We drove to the party and parked where Beta Thomas was standing outside and showed dad where to park his vehicle. We then got out of the car and as a family followed him to Alpha Pettit's office. When we got there dad and Alpha Pettit did a man hug and patted each other on the back, "it is great to see you Ben." He then turned and pulled my mom up next to him, "this is my mate, Brenda." My mom showed him her neck. He nodded to mom. He then pointed to me. This is my oldest daughter, Emily. She is 17 and will be 18 in a couple weeks. She is a senior." I showed him my neck. "Next are my 12 year old daughters and they have already shifted. They turn 13 next month. Their names are Sonya and Tonya. Then my three youngest are 5. Their names are Barry, Harry and Larry." Sonya and Tonya showed their necks

The boys stood up, walked to the alpha, and showed their muscles, "we are strong beta wolves like dad. You want to feel them?"

Alpha grinned and knelt down and touched their muscles, "wow, you do have strong muscles." He then stood up. He pulled his mate and another girl up under his arms. "This is my mate, Luna Melanie and my daughter, Celeste. She is almost 18 too and she also is a senior. She will be in your class Emily. Now let me head out to the balcony. Then I will call you guys out and introduce you to the pack. We will do your induction right away. Since none of your pups are 18 yet they will automatically be inducted with you. When I call your name please step forward. Pups can sit on the benches off to the side."

He the turns and walks out to the platform. " Tonight we are here to celebrate our pack growing and receiving a beta of Office management and new midwife."  Mom and Dad stepped forward and we follow them and go sit down on the benches. "Mathew and Brenda Sheets I am happy to welcome you and your pups to our pack. Are you ready to sever your bond to Riverbend Pack?"

"Yes, we are." I see mom and dad's eye glaze over and then feel the break. I was glad we were sitting down. All of us pups winced and my younger siblings whined when we felt the break. I picked up and  handed a triplet to my sisters. I then sat between my two twin sisters holding the third triplet. I wrapped my arms around them for comfort. Two identical wolves in their human form sat down on each side of my sisters and wrapped their arms around us to give comfort.

Alpha continued, "Please hold your left hand closest to your heart out." They held their hand out. He took both their hands in his. "Do you swear to be supportive and defend the Crystal Moon Pack?"

"We do."

"Do you swear your loyalty to your new alpha and Luna?"

"We do."

"Do you swear to follow the wolf laws that were set by council?"

"We do."

He then bit my dad's wrist and offered his wrist to dad afterwords. I see dad's canine extend out and dad bite's his wrist. He then hold's mom's wrist to dad's mouth and dad bites it. The alpha lowers his wrist and hold's it against where mom is bleeding. "As alpha of the Crystal Moon I offer our protection and welcome to the pack."

All the sudden I no longer feel that empty feeling and can feel our new pack bond. The Alpha calls out, Crystal Moon pack please join me in welcoming Beta Mathew Sheets and his family." Then there is the whole pack started howling. When it quieted down.

"After we eat we will go on a pack run. The elders and the pregnant she-wolves will stay with the pups who cannot become wolves. When we get back we will then open the pool and light the bonfire. Now I will lead our newest members to the buffet and we will enjoy an evening of fun." He then lead us to the buffet and actually had dad and mom go first. Then they went followed by his daughter and then us. I went to help my brothers but two she-wolves stepped forward and said, "we can help them. We are Joan and Jean. We will be their nannies." I got my plate and watched as they assisted them. They followed us to our table. They sat down so they were between my brothers."

I looked and saw my sisters talking with a couple of guys who sat with us on the bench. They joined our table.

A couple girls came over to me. One girl said, "hi, my name is Gwen and this is my friend, Daisy. We heard you were a senior like us. Wanted to know can we join you?"

"Sure." They sat across from me. "My name is Emily."

Just then Clyde and Damien came up with a girl walking between them. Clyde says, "hi Emily. This is my mate, Dawn. Is it ok if we sit here with you?"

"The more the merrier."

They sat down, "hi Gwen and Daisy." Then all ate. When they finished eating Clyde asked, "the seniors were going to go for a run after the pack run. Would you like to join us?  We can introduce you to your pack classmates."

"That sounds fun, but I am suppose to watch my brothers tonight."

Jean and Joan sat together, "this is our job now. We can take care of them."

Sonya and Tonya say, "we will be here.  We can help also."

I look at them and say, "let me check with mom and dad first. If they say ok I will join you."

I stand up and walk to the alpha table where they are sitting. I stand there waiting to be acknowledge. The alpha turns his head and sees me there. "Mathew, your daughter is wanting your attention."

Dad then turns to acknowledge me. I immediately start speaking, "I was wondering is it safe and ok for the boys to stay with Jean and Joan, the new nannies? Tonya and Sonya said they can help them if there is any questions. Apparently after the pack run the senior pack class is doing a night run and invited me."

Dad looks at mom and they have a link talk. "I am not sure." He looks at the alpha. "This is our first day here. What about safety? We don't know these pups. We have not met the nannies yet."

The alpha grins, "my daughter and the other beta son are going. When they do this run they get accompanied by  some adult warriors. They end up at the lake where they will swim. The warriors stay on patrol of the area while the seniors bond.

As for Jean and Joan your pups are safe. Let me go introduce you to them. This should help ease your concerns."

Dad turns back toward me. "You will run with us as a family during the pack run and carry one of your brothers if they want to come with us or stay here with others their age. Then you can join your classmates. Grab one of the satchels for your clothes and towels to be in. It's in the car."

I lean forward and give dad a hug and kiss. "Thank you and I will."

I walked back over to the table, "my parents said, I can go, but I need to go pick up something from the car first.  Gwen, Daisy and Dawn said they would go with me and then show me to the meetup place.

I went and pulled a satchel out of the car and Gwen asked, "what is this?"

"In my old pack I made these satchels. I place my clothes in them and put it on and transform to my wolf. This is a lot better than tying the clothes around your ankle or searching for clothes hidden in trees. This one is mine. I put it over my neck and then this strap goes behind my back and hooks up. When I transform it snuggled right up to my chest. It thinly plated so if attacked your chest is protected. Plus some cloth can drop down to cover the rest of my private parts. Plus it carries your clothes from one place to another."

"Oh, I like that. Can You make me one," Dawn asked?

"When our stuff gets here and we get it unpacked how about we get together and I will show you how to make it. Mine is done in faux red.  This one is my dad's done in leather us girls goes a little higher to cover our breast.

I link mom and my sisters, "is it ok for my new friends  I ate supper with to borrow your satchels." They replied back, "yes."

I then look at them and said, "mom and my sisters said you can borrow their bags. I gave them out, "we can adjust them where we get unadressed. Let's go to the meetup place. I have to make sure I carry one of my brothers during the family pack run if they decide to come.

The girls led me behind a blind that was set up. I noticed there were a lot of shelves built into it. Daisy said, "here is where we remove our clothes and place them in a shelf. Then we transform. Though today we can put our clothes in the bags. One at a time they got undressed, placed their clothes inside and put the bag over their head. Then they transformed to their wolf. I then adjusted the strap around their waist. Once they were done I did my own. Then we all went out and they walked over to where my family was. I had Harry climb on my back. Then Barry and Larry instead of going to Mom or Dad asked Jean and Joan, "can we ride on your backs?" They lowered their bodies and the boys climbed on. Then about 5 minutes later the Alpha took off running with my parents right behind them. The rest of the pack following. We ran for about an hour and had circled back to the pack house. The alpha transformed and said, "the pool is now opened." Many went into the blinds and came back out in their swimsuits.

A girl called called out in mind link, "seniors who want to do our Senior Run to the lake come and meet by the girl's blind. We will leave in 10 minutes."

"Barry hop off and go join Larry and Harry."

He hopped off and said, "are you coming with me?"

"No, I am doing a run now with school mates. I will do something with you guys over the weekend." Then bent down and gave him a lick on his cheek. He smiled and ran off to them."

Gwen looked at me and said, "by the way today I will introduce everyone to you, and stick with us and you will be great.

"Well I am Emily. As long as everyone doesn't expect me to remember their name right away that is ok."

"I see more seniors are showing up." She started pointing to the wolves, "I will start off with the two wolves standing in the shadows rubbing against each other are Celeste, the alpha's daughter, and Xavier, the warrior beta's son. Celeste's 18th birthday is next week and those two have stated they are mates, but we will see. Then that is Clyde now standing by Dawn. Those two are mates. Next to Dawn is her BFF, Cammie. I don't know if anyone told you Dawn and Damien are twins." She points to a group walking toward us, "then the twin hunks who were talking to your sisters at supper tonight, Scott and Steve. They are one of the three families who live in your building. Then there is Bart and his friend, Steven. Steven's mate is Shelly. We have Jeremiah and Rita.  There are a five classmates from the pack missing. They are on family vacations.