It was only after a few months of living with Silver and Ruby did it happen, the introduction to the members of the gang that hadn't already met them through accidental meetings.
"D-do w-we h-have to, M-Ms. R-ruby?" Pine asked while Ruby was helping dress her in clothes appropriate for the meeting.
"Unfortunately my little Ray of light, yes we have to, it is a requirement," Ruby responded as she gently twisted the younger girl's hair into a braided bun. Laughing softly when she sneezed due to a piece of hair tickling her nose.
"D-don't l-laugh at m-me." The raven-haired child said doing her best impression of a noble lady, with her nose turned up everything, causing Ruby to let out peals of laughter. "Come on my little actress," Ruby said shaking her head fondly once she was finished with getting Pine ready.
"O-ok, Miss R-ruby," Pine whispered, standing while trying her best to not disturb her hair and clothes.
"You look so pretty, you know that Pine," Ruby said, tucking a stray strand of raven hair behind her ear. Making the young girl blush and stammer out thanks. "Come on we don't want those two, to have to wait for us now do we?" Ruby asked, referring to the two males that were currently waiting for them at the end of the hall.
"S-Sebastien!" Pine called out as she sped up to reach her pseudo brother quicker. Pressing into his side when she reached him.
"Careful there Pine, you don't want to mess up your outfit now do you?" Sebastien said wrapping his arm around her gently.
"S-sorry, I d-didn't m-mean t-to." Pine apologized looking up at him.
"It's ok just be careful, you don't want Miss Ruby to have to redo your hair," Sebastien responded bopping her nose, making her blink and go cross-eyed in an attempt to see what he was doing. Laughing at her he carefully patted her head as they followed Silver and Ruby down the stairs to the meeting area.
Once they reached the meeting room, the two children stopped and stood implacably still against the wall, watching as the other members of the gang filed in and sat down. After about thirty minutes of watching people walk into the room, Silver walked to the front of the room and called all attention to himself.
"Alright, so as you all most likely know by now, Ruby and I have come in contact with two children, both of which we have adopted,d. It has now reached the three-month mark of us having taken them in, meaning it is time for you all to meet them. Sebastien, Pine, would you please step forward." he called looking back at the two children as they quietly made their way to the front of the room, next to Silver and Ruby.
"Go on you two, introduce yourselves," Ruby said gently nudging them forwards, making sure that they didn't trip as they shuffled forwards under her and Silver's careful watch.
"H-hello e-everybody, m-my n-name i-is P-pine, a-and th-this i-is S-Sebastien," Pine said bowing while trying to ignore the stares focused on her person. Straightening her posture when Sebastien turned and tapped her shoulder twice, his way of telling her to stand properly. Looking out at the crowd of curious and cold faces, Sebastien stepped in front of her just enough to be noticeable, his face contorted into a scowl. Completely indifferent to the amused smiles that bloomed on the faces of some of the members' faces.
"As Pine said, my name is Sebastien, we are greatly pleased to meet you," Sebastien said, still positioned protectively in front of Pine, not that she minded. During this introduction, the two children missed Silver stepping forwards again from where he and Ruby had been standing.
"Now that the customary greeting has been given, I believe that it is time for the group meetings." Silver said, reminding the others of that part of the custom as they quickly sectioned themselves into groups.
"Wh-what group a-are w-we to go t-to f-first M-Mr. S-silver?" Pine asked, turning to face him.
"Hmm, Jacob! You and your group please step forwards, you shall be the first group to get to know these two." Silver called out, motioning to the group where the blonde haired blue eyed male was standing with.
"Sir, Madam," Jacob said coming to a stop before them and bowing as was dictated, followed by the rest of the people in the small group that had followed behind him.
"You all may rise," Ruby said, laying a hand on Jacobs's shoulder, letting him know that it was safe to stand. "Now, I believe that you six are going to spend the next two hours bonding with the children." Ruby reminded as the young adults rose to a comfortable position.
"Yes Ma'am, now shall we be off?" the older blonde asked, looking at the two children at his leader's side.
"O-ok m-mister," Pine said as she looked at him, nervousness and slight fear showing in her eyes at the prospect of being separated from the two adults of whom she'd come to care for. Even so, she still followed behind when the small group of six started in a seemingly random direction. After a few minutes of traipsing about the house grounds, they came to a stop. "A-are w-we he-here mister? The raven-haired girl asked peeking her head from behind the young boy who stood protectively in front of her, separating her and the rest of the group.
"Yes, yes we are, now why don't we all sit down and get to know each other?" a brown-haired male called from the front of the group as he turned to face the children who were currently standing at the back of the group very on edge.
"That sounds like a great idea." a dark orange-haired female called from the front of the group. "Why don't you two kiddies pick a place to sit and we'll work it out from there?" the green-eyed redhead suggested earning nods and grunts of agreement from the males surrounding her. Slowly the group parted enough to let the young children through. After the two had settled down and chose a place to sit, th, other six all managed to find a comfortable spot to sit on.
"So how about we all introduce ourselves?" asked the blonde-haired male who was positioned next to Pine. "I'll go first, my name is Philip Keen, I am 17 years old," Philip announced from his prone sitting position.
"That means I go next, ok so my name is Jacob King and I am 16, James your up." The other blonde said looking at the male sitting next to him.
"James Garron, I'm twenty," he said, looking bored out of his mind.
"Please forgive him, he doesn't talk much, I am Kaden Jake and I just turned 17." the black-haired male said from the other side of Sebastien.
"What Kade said, please do forgive him and I'm Alex Torre, Kaden's significant other, I am also 15." the blue-haired male said from next to Kaden.
"I guess that leaves me, alright well my name is Aria Maken I am the only female that can put up with these goofs and I am 23." the green-eyed lady from before introduced herself.
"Yeah yeah, she's like the mom of our group, always making sure that we don't hurt ourselves or that we're not doing something that we aren't supposed to be doing," Alex said smiling softly as Kaden ran his hands through his hair. It wasn't long after that, that the group of eight was sitting and laughing at stories that the older ones were telling and recalling from when they were younger.
"No way! I'm calling bull! There is no way that you beat up your brother with a flipping fish! I don't believe you!" Alex called out in astonishment as Jacob was telling a story from when he was younger, that's how they spent the rest of their two hours together.