The Hybrid Luna's Fate

Chapter 2-The Party

Chapter 2

Adeline's POV

The next day came quickly, and before I knew it, it was the night of the party. Raven stopped by my house so we could get ready together.

She slipped into a body-hugging dark green dress, her black hair pinned into a sleek bun, paired with stilettos sharp enough to kill. I, on the other hand, went simple. I put on midnight black dress and allowed my brown silky hair to fall loose on my shoulders.

We were already halfway through our makeup when Raven glanced at me through the mirror.

“So….. have you still been having those weird dreams?” she asked while applying powder across her face.

I paused, mascara wand in hand. The dreams. I had almost pushed them out of my mind. Raven was the only one I trusted enough to tell. Not even Alex knew.

The first one had been on my birthday when I turned eighteen. I’d dreamt of a woman who radiated power, someone who looked too divine to be human. She called herself a Moongoddess. I could still hear her words in my head like they were carved into me:

“You’re going to realize who you are very soon. You can’t escape your destiny, my child. You are chosen.”

“Yes,” I admitted. “In fact, I had another dream last night. But this one… this one felt different. It felt real.”

Raven arched a brow. “What did you see?”

I hesitated, then said it out loud for the first time. “A wolf. Or… something close. It wasn't human.”

Her curiosity deepened.

“What if all of this is real, Rave?. What if ….what if there really are such things as werewolves and goddesses?”

Raven rolled her eyes. “Please don’t tell me this is because of Mr. Braun’s lecture. You know he lives for that supernatural crap. Remember last semester when he swore he saw fairies outside a flower shop?”

I almost laughed. She wasn’t wrong. Mr. Braun did have a habit of bringing myths into every discussion. I remembered when we were going for a school trip he had told us he spotted fairies on his way out of a flower shop,most people believed ,most didn't.

But this just felt different in a way I couldn't explain.

“I don’t know,” I whispered. “But it feels like more than a dream and no I'm not saying this because of what Mr Braun said”

Raven tapped my shoulder with her brush. “Calm down Addie, it’s just stress. Or maybe it’s those books you’re always reading. Werewolf's aren't real, and so are fairies or moongodesses. Everything is just in your head okay I promise, you’ll wake up one morning and poof,the dreams will be gone and everything will go back to normal. Now stop frowning before your mascara smudges.”

Her playful smile finally cracked mine, and we burst into laughter. We finished the last touches of our makeup while gossiping, pretending everything was normal. But deep down, I knew it wasn’t.

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We had gotten to the party some minutes later, it was hosted in a friend's house.

The house was enormous and easily twenty times bigger than mine,with glowing lights strung across the yard, red cups scattered like confetti, and groups of people laughing far too loudly. Raven and I exchanged a look, both grinning as if this was our very first taste of freedom.The front yard pulsed with people, there was literally space for a whole community and by the looks of it wasn't just people from school that were here.

The bass from the speakers vibrated through the walls before we even stepped inside.The inside of the party was even more chaotic, the air was thick with music, colored lights flashed over the walls, bodies swayed together on the dance floor, and the smell of sweat, hormones, alcohol, and perfume clung to the air. Couples pressed against walls making out and shoving their tongues down each other, people danced like their lives depended on it and Alex, of course, was already at the drink table, stacking cups like a bartender.

“You guys took forever!” he yelled over the music when he spotted us, his grin wide. “I thought I’d have to start dancing with myself.”

Raven rolled her eyes,taking a cup from him. “You already dance like that anyway.”

I laughed, shaking my head. “She’s not wrong.”

Alex gasped, placing a hand over his chest. “Betrayal. My best friend has turned against me!”

Raven shoved him lightly.

We joined the crowd, dancing until sweat clung to my hairline. I let myself move with the beat, even took a few sips from a red cup Alex handed me.

But then… something shifted.

At first, I thought it was the drink. The music felt sharper somehow, like the bass was drilling into my skull. My nose twitched,scents I’d never noticed before slammed into me all at once– Perfume. Beer,Cigarette, smoke, The distinct smell of pepperoni pizza someone had just carried past. It was overwhelming, too much, too fast.

“Addie, you okay?” Raven leaned close, concern flashing in her dark eyes.

I forced a smile, pressing a hand to my temple. “Yeah, I’m fine. Just… the music’s loud, that’s all.”

But the lie felt weak. My pulse was racing, my vision blurring at the edges as the laughter, footsteps, and voices in the room seemed to layer on top of each other. A guy laughing across the room sounded as clear as if he were whispering in my ear. I could hear the clink of ice in someone’s glass, the squeak of sneakers on the wooden floor, even the faint buzz of the lightbulb overhead.

It was too much. Way too much.

“I’m stepping outside,” I shouted over the music, my voice shaky.

“I’ll come with—” Raven started, but I cut her off.

“No, stay. Have fun. I'll be back,I just need some fresh air.”

She didn’t look convinced, but I didn’t give her a chance to argue. I slipped through the crowd, pushing past sweaty shoulders and swaying bodies until I found the door and stumbled out into the night air.