The night was dark, and the clouds hung low in the sky. Lira moved quickly through the night, ever closer to Planet Bang. She heard a lot about it in the school she went to now, its name often tossed back and forth between students. La Brea High. It wasn't as great as her mom said it would be, but she figured she'd give it a try. She figured maybe if she could please her mother, maybe then she would let her move back to Nevada, so she could be with her friends. But deep down she knew that wouldn't happen. Her mother didn't like her friends.

When Lira arrived, a security guard looked her up and down, and when he saw she had no purse, he let her go through. She figured everyone must be here already. There was no line. Lira walked in slowly, and she pulled her money out of her back pocket. She handed it to the person behind the counter, who she didn't even look at, because she was so enthralled with what was going on around her. She walked over to the wall, and leaned on it, letting out her breath that she just realized she had been holding. The first thing she saw was four girls, all in line, dancing hip to hip together. Boys were huddled in small groups on the far wall, and she saw a few strays looking around like her. She smiled at the simplicity of it all.

She let her eyes float back to the four girls dancing. Two of the other girls got pulled away by another guy, and the other two kept dancing, as if it happened all the time. One of the girls had two teardrops under her right eye. She instantly wondered what it meant. The second girl mumbled something into her ear and she looked over at Lira with iridescent eyes. Lira just realized something. They were all wearing a moon necklace. They all seemed to have a weird perplexing glow.

Lira finally decided on walking up to the girls when a boy about her height came up to her. "You wanna dance?" He asked. His voice was smoky and his eyes were friendly.

Lira smiled, and took his outstretched hand. She followed him out onto the dance floor, and he moved behind her. Their bodies swayed together, and soon her mind felt like it was floating. She lifted her head, and she would have been looking at the ceiling if her eyes weren't shut. Lira felt the guy lay his head on her shoulder as he moved his hips with hers, and it seemed like he was beginning to press a little close. She moved forward slowly and turned to face him. As she put one leg in between his, she wrapped her arms around his neck, and leaned forward so that she could whisper in his ear. "So what's your name, hon?" She asked. He looked deep into her eyes as if he was inspecting her soul, and he finally answered, "Terence," Lira smiled once again at the sound of his voice, and closed her eyes. "I'm Lira," She purred, and continued to dance as the song ended.

Almost immediately another song began to play, and Lira felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned slowly, and found the girl with the teardrop tattoos. "Hey," She greeted. The girl nodded towards one of the tables and she found the second girl sitting there. "You can catch up with Terence later." The girl told her, and Lira nodded. She gave Terence one last grin as she followed the Latino girl off the dance floor.

When Lira sat down on the booth seat, she was immediately overcome with an odd sense of security. Even though she didn't know these girls, her necklace became warm, and she knew she could trust them. Her necklace was the same one as theirs, and she knew they noticed it too. When her necklace was warm, then she knew she was safe, but also it meant that something was about to happen. She had finally proved that after years of living with the necklace, yet she still never took it off. Lira didn't remember most of her life before she turned thirteen. That's when she showed up at the orphanage, that's when her mother adopted her. The only think Lira vividly remembered was a man in white, he gave her the necklace, and told her to wear it whenever she needed guidance, or help. Well, Lira thought, that's almost always. "So you never found out who gave you that necklace?" The second girl asked her. She looked up at her shocked. She was right all along. These were the girls she was looking for, and Lira was the replacement of the lost Goddess. "Hey, my name is Jimena." The tear dropped girl held out her hand. "And this is my home girl Serena." She finished. Lira shook Jimena's hand firmly, and was returned the same. "Lira," She told them, and they were soon lost in conversation, Lira told them a little bit about herself, and she learned a few interesting facts about her new friends.They were the Goddesses; they were the Daughters of the Moon.

When Lira returned home that night, she was greeted by her mother that was sitting in the kitchen. Lira flashed her a fake smile and started up the stairs to her bedroom. Her mother, Karen called her back however. "Is something on your mind Lira?" She asked. Lira turned around slowly. "Yeah, it's that constant nagging thought," Karen looked concerned, "What thought?" She asked. "Breathe in, breathe out."

Karen closed her mouth tightly, Lira figured to keep from yelling at her, and she walked the rest of the way up the stairs to her room. She wondered if the girl she replaced had the same power as her. Lira could teleport to anyplace she wanted, anytime. The only catch with that gift was that she had to see the place before. Lira remembered when she first found out about her power, she moved into her new house in Nevada with her new mom, and she almost immediately went to bed. It was a late night, and she had a lot of dreams. In one of her dreams, she was back in her old town, where the orphanage was. Sometimes the children in the orphanage were taken out for pizza, and that's where she teleported, right out front. She looked around warily; she was only about 11, so she didn't know what to think. Then Lira got really scared and wished she was back in her room, and poof, there she was. Thinking about this now put a sad smile on Lira's face. She didn't know what to think of her power still, but she knew no matter what, she had to find the other Goddesses. She wished she had before she met her friends back in Nevada; it would have made accepting her fate a lot easier.