Chapter 1: Under the Moon

Jenni fingered the silver moon charm of her choker. She had found it in her cherry-wood jewelry box yesterday, and had been wearing it since, only taking it off for showers. The exquisite, white lace strip that was surrounded by lavender colored silk ribbons, with the crescent moon carved out of silver dangling gracefully and resting in the hollow of her neck was gorgeous.

Her blond hair hung limply by her face, shoulders, and waist. Although, she was about to curl it into tight, little ringlets. The curler just had to warm up.

A few minutes later, her hair was curled. The caramel low-lights glinted in the sunlight streaming through her bay window. The ringlets made her hair shorter, as is used to be to her waist, but was now above mid-back.

Her school was a private academy, called Gem Academy. The girls' uniform was a white button-up blouse, with a mint green blazer and tie. Her skirt was baby blue, knee-length, and pleated. The blazer held the academy's crest; a white diamond with gold embroidery. It also had letters, which were a mint green G and a baby blue A, a golden dot after each.

Certain shoes were required for each season and gender. Since it was spring, and Jenni was a girl, she had to wear mint green and baby blue peep-toe wedges.

Jenni grabbed her white purse and white book bag, and set out. She was going to the Middle School Wing of Gem Academy, as that was her school.

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The day over, Jenni was in her dorm room, 101, when she had the notion to go shopping. The blond changed into white skinny jeans, with light pink ballet flats, a white camisole with pink butterflies sown into it, and a light pink jacket.

She walked outside and to the campus store-which was more like a mall-and went inside, looking to see if she had gotten the strange necklace here. By the time Jenni was done scouring the whole shopping center, it was night and a crescent moon was hanging in the sky, glowing peacefully.

But, glowing gold eyes were watching Jenni, or, more specifically, her necklace. "Mussst get the necklaccce for Massster," it said, sounding like a snake would in human form, if it had one. In fact, the person was a female snake person, called a dracaenae.

The glowing eyes disappeared into the shadows, leaving only an eerie feeling behind.

Jenni looked up at the moon, noticing the uncanny resemblance to her charm. A sound like a snake hissing came from behind her, causing the girl to turn around. She gasped at the sight before her.

It was a woman with green, scaly skin, and glowing eyes that were a golden color. Her tongue flicked out, and Jenni saw that it was forked. The silver charm on her necklace felt hot against her skin, and she looked down to see that it was glowing a white color, and the regular moon was corresponding to the glow.

Jenni gasped as a silver colored light, with a lavender tint surrounded her. Words came to her mouth, and unable to control herself, Jenni blurted them out.

"Codes of Justice! #1: Code of the Moon!" She closed her blue eyes and her hair turned white, with lavender and silver high-lights. White boots with lavender heels and laces encased her feet and thighs, up to her knees. Silver shorts with a white belt that had lavender sparkles in it were under a white shirt, with silver bell sleeves.

Her right hand had a silver fishnet glove, with no fingers, while the left had a lavender one. She opened her eyes, and they were an amethyst color. Her hair turned itself into two pigtails.

Under the moon, the light faded and who stood there was an entirely different person from Jenni. "I am Moon, Code of Justice #1!"