The next morning, Jimena rushed over to Serena and the other girls.

"Hey," she said, cheerfully.

"Hey, Jimena," the four girls said in unison.

"Is something wrong with you guys?" Jimena asked. "You guys seemed upset last night and I think that maybe it was my fault."

Catty tried to break out into a smile. "Nothing was wrong last night."

"We were just surprised to see you turn seventeen…" Serena said.

"Oh, yeah, well, I would have told you earlier but I didn't know," Jimena said as the bell rang.

"We know," Vanessa said. "Catty and I have to get to class… See you guys later." She and Catty walked off and they began to whisper to themselves.

Jimena watched Vanessa and Catty until they turned a corner then she looked back at Serena and Tianna.

"I'll catch you guys later, okay?" Tianna said and walked off, holding her books close to her.

"Everyone left so quickly…" Jimena said, looking at Serena.

Yeah…almost like you... she thought.

"What are you doing?" Jimena asked.

Serena shook her head. "Nothing."

"Are you sure you're all right?"

She nodded. "Yeah."

"You don't want to talk about it?"

"I don't feel like talking about anything right now!" Serena's voice was rising.

Jimena took a step back. "Gees, I'm sorry…"

"You wouldn't understand."

"What are you talking about, Serena? We always understand each other. Tell me what's going on. Everyone's acting so weird; it feels as if I've been left out of something." Jimena stumbled back. Her books fell to the floor. Some memories came swirling back to her. They flashed in her mind but then they were gone. She didn't understand them.

"Are you okay?" Serena asked, picking up her friend's books.

"Yeah," Jimena said, shaking her head. "It's just my head. We should get to class…" She took her books from Serena and walked off in the opposite direction. "What was that?" she asked herself, walking into biology class and sitting down. "It felt so strange…"

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Serena watched as Jimena walked off still shaking her head. "What happened?" she asked herself. "She can't possibly remember…at least not yet." Serena suddenly felt cold and wrapped her books around her as she walked into her language arts class. The teacher wasn't in yet so it left her time to ponder about Jimena and what questions she wanted to asked Maggie after school. Maggie may not have all the answers… she thought. I have to know.

When class was over, Serena rushed to her locker hoping that Jimena hadn't come to ask her what was wrong again but she was too late and Jimena was there waiting with a smile on her face.

"Hey," she said.

"Hi," Serena replied back, opening her locker and throwing her books inside. She picked up her Spanish book and shut her locker as Catty and Vanessa walked toward her, books in hand.

"Hey, Serena, I thought maybe we could talk in—" Vanessa went quiet when she saw Jimena. "Never mind. Her expression changed. "I'll tell you in class, okay?" She and Catty rushed off to Spanish class.

"I gotta go. See you later." Serena ran off and caught up with Vanessa and Catty.

"There are so many questions I want to ask Maggie," she said to Catty and Vanessa.

"You think that's it's possible for her to remember that she is a Daughter?" Catty asked.

Vanessa shrugged her shoulders. "We could try… Maybe Serena can pull some mind tricks on her."

"That reminds me," Serena said. "I was talking—" Just as she began Tianna called their names.

The three of them turned around and waited for Tianna.

"Where are you headed?" Catty asked.

"Gym class," Tianna replied.

Serena looked at Tianna: the new Daughter. Sure she was Serena's friends but she couldn't replace Jimena.

"You were saying?" Vanessa said to Serena.

"Right. I was talking to Jimena earlier and then all of a sudden she stumbled and her books fell. She had the look on her face like she did when she was having premonitions."

"Maybe when Maggie erased her memory, she didn't erase it all," Tianna suggested.

"I doubt that," Vanessa said.

Tianna glanced at her watch. "Ooo! I gotta go!" She sprinted off to the gym as Catty, Serena, and Vanessa walked into class and sat down.

"I was thinking…" Serena began in a low whisper to prevent others from hearing. "Now that we are one Daughter less, you think that the Atrox will send its Followers after us faster than before?"

Vanessa and Catty looked at each other. "That's something to ask Maggie," Catty said.

"Maybe…but we were fine without Tianna in the group," Vanessa said.

"Yeah, but when Catty was gone we were weakened and Tianna helped us save her," Serena said. "Maybe there were only meant to be four Daughters…" her voice trailed off.

"We're all going to miss Jimena being a Daughter," Vanessa said, putting a comforting arm around her, "but at least she chose the path which she thought was right for her. I mean, what had happened if she didn't choose to forget? What if she chose the other path and became who-knows-what?"

Serena knew that Vanessa was right. "Yeah…"