The Last Good-Bye
A/N: this is my first writing so it's just going to be a one off, based on Whiskey Lullaby by Brad Paisley. So listening to this song before, during, or after might give this piece a deeper feel to it. Enjoy!
Humphrey had just said good-bye to Kate on the day she was to be married to Garth. Knowing that Kate could never be his was killing him. He couldn't take it so he decided to run away, far away.
Humphrey was running to the train while Paddy gave him directions to the open train car. He couldn't stop thinking about her and the time they had spent together. He wished he had fallen and died in that ravine on that rainy night. He was nearing the tracks and just as he was about to jump onto the train car he had one last thought about Kate.
The memory of howling with her the night before was just to much and he broke down and cried right there on the spot missing the train. He regained his composure and ran back to the park in hopes that he could get her back.
When he got there he saw what he couldn't believe, Kate and "Barf" rubbing noses to signify that they were mates. He knew he shouldn't have turned around. He went back to his den and cried for many days barely eating a few bitter berries every now and then. He couldn't take it any more so one day he left his day to go to the feeding grounds and grabbed some meat. When he left his den Kate came and tried to talk to him but he didn't even acknowledge her he kept walking.
He put the piece of caribou in the far corner of his den and let it sit and rot for a few days. On the night of the moonlight howl while Kate was with her mate, he was scratching a note into the ground that said, "I'll love her 'till I die". He then proceeded to consume the rancid meat. The parasites that had grown in the week old caribou flank had now infected his organs. He died the following night.
When Salty, Shakey, and Mooch came to see if he wanted to go log sledding like hey did every day they found his dead body and his note to the pack. They all ran away crying and mourning the loss of their deer friend. When Kate saw them running through the valley crying, she ran down to them and asked them what happened. All they did was point to Humphrey's den. She looked at it and took off running towards it, tears welling up in her eyes. When she entered the den the smell of rotten meat and death instantly flew up her nose. She fell to the ground crying and harder than she ever had before.
Eve heard her daughter's wail from across the valley and jumped up and grabbed Winston who was sleeping in and ran to where the mournful sounds were coming from. When they entered the den they saw their daughter laying on the ground bawling her eyes out. Eve tried to figure out what had happened, when Winston found the note, he read aloud, "I'll love her 'till I die". When she heard this she ran out of the den knowing that it was her fault that he had done this to himself.
A few weeks later
Kate had been beside herself ever since the death of the only wolf she had ever loved thought she hadn't known before his death, she knew now that she loved him. By now everyone in the United Pack knew and had held a funeral for the unforgettable omega. They all knew this hit Kate the hardest.
She couldn't take it any more. She told her mom, her dad, and her sister good-bye and ran away. She kept running and running and running she ran until she couldn't run anymore, then she walked for what seemed like thousands of miles. Where she was now, she had no clue. She then saw a human town and ran towards it nonstop. When she got there she ran to the middle of the town and jumped in front of an oncoming school bus. The bright lights were the last thing she saw through her eyes, but in her mind she saw Humphrey the love of her life.
A/N: Please review and be on the look out for more stories and one shots.
