My blue moon fate

Chapter 3

I woke up with a killer headache. School thankfully starts late today. The school had training this morning. I rolled over thinking I would stay in bed for a while. Nope! There is a knock on my door and before I can respond, my dad walks in.

“Get up, you are coming to training today!”

“What! Why?”

“Oh let's see….. because of how you acted last night,your mother and I think it would be best if you trained with your brothers today to get you more involved in this pack. Meet us downstairs in 5 min!”

I groan. I guess I should have known my actions wouldn't go overlooked. I slid out of bed. I pulled my hair into a ponytail, put on leggings and a tank top and headed down stairs. I haven't trained with the pack in a long time. My dad made me continue my training for awhile after my birthday, but in the past year I guess he figured it didn't matter anymore. My brothers kept up with “self-defense” training with me, which my dad didn't know about, but they figured I could at least use it out in the world.

I met Zander at the bottom of the stairs. He was stuffing an egg sausage sandwich in his mouth while holding like 5 others in his hands.

“ Do you guys ever stop eating?" I rolled my eyes at him.

“ Good morning to you too,sis”. Carter and Caleb walk in, stuffing their faces too. Good Lord people. I turned and headed for the back door. It is the fastest way to the training ground. I followed my dad and brother out the back gate, past the lake and to the grounds. It is a wide open area with the lake on one side, the pack house on the other and the forest surrounding the rest. There are different areas setup for different styles of training: human on human form, wolf on wolf, human on wolf, newbies and so on.

Everyone was lined up in rows like perfect little warriors, awaiting my dad's arrival. He runs all the training for the new warriors. Beta Taylor runs the training for all existing warriors. And they do a damn good job. Our warriors are the best, only second to the Kings' warriors.

Training turned out to be kinda fun. My dad made me train with Zander, who is bigger than me now but not coordinated. He is kinda like a newborn horse trying to walk. And with what Caleb and Carter taught me, I was able to at least keep Zander at bay, well, at least until he caught me. I am just thankful he did not make me train with Carter and Caleb.They have become pretty amazing warriors. They are both six something and move together perfectly as a team. Must be that twin thing! My dad dismissed me once they started in on battle strategies. It wasn't bad,but man, I am out of shape and I’m going to be sore tomorrow.

As I walked into the house, I heard my mom in the living room. I need to apologize to her for last night. I made my way to the front of the house dragging my feet, partly because I was wasting time and partly because I was dog tired.

“Mom, I am sorry for last night, I was rude. It is very nice what Luna Lilly is doing for the class and the pack.”

“ Oh honey, it's OK, ” She wrapped me in a hug. “So you'll go, right?” She had an odd smile on her face.

“Yyeess”

“Great!” She turned and handed me a gift bag hidden behind her on the coffee table. “Then you'll need this”. I pulled what was inside out and held it up in front of me. It's a short black dress with white roses on it.

“There is more” she squealed. She is like a schoolgirl right now. I looked in the bag again and saw a pair of black wedges to match. “It is for the dance. I went and picked them up while you were at training”. She sounds way too pleased with herself. It's like she knew she could get me to change my mind or maybe she knew I never had the option not to go.

"It is beautiful mom, thank you.'' I gave her a quick hug and turned to take them upstairs, shower and pass out!

Friday went by way too fast. It was the science final and that was easy for me. My dad let me out of training today, stating

“Don't want you to be sore for the dance, sis”. I think he knows that having to go is punishment enough in my eyes. Millie arrived for lunch on the day of the fair. She was so excited and wanted to get ready together. I have a small feeling that she is here to also make sure I make it to the party too. She is just going on and on about the possibility of our pack members finding their mates. Secretly, I know she is also excited to see if she will find hers.

I can see some of the men setting out the lights to be hung and getting the dance floor ready, from my window. Pack members are setting up tables and placing other decorations around the training area, transforming it from a battle ground to a beautiful lakeside fair. Millie and I head down the stairs, meeting my brothers at the bottom. Caleb offered his arm to Millie, which she took with a giggle and a huge smile. They look cute together. Carter stepped forward and held out his arm to me.

“May I, sis”, I took his arm while smiling and we headed out the door with the rest of the family. The training ground was fully transformed. There is a small stage placed in front of the lake and a small dance floor directly in front of that. They have hung strands of little white lights from the stage out over the dance floor. Tables surround the floor that are decorated with mason jars filled with the most beautiful wildflowers. A large long table on the far side, covered with food. Behind that, they have setup a few games for the young pups. It is beautiful.

As we make our way to a table that can fit all of us, Alpha James takes the stage.

“Good evening everyone” The whole pack stands, we all bow our heads to our Alpha and our guests do the same.

“Luna Lilly and I would like to welcome all of the Kuu creek pack as well as our guests, the Red River pack. Luna Lilly has done a wonderful job at getting everything together tonight” Alpha James holds his hand out to our Luna. She takes it and steps forward with a smile on her face. Everyone claps for her, our Luna is truly loved by everyone. Suddenly, I was hit with this strange feeling, like a shock wave had run through my body, making me shiver. Maybe I am dehydrated or tired. I shake it off and focus on the stage where Luna addresses us all.

“Thank you everyone that helped tonight. We want to celebrate our first class graduating from our school here on pack lands.” Everyone started clapping and cheering again. “Please all graduates stand” As we stood, the packs clapping got louder and they were hooting and hollering. Luna Lilly let that go on too long before gesturing to us to take our seats again. “Alpha James and I are thrilled that the school has done so well and we are excited to see it continue to teach our young pack members! Tonight is a chance to celebrate our students, but we also have something else to celebrate…….the return of your future Alpha Nolan, my lovely son.” A young man my age had joined Alpha James and Luna Lilly on stage. He stepped forward and smiled at the pack. He's got to be 6’3, with dirty blond hair and the most mesmerizing eyes that seem to swirl between a light blue and a blue-gray color. He is wearing a tight-fitting black t-shirt with dark blue jeans and cowboy boots, and you can see how defined his muscles are even through the shirt. The same shock wave from earlier hit me again and I could feel the sweat form on my upper lip. What is wrong with me? Nolan steps forward to the mic. “Thank you everyone, it is so wonderful to be home and I would like to personally congratulate the class as well, but please let's get to the festivities and enjoy the night” He ends with a smile and for a split second I swear our eyes lock. There is that feeling again. Am I getting sick? Everyone started to get up and move around, and the band was starting to take the stage. I need to sit down.

“ He is gorgeous, huh” Millie whispered in my ear.

“What?!” my head is spinning “ Alpha Nolan, he is sexxxyyy” She is ginning at me like a crazy person.

“You girls want to go get some food?” My twin brothers are standing holding their hands out to Millie and I again. I bet you anything our dads have put them up to keeping an eye on us, but Millie does not care, she grabs Caleb's hand with a smile and they head to the food table. Maybe food will help. Maybe I have low blood sugar. With that thought, I did the same to Carter.

The food is amazing. The Omegas have out done themselves. Then again, I can't remember the last time I had a meal made by them, when I didn't get my wolf. I stopped going to the packhouse for things.We sat and ate, taking it all in. The night was pretty, for once I was not cold. It was darker than normal as there was no moon but the twinkling lights lit the festival perfectly. I was happily enjoying my peach cobbler zoning out at the dance floor watching all the mates dancing together.The song changed to a more up-beat song.

“It's time to dance,” Millie had sprung from her seat, pulling me to the dance floor. Now I know our dads have put Carter and Caleb on protection duty because I can see them push them out of their seats to follow us. Zander follows, but at his own will.