Musa's POV
We were waiting in the front of Alpha Barry's house since he had a stage set up in the front of it. After the ceremony, they were throwing a party and everything. It seemed like a little too much for three random people joining a pack, but they took this stuff seriously. My only problem was that I was praying our mates weren't in this pack. I mean, Mom did tell us about what Barry said, but hey, there could be a different set of ten in another pack, right?
"Welcome, everyone. We are here for the Acceptance Ceremony of the Sota family. Ree Sota, Helia Sota, and Musa Sota will be Aquarius Pack members in just mere minutes. I ask you accept these lovely people from the bottom of your hearts and make them feel welcomed." The pack was howling and cheering at Alpha Barry's words, then the front doors opened. We couldn't see anyone yet since there were stairs leading up to the stage, but the people opening the door were Lanie and Cody.
We smiled at them as they beckoned us up, and we took in a breath. Mom was on the right, I was in the middle, and Helia was on my left. It was dark out, but the porch lights were on and mini lights were strung across the stage, making the area lit up. Street lamps were also around the pack, so it wasn't pitch black.
I instantly smelled my mates, and I exchanged a glance with Helia. Alpha Barry and Luna Cheryl stepped out in front of us and told us to all join hands. Alpha and Luna held our hands too and told us to close our eyes and focus on nothing. Yeah, I'll try, but it's kind of hard when you literately feel like throwing up because of how good all of those scents smell!
"Now, you're going to let go and keep your eyes closed. Feel and hear the pack through your mind-link." Luna told us.
We let go of each other's hands, and I suddenly heard all of these cheers and encouragements. It wasn't from anyone outside. It was the whole pack in the mind-link! Yay, we're finally apart of the pack! Seriously, I don't know what we'd do if we were rogues or still back in our own hell of a pack. I can't thank Aquarius enough.
I felt a tap and opened my eyes, seeing Lanie, the next-in-line Luna, smiling at me. Now, the cheers were from outside the mind-link, and music was starting to play. Lanie and Cody, the future Alpha, led us inside, and told us we could do anything now. Mom said she was going to party with Cheryl, so that just left us in the Alpha's house standing uncomfortably.
I looked over at Helia, and he looked sick. "We better get going," I grabbed his hand and led him out the backdoor. We ran to our house and shut the door behind us, locking it. He ran to the downstairs bathroom and began emptying his already empty stomach.
"Ugh, that's disgusting." I grumbled, going into the kitchen. I grabbed a Coke that said Share With Timmy on the side and sat down on the couch, turning on the tv. I was in the middle of the Steven Universe episode where Peridot gets bubbled and then Steven frees her (it's the cutest episode in my opinion. I love them both so much, it's just so kawaii!) when I smelled a familiar scent. Or rather scents.
I looked out the window and saw ten dark figures making their way to our front porch. I literately choked and fell on the floor. The fact that Coke was lodged down the wrong pipe and their scents were suffocating me, it wasn't helping. "Helia!" I said in between coughs. He flew into the room and looked down at me while the doorbell rang. I could see from upside down two of them looking at us through the window, but I was too busy dying.
Helia set the Coke away from me and sat me up then punched my back. It came out, but before it could escape my mouth, I swallowed it. "Thanks," I glared at him. He stared off behind me, and I instantly new what he as looking at. I turned around reluctantly and saw all ten of them looking at us intently. I never knew meeting your mates could be so awkward.
Sighing, I stood up and went to the door I unlocked it, thinking to myself that no one would hear it from the outside. But I forgot that werewolves have super hearing or some sh*t, because that door swung open and hit me in the face, making me stumble back and fall onto the carpet.
About five of them hoarded around me and asked if I was okay, but that only made me smell their scents even more. I stood up and nodded, backing up. "Yeah, uh I'm gonna go throw up now, so...yeah." I ran out of the room and went to the bathroom Helia through up in, shut the door behind me, and threw up.
"Musa, hurry up." Helia sounded desperate for someone as oblivious as I was right now to back him up out of this situation. Sorry buddy, but I'm busy.
"Don't rush a woman when she's puking!" I flushed the toilet and washed my hands, then rinsed my mouth out and opened the door. We walked pack into the living room, where the ten of them were already on the couches. Three of them were on the center couch, two were on the right side couch with another two in each other's lap, and the last three were on the floor. We sat on the floor (the front door was closed, thankfully) and panned across all of them.
"So..." Helia awkwardly mumbled, playing with his hands.
"Well, we should start off by saying our names, right?" The girl sitting on the boy's lap chimed. She had long blonde hair in a braid slung over her shoulder. We nodded.
"I'm Stella." she said.
"I'm Brandon." The guy she was sitting on smirked. He had quiffed light brown hair and a seriously defined body. He obviously had muscles, and his skin was tannish.
"I'm Bloom." The medium-length redhead next to them smiled. She had medium-sized boobs. I don't why I'm pointing that out, but it might be my weird questioning sexuality. I really think I'm bi, but I don't know for sure. I mean, all of these girls are attractive. Even the one with pink hair. Eh, I dunno.
"I'm Flora." The girl with medium-length medium brown hair blushed shyly. She was tan and flat-chested. Ugh, lucky! I have big breasts, and it's absolutely hell. Seriously, people think it's more attractive to have bigger things, but it's just a pain in the ass, really.
"Sky." The guy on the left of the center couch waved slightly with a friendly look on his face. He also had some beef on his arms.
"Aisha." The one in the middle with dark skin and her hair pulled into a high ponytail grinned, showing off her impossibly white teeth.
"Riven." The guy on the right smirked, his crimson hair and muscle making him look really attractive. Honestly, he's he hottest out of everyone here. But I'm not saying that out loud.
"I'm Nabu." The guy closest couch on the floor smiled, also showing off his teeth. His voice was sexy smooth. He had dark skin and dark brownish-blackish hair. If I could marry his voice, I would.
"Tecna." The middle one with short pink hair and pale skin beamed, waving.
"Timmy." The last one said, grinning. He had red hair, but it wasn't like Riven's or Bloom's. It was more of an orangey-red. Wait, did he say his name was...
I burst out laughing and fell back, clutching my stomach. "What?" Helia asked me, leaning over me. I pointed at the Coke that was just a few inches away from me, and he grabbed it, then groaned.
"How on Earth did you f*cking choose that damn one?" he hissed, and I sat up. They all stared at us like we were aliens, and I handed the Coke to Timmy. He burst out laughing too and showed the Coke to everyone, making them chuckle.
"I'm guessing you know who we are." I smiled.
"So, we're all bi. I'm guessing you two aren't straight..." Sky said on a more serious note.
"Uh...I'm bi..." Helia blushed, looking away from me.
"I knew you were bi, like, five years ago." I rolled my eyes.
"You did?!" he widened his eyes, making Stella, Sky, Nabu, Bloom, and Flora laugh. Well they're smitten with him.
"E'yup."
"Then what about you, huh?"
Everyone stared at me, and I grumbled, "Questioning..."
"So how are you all mates?" I said quickly after, trying to change the subject.
"Siblings." Brandon answered. "Bloom and Timmy are brother and sister, and so are Stella and Sky, Flora and Nabu, me and Aisha, and Riven and Tecna. We were all bound to each other by Artemis, but we knew something was missing."
"And now we found the missing piece." Bloom smiled.
"So there's so more mates, right?" Helia and I asked in unison, earning a chuckle from all of them.
"You're it." Nabu stated, making us sigh with relief.
"How do you survive with all of these scents?" I asked.
"You get used to it." Riven shrugged.
"I dunno if I'll ever." I yawned, stretching back.
"We should get going. It's almost ten." Stella said, hopping up. Everyone stood up and followed her out the door, but not before waving us goodbye.
"Timmy, you took my Coke!" I yelled, hearing his distant laugh. "I'll give it back tomorrow!" he called back, making me grown. Helia laughed and shut the door, then looked at the kitchen counter.
"Come here."
I walked over and saw two sticky notes on the counter.
Dear Helia and Musa,
We're so happy that you're our mates.
Please give us a chance. We know ten
is overwhelming, and the scents make
you want to throw up (Riven's yelling
at me as I'm writing this saying it's
not that bad, lol), but at least try.
We don't know you that well, and we
already love you. Here are our phone
numbers so you can text and call us.
Make sure you say who it is
texting so we don't think you're
some stalker.
~Love, Tecna and the other
doofuses
P.S. They're all yelling at me since
I called them that. Oh well :P
The other note had the numbers and who they belonged to. He took them and went up the stairs with me following him.
We went into his room and got our phones out and added them all to our contacts in silence. As soon as I was done, I got up, but Helia stopped me by grabbing my wrist.
"Hey, we should just give it a try." he monotoned.
Frowning, I nodded and hummed in response. I went too my room and changed into my pjs, not brushing my teeth.
"Artemis, help me." I sighed. Then, I fell into a dreamless sleep.
