For Their Happiness (Moon Beam Pack 1)

This story is dedicated to nikeflower.  I love her story 'My Nredy Little Mate', y'all have to check it out!!

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Jayton

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Prologue

I woke up that morning feeling happy.  It was my sixteenth birthday, and Mom and Dad were getting me a car.  I had asked for a Prius, but I never knew with my dad because he was a car lover, so if he thought there was a better car for me, then that’s what I’d get.  Truth be told, as long as I had something to drive, I really didn’t care.

I got up, showered, and dressed in my normal dark blue jeans, tee, and hoodie sweatshirt.  I didn’t like people noticing me, so I hid behind my clothes and kept to myself, never talking to anyone except my best friend Becca and her mate Billy.  It wasn’t because I was ugly.  I was an average height at five foot six and had red hair and sea green eyes, which my mother said was one of my most beautiful features.  And it wasn’t because I was bullied or outcast either.  When people spoke to me, it was always with respect.

I was what was called an Omega wolf, just as my father was.  We were a rare type of wolf, therefore protected and revered in the pack.  What made an Omega wolf special is that we were the peace keepers of the pack.  Our emotions spread to those around us, and we were never aggressive, making the wolves around us calmer; therefore less fighting.  The downside to that is that if I was sad, then those around me would immediately tense up to see what was making me feel that way and try to eliminate the threat.  As I said, we were protected fiercely, so every wolf around would start trying to eliminate whatever made me feel bad.

So I stuck to myself and always tried to think ‘happy thoughts’.  Though it sounds stupid to say it like that, that’s how it was for me. 

I observed everything and everyone around me.  I liked it that way.  I got to see friends and lovers bonding and living their lives.  When I would see someone in school picking on someone else, I would usually step in and stop the situation.  My “powers” worked on humans as well as wolves, so when I was disappointed in someone, they would truly regret what they had done, and try to make up for it to the person.  It made me happy when friendships, and sometimes relationships, started that way.  To know that I helped those people come together made me feel wonderful.

All of this said, my school was one of the best in the country.  The students mostly all made good grades, and we had an average for our school that was the highest in the country.  Behavioral problems were almost non-existent.

I skipped downstairs and all the way to the kitchen.  My mom and dad were there, like normal, eating breakfast and getting ready for their work day.

“Happy birthday, Tink!!”  My dad said as I went to kiss his cheek before sitting down to my plate.  “Have you made any plans for tonight?”

“Becca and Billy were going to take me out to dinner, but I told them no.”  I said with a mouthful of blueberry pancakes.  I swallowed and finished.  “I’d rather spend the evening with both of you like we always do.”

“We’ve had this talk, Tinkerbelle.  You have to get used to being around people.  You’ll be taking over for me in two years, and you have to be ready.”  He said, not harshly, more like he was disappointed.  “You have to learn to control the emotions, not hide from them.”

“Daddy, I was thinking.”  I hedged.  I knew they wouldn’t like my suggestion, but I thought it would be a good compromise.  “Why don’t I go ahead and take the test to graduate early.  I know all of the material they are doing, and since I’ve already skipped two grades, there is nowhere else for me to go.  Then I can spend the days with you and the Alpha, training in what I need to know at the same time that I’m learning more control.  Plus you have to teach me how to project the emotions for meetings with other packs.”

That one of was my dad’s jobs; to keep things civil in important meetings and to travel with the Alpha on important trips, unless it was a battle the Alpha was going to help another pack with.  Dad had some medical training, but the pack didn’t want us in the path of any fighting, just in case we were to get injured.