Disclaimer: I do not own Alpha and Omega. Everything else is fictional.

Prelude: The Figure Near The Night River

"The creature I had killed, the strange beast of the unfathomed cave was,

Or had at one time been, a Man."

-(The Beast In The Cave; H.P. Lovecraft).


Humphrey walked whistling a tune that he had remembered as a pup. He was in such high spirits with finally getting what he wanted in his life, which was Kate. He loved Kate with all his heart and really didn't need much of anything else, or at least that's what he believed after his big howl with Kate after celebrating their marriage. He was though rather thirsty and told Kate he'd meet her later. He was near the river now and then heard something, which sounded like a distorted howl. He had never heard anything like it before and preceded near the river with caution, yet he also carried a heavy bag of nerves, but he had to be brave, or at least attempt to be brave.

"Oh my goodness," Humphrey whispered fearful from behind a bush.

A creature sat near the river with ears, which seemed to have barley any fur and rather white skin from head to ears.. The tail was twisted into the shape of a bee's stinger, which had no fur and was purely white, yet this white fell off onto the ground in small flakes, but Humphrey saw the white replace quickly as if nothing had fallen. The torso to the legs had a strange look in the way that the fur was completely fine, but it was the nails that was really weird. They were long and razor sharp. They looked like something that could easily grab fish with just one stab, or take down a tree with one quick left, or right swipe. This creature did not look like a wolf but the distorted howl made him wonder, yet the strangest thing was the howl was distorting bit by bit by the minute, but it was when the creature took in a deep breath and howled so horribly that Humphrey took off. He needed to go back and warn Kate of the strange creature he came upon.