Like Magnets

Ch 3 Soon to be

Chapter 3

•3rd POV•

2 years later

One morning Xoila woke up to her 5:15 am after her alarm went off, she reached over to shut it off. Moving her hair out of her face groggily getting out of bed sighing

A few more minutes

She thought as she put her messy brown hair up in a ponytail, she got up and went to the bathroom did her business, washed her face, brushed her teeth, and walked out of the bathroom into her and Stacy's room. She checked to see if Stacy's was still in the room but she had probably had gotten up earlier to run before breakfast. 

Xoila shook her head at her besties boundless energy, going to her side of the walk-in closet to put on some grey yoga pants and a black pullover hoodie with a white Adidas logo across the chest. She put on some white ankle socks, and her black Nike running shoes putting them on and walking downstairs to the dining room where everyone from the pack comes to eat if you live in the packhouse of course. 

The packhouse is where most unmated werewolves live along with the alpha and his family

If they choose too 

The alpha family usually lives on the top floor which is usually known as the alphas private floor followed by the betas floor and Deltas usually after meeting you mate most new families move into private homes on pack grounds.

The first floor is where the common room, the kitchen, and the dining room is located. From the 2nd floor, all the way up until the 5th floor(Just below the "beta" floor) is were the other pack members live. 

The deltas floor was empty because Delta Valu chose to live in a house with his mate and pups 

The packhouse branches off having passages that lead to indoor and outdoor training grounds, the alphas gym, the shooting range, the arena, and the area where all the private houses were located kind of like a cul de sac. 

Xoila was walking as fast as she could avoiding all other human contact weaving past the others like water flowing through cracks in the foundation of the strongest stone wall

She had now officially perfected her resting b***h face never letting the ones around her to affect her no matter how many sneers or looks of pity she received. She was about to walk up to get her food when she heard a very cheerful “Xo!!!” she stopped walking, turning to the direction it came from. 

The moment she saw Stacy with 2 full plates in front of her and an empty seat beside her she couldn't help but smile breaking her icy demeanor. She started walking towards her best friend taking her seat, noticing that Stacy was dressed basically the same as her. The difference was that Stacy's clothes were like the inverted colors setting on iPhones and that instead of having a ponytail she had her hair up in 2 puffy buns on the top of her head with a few baby hairs sticking out. 

 Xoila was about to greet her with a good morning when Stacy beat her to it jumping up and basically pulling her into her embrace squeezing her shoulders squealing “Good Morning XO!” one of the downfalls of werewolf enhanced hearing was that it made everything unbearably loud. 

Xoila could only wince hugging Stacy patting her back, as she mumbled, “Morning Stace” thus releasing her from her grasp. One thing Xoila would never understand how she could be so happy all the time but then again if you have a pessimist you need an optimist to balance it out. “Sheesh, Stace relax I can't handle so much happiness so early in the morning.” Stacy giggled 

“I'm just happy it's almost our 15th birthday!” Xoila smiled rolling her eyes “I know I get it...but it’s too early” she sighed grumbling picking at her food. Stacy only smiled wider “ Well you better eat up Xo because today's gonna be one hell of a work out” Xoila smirked back “Just eat your food”

They finished their food happily talking here and there feeling the curious stares of the other pack members because Xoila was actually giggling and talking with Stacy like any normal teenage girl would (clearly in a werewolf kind of way). They only ever ate on the alpha level and would rarely go eat with the other pack members. But when the girls were done they got up and walked to the kitchen to wash their plates and put them on the drying rack. 

After they did that they walked out of the Packhouse heading towards the packs training grounds, passing the homes of the pack members who lived with their families near the packhouse. They walked past the gardens where most of the children liked to play. They started feeling a sense of nostalgia as they walked by the flower beds they had helped plant with the Luna and female Beta, Xoila couldn't help but feel a tad melancholic at the thought of her momma. Stacy noticed this giving her a quick hug and an encouraging smile so they could get to training without being reprimanded once again for being late.  

The pack training grounds is where everyone aged 13 and older go to train in order to prepare, the idea is that everyone should know how to protect themselves if the worst-case scenario were to happen. As if the pack was to go to war every able-bodied wolf would go to protect the pack or if the pack was to be attacked by rouges or other supernaturals (witches, vamps, demons, and other “Mythological” creatures) they would have a higher chance at survival. 

Pack grounds is where they cover every type of combat training that should be known. Teaching everyone 15 and older how to properly hold and shoot a fire weapon, when you first start out they test you at the shooting range to see if you would make a better short distance shooter or a sniper.

 If you're better at the short distance shooting you continue with your basic combat training specializing in self-defense and speed so that you may easily take down the enemy without getting harmed in the process. If you end up being a better sniper they’ll have you train to make sure you carefully and quickly observe your opponent so that you could take the enemy down from long-distance shots and specialize in tactical combat if your opponent was to ever successfully get close to you. In very rare cases and usually, only the best warriors get to do this you'll learn both becoming a lethal weapon and becoming part of the pack's greatest assets.         

Xoila and Stacy were of the strongest female she-wolves in the whole pack, an honor at such a young age to be given recognition by the alpha and the other high ranking werewolves of the pack. They mostly trained in the private gym the alpha has in order to avoid being distracted and so they could properly focus. After all, they were part of the top Strongest warriors that were predominantly male Xoila and Stacy being the top 2 out of 20. 

Yet they weren't going to be announced on those slots on the list until they turned 16 because that's when most young werewolves get recognized as true warriors. They were both already trained in the most advanced combat at times by the Alpha personally or by the (older) stronger pack Warriors that could provide training very similar to how the Humans in the US Army go about Ranger Training just 10X harder 

(Like that training is already one of the hardest there is).

 They received both long and short distance weapon training and knew how to reload faster than you could say “OH s**t”, they basically came to training to better advance their speed and tracking skills 

(yes tracking because they might as well learn that too).

As a tracker, they would be able to locate their targets with their scent and be able to deduce anything just from what the target smelled like and by anything I mean they would know if you were with child just from a whiff. Of course, only the highest-ranking members of the pack new how skilled Xoila and Stacy are and wouldn't disclose that information until they were 16it wasn't even put on the record because this was going to be a surprise.

(I mean would they really want to let others know that 2 short 14-year-olds could probably kick their asses in under 3 minutes… Lol no.)

With all the extra and grueling training (along with the help of Stacy and Memes), Xoila was getting better and slowly but surely she was getting back to her old self. Yes, she may have changed in the physical aspect she also changed in the mental as well, she became more Sardonic and would rarely smile. She would only ever smile if she was with the Alpha, the luna or with Stacy (of course) and well she hardly spoke too because she really didn't feel the need to say anything unless it was absolutely necessary (in her opinion of course) or only ever spoke if a question was directed to her. She wasn't really all that well-liked because of her dismissive and emotionally detached behavior.

 The boys in the pack would always try to get the ice queens attention (Xoila) but she would only respond with comments like “Not to be rude but shut the f**k up” or “Don't talk to me” she didn't mean to be so harsh she just couldn’t help it because she was worried about making connections with the wrong guy. The special connection that should only be reserved for your mate. 

Needless to say, she kept the boys at bay with her cold behavior and helped the spunky fire pixie Stacy keep them away without letting her physically injure them 

(Stacy would more than likely do it for the benefit of her own entertainment at the poor boys' expense) 

She only had room for 2 guys in her heart Her dad and her mate who she didn't know yet but was happily waiting for. Their attitudes weren't the only changes in the past 2 years.

 Xoila only grew slightly reaching the height of 5’6 which didn't please Stacy in the slightest because she was stuck at 5’4 and a half and wasn't going to grow anymore. They were both more toned and had yet to achieve the booties of their dreams because they hadn't fully reached puberty yet (their only 14). That didn’t bug them because soon they would be 15 years old and only a year away from finally shifting and meeting their wolves for the 1st time so they couldn't help but be a little excited. 

Stacy was also too excited about their upcoming birthday to even be fully tired from training all morning. After it was over they would head back to the packhouse to shower, Stacy always stuck with Xoila so she could try to make sure that her friend would be happy and not fall prey to relapses

(having a shared room was one of the few benefits). 

The would finally be 15 years old next week and she didn't want anything to ruin this for them.