Dressed to impress the intoxicated mind, she arrives at the late night rave scene with her parents none the wiser. Fifteen to twenty dollars later she receives the tingle of anticipation and eagerly awaits the ecstasy now in store. With the happy hardcore techno pounding vibrations throughout her body she feels the drug amplify her senses and lets the music take control. Her raver identity is Starlight, and at 16 years of age she is part of the ever growing presence of young partiers at underground raves.

Armed with deception and taking advantage of their parents gullibility, these minors are able to party well into the morning without repercussion.

“Well my moms out of town,” Said Starlight during a rave at a secret location deep within Los Angeles. “I told her I was going to see a movie then I called and said goodnight on my way here.”

Other young ravers such as Sparkles, a 15 year old girl who has been attending for over a year, don’t need to use excuses or lies because their parents either don’t mind them going or simply don’t care. In the case of Sparkles, her mother accompanied her to the first few raves and since then hasn’t had a problem with her daughter attending.

“Me and my mom have a good understanding,” Sparkles said. “I left a note saying where I was going and that I’d be back sometime tomorrow.”

With their parents successfully duped the only question that remains is how these adolescents are finding transportation to said events. There are some that simply ask all those who they know go to raves, desperately begging for a spot not caring if they can get a ride back. The majority however, have at least one good older friend who can consistently take them every weekend.

“I kind of had to squeeze in,” Said Kriispiix, 15. “My friend always lets me grab an extra seat in his car here and on the way back.”

The presence of young teenagers at underground raves is as common as white on rice and is by no mean a new occurrence. These young ravers eventually evolve into the older ravers they prey upon for transportation until ultimately dropping out of the scene all together to pursue other life experiences.