Okay, here's where the action starts. LET DA DRAMA COMMENCE! Also, yay, Cody's not a d*ck for once!

Just to make it clear: Helia, Musa, and their mom were NOT related to the alpha of their pack. Their mom wasn't a Luna, and Caleb wasn't Alpha to begin with. They were normal wolves in their pack, and then their brother went crazy and made himself the Alpha. It doesn't make then alphas or lunas.

Helia's POV

I walked into my first class with my head down. Musa isn't in this class, so I'm all alone. I sat in the lone empty seat in the second-to-back-row on the end, and found myself being tapped on. I looked to my side and gaped at the girl standing next to me. She had a lot of power radiating off of her, though her smile made her look like an Omega or a human even.

"Hiya, you're one of the new people who joined our pack, right?" she chimed. She sat right next to me, her light brown—almost red—wavy hair bouncing as she spoke. I nodded. "Cool! I'm Luna Lanie, but you can just call me Lanie."

"Oh! Hi, I'm Helia." I bowed slightly out of respect. Lanie only laughed and shook her head.

"No need for that stuff. You aren't even a full member of the pack yet, so don't sweat it." Lanie turned to the person next to her and got his attention. She pointed at me, and his gaze met mine.

"Oh, you're the new guy." he smiled. "I'm Alpha Cody; just call me Cody. And no need to bow."

"Helia," I grinned back.

"We just wanted to say that we're sorry for all that happened. No one in the pack knows your reason for coming here. Only the Alpha, Beta, Delta, and future ones know, and we won't tell anyone. We all accept you and want you to enjoy your lives here." Lanie smiled sadly, and I returned it.

"Thank you both for caring. It's nice to be somewhere different."

• • •

It's been three periods and no sign of our mates. I'm starting to think they aren't even in our new pack, or they even go to Snowy Hollow High. I didn't even smell them in the hallways. "Any luck?" I asked Musa, who was at her locker. She was putting up a pencil before we went to lunch, and I rather not sit alone in that minefield. I'm sure the future Luna and Alpha would let us sit with them, but the Beta and Delta (plus their mates if they've found them already) are most likely sitting there and there's probably no more room.

"Nope." she sighed, popping the 'p'.

As we entered the cafeteria, these amazing scents hit my nostrils. They weren't normal werewolf scents; they belonged to our mates! We looked at each other and smiled, then walked fast as our noses guided us to them. We suddenly saw them, and...hung our mouths.

What the f*ck?! Musa gaped through mind-link.

There's... I paused to count them.

Ten. We said in unison.

All ten pairs of eyes locked onto ours as I exchanged glances with my sister, and then we did a stupid thing.

We ran out of that damn cafeteria after I exclaimed, "F*ck this sh*t, I'm out! Nn nn nn!" In tune to the song.

It didn't really matter where we were going. As long as it was away from school. We ran out of the school and flung ourselves into the truck. I started the engine and sped home, forgetting to lock the doors or put our seatbelts.

We stormed into the house, earning a surprised look from Mom, who was watching tv on the couch facing the tv (there's two couches).

"Mom!" We yelled in unison.

"What happened? Why are you two home so early? Did you get in trouble on your first day? Did you get expelled?!" she roared, standing up.

"We. Found." I said through gritted teeth.

"Our. Mates." Musa finished with gritted teeth. We literately have twin-sense. It's crazy.

"Oh, that's wonderful!" Mom clapped, showing a toothy smile.

"There's ten of them. Ten!" Musa gawked, raising her hands up to display the numbers on her fingers.

"Ten?" Mom cocked her head to the side.

"How is this even possible?" I pinched the bridge of my nose and began pacing.

"Alpha Barry did mention there were ten teens that were all mates, connected by the moon goddess herself. But they were missing a few more mates. They didn't know how many, but they knew it could've been one more mate, or it could've been ten more."

"So there could be more?!" We shouted in synch again.

Mom nodded, sighing. "I need time to process this." Musa groaned, stomping up the stairs and slamming her door shut. I followed after her and went into her room, shutting the door behind me.

She was on her bed, clutching an emoji pillow with those wide eyes and the straight mouth to her chest. How fitting. I sat down next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, pulling her into me.

"Why couldn't it've been two?" she mumbled.

"At least it wasn't zero." I said, trying to lighten the mood.

"I'm surprised you're not freaking out about this."

"If you heard what I said back there in the lunch room, then you'd take that back."

She chuckled softly and sighed, resting her head in my lap. Her wolf was probably making her do it. My wolf paced around in my head, anxious to see his mates again. Musa's probably was doing the same.

"How are we gonna survive those scents? It's too much to handle. I honestly wanted to puke." She shook her head.

"No idea."

Eventually she got up and turned on the tv in her room, so we just sat on her bed watching Gravity Falls. Dipper and Mabel remind us so much of us. It's kind of creepy. "Hey kids, come get ready for the Acceptance Ceremony." Mom called from downstairs.

"M'kay!" We called, hopping up.

"What do we wear?" Musa asked, opening her door.

"Wear gray jackets and black or gray sweats. It's traditional for all wolves who transfer into a pack."

Stella's POV

"What's that smell?" Bloom asked, sniffing the air. We all squinted our eyes in confusion, then widened them in realization.

"Mate!" We all chorused happily. But wait...They're probably gonna flip once they see ten of us. I wonder if it's a girl or a boy...Ooo! It could be twins! Identical twins share the same scent, so maybe we've got two mates to love on! Then, we saw them part their way through the crowd, and my heart stopped.

They're gorgeous! One boy and one girl! Their eyes met ours, and their jaws dropped. We watched as their eyes went a little bit lighter, meaning they were mind-linking. Then, the boy yelled, "F*ck this sh*t, I'm out! Nn nn nn!" And they ran away. My heart broke slightly, but I can't blame them. If I found out I had ten strangers for mates, I'd faint.

Brandon and I hopped up and dashed after them with our wolf speed. They ran out of the school and hopped into their messed up truck, then drove away fast.

"We can't go after them. All of our parents will kill us." I pouted, dragging him back into the school.

Brandon growled, "Yeah. I wonder if they're the new people joining our pack."

"I hope so." I smiled as we sat back down at the table.

"Did you get them?" Aisha asked, already knowing the answer.

"No. We'll see if they're in our pack after school. But for now, let's just focus on this boring ass crap." I grumbled, looking down at the school lunches. It's not even food! How do they expect people to eat this and survive?!

"Gosh, he was so cute!" Bloom gushed, smiling dreamily.

"And she was hot." Nabu chuckled.

"I can't wait to see them again." I beamed.

"Me too." Brandon added.