• I lay in my bed, my little sister above me. Outside my window, a bright full moon illuminated the white fence boards yet to be put up, and the vine-clad chainlink fence.
    The starlight glittered coldly in the summer night sky. Few star could be seen, but those that could were bright.
    My bunk-beds had been placed in and L-shape so I could look out the window.
    The little window was open, the screen removed.. I awaited my Shadow, tonight was my Birthnight.
    "Serena," He whispered as he came through the window.
    "Jake!" I exclaimed quietly as he wrpped me in his arms. He wore hisShadow leathers ans a black turtleneck. The sleeveless shirt had steel woven into the cloth for protection.
    "Come, time to make 'Serena' your true name." He picked me up, careful that his onyx claws didn't catch my black basketball shorts. He jumped out the window, carring me so we could travel faster.
    I watched his dark hair sway with the wind as his blue-white eyes watch things that my human eyes couldn't see.
    "I can't wait to see you as a shadow, Dorrie. And being changed beneath your guardian's eyes too. She will be kind to you as a Shadow." He said.
    "Selene may be my guardian, but Hekate shall be my guide." I told him.
    We reached the alter, a great stone witha carving of the two sides of the night. Night of No Moon and The Night of the Full Moon.