**This is an introduction to my new series 'The New & Improved Hale Pack'. Wherein new members are gained, a new house is built and the Hale Pack gets settled in.

We're starting with: New members are gained.**

Since the Alpha pack was finally gone and everything was relatively calm, the Hale Pack had grown. At first it was only the older members; Isaac, Allison, Derek, Scott, Stiles, Lydia, Jackson, Erica, Boyd (who they managed to rescue from the alphas) and Peter. Then after about a month, the new members started to slowly join. And of course Stiles accepted them all, being the great pack mom he is.

Ethan and Aiden joined very soon after things calmed down. Stiles was slightly hesitant for them to join but they had a good argument that he couldn't bring himself to put down.

Stiles and Derek were sleeping soundly in their bed, the younger's head resting on a hard chest and a muscular arm around his waist. It would have been a good way to wake up if not for the loft door sliding open, immediately waking the alpha up, which also would've been okay. Too bad he woke up by sitting up way too quickly for Stiles who almost fell off the bed. Thank god for Derek's werewolf reflexes.

Stiles turned his head to give whoever had interrupted his sleep a death glare. Seeing who it was somehow made him glare even harder. "Oh, god," he groaned, directed towards the two twins that stood in their doorway. "What the hell are you doing in our loft at-" he looked at his phone, eyes widening when he saw the time, "Five o'clock in the fucking morning?! Do you even sleep?" Stiles asked in disbelief that someone would willingly be up this early.

Derek simply growled at the recently turned betas. Yeah, they weren't enemies anymore but there was no reason for them to be here this early. Ethan - he assumed - spoke first, "We came here to talk."

"Really, I thought you were just here to stand in our door and wake us up for fun," Stiles rolled his eyes, yawning, then getting out of bed and motioning for them to close the door and come in. "So what's going on with the wonder twins?"

Ethan and Aiden looked at each other before closing the door and walking into the center of the room. They stood silently, apparently finding the floor very interesting at the moment. "Well?" The human asked getting impatient, "This had to have been pretty important if you needed to wake us-"

"We want to join your pack!" Aiden blurted out, interrupting Stiles, who now had a surprised look on his face. Ethan nudged his brother, wanting him to continue, "Sorry, we just - just..."

"We don't want to be alone again," Ethan continued when his brother couldn't, "If we leave Beacon Hills we'll be omegas and-and we'll be killed. And I'd be leaving Danny and Aiden would be leaving Lydia. Please, please let us in," he was practically begging but the truth was, neither of them wanted to be on there own. They hated it. Sure they had each other but sometimes it wasn't enough. They needed a family.

When all they got in response was blank stares from both Stiles and Derek, they looked at each other and began to walk towards the door. They stopped halfway there when they heard Stiles call their names.

"Get your asses back in here. We didn't answer and you're not walking out of here after waking me up this early," the human said irritably. He still hated how early it was but he could tell the two needed them at the moment. At the twins perplexed looks Stiles waved them to come closer to him and his mate. They did this albeit their confusion. "Okay, now are you guys serious about this? Are you going to be okay with Derek and I being in charge?" He asked them.

They nodded, although Stiles wasn't quite sure they had actually thought about that question. He raised an eyebrow at them as if asking if they were completely sure. "If we weren't we wouldn't have come to you guys. We've been omegas before, Stiles. It's awful. You're alone, you can't trust anyone, you're always wondering when the next time you're gonna have to fight for your life is, and there's a constant fear that a hunter or an alpha or even a stronger omega is gonna kill you. Or worse," Stiles shuddered at that, along with the twin that wasn't talking, Ethan - he assumed, "We're stronger now, after being with Deucalion, but that will only get us so far. We don't want to go through it all again."

Granted, Stiles had only been the pack mom to his pack for only a couple months but that made his so-called 'mother instincts' into some sort of overdrive. He didn't want anyone to even touch the two boys in front of him. He couldn't ignore the voice in his mind, telling him to just say yes already, anymore and without another word pulled them into a hug. The twins stiffened and didn't really know how to react at first before slowly hugging the pack mom back.

Derek smirked at his mate's obvious need to take care of others. He smiled a little at the mini group hug that was going on before walking over to them and pulling Stiles off the twins. He put an arm around his shoulders and looked at the Ethan and Aiden. The alpha pair knew they couldn't fully trust the twins but they did know what the right thing to do was. "Welcome to the Hale Pack, boys," Stiles said smiling. The twins faces lit up immediately and they felt like giving the two alphas another hug before Stiles stopped them, holding up a finger, "But, you two need to know somethings. Like I said before, me and Derek are in charge. You do what we say. Understand?" Ethan and Aiden nodded, albeit the slight annoyance that nagged in the back or their minds, "Also, our pack is a family. We trust each other and we care for each other. You two are pack, you aren't family. Not yet, anyways. Prove that we can trust you and you'll be a part of our family. There are some other rules but they can wait til later." The human finished, looking to his mate, "Anything else?"

Derek shook his head, thinking that Stiles mostly covered it. They didn't have many rules. "We train three times a week and I only go easy on Stiles and Isaac," the alpha warned them to which they just shrugged off. "So is that it or can we go back to sleep?" Derek asked and the twins shook their heads. The alpha smiled and walked back to his bed and flopped onto it. He was out within seconds. Stiles smiled fondly at his mate before looking back to the twins.

"Okay, well, I'm going back to bed too, but if you want you can watch some tv over there." Stiles offered, gesturing to the living room where he had begged Derek to get a TV for. The twins declined though and just watched the other teen walk back to his bed.

Ethan and Aiden started towards the door, turning their head when Stiles called their names from the bed. "Yeah?" They asked simultaneously.

"Just one thing, do you guys have a place to live?" By their faces he could conclude that the answer was no, "So you haven't had a place to sleep then?" He asked, already knowing their answers. He was proven right when they both answered no. Stiles looked to the couch again, this time pointing to it, "Get some sleep. You're making me tired just looking at you."

They were about to decline but the human sent them a look that told them they should listen if they know what's good for them before dropping his face into his pillow. So they followed the first rule and did as they were told, curling up on both ends of the couch and falling asleep.

Stiles eventually realized that that wasn't the best idea when he was woken by a scared Isaac (whom he momentarily forgot lived there too) wondering why the two past murderers were sleeping on their couch.

It took some time, but eventually everyone accepted Aiden and Ethan into the pack. They were both closed off at first but after they started to feel accepted, they opened up. That, and Stiles forced them to come to their weekly pack night which gave them a chance to actually have fun with the other members.

Eventually, Ethan brought Danny into the mess, who knew about everything. When he was asked how, he revealed to them that he was a kitsune and just didn't want to get involved with their were-literally any animal- crap and just kept his distance.

"Are you kidding me? You're really asking me how I know that my boyfriend is a werewolf, my best friend was a werelizard turned werewolf and my other best friend is a fucking banshee?!" Danny yelled in irritation to the pack in front of him, who were now looking at him in slight fear. They had been interrogating him for the past 20 minutes about what side he was on, what he was and how he could possible know about them. Like none of that was obvious.

Stiles spoke up after the other boys outburst, "...Is it wrong to say yes? I'm sorry, Danny boy, I just don't know how you could have possibly had known all of this. Are you sure you're not a wolf?" He asked him again which only made Danny sigh and pinch the bridge of his nose.

"Yes, I'm positive that I don't turn into a fucking wolf once a month. And I know about you because- well, the short version is, this is Beacon Hills. Weird shit happens here. Long version is, all your whispering during class, Scott little sniffing incident on the field," the tips of Scott's ears turned a light pink at that, "Not to mention the whole "cousin Miguel" thing, like really, Stiles? Do you think I live under a rock, of course I knew who Derek Hale was! Also, I've seen almost all of you, bleeding and beat up on more than one occasion. Trust me, Stiles, I had a lot of hints," Danny finished looking to each member of the pack, lingering for a second on his boyfriend, before turning to Stiles again. They were all a little shocked at the normally calm boy's outburst.

"Okay, yeah that all checks out but... why did you believe it?" Stiles asked.

"What?"

"Well if anyone else would have heard two weird kids talking about werewolves and waking up in the woods and eating raw bunnies they're first thought would have been 'These two are insane'. So why did you believe us?" the hyperactive boy inquired and for the first time that evening Danny looked like he didn't want to answer. Stiles pinned his gaze on the other boy and waited for an answer. He avoided Stiles gaze as much as he could before breaking.

"Fine, enough with the stare down, god!" Danny blurted and Stiles looked genuinely proud of himself.

"I like to call that one 'the mom stare'. Works everytime," he said smirking to the certain pack members he had used it on.

"Um, okay," the Hawaiian muttered, steering the conversation back to the original subject, "I believed you guys because I-I'm not human either. I'm a kitsune. A fox," he said, looking down at his hands. He cautiously glanced up at the wolves, lingering on Derek. He knew wolves and foxes didn't typically get along and he didn't feel like getting mauled or yelled at.

There was an uncomfortable silence settled in the room that just needed to be broken. Isaac, bless his soul, was the one to do it, "Um, can I ask something? What the hell is a kitsune?" He asked looking around the room for an explanation. Surprisingly, it was Stiles that answered him.

"It's a, uh, fox spirit. Had 1, 7 or 9 tails. Its basically a werefox, but with more powers and I'm pretty sure it doesn't turn..." ("Then it's technically not a were," Lydia added helpfully but Stiles chose to ignore it and continue.) "They're insanely fast. They're aspects of elements. Theres like... thirteen kinds...? I could be wrong about that. Anyway, types like thunder, river, celestial, wind, void, forest, time, earth, ocean, music, spirit, mountain and..." he counted on his fingers, trailing off when he couldn't think of the thirteenth.

"Fire," he said, helping Stiles, "Speaking of which, that's the kind I am. And you're actually really accurate with that information. How did you know all that?" Danny asked in genuine confusion. He had no idea how Stiles had known all that

The boy in question fidgeted slightly and looked like he didn't want to answer. "Uh, I looked it up once," he said casually.

"Why?" Isaac asked, wondering why he would ever need that information.

"You know, just curiosity... among other things," he said under his breath. Of course the rest of the pack would hear and question it.

Scott snickered, amused, because he knew this story, "What other things?" He asked innocently.

"Just things..." he said refusing to meet the piercing stares they were giving him, "I was looking up Pokemon, okay! I saw the one Ninetales or something and and it had a link to kitsune in the origin so I clicked it and it was interesting so I read it!" Everybody was already howling with laughter by that point, so he just crossed his arms and glared at them, "Yeah, laugh it up, guys. Laugh at the guy who just happened to like one of the most popular games ever!" He tried defending himself but to no avail. He assumed just giving in at this point would be best so he started laughing with them. When the laughter died down Stiles turned to Danny again, this time with a question, "So Danny, how would you feel about joining the Hale Pack?

Danny fell into their pack nicely, he fit in since the beginning even if he didn't feel like it. He was sort of uncomfortable at first, being a fox among wolves but Jackson, Lydia and Ethan kept him from leaving.

Danny ended up bringing Kira, another kitsune who everyone immediately loved.

"Hey, Stiles, can I invite my cousin over tonight? Shes a kitsune too and she wanted to meet you guys." Danny asked almost shyly. And Stiles thought he had seen everything. Although Danny did still feel pretty new in the pack and he still didn't know if he had really earned his place yet.

And Stiles wanted to be the one that made him feel welcome so of course he told the fire kitsune that that would be fine.

"What kind is she? Just out of curiosity," Stiles asked.

"She can control electricity. It's pretty awesome. Unless you're in water with her then it's kind of terrifying," Stiles chuckled.

"Good to know, I won't make pool party plans anytime soon."

Later that night everyone had arrived for the weekly pack night in the loft besides Kira and Danny. Stiles had texted the fire kitsune asking him if he and his cousin we're still coming. Because of how much Danny talked about her, Kira seemed like an amazing girl and Stiles already knew that he was going to love her. He felt a pang of disappointment when he read the text he got back.

Danny: Kira didn't want to go because she felt like it would be wrong to intrude on pack night.

Danny: shes also scared that you guys wouldnt like her.

The human actually felt a little insulted that anyone would think they wouldn't welcome someone that like Kira. And to think that she thought he would hate her hurt him. From the what Danny has said about her, it would be insane not to love her. He texted him back.

Stiles: thats ridiculous, tell her shes always welcome in our loft.

Danny: shes still scared

Stiles: Give her the phone , sweetie, theres only one reason you should be scared of coming here and thats that we'll never let you leave. other than that theres nothing we'd ever do to you that was worse than hug you too tight. Our pack is a bunch of teenagers that act like toddlers, their lovely, hardworking pack mom and their alpha who likes to pretend hes some big scary alpha when really hes practically made out of kittens and love.

Stiles typed his reply quickly, hitting send and turning the screen off. He earned a slap on the back of the head from Derek who had read the text.

"I am not made of kittens and love," he protested, "It's puppies and love," he muttered when Stiles raised an eyebrow, "Shut up, lovely, hard working pack mom," Derek stood up to walk to where Jackson and Ethan were.

"Are you insinuating that I'm not hardworking?!" Stiles yelled to his mate as he walked away, when he didn't get an answer he muttered to himself, "Stupid sourwolf," and checked his phone, opening the text from Danny.

Danny: we're on our way.

Stiles grinned and stood up, sliding his phone into his pocket and waiting for the two kitsunes to arrive.

Turns out he didn't have to wait for long. Stiles smiled when he heard the lofts door open, he turned around to see Danny come in with a small girl trailing closely behind. Even after what he had told her, Kira still seemed uncomfortable. Her and Danny walked up to Stiles, probably so she could meet her first. He smiled at the small girl and reached out his hand, "You must be Kira. I'm Stiles, the lovely, hardworking pack mom. Nice to meet you."

She took his hand a little reluctantly and shook it, "You too." She said quietly.

"Don't believe that. He tells us that all the time," Scott 'whispered' to the girl when he walked by and Stiles smacked his arm. Kira giggled softly.

"Why do you all insist that I'm not hard working? I'm the hardest worker out of any of you!" Stiles protested, looking around the room.

Derek, who had come up behind him and wrapped an arm around his waist, "They mean the lovely part, Stiles," he told his mate with a smile.

Stiles scoffed and glared at all the wolves, "You're all turning into mini sourwolves and I don't approve of it," he said simply before turning back to Kira who had been giggling throughout their conversation. "I told you, this pack is nothing but a bunch of softies, Kira. Nothing to worry about," he winked at her and smiled. She smiled back and laughed at the 'glare' Derek was sending Stiles.

After everyone had introduced themselves to Kira, Stiles noticed her become more comfortable with their little family and smiled. He loved it when their pack gained new members. It was just one more puppy (Or fox, in this case) he could take care of.

At some point during the night the pack started watching a movie. Then one movie turned into two, then three and by four half the pack was sound asleep and the other half were trying very hard to stay awake. Derek and Isaac had gone to bed sometime during the third and Lydia and Allison decided halfway through the second they should be getting home. Looking at his pups again, Stiles realized that he was the only one awake now. He sighed and shut off the movie. Asleep on the couch was Ethan with Danny cuddled next to him, Aiden who had Jackson's head on his shoulder, Scott who was snoring with his legs thrown across Jackson's lap, Erica who was practically on top of Boyd, and Kira who was curled on the furthest side of the couch. His mouth quirked on the side in almost a smile as he walked over to her and gently shook her shoulder. She tried to bat his hand away which made him chuckle quietly. "Kira, wake up," this time she opened her eyes a fraction, wriggling around to get into a more seated position. She rubbed sleep out of her eyes with a fist and Stiles thought 'She wakes up like Isaac, that's adorable.'

"What time izzit?" She sleepily slurred and Stiles smiled at her.

"Its about 2 am, sweetie. I just wanted to know if you wanted me to drive you home or something. I didn't know if you like waking up on a random couch in the morning," he told her. He really wanted her to feel comfortable with them and he didn't think that having her wake up on their couch would be a very good start at that.

Kira looked like she wanted to ask him something but thought better of it and looked away instead.

"Sweetie, if you wanna stay here tonight, that's perfectly fine with me, all you gotta do is ask," he said, making it clear to her that he wanted to make her feel welcome.

The kitsune opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by a yawn that probably told him exactly what she was gonna say. "I'll get you a blanket," he said before walking to the chest they used as a coffee table and opening it to find the blankets they kept in there just for pack nights. He got out 4 large blankets. He put one over Erica and Boyd, one over Scott, Aiden and Jackson, and one on Ethan and Danny. He placed the last one over Kira who was already almost out. The human had started to walk away when a delicate hand grabbed his wrist.

"Thank you, Stiles," she whispered to him in the dark.

He grinned down at his new pup, "Hey, that's what a pack mom is for," she smiled at him and let go of his wrist before falling asleep again.

It didn't take anytime for the pack to accept Kira. She was in the minute she started talking to them. She was the one that didn't feel like she belonged. Derek was the one to change that though when he told her that the pack was a family and if she really didn't belong they wouldn't have let her in in the first place.

A little while after that, the pack discovered Malia, a werecoyote that had been living in the woods since she was 8.

"Mom?" Isaac asked Stiles who was seated on the couch with a book in his hand. Stood next to the beta was Allison and Erica. Stiles looked up at the three, setting his book down when he saw the serious faces each of them had.

"What's up, pups?" He said, ignoring Allison's eye roll. She would usually tell him that she is not a pup but this time she didn't and that made him even more curious.

"Um..." Isaac started, obviously he hadn't thought through how he was gonna say this but he went for it anyway, "So, uh, you know that coyote that was found last week? Malia Tate?" At his pack mom's nod, the curly haired boy continued, "Well, I talked to your dad about her because I-I just wanted to know if she was okay and- Well he said she was. But he also told me that she told him that she didn't want to go back to her dad because she didn't know how she would do in that situation," Isaac stopped, looking at his pack mates for help. He didn't want to be the one to ask Stiles for this. He didn't want to ask for too much, as usual.

Erica stayed silent, also not wanting to ask this of their pack mom. He already had too many people to take care of, the last thing he needed was to take care of a girl that hasn't been in civilization for 8 years. Allison, who was the only one that looked fully prepared and ready to help take care of the girl, looked at the two, muttering to herself, "Why does it always fall on me?" She sighed and turned to Stiles, "Mom, this girl is probably feeling so alone right now. She hasn't been a human for 8 years and she needs someone, anyone to help her have an chance in the world again. And we think that this pack -mostly you- could give that to her. We could teach her how to control her powers like Derek did for Scott when he was first turned. We need to help, you of all people, know what we need to do," She smiled at the end of her speech and looked hopefully at the alphas mate. The two other pack members gaped at her in surprise for a moment, before nodding in agreement.

Stiles looked at the girl, nodding throughout her little speech and smiling widely at her at the end. He almost wanted to applaud her. "I completely agree. With all of that. Trust me, if anyone wants to help Malia, it's me, but-" looks of disappointment fell on the wolves and the hunter, "-but, I have to talk to my dad to see if he'd be okay with just letting her go. If he says she can come with us, then she'll be part of the pack. If he doesn't, well, I don't know what to tell you," he said shrugging. He knew that the last conversation he had with his dad about the girl, he'd had been told that they'd be moving her to the creepy mental asylum. Seeing the looks of hope on his pups faces, the boy really hoped that they'd be able to get her before that happens. "We'll go into the station tomorrow and I'll see what I can do, okay?"

The next day, Stiles, Allison, Erica, Isaac, and Derek went to the station, hoping to come home with a new pack member. Stiles had talked his mate into it the night the three had talked to him and the alpha had agreed almost instantly. Contrary to popular belief, Derek cared for his pups almost - if not more - than Stiles did and actually really liked when their pack grew. Unfortunately Stiles had also told him that they had a time limit on Malia's place in the pack. When the human told Derek about them sending her to Eichen house, Derek had promised him they'd pick her up first thing in the morning.

So when they did manage to get some alone time with the sheriff, they told him about inviting Malia into their pack with no hesitation. Thankfully, they had gotten to the station just in time. The sheriff told them that they were ten minutes away from calling the asylum to come pick the girl up.

"So she's being held here?" At his dad's nod, Stiles looked at his mate briefly before turning his head to his dad again, "Do you think we could go talk to her?" His dad nodded again and Stiles smiled. He heard Isaac whine softly at him, "Isaac, I promise, after me and Derek tell her about the pack, you can talk to her too but she needs to feel comfortable around us first, okay?" He whispered to his pup, who nodded albeit slightly reluctant to agree, before turning to his mate, "Ready?"

At Derek's nod, him and Stiles stood and walked to where they were holding Malia. They found the girl handcuffed to a bench, looking both scared and annoyed. When the two got close to her she growled softly. Stiles held his hands up in defeat, "We're just here to talk to you, Malia. Alone," As if on cue, Stiles's dad came over and unlocked the cuffs, looking to the alpha pair and nodding towards his office.

"I'll make sure no one goes, be quick, son," the sheriff grinned at his son, "Get me another grandkid," he joked, smiling at Malia, who looked at the three of them confused. Stiles chuckled softly before gestured to the girl to follow him and his mate.

When they got into the sheriff's office, the pack mom had Malia, who still seemed reluctant to obey them but did it anyway. "Um, what's going on? Who are you?" She asked looking at the two.

"Uh, I'm Stiles, and this is my boyfriend Derek. We're..." he said struggling to find the words to explain this. He realized she still didn't know they knew what she was. He tapped Derek on the shoulder, who looked at him, eyebrows raised in question. Stiles looked back him and gestured to his eyes, signaling him to show the girl his status. Derek nodded in understanding, flashing his red eyes quickly for Malia to see he was an alpha.

"We know what you are, Malia," she tensed at this, afraid of what they could possibly to her. She's never met an alpha before and she didn't know what to do besides lower her eyes to the floor, "We're not going to hurt you, we just want to talk." He looked at the human to continue, talking was more up Stiles's alley.

Seeing how tense she had gotten, Stiles instincts immediately told him to calm her down but she wasn't pack yet and he knew that would probably just scare her more. "Me and Derek are the alpha pair of a pack here. The Hale pack. It's mostly made of wolves, but we also have two kitsunes and three humans. I'm human, by the way. I'm also the pack mom of this pack," he added as an introduction. The younger girl had finally looked back up at him, "Anyway, Malia, we understand that you don't, uh, have a pack and you're alone right now. And I understand if you don't want to go back to your dad after everything thats happened to you. That's basically the whole reason we're here actually," he looked at his mate, expectantly.

Derek had caught on right as Stiles paused, he looked at her, trying to look as friendly as he could, "Instead of spending the rest of your life in an insane asylum, we we're wondering you'd like to join our pack," he offered, hopefully. When he saw her hesitation at the offer, he added, "We can help you with your powers and we could give you a family. Don't you want that, Malia?"

This time she nodded without a second thought. She hated the thought of having to be alone again so she nodded, "Am I going to live with you?" Malia asked, hoping the answer would be yes. It was either live with them and have a pack or live and be alone again. "I-I don't have anywhere else to go..."

Stiles glanced at his mate, not expecting the girl to ask that, but nodded anyway, "Of course you can. You'll have to share a room with Kira, one of our kitsunes. Is that okay?" At her nod he continued, "Also, our pack has 14 members and we're all very close. We're basically a family. You're not family yet," he said apologetically, "you will be, I promise, but you have to try. You have to work with us, okay?"

Malia nodded. She hadn't had rules in a very long time because it's been just her in the woods without anyone telling her what to do. She realized very quickly that that wouldn't be the case in this pack and she couldn't really bring herself to care. Stiles smiled at the girl who hesitantly returned it with a small smile. She decided she liked him. Looking at Derek, she thought he looked grumpy and mean. She hadn't realized her smile had dropped and was replaced with slight fear when she looked at the older man until the human in the room looked between the two of them and interrupted her thoughts.

"If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, that Derek looks scary, don't worry. Trust me on this, this man is like a s'more. He looks tough and crunchy on the outside, but he's just a softie under the leather jackets and glares," he smirked at his mate, who rolled his eyes and cuffed him lightly on the back of the head. Malia thought it was funny though and had to suppress a giggle, "Okay, now that you know me and Derek, we actually brought three of our pups along with us and they want to meet you. Are you okay with that?"

She nodded but felt she had to ask, "Pups?"

"Yeah. Well, technically one is human but she's our pup by default. I'll be right back," Stiles left the room to go find his other pups who were, of course, eavesdropping. He wanted to talk to them before he just dropped them into a room with someone who's been feral for 8 years.

That left Malia alone with Derek for a couple minutes. It was mostly just filled with an uncomfortable silence that Malia felt she needed to break, "How old are the others?" she asked, referring to the people in their pack.

He thought about, not knowing exactly, "Most are 18, some are 17 and two are 16. They're all juniors and seniors. I'm 23 and Stiles is 18," he said and she nodded.

"I'm only 16 and I haven't been in school since 3rd grade," she mumbled, feeling like that information is gonna come with teasing from the older members of this pack.

Derek furrowed his eyebrows, "So you don't have any school knowledge above the third grade?" She shook her head feeling slightly guilty for some reason, "Are you going to be okay with going to high school then?" He looked unsure even when she nodded, "Okay, well... we'll talk about it later with Stiles."

As if on cue, Stiles and the three pack members walked back into the room, "Malia," he said addressing the girl, getting her attention before pointing at a curly haired boy next to him, "This is Isaac," the boy smiled at her which she returned, "And-" the pack mom was interrupted by the two excited girls next to Isaac.

"I'm Allison!" She said with a wide smile and Stiles almost wanted to laugh at how freaking sweet this girl was.

"And I'm Erica. Did you really spend 8 years as a real coyote?" At that Stiles thought it would be a good time to interrupt her.

"Erica, she probably doesn't want to ta-"

"It's fine. I'm okay with it," Malia said looking to the blonde girl, "Uh, yeah, I was."

Erica smiled at her, "Oh, man, that is so cool." The coyote raised an eyebrow, not really expecting that reaction but accepting it anyway, "We have to talk about that sometime, okay?" Malia nodded, she liked this girl.

"Okay, maybe we should go home and continue the introductions there," Derek chuckled at his pups excitement, "That is, if you're sure about joining the pack, Malia," he said turning his gaze and everyone else's towards her. She suddenly felt slightly pressured. Despite that though, she knew she wanted to be with these people.

"Yeah, I'm definitely sure," she said with a nod.

Because Malia had never been in a real pack before, it was harder for her to fall into the motions of being a human with people that actually care about her. Stiles got her enrolled into the high school with them, which stressed her out considered the last schooling she ever did was in third grade. Luckily, Stiles enrolled her as a sophomore so she wouldn't have to be thrown into senior classes.

Training her to be human was like trying to domesticate a wolf. Or, more accurately, a coyote. But it could be done, and Malia made good improvement. She no longer thought that members of that pack were expendable, so that was good.

Everyone loved her as well. Kira maybe a little more than the others. Of course they took her in too. That's how their pack was, they took in strays that needed them.

Liam was the last to join. Derek bit him on 'accident' while trying to save him from a Wendigo that was on a rampage. Of course, Liam was extremely pissed off at first. It was understandable though, Stiles would have been pissed too. The alpha pair had to calmly sit him down and gently explain what was happening to him and why (Read:they dragged him into a room, tied him to a chair, with the help of Scott and had him and Derek show Liam their wolf forms.) There was only a little bit of screaming involved.

Stiles and Derek took care of a large, annoying group of teenagers that they loved no matter how many times they had to yell at them. Daily.