a new future

chapter one

Jasper park. A warm and breezy day with the sun covering a open meadow with with a small wind blowing the scent of wild flowers. A large group of wolf were gathered in the opening of the field all waiting for the same thing, a wedding. The wedding was to be held between two packs to unite the two and prevent war. We find the western packs daughter named Kate was to wed the eastern pack son named Garth to make the union official. The two wolf had met at the moonlight howl a few days earlier and granted that Garth could not howl he was still a massive alpha and it was pack law as well. Kate had been returned back to the pack with the help of a funny omega named Humphrey. They had been friends growing up but they were different from the start but they were kids who didn't know any better. Humphrey had always been in love with Kate but now that she was to be married to Garth a.k.a. barf to Humphrey and he would have her to himself and become the new leader of the pack.

We find Kate sitting at the entrance of her parents den with her sister a solid white wolf named Lilly brushing her fur out with a pine cone.

"Hay Lilly do you thing that I would be happy with Garth?" Kate asked her sister who stopped and looked up at her

"I couldn't say sis but you will have the rest of your life to find out." Lilly said returning to brushing her sisters fur.

Kate looked out at all of the wolfs in the field waiting for the wedding and she felt nervous and almost terrified. "Well you look beautiful." a voice spoke up which made the sisters turn to see Humphrey walking up to them.

"Thanks Humphrey." Kate said looking at him with a little smile which he turned his head a little which made Kate looked worried.

"Something is missing though." He said when began scratching behind his ear and pulled out two purple flowers and place one in Kate hair. "Thats better, but something is still missing." He said and placed the other one in lilly's hair which made her blush a little. "There that's better." He said now satisfied with his work. He stepped back and sat looking at the two sisters.

"Thanks Humphrey." Lilly said looking at him "What are doing up here anyway?" She asked him which made Kate think about that as well.

"I came to say goodby before I leave." Humphrey said with a fake smile which the sisters knew that he was trying to not show his sadness.

"Leave? For like ever?" Kate asked a little hurt on the inside and Lilly face also showed her surprise. "What will you do?" Kate asked

"I don't know but I fell like I have to do this. I-I will miss you two and please watch over the others ok?" Humphrey said as he turned around and began to leave. "Wait!" Kate yelled which made him stop where he was. He turned his head to look at her with hurt in his eyes.

"Why can't you stay!?" Kate almost yelled at him which made him turn his head back around and started walking "Two reasons pack law and I don't belong" he said as he had reached the tree line with the shadows of the tress soon making him disappear. Kate looked at her sister and back at the tree line and she got up and began to run with Lilly soon behind her. They were soon stopped by a dozen wolfs who wanted to ask her questions about what her pups would look like but she didn't care about that she wanted to get her friend back from doing something stupid but all the wolfs just kept her from breaking out and chase her friend. She turned around and noticed that Lilly was not in the group and looked around to spot her which she did.

Lilly had managed to break out of the crowd and was heading for the tree line as fast as she could. She had to catch Humphrey he was one of her close friends even though she didn't really show it but they grew up together and she wanted him to stay with the pack but something was wrong. She stopped and smelled the air for his scent but she couldn't find it which made no since until she spotted huge mud puddle with a huge amount missing. She knew a few things her sister had taught her about hunting and about tracking but she knew the mud would mask his scent long enough to make him leave the territory and if that happened they would never find him. She kept at it for about ten minuets but came up with nothing and she headed back to the pack.

Kate was now at the large rocks that acted as a alter when she spotted her sister heading for her place next to her mother and sat down with her head hung low. Kate knew that he was gone now and had to go after him but she couldn't because if she left there would be war. She had to do the wedding and followed the steps all the way and they were rubbing noses together when she spotted something in the corner of her eye. She blinked and now looked back towards it but it was gone. She was swarmed by other wolfs but she just walked past them with a fake smile and she was outside of the crowd and stopped still looking in the direction that she spotted something. Lilly soon appeared from the crowd and sat next to her sister looking at her and then in the direction she was looking.

"What is it Kate?" Lilly asked still looking in the direction "I don't know but I could have sworn I spotted something that looked like a wolf on that large rock out there." She said "But I guess I was wrong." She said turning around but was stopped by Lilly grabbing her tail with her paw and lily pointed out at the rock where there was a lone figure on top. A lone howl was heard that echoed thought the field that said one word Goodby which only Kate and Lilly could hear barely because of the large crowd behind them. The two sisters looked at each other with tears in both of their eyes "You heard it too?" Kate asked Lilly who nodded "He really is gone. Will he come back? Will see him again?" Lilly asked her sister "I don't know Lilly." Kate said as she turned again and headed back to the crowd to fake a appearance to show everyone that she was happy. Lilly just kept looking in the direction where they spotted him and she knew he was almost out of the territory she sat there with tears in her eyes she began to cry.

Humphrey was still looking at the wedding from the large rock and just sighed and turned to head in a direction which was heading toward some train tracks. After about ten minuets or so he had reached the tracks and followed them north when he reached the end of their territory which he walked past still heading north.

"I guess I'm a lone wolf now." Humphrey said to him self as continued to follow the tracks when he heard a loud rumble in the distance and he knew that was a train coming. "Well I hope its heading north." He said to himself and waiting on top of a small hill waiting for the train and to spot a open car. After about 5 long minuets of waiting he spotted the train and luckily one car was open which he jumped into once it was close enough. He sat on the edge of the open door and just watched as his former home began to disappear in the distance which made him feel horrible to leave but he had too. There was nothing for him there besides his three best friends and some others but he couldn't have Kate now.

After a few hours of riding the train he had decided to jump off and walk to stretch his legs. He jumped off into a hill covered in snow that would help with landing without breaking something. He stretched his legs and began smelling the air to see if there were any packs nearby which he couldn't smell any. He then caught a smell of a pack but it was strange smell and something inside him said to investigate. He headed in the direction still smelling the air every so often to make sure he was heading in the right direction. After a half of a hour he reached the out skirts of mark and knew that he would be trespassing now but he came this far to stop now and headed in deeper. H reached where the scent was the strongest and looked around but not finding anyone.

"Hello? Sorry to trespass but something told me to follow the scent." Humphrey said but got no response. Suddenly a large wolf appeared from the shadows and pinned him against the ground. "Who are you? You don't smell like one of us." The large wolf said now applying pressure on Humphrey.

"My name is Humphrey and I'm not from here. I left my former pack. I am a lone wolf now and don't mean any harm." Humphrey said to the large wolf who gave him one more sniff and a light growl getting off of him.

"You a lone wolf huh? Not much to you." The large wolf said beginning to circle Humphrey who didn't move. "The names scar. Follow me." scar said as he turned and began walking to a large cave which he entered with Humphrey soon following behind him. They soon spotted to more wolfs guarding a smaller chamber. Humphrey looked at one of the wolfs who just remained still but had some scars on his face and was still bigger then him. They soon reached a main den where there were some female wolfs with pups running around and some others wolfs who were wounded and were trying to be healed by others.

"Come." Scar said as he walked into a small cutout next to the main den and was about to head into when a pup ran up behind him. "Scar I'm ready to fight. Whats my orders?" The pup asked looking up at the large wolf. He turned around and smiled at the little pup "You want a order huh? How about this you want to be a guard today?" Scar asked the pup who nodded.

"Alright then. I will assign you to the den guard. Meet fang at the door of the den." Scar said to which the pup wagged his tail and ran to door with some other pups following him. Humphrey watched the scene and looked at scar who was still smiling.

"They will be safe. Fang is very strong and will protect them till the end." Scar said now looking at Humphrey "Come I must talk with you." He said again and they finally reached the small den which he turned and sat waiting for Humphrey to do the same.

"I must ask you does your pack know where you are?" Scar asked to which Humphrey shook his head. "Good. But to make sure you will stay here till I'm sure you were not followed." Scar looked at Humphrey "You have any questions?" Scar asked which Humphrey nodded.

"Alright I will answer them." Scar said looking at Humphrey "What happened to those wolfs out there?" He asked "A rival pack hunting party I'm afraid. They managed to injure quiet a few of my alphas and omegas." scar said "We managed to kill a couple of them but they will be back to try and finish the job."

Scar looked past Humphrey when he heard some footsteps heading into their direction which made Humphrey turn to look as well. Soon another pup appeared but had a limp when he walked into the den which scar got up and picked up the pup genitally and returned to his spot putting the pup down genitally.

"Who's this papa scar?" the pup asked looking at Humphrey which made the large wolf smile "He is a guest so be nice understand?" Scar said looking at the pup who nodded "How is that foot doing? I can see you are walking better now." Scar asked the pup which he smiled back up to the large wolf. "Better mama said I could walk on it a bit so I thought I would see you papa." The pup said to the large wolf who just chuckled "Well isn't that nice. Thank you, but I need to talk to our guest."

Before anything else could be said one of the guards from earlier came running into the den "They are back sir!" He said which made scar stand "Guard the main den and find fang to make sure they will be safe." Scar spoke calmly to the wolf who nodded and ran out. "You will come with me." Scar said to Humphrey who nodded "And you little one you will stay with your mother ok? Papa has to help the others." Scar said to the pup who nodded and scar picked up the pup and they all made their way into the main den where scar stopped to put the pup down genitally and headed for the main door with Humphrey behind him.

They reached the entrance where they meet five large wolfs and a sold black one about the same size as scar. "Fang what is the damage so far?" scar asked to the black wolf

"About two dozen easily maybe more." The black wolf responded who looked at Humphrey now "Who's this?" fang asked looking at scar "A potential new member. Place him on the den guard along with the others and you and me will handle what we can." Scar said now heading toward the main entrance.

"You heard the pack leader. You three will stay here and you new wolf guard this place with your life. We all watch each other here so if they need help you help understood?" Fang asked Humphrey who looked a bit scared but nodded. "Good." Fang said as he headed for the entrance where scar was heading. After about ten minuets there were a few figures appearing at the entrance which made the three guards began to growl.

"We have your pack leader along with the second in command now all that is left is you three and what ever that runt of wolf so you coming?" One wolf asked down the hall "Never you will have to kill us before we surrender!" One guard shouted back "Very well then. Lets get them!" A voice shouted and then 5 wolfs came down the entrance which the guards met them and a battle soon happened. Three wolfs managed to pin one guard as the other two were dealing with the rest. They were about to go for the guards throat when Humphrey went and knocked one in the side as hard as he could which made the other two loosen the pin and the guard managed to knock them off him.

"You will pay for that runt." One of the wolfs said as he approached him with the intent to kill. The wolf jumped for him but missed when Humphrey ducked and managed to pin him to the ground. "Please I don't want to kill you. Just surrender." Humphrey said to the other wolf who snapped at his legs. "Never!" He shouted landing a bite on one of Humphreys legs which made him scream in pain but pushed though it and bit down on the other wolfs neck hard now tasting blood. The other wolf keep moving trying to fight back but soon when limp which made Humphrey let go and turned to look at the others who just managed to kill their attackers but not without some wounds.

"Go check the outside. We can handle it from here." One guard said to Humphrey who saw a deep wound on his side but seemed to be used to being covered in wounds because he had many on him. Humphrey ran up to the entrance to see scar and fang pinned to the ground by a handful of wolfs. A large wolf stepped up from behind the wolfs standing in front of the two who were pinned.

"Well look at this. You picken the runts now. How discraseful." The large wolf said looking at Humphrey "Leave runt. I have no business with you, but you look liked you killed one of my alphas so know that you won't get far before we hunt you down." The large wolf spoke to Humphrey

"No. Why are you attaching them?" Humphrey asked which made the large wolf turn back to look at him. "You don't know? He didn't tell you. This so called pack is a group of wolfs who got the rest of their pack killed because they are weak. They tried to save those who were wounded who would just slow them down. Those wolfs in there are what is left from that. We were the ones who attacked them but not that matters now since you will die now along with these two." The wolf spoke "Kill him and the others." he spoke again and a group of wolf headed for Humphrey but were intercepted by the remaining guards.

Another fight broke out with the three guards fought the wolfs they could spare that were not holding their leader down. Seeing the odds against him Humphrey had to at least try to free at least one of the leaders and with that he ran towards the wolfs holding down fang. Seeing that he was coming for them they stood there ground and soon Humphrey hit one at full force which made him stagger for a moment but he then recovered. The other wolfs just started to laugh at him because he was so small compared to them. Still Humphrey got up and did it again but this time he tried something different for in which he was running at them he jumped and landed on one of the wolfs back and bit down hard on his neck the wolf howled and began to try and shack him off but not realizing that he was losing his grip which he soon found out when the large black wolf jumped up and grabbed another one who pinned him by the neck and gave a quick twist with his mouth which made the wolf go limp.

The other wolfs soon tried to pin him to the ground again but learned that it was no easy task when you keep losing wolfs. Fang soon managed to take out three so far which he looked at the last two who had pinned him which they started to back away when he started to step towards them. They soon ran off and the others just looked at the situation getting worse now that the three guards had managed to take out three more and were now joining Humphrey and fang who were all looking at the leader of the other pack. The large wolf kept looking at the runt who managed to kill one of his alphas and managed to free the second in command which caused him more losses.

"Alright I have a deal for runt. You and me will fight and if you win I will release your leader and I will never attack again but if I win I get to kill him. What do you say?" The large wolf asked Humphrey who looked at scar who just looked at him which made Humphrey nod. "Agreed." He responded and the two began to circle one another.

"You would have made a great alpha if you were born here but I will admit that you took one of my alphas down is no easy task but I will not be so easy. I am the leader of that pack for a reason." The large wolf spoke as he circled again with Humphrey doing the same. "I tried to spare him but he gave me no choice. I regret that I did it but I had to for the safety of me and the others." Humphrey said to the large wolf which soon made his move bolting at him with one quick move. Humphrey dodged it but soon paid the price when his leg began to hurt badly.

"Looks like he gave you a wound there before he perished. This will be easy." The wolf spoke as he jumped again and managed to pin Humphrey to the ground and grabbed his neck. "Any last words?" He asked which Humphrey replied with a nod "Yes" he said using all his strength to push his head up and grabbed a hold of the large wolfs neck. "If I go your going with me." He said as applied a bit of pressure to show he was not bluffing. "Well played runt." The large wolf said and released his neck "You win. I don't wish to die today. I will keep my promise I will leave and never bother you again." he spoke in which Humphrey nodded and released the large wolfs neck.

"Release him." The large wolf said to the others who backed away allowing scar to stand "They are off limits understand. Anyone who is caught bothering them will answer to me personally. Now lets go." The large wolf said and began to leave when he stopped and looked back at Humphrey "Train him. He has potential." He spoke and turned back around again with the remaining wolfs following him into the thick tree line soon disappearing.

The group headed back into the main den checking on the rest of the wounded which soon headed to them to check their wounds. "Please take care of the guards first they will need more attention." Scar ordered which they said they were find but soon fell over and passing out from the blood loss. Humphrey helped the healers to move the three large wolfs to where the others were. Scar watched him when fang joined him and stared at him as well. "He did well. He belongs here." Fang spoke out loud which made scar nod "Agreed. We will train him in our ways. He has ensured our safety for now and it is the least we can do." Scar said to fang now looking at his friend "Have a den made for him when you can. We will train him once he is fully healed. I trust you can handle den guard or are you to banged up?" Scar said to his friend who just chuckled "I will do it go get some rest you will guard during the night." Fang said to which scar smiled and nodded.

Scar began to head to his den when he looked back to see all the pups talking to Humphrey who was smiling and laughing. He seemed that he almost belonged here "Humphrey may i have a word with you in my den." Scar shouted to which he nodded and began to limp his way towards him when he noticed one pup who was limping was heading in his direction and was about to pick him up but stopped when Humphrey picked him up and placed him on hid back as he continued to limp toward him. Scar made his way to meet Humphrey when he spotted the pup wagging his tail and shouted "Papa scar your ok!" which made him nod. He reached over and picked up the pup and placed him on his back "Yah I'm ok thanks to our new member Humphrey here." Scar said as he walked with Humphrey soon reaching the den.

They soon entered and scar placed the pup down genitally and sat down waiting for Humphrey to sit and they both looked at each other. "Now then. Humphrey thank you for protecting my pack and for also saving me. Without your help and courage me and the rest of us would be." He looked at the pup who just smiled and looked back to Humphrey "You know. So I would like to offer you into the pack. The choice is yours to make however for I will not force you." scar spoke which the pup looked at him now. Humphrey looked at scar and nodded "I would be honored to join." he said and pup began to wag his tail "Uncle Humphrey!" The pup said to him with a huge smile on his face. "Sure bud." Humphrey smiled and the pup got up and limped to sit next to him.

"Alright and as a token of our appreciation fang and I will train you to fight and you will have your own den here as well. It will take some time however but you are welcome to stay here until then or im sure you can share the main den with some of the females if you wish." Scar spoke and the pup tapped Humphrey with his paw "I can ask ma if it is ok if you want to stay with me and ma." The pup said which made Humphrey smile "Thanks bud. We might tomorrow but I think I will stay here tonight." Humphrey said to the pup which he made a sad face "But maybe papa scar will allow you to stay here tonight if you ask him and your mom too." Humphrey said to him which made him perk up and he headed for the door opening "I will go ask now I will be right back!" He yelled as he limped out of the den as fast as he could. "Is he your son if you don't mind me asking." Humphrey asked scar who shock his head

"No. He and his mother were former members of our first pack but were injured during the fight. I managed to bring them here and he was so small that most thought that he would not make it. I didn't believe it at all so I would check on them everyday until one day he opened his eyes and saw me and his mother and he called me papa. In a way I am like his father I have know him ever since and his mother is a good friend so I let him call me that. He is limping because he tried to follow me on a patrol and he tripped over a rock and hit a log, hard almost breaking his leg. You must be something special, you became his uncle right off the bat." Scar said with a smile.

After a few moments a wolf carrying a pup walked into the den and genitally set him down and looked at scar. "You spoil him to much." She said smiling and looked at the Humphrey and at the pup "This him?" She asked and he nodded wagging his tail hard "Yah that is uncle Humphrey." He said and limped over to sit next to him "So can I ma?" the pup asked to which she sighed "Alright just for tonight and come home in the morning ok?" She said to the pup which nodded and limped back to nuzzle her. "He is all yours. Have fun you three." She said as she walked out of the den. Humphrey and scar just chuckled a bit "Alright you two get some rest. I have night watch in a few hours so the den is yours."Scar said as he began to lay down and Humphrey got up and found a cool corner to lay on and layed down. The pup was now torn between to who to sleep next to. He then decided to stay with his uncle and leaned against him which made Humphrey smile and the curled around the pup to help keep him warm. They soon fell asleep with Humphrey finally feeling like he belonged to pack that wanted him.