Alright, peoples, I had this idea up for a long, long time, and I'm to finally have it up. Tell me what ya think. I hope you all enjoy. Disclaimer: I don't own Alpha and Omega and I never will.
"Yeeehaw!" Humphrey screamed in excitement as he, along with Salty, Shakey, and Mooch, were log-sledding down a snow-covered mountain, feeling the wind whipping through their manes.
The group all landed safely on a thick blanket snow, half-buried due to the impact of their landing. Once they pulled themselves out of the snow, the four met up at their log, which was now destroyed from the impact from the boulder.
"We should totally do that again!" Salty said, everyone's hype still up from the excitement. However, Humphrey was the first to come down from it.
"Tempting offer, but must I remind you that that was our last log?" Humphrey asked, the others murmuring in realization.
"So... what now?" Shakey asked now that their only log was destroyed. Salty, Shakey, and Mooch took a moment to ponder about their next move, ultimately coming up with nothing.
"Guess we should just head back. Maybe we could look for dates to the moonlight howl?" Salty suggested, Sweets and Candy running through his mind, making a grin appear on his face. Shakey and Mooch murmured in agreement before they headed back up the mountain. Humphrey already had Kate, so he was already set.
"Don't aim too high, buddy. I already know what you're thinkin, and isn't Candy already taken?" Humphrey pointed out, but Salty remained adamant on the matter.
"Hey, it doesn't hurt to try, right? And Candy broke up with him a while ago!" Salty retorted, fighting to keep his hopes of having Sweets and/or Candy as a date alive.
On the way up, Humphrey broke off from the group to look for Kate. Along the walk, there was something that caught Shakey's eye.
"Hey guys, look! A cave!" Shakey exclaimed, trotting up to it.
"Uh, Shakey, we already have those back at the territory." Salty reminded, confused at his excitement.
"Not this far out." Shakey shot back. Salty eventually shrugged as he and Mooch followed him to the mouth of the cave. As soon as they entered, the temperature dropped suddenly, making a shudder go through them.
"It's cold as a blizzard in here." Mooch commented as the three traveled further in, but noticed the echo, which gave Salty an amazing idea as they walked into a portion of the cave which was covered in ice.
"Yo!" Salty yelled as his voice bounced around the close quarters of the cave. "YO!" he yelled again, but much louder. "Try it guys!" he said.
Together, they began shouting random gibberish and pretty much anything that came to mind. However, what they didn't notice was that one wall of ice, which was holding a darkened form, began to crack and shatter. Soon enough, it broke free, snapping the three from their constant yelling as they saw the wall fall apart. The ice around the suspended the wolf fell as well, pieces cracking around it before it tumbled down the shattered ice in front of the three, who stared in awe.
"Whoa." the group chorused before moving in for a closer look. The piece of ice was huge, but its shape as it broke apart from the rest made it good enough to roll.
"Are you thinkin what I'm thinkin?" Salty asked, looking over his comrades.
"Thaw it out? Yeah." Shakey said before the three began rolling out the boulder sized piece of ice. With much effort, and the use of the pieces of their destroyed log, they managed to get the piece of ice just outside the mouth of the cave. After sharing a brief moment of victory, Shakey trotted off.
"Hey Shakey, where are you going?" Salty called after him.
"I'm gonna go see if Humphrey can help us break him out." Shakey called back before his trot turned in to a run, leaving Salty and Mooch to look after the suspended form inside the ice.
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It was a few minutes later, and Humphrey had just made it back to Jasper Park.
He found Kate's den, which was awfully close to Winston and Eve's, so Humphrey very cautiously made his way to Kate's den where she was waiting for him.
"Mornin, beautiful." Humphrey greeted as he walked up to his mate, nuzzling her, the alpha nuzzling back in mutual love.
"Morning, Humphrey. How was log-sledding?" Kate asked.
"Awesome as always. How was your day so far?" Humphrey asked. Kate simply shrugged.
"Could've gone better. Patrol is just so boring. Luckily, Garth was there to take the shift, so that left the rest of the morning to just sit back and relax." Kate explained as she headed to the mouth of the den. "Up for a walk?"
"Don't see why not." Humphrey said as he and Kate made their way out of her den. No sooner than they did that was when they heard Humphrey's name called. The pair looked to see Shakey hastily running up to them, out of breath.
"Hey Shakey. What's the rush?" Humphrey asked.
"Me, Salty, and Mooch found something awesome! You gotta see it! Follow me." Shakey instructed before running off. Kate and Humphrey shared a look before shrugging and following after Shakey.
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When they finally arrived, they approached Salty and Mooch, who was gathered around large column of ice.
"So what's all the commotion about?" Humphrey asked as he, Shakey, and Kate joined Salty and Mooch in looking at the spectacle before them.
"What about it? All I see is a column of ice." Kate said, uninterested. However, Humphrey begged to differ.
"I don't know, Kate. I see something in it." Humphrey said, moving in to get a better look, as did Kate. Sure enough, there was a darkened form trapped within the ice. The irregular shape of the ice prevented the group from telling exactly what it was, but what they did find out is that its shear size dwarfed all of them, even Mooch.
"Should we thaw it out?" Shakey asked after a long moment of silence.
"Shakey, we don't even know what's in there!" Kate pointed out.
"Maybe it's some kind of cavewolf?" Mooch suggested, scratching his head.
"Only one way to find out." Humphrey said, looking around for anything that could help thaw or break the ice.
"Humphrey, don't tell me you're gonna try to break it open." Kate groaned, face pawing. Humphrey rolled his eyes with a smirk.
"Oh c'mon Kate, what's the worst that could happen? This guy's probably been frozen for like a million years. Probably froze to death in the Ice Age. And don't tell me you don't wanna find out what's inside." Humphrey said as he trotted up the hill finding a nicely chisel-shaped rock and rolling it back down. Kate looked off to the side, knowing he was right, and after a moment, she sighed and gave in, respect for the dead thrown out the window. With that, the group began using whatever they could find to break away the ice.
With some time, they wore a good portion of it away, but the form inside was still perfectly preserved. They could now actually make out what's inside. In the ice was what appeared to be a wold. It was evident that it was much larger than they were, but exactly how much larger was still yet to be found out.
"I knew it was some kind of cavewolf!" Mooch exclaimed, his assumption correct.
"I think the proper name you're looking for is Dire Wolf, Mooch." Kate corrected.
"Dire Wolf?" the whole group asked, having never heard of the canid before.
"A Dire Wolf is a prehistoric wolf that lived alongside the Timber Wolves, that's us, and died out sometime during the Ice Age. Heard about them during alpha training." Kate explained, letting Humphrey and the group take it all in.
"Well, that was very interesting. Let's get him out. Maybe he'd love to hang out with us." Salty suggested as they continued to rake off ice to free him. After a while, they eventually got him out. The wolf's body fell to the ground in a heap, covered in frost and tiny bits of ice.
Humphrey jumped into action and tried to rouse him.
"Hey, you okay, buddy?" He shook the wolf gently, trying to wake him up.
A long, mighty breath was what woke the massive wolf from his slumber as he stirred. His body felt numb, and he shivered violently as he groaned, placing a paw atop his head. He tried to rise, but his body fell back down due to lack of warmth in his thick muscles.
The group was dwarfed by his size, Kate able to snugly fit under him standing up and still have ample space. The canid had grey fur with a darker gray and brown mane and top pelt. Black wolf claws covered his paws, and thick, razor sharp canines protruded from under his upper lip.
Humphrey and his friends stared in awe at this wolf. They had never seen anything like him, ever!
"Lay down for a second." Kate ordered. "You need to warm up."
She then carefully brought the wolf down so she could lay on top of him to warm him up.
"Kate!" Humphrey was shocked Kate would lie on top of another wolf.
"Oh Humphrey. Get over yourself." Kate snapped. "I'm warming him up. He would die if we didn't do anything." the alpha stated.
"I... can manage... ugh, myself." the Dire Wolf groaned, slowly rising to his feet. The heat applied to his back, namely the spine, reawakened his body. In truth, his back was all that Kate was able to cover, and together, they looked like a pup on her parent's back. However, his eyes were still shut from the cold and slumber.
Kate shrieked as she was lifted up off the ground.
"Hey, put her down!" Humphrey tried to come to Kate's rescue.
"Who is this guy?" Salty asked no one in particular, bewildered by this wolf. He picked Kate up like it was nothing. He didn't even notice she was there.
Once the massive wolf opened his eyes, he looked to see Timber Wolves staring at him. He hardly noticed Kate atop his back.
"Canis Lupus." he mumbled, looking them over in a still dazed state. However, he was broken out of his daze by one of them, a light and dark grey one, shouting at him.
"Put her down now! Or I'll rip your throat out!" Humphrey snarled. He was quite surprised at this side of him. Maybe it was because he was spending too much time around Eve.
The wolf grew confused before he noticed Kate atop his back. He was also confused as to why she did not simply jump down, and he glared back at Humphrey. Through his still numbed and dazed mind, the threat cut through all of it.
"What authority do you have making threats to an alpha Dire Wolf, whelp?" he growled, but complied before lowering his frame to gently roll Kate off of him before rising to his full, imposing height, nearly twice Humphrey's height.
"When you stand up with a wolf'a mate on your back!" Humphrey shot back, though he cowered at the Dire Wolf's height.
"Humphrey, stop. He didn't do anything wrong. He didn't even know I was there." Kate chastised. She then gave an apologetic look to the wolf, though it proved difficult due to his massive size and imposing appearance.
"Sorry about that. He gets a little protective over me." She explained. The Dire wolf seemed to not have paid attention as hi looked around, taking in the unfamiliar surroundings.
"What is this place?" he half asked.
"Jasper Park, Canada." Kate answered.
"Yep. Good ole Jasper." Humphrey chimed in.
Salty, Shakey, and Mooch were still too frightened to move.
"Never heard of such a place. Is there something I am missing?" he asked, noticing the chunks of ice that scattered the ground beneath him.
"We found you frozen solid but we managed to set you free." Kate explained.
"All because these guys here wanted a new friend to hang out with." She pointed at Humphrey's friends. The dire wolf took a moment to look over them, the group ducking their heads under his gaze.
"Omegas..." he muttered before his expression softened somewhat. "Then I owe a debt of thanks... I suppose." came his reply as he took in the new world before him and gave a long sigh before he began to walk off.
"Hey, where are you going?" Humphrey called, about to catch up to him, but his path was blocked by Kate, which made him give her a look.
"Let him go for now, Humphrey. He's in a new world he doesn't know. Let him get at least a little more comfortable before we go talk to him again." Kate said. Humphrey gave a long look to the Dire Wolf as he walked off before shrugging.
"Alright. But do you think leaving a prehistoric monster wolf out here a good idea? I mean, he made Shakey, Salty, and Mooch wet themselves." Humphrey laughed, getting retorts from said wolves. He, somehow, wasn't as afraid as he should be. Sure, he cowered a bit at the wolf's height, but that was about it. Must be him living under Eve's watchful eye since he confessed his love for Kate.
"Better than bringing him back to the others. My mom would have a fit." Kate said as she began to head back with the others in tow. She couldn't help but imagine Eve's reaction to meeting the Dire Wolf.
"I can imagine." Humphrey said as they trotted off.
Chapter 1 signed, sealed, and out in the field. Do not bother asking how he's alive after he's been thawed out because we will not waste our time trying to come up with a reason, excuse, or way to explain it. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, and as always, have a nice day.