave a wane smile and peered over his shoulder, trying to find Art again. But he had disappeared. "I want to leave." She said quietly.

Ian nodded, "The band's all done, so now they're just going to play some old top 40 stuff." He paused, "Man I'm hungry, wanna go grab a burger?"

Aria's face lit up, "That sounds perfect."

Together, they both left the club, but Aria couldn't shake this odd feeling that some one was watching her.

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That's it for the RockOut! Yay! Lol, anyways, the first two parts (Riley and Imy & Aria) were mostly the introductory parts. Now that that section is over, it's going to get really fun (Nym goes to the back where she cackles [yes cackles!] evilly.) Oh, and for those of you who didn't catch on (or I wrote horribly) the platinum blonde haired guy is indeed Tymmie. Why is Aria being called Moon Daughter? Why does Art know about Followers? Why am i trying to build suspense?

Next Up: Prt III: Destiny Chapter I: Life with Jimena

Reviewers:

Thursday: Radiohead it is! I love finding out about new music, my ever-constant search! I've heard the song Karma Police and it was pretty good. At the moment I'm tiring out my new Tiger Army CD (Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise) lol in case you couldn't tell from the last chapter. And another one I'm listening to rather frequently is Son of Sam's Songs from the Earth. (That's Davey Havok's [AFI] Side project in case you haven't heard of them before) Anyways, I'm always excited to talk music with someone! All of my friends have different tastes, one likes Emo (Why? Oh Why?!), one likes Metal (Again Why oh Why?!), and one likes old Punk. Sigh.

Alexa0: Sry I didn't respond to your review last chapter! I go by the Author Alerts and for some reason it didn't send me yours! Thank you for reading and please don't think that I'm somehow ignoring yours lol I only do that for evil leprechaun's reviews!

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