Sibella paused for a second, "Shoot, that actually might be him...". Elsa nodded, "That's what I thought. Not like we've changed areas and such... probably why he did it since he knows this place, or at least remembers.".

"Yeah, Elsa, but 15 years? He might barely remember a lot of what happened here...", Sibella replied, as crazy as that sounded to the both of them.

Elsa raised an eyebrow, "Would you forget easily about monster girls trying to beat you those years of the competition?", and Sibella hummed, "No, I wouldn't...Still, the navy really trains people to their best traits, washing out the bad traits and such...I would eat, say, an entire pig by myself if he was actually polite and apologetic to us!".

"Oh, that would be something to see especially with your kid being almost hungry all the time.", Elsa chuckled as she glanced at Sibella's three-month pregnant belly, and to her own joy, she more or less matched Sibella as she is bearing a wonderful baby bump as well, three months along too.

Sibella giggled, "True. Well, we ain't ones to push people away, especially if we give them a chance to start over...Call his recent reference, his commander in his section of the navy. Those days in the human world, there's like a week or two weeks' notice of another job when someone quits.".

Elsa nodded, "Alright, Sibella. By the way, hear anything from Winnie and Crystal? Crystal must be very due around now, eh?".

"Nothing yet... actually, with everything that's going on, they might have just quietly snuck off to maybe have the children away from everyone. This place is already quite a hectic mess at the moment so triplets being born wouldn't be the greatest thing to happen, at least for the rest of us. Happy as always for the beautiful miracle, but, Elsa, to tell you the truth, I'm running almost on fumes right now trying to bring this whole idea of ours to life.", Sibella sighed.

Elsa hummed thoughtfully, "You have a point...How about this? We just stop for two weeks straight, starting tomorrow. Would that help you better?".

Sibella widened her eyes, "That would help a lot...", and Elsa replied, "So, we're going to stop, starting with tomorrow? I can finish today including calling the reference of the commander and a couple of other things.".

"Look, Elsa, I think we just all need a break, we clearly bit off a bit more than we could chew here in such a short time.", Sibella said as Elsa nodded, "I hate to admit it, but you're right... even we have our limits.".

Sibella smiled, "But I suppose I can allow you to call and tell the commander of taking Tanner Richards for the job opening if you came to this much trouble to tell me about it, but right after that, stop, and no more working for two weeks straightforward. I will tell Andy and the others, okay?".

Elsa nodded, "Deal.", and Sibella then left the table, heading to find the others in the family who was doing the building, the chaos of planning schedules and such while Elsa went to use the landline phone to call the commander by the reference number.

"If this really is the same Tanner... what have you done all these years then?", Elsa whispered to herself as she dialed the number. Part of her hoped that Tanner might actually be a decent guy this time around... and certainly not hear from his old CO that he was someone that should be kept as far away from her family as possible.

The phone rang a couple times before it was picked up, and a sharp, clear middle-aged voice replied, "Commander Daniel Stout of the Northern Command, Naval Forces Central Command, 7th Fleet, at your service. What may I do for you?".

Elsa cleared her throat, "Commander Stout, I am one of the headmistresses of Ohana School for Individual Children, Ms. Elsa Niestk, and I am to inquire upon one of your men who signed for the job opening of English Writing and Composition, Tanner Richards.".

"Yes, what about him?", the commander asked as Elsa cleared her throat again, "Yes, I was just calling you to do a reference check on him, obviously don't want someone that might be a danger to the students or staff, you understand.".

"I do.", the commander said. "But I can promise you that you have nothing to worry about with Richards.".

Elsa spoke firmly, "Do you know why he chose the position?", and the commander gave a fond chuckle, "He is a great swimmer, and a marvelous worker when it comes to physical chores and such, but oftentimes, he would write letters and reports on behalf of myself and others when it's required, and his form of writing was quite refreshing in a way where he smoothed relations better than ever before. And then there was his hobby of writing poetry which I was surprised about, but when he told me why, I allowed him as it seemed to help in a way of therapy.".

"Therapy?", Elsa asked, and the commander sighed deeply, "He was a bully in the navy training academy...He used to think that he was far more important than the younger or less physical-inclined recruits, and would often belittle them, and then things got too far one day...Apparently, the bullied recruits decided to prank him and quite nasty as well, as it lasted for an entire week, and he found out who was behind them, and then that day, well, I got both sides of the story, but in the end of the day, he and the others were punished to serve in mess hall or the latrines, and he was then sent to therapy, and he changed from whatever happened that day..".

"I see...", Elsa said as her voice trailed. "But to your opinion now, sir... would you think it would be alright for us to hire him or do you think that we should pass on his request?".

The commander replied, "Ever since I got to know him, he became one of the best navy men in service, and now I am sad for him to leave the navy, but proud that he wanted to make a difference, somehow, small or big. He read the contract thoroughly, and took his time to think which was respectful, and he then signed it. He told me this. 'If teaching children how to write and grow a love of writing, poetry and more, it's a difference I can make in their lives.' So, I believe he would be perfect for the position, Ms. Niestk.".

"Thank you, Commander, we'll keep that in mind then, thank you.", Elsa said as the commander said his thanks and then hung up. Elsa took a deep breath. "Huh... guess maybe you're not the same person you were before, Tanner...", she said to herself.

She got up with a little sigh, stroking her baby bump, "We'll find out after we rest for the two weeks of break, eh, Riley?", and she smiled as she felt little flutters, "Let's go eat something, darling, and then have a nap...I wonder if your new cousins are born yet...", heading off to the kitchen of the mostly completed school.

Meanwhile, Sibella was right about Crystal and Winnie quietly sneaking away to see to the birth, and from their bedroom in the staff wing of the school, via portal of a door that Vlad made, traveling either to their cottage in Dreamcrest Sanctuary or their den in Pennyslvania.

Alyssa and Diego, now having turned five years old in their first year of aging, is playing with the pups, Ferdinand and Mira, in Dreamcrest Sanctuary, with Crystal's parents and Wyatt watching over the babies, Walter and Juniper, in their cottage, while Crystal and Winnie went to their den, to their nest-bedroom where they are anxiously waiting for the new litter to arrive after Crystal came into labor a few hours ago.

"Sibella...", Winnie said as she saw the vampire approach her, "Uh, look, we have a good reason for slacking off today...", she tried to explain as Sibella chuckled.

"Relax, I know, Crystal's gone into labor... how is she by the way?", Sibella asked as Winnie sighed, "Alright for now, I just needed some air for a few minutes... believe me, I was shocked by her telling me that it was alright, that she'd be okay by herself for a few moments.".

Sibella chuckled softly, "She definitely rubbed off you, stubborn and resilient. Look, Elsa and I talked, and well, we're practically running on fumes here, so we decided to take a long break starting now.".

Winnie widened her eyes, "How long are we talking?", and Sibella smiled, "Two weeks. Look, I know the school is mostly completed, but honestly, I think we just need to relax and then refocus later, with fresh minds and bodies.".

"I see your point, and I bet Crystal would appreciate hearing that as well since she needs to be extremely close to the pups for some time.", Winnie nodded and gave a sigh of relief, and Sibella chuckled, "Naturally. One last thing before you head back, we got a signed contract, choosing the position of English Writing and Composition, and Elsa, by now or already did, talked on the phone with the recent reference number of this person's boss, and Winnie, it would just be someone else with the same name, but well...".

Winnie frowned, "What is it?", and Sibella sighed, "The one who signed it, his name is Tanner Richards.". Winnie's eyes widened, "Seriously, him?". She was surprised to say the least.

"Like I said, maybe not the same but... odds are... it probably is him.", Sibella said. "What the hell brings him back around here then? I thought after he graduated, he would stay as far away from here...", Winnie replied.

Sibella shrugged, "I don't know, but apparently, he was trained and had worked in the navy, and he's currently 33 years old.", and Winnie blinked, "That sounds like him, since he was trained by Colonel Calloway in the military school...Probably wanted to cover some basic skills of different strategies.".

"Hmm, I suppose you're right, but I am still curious on why he picked the position of teaching kids how to write and all instead of going for the swimming coach or something else like U.S. history.", Sibella replied.

Winnie shrugged, "Everyone has reasons, and Tanner Richards wouldn't be any different...", and Sibella nodded before Winnie exhaled, "I waited long enough. I gotta go check on Crystal.".

"Alright, Winnie. And I'll see you around when you're in the mood to visit back here.", Sibella smiled, and Winnie smiled back before heading to her and Crystal's bedroom, and used the portal door to the den, heading in, and her eyes widened as she heard whimpering and squealing, and she ran, "Crystal?! Is everything okay?", sprinting into the nest-bedroom, and paused with a gasp of awe as right there, Crystal is cleaning and licking a pup.

Crystal looked up from her resting/laying position, tears falling down her face with a proud smile, "We got a girl...", recovering with quiet pants as her baby bump has shrunk from its huge watermelon shape, to smaller, with two more pups waiting within...

Winnie stepped closer, tears pricking at her eyes as she watched the pup squirm and whimper, crawling to Crystal's belly of teats full of milk, suckling one of them almost immediately, looking so small yet fluffy, having gray fur with black paws, and very dark red hair tufts on her head, and a black stripe on her tail.

"Crystal...", Winnie whispered as she chuckled. "Sorry, didn't want to bother you on your little break when the contractions came hard...", Crystal apologized. "But the good news is there's one at least... two more to go...".

Winnie exhaled, licking and kissing Crystal on the cheek, "Oh, she's beautiful, Crystal...", with an awed, loving smile, "What are you gonna name her?".

Crystal smiled, "Lily.", glancing at Winnie who chuckled, "That's perfect...Our little Lily.", nuzzling her mate lovingly.

Crystal then suddenly gasps once more. "Another one coming?", Winnie asked as Crystal nodded, "Yeah... I think her siblings are wanting to quickly follow her lead there...".

Winnie rubbed her paw-hand, "You got this, my jewel. Breathe and push.", and Crystal nodded, taking deep breaths as the contractions came hard once more, and groaned as she pushed, repeating for the next several minutes before she gasps, feeling another water bag break as the next pup emerges slowly out of her vagina, and with a soft plop into the warm blankets, Crystal moved over instinctively to chew and rip the membrane covering, licking the fur the wrong way, and then came loud squealing and whimpering.

"I'm here...", Crystal nuzzled and licked the pup clean as it squeaked under her tongue, rolling over and squirming, a smile coming to her face as tears fell once more in joy and happiness, and smiled at Winnie, "It's a boy...".

Winnie laughs softly in relief, watching the pup protest under Crystal's tongue, crawling and smelling before finding the soft and warm belly, nosing around until he found a teat, suckling and treading.

He has dark blu-ish black fur almost like Crystal, with tan paws, and a scatter of white freckles on his snout-like nose, and light brown hair tufts on his head...Winnie chuckled, "Looks like snow got on him...", and Crystal giggled softly, "Or pepper in a way.".

Winnie smiled, "Breckin...It's an American name here, and it means freckled...What do you think?", with a hum. "Well, he certainly looks freckled for sure, so that name is very fitting.", Crystal smiled as she leaned a bit to kiss Winnie.

"Easy, easy, don't move too much... you still have one more to get out and then we'll finally relax.", Winnie warned in concern with a little frown.

Crystal smiled, "Winnie, I am not helpless, and besides, I need to exercise a bit.", stretching her arms and legs as she leaned her head over to kiss Winnie as she nuzzled her cheek, looking at her two pups suckling upon her belly, "Look at them...They're just so perfect...".

Winnie smiled, "They're wonderful...They certainly look like both of us...", leaning into Crystal's side as she rubbed her back. Crystal chuckled, "Indeed...The older pups would love to play with them once those two and their third sibling is old enough to walk and talk, and they would be curious about the twin babies.", before moaning and gasping.

"Steady, Crystal.", Winnie encouraged her, and Crystal took deep breaths, pushing as the contractions came hard, and heaved as she grunted, and cried out as she felt the water bag pushing through her, breaking at last when it emerged out slowly, plopping into the blankets, and she moved, leaning over to rip and chew the membrane bag, cleaning the pup as it gave out whimpers and yips.

Crystal snuffled as she nuzzled the pup, and gasped softly, and Winnie asked, "What is it, Crystal?", growing a bit worried about their third pup.

"Nothing's wrong with our pup, just that he smells like a male with female parts.", Crystal chuckled, looking at her third pup as she nudged him towards Winnie.

The pup has dark blonde-brown fur with a cream underbelly, a couple of dark blue tufts on the tips of his closed ears, and a little forming tuft of black hair on the head.

"What a perfect little mix this one is...", Winnie whispered as Crystal chuckled, "It's funny... I always thought, considering us, we'd get nothing but girls and yet... we've got a few boys amongst the litter.".

Winnie smiled, "Yes, we got Ferdinand, Walter, Breckin, and now this one...Of course, we can't force him to choose, it's his own choice to be a full boy, or just remain who he is...".

Crystal kissed her on the lips, "That's right...He deserves our love and support. Still, we can't give him a straight boy name...How about Galaxy?".

"Quite an out of this world name... but then again, fitting for considering his mother...", Winnie smiled. "And it's a pretty good gender-neutral name... whatever he or she decides in the future.".

Crystal leaned into her side, kissing her shoulder, "Yes...", looking at their triplet pups as Galaxy crawled, whimpering before snuffling at finding his siblings' tails, and squirming between them, fighting as he dived in, with Lily finding another teat to suckle on as Galaxy took her original spot.

Winnie laughed, "Galaxy is already a fighter...He will surely fight for his identity in time.", with a proud smile. "By the moon, we're parents again, Crystal...Definitely stick to humping and grinding for the rest of the century...", with a sheepish smile.

Crystal giggled, "Who knew that toys could get broken fairly enough by werewolves? Perhaps one day there will be a far better, stronger, and more unbreakable toy in the future, but yes, for now, humping and grinding would be fine for us, even if I would miss you claiming me over and over...", with an impish smile.

"Yeah... well, we have seven little ones... I don't think I want to risk us having more for a long time.", Winnie said as she looked to the little ones. "I wonder if they're all hungry yet.".

Crystal smiled, "Why don't you go check on them? I'm fine here, and it's a good thing that you're still having milk too. I would appreciate so much rest, but I know you have to go back to work tomorrow.".

"Uh, about that, I ain't working tomorrow or any other day for two weeks.", Winnie grinned, and Crystal widened her eyes, "Really?!".