Chapter 30

Jonathon’s POV

It’s the morning of the tournament, Olivia and I are meeting up with Jessica, Alex and Dad at the front of the building. **“I’m a bit nervous”** I admit to Tyler; **“why, it’s not as if you are sparring in the tournament.” “I know; this is the first event I’ve organised as an Alpha”** I tell him. **“It will go well; we have Pappa Wolf helping”** he reassures me.

I smile and grab Olivia’s hand while we wait for Jessi and Alex to turn up. “Dad what’s the schedule for the tournament?” I ask him as Jessi and Alex walk out the doors. “I was going to say wait until these two shows up, but now they are here; I’ll let you all know” he answers at Jessi and Alex’s looks of confusion.

“We will have 3 sessions, Morning, afternoon and evening. The morning session will be human form; hand to hand combat. Afternoon session wolf, bear or cat form and evening’s session will be Jonny’s and Alex’s choice. I have compiled a list; pulling names out of a hat and pairing them into 164 pairs.” He shows us he’s clipboard; Jess and Alex’s; ah ha moment as they catch on, what Joe was talking about.

“There is only enough room to have 55 pairs at one time, so we will have three, half hour blocks of sparring with the last half hour having 54 pairs. I have enlisted the help from the master trainers of the Orange Pride and Silver Clan. At the end of every session, we will sit with you in the leader’s room to discuss the narrowing down of applicants.” He concludes.

“Shall we go?” Jessi asks heading towards the arena. Oh, my goddess; the place is filling up, not just with applicants but everyone in the whole community. There are people coming in from everywhere. We head to the bleachers marked Leaders. The clan, pride, coven and pack leaders are already there with their mates, their Betta’s and their mates and Gamma’s and their mates. Nathanial, Adrian, Cathy and Debbie are already seated. “Runt, over here” Nathanial yells out to us.

We move to where they are sitting, Yvette, Tim and another lady come over. “Hey” I say smiling giving Mum a hug. “This is Eden, my mate” Tim introduces. “Hi, it’s nice to meet you, this is Olivia, my mate” Introducing her to Eden. “You said he looked like you but…” she says to Tim. We both laugh; “Oh, my goddess they’re laugh’s even the same” Livvy yells.

“It’s a good crowd Tobias, you’ve done well” Mum says to me, “I had help” pointing to Alex, then to Master Joe “he’s also Liv’s Dad.”

“Mum, I need to ask you something” “Anything, Son” she smiles. “I have asked permission from Luna Leanne to have my name changed; she granted the name change and is arranging the ceremony. What is my full name?” She laughs, “that I can answer. It’s Tobias Jaxon Thompson. Under the circumstances at the time; I placed your father’s name as middle names for both you and Timothy.” I smile at her; “Thank you” and give her a peck on the cheek. Tim, Eden and Mum take their seats.

Dad comes over to us and gives Alex and myself a list of names on a clipboard with who is on each of the sparring mats. The sparring mats are numbered from 1-55.

He heads back down to the floor and picks up the microphone and nervously announces “Thank you everyone for coming to watch these fine young candidates vie for the position of enforcer for the Gold Moon Pack. Myself, Master Trainer Elizabeth and Master Trainer Tom will be on the floor scrutinizing each of these young men and women and we have Alpha’s in waiting Jonathon and Alex looking on from the stand. The first round is human one on one sparring; if you get pinned, you can tap out. If you leave your mat, the match is forfeited. There will be half an hour; let the hunt begin.”

The first lot of candidates walk out on the floor, I open a mind link to Jess, Olivia and Alex *“there’s that Alister Livvy zapped,”* he looks up and gives Olivia a salute; she nods. I hold Tyler back from growling at him **“It’s ok; he’s showing he’s respect to her ability, that’s all.”**

The hooter sounds, each pair starts fighting as we watch on. *“Alister’s not actually bad”* Alex says; *“And number 54 Jeremy, on mat 27 is holding he’s own”* Jess pipes in. *“Number 63 Jason is standing strong”* I tell them. We keep watching and mark down on the two sheets potential candidates. The hooter sounds again and remaining pairs stop sparring.

The second round of candidates come onto the mats. *“There’s Peter, I think he’s still hurting from Jess’ ass whipping”* Alex snickers. The hooter sounds again and couples start fighting. *“Christian, number 122 on mat 6 is showing good form”* I say to them, *“and number 166 on mat 28, Rebecca has nice kicking technique”* Alex adds. *“Holy crap this is hard”* Jessica complains. *“Xzavier and Brett 155 and 156 on mat 23 are evenly matched”* Olivia tells us. The hooter sounds and the remaining pairs leave the mats.

The final round of candidates come onto the mats and gets ready for the hooter. It sounds and the fights begin. *“Number 225, Kimberly, Mat 3, she’s got some real skill”* Olivia points out, *“And Glenn on mat 16 is dominating his match”* I say. *“Jeffrey on mat 12 and Patricia on mat 34 are two to watch”* Alex injects. The hooter sounds and the candidates leave the mats; “There will be a break for lunch and we will reconvene at 2pm”.

I get up and stretch; “Nathanial, Adrian; you guys are a part of this, would you like to come with us?” Alex asks them “Sure” Nathanial says; “I’d hoped you would ask” Adrian responded. *“Can I ask Tim and Mum?”* I mind link Alex, *“I thought you would have already.”*

“Mum, Tim, Eden; would you like to join us in the leader’s room to discuss the candidates?” I ask the three of them. “These will be your enforcers, Tobias; we wouldn’t want to impose” Tim says. “You won’t be imposing; we would love your input” Olivia smiles at them. “Who am I to argue with my sister-in-law” Tim chuckles and we all walk down to the leader’s room together.

We walk in the door; “Omega Simone has bought in some sandwiches and refreshments, help yourself” Jessica tells everyone. I introduce Dad to Yvette, Timothy and Eden “Holy Moley, you said you were identical; I guess it didn’t sink in.” “Tell me about it, I was the same Master Joe” Eden confirms. “And the lovely lady who birthed a fine young man; it’s a pleasure to meet you” he says. *“Is your dad flirting”* I mind linked Olivia *“I hope not; he’s going to make me gag.”*

“Tom, Liz and I have narrowed down the field to 106; have a look and compare your list and we can discuss if you would like to add any more”. We sit down and the lists are almost identical, we had some with question marks that weren’t included; however, we trust Master Joe’s judgement.

“I’m surprised how well Alister did considering he was zapped yesterday” Alex mentioned. “Zapped, how” Eden asked and Timothy laughed; “did Liv touch him?” I recapped what happened for them, “Eden, Liv is a wolf-witch hybrid; her witch side of her has the ability to electrocute those around her.” “It doesn’t kill them, just shocks them” Olivia adds. “Yesterday, our candidates decided they wanted to train with us and Alister thought it would be fun to spar with Liv. It lasted 15 seconds” Alex said. “I did tell him to never underestimate his opponent” Oliva giggled.

“He certainly did that today” Nathanial pointed out. “And I like the look of Kimberly in the 3rd round” Yvette mentioned, “me too Mum, she had really good skill” Olivia piped up. Adrian adds “I liked Jeremy in the first round,” “I was going to mention him and Christian in round 2” Tim tells us “Don’t forget Glenn in the last round; Goddess this is difficult” Jessica includes. “I think the consensus is in agreement with your list Master Trainers” Alex tells them.

“I will let the candidates know and those chosen for the 2nd round.” Dad announces.