Alpha and Omega: Family and Friends Are Stronger then Enemies

Chapter one

Introductions, Memories and a New Family

Humphrey's P.O.V.

I was walking through the snow, not knowing where I was, only born three weeks ago and just old enough to be outside of the den. I was one of those winter born pups. I kept walking hoping to find a place to get out of the cold and sleep when the time came, but so far no success. It was midafternoon, and I was wondering if there would be a pack willing to except me that was close by. Just then I hear a caribou, indicating that wolves or a mountain lion had just made a kill. I was too curious not to take a look and went to the source of the sound. I know I was still too young to have meat yet, but that is not the reason for why I was heading that direction. This was my chance to see if the pack leader will accept me and if I can get someone to take care of me. As I came upon the site I see a group of four wolves carrying a caribou carcass to wherever they were going. I was about to follow them, when one of the wolves caught my scent, since I was upwind of them and they look right at me. I froze and I hear the wolf with dark brown fur say in a deep voice, "We have an intruder, you come with me, you two get back to the dens with our kill."

"Uh oh," I said, knowing what would happen next.

The other wolves obeyed and soon I found myself running west, for I didn't want to get hurt. I hadn't known they would be so quick to judge, and kept running, with them coming closer. I kept running and soon saw a river, not very rapid though, but I took no time in thinking if I should cross or not, I was trying to get away from two angry adults. I see some stones and quikly but carefully hop across them to the other side. I didn't know if the river would slow them down so I kept running. I Looked back and saw that the two wolves merely had to jump over the river and soon kept running after me, closing in. I thought since running in a straight line wasn't losing them, maybe I could gain some ground in a turn. I take a turn to the left and soon came into a clearing where I saw a pack of wolves all doing their own things, and I stopped dead in my tracks a yard or more away from the closest in the group. Bad move, because the next thing I knew, teeth were sunk into my back, right below my neck. "Ahhhhhhhh!" I screamed in pain. The next thing that happened, I was thrown into the air and hit a stone wall nearby.

Normal P.O.V.

Winston, Eve and the rest of the pack had just witnessed a pup getting tossed into a wall by eastern pack wolves. They did not know why the eastern wolves did it, but they weren't going to let the pup get hurt. Winston, Eve and a few other adults jumped in front of the pup and Winston says, "Explain yourselves."

"Winston, get out of the way, that pup is our problem to deal with," the wolf with black fur says.

"I will not let you do anything until you tell me why you attacked this pup Kiron," Winston says.

"He invaded our territory, and was about to steel our kill," Kiron says.

Eve looks at the pup, seeing he is no older then her own pups, she says, "There is a major problem with that assumption. For one why would he steel your kill, when he is only three weeks of age and not old enough to eat meat, and for another, why would he have been out alone at that young of age, his parents should have been there unless something has happened to them."

Kiron and his hunting partner were at a loss for words and Eve says, "That's what I thought, now you two better get back to your territory before I rip your tails off and shove them down your throats, and my mate will be having a word with your pack leader Tony."

Winston agreed with the talking part, but thought it best to keep his opinion about his mate ripping their tails off to himself. "But…" Kiron says, before he sees Winton and Eve growl at him, making him and his partner run away to their territory, whimpering.

They soon turn to see Humphrey lying on the ground severely wounded and was slipping into unconsciousness. "Hang in there little one," eve says.

That was the last thing Humphrey heard before his world went black. "Is he alright?" Hutch asks.

"Not if we leave him lying here. Eve, get him to the den," Winston says.

"Yes dear," Eve says, and goes to pick up Humphrey.

"I'll have the other parents gather their pups while I get my daughters back to the den. Hutch, I need you to get the pack healer so she can tend the pup's wounds."

"Yes sir, I'm on it," Hutch says.

And soon all three split as Eve carries Humphrey to their den. She sets him down gently, trying not to cause him more pain. She starts to give him a bath while thinking, 'this pup must have been through more then what any pup should bare.' She keeps cleaning him, then she focuses on his wound. Being very careful she cleans away and dirt that may have collected and it helps it from getting infected. Soon hutch shows up with the healer. "Good afternoon Eve, I see why I was summoned here," she says.

"Good afternoon to you as well Anna, and yes, we need you to help with this pup's wound. He was attacked by a pair of eastern wolves."

"My goodness, if he's not one of theirs, what possessed him to go there in the first place?" Anna asks, not expecting an answer.

"I don't know, but I intend to find out, once he has awoken, but for now, his wound needs to be looked at," Eve says.

"Of course Eve," Anna says, and soon gets to work on inspecting his wound.

After 15 minutes of careful analysis (of course wolves can't calculate time), Anna says, "Well nothing is broken, but I advise you have him take it easy for a few days till his nerves have settled down, he'll feel pretty weak after that injury. This flower's petals should help his wound heal and prevent infection, so place them on the wound daily for one hour. Other than that, best thing he can do is rest."

"Thank you for your help Anna, it is much appreciated," Eve says.

"It's no trouble Eve, it's my job to make sure everyone gets better in times of need," Anna says, with a chuckle.

Eve chuckles as well and soon Anna walks off, leaving Hutch and Eve in the den with Humphrey. Eve looks at Humphrey hoping he will wake up soon. Hutch then says, "Curious how he resembles Winston."

"He does look a bit like my mate, so I think he would fit right in with the pack," Eve says.

"Are you planning on taking him in, ma'am?" Hutch asks.

"If he needs to be adopted then I'll see what my mate thinks about taking him under our wing. But if we find out his parents are still out there, then we will let them take him back. I can't take a pup away from his parents," Eve says.

"Well I hope he wakes up soon. I'll put the alphas on alert, if Winston hasn't done so already," Hutch says.

"Thank you very much Hutch," Eve says.

Soon Hutch walks out and eve is left alone with Humphrey laying on his side between her paws. "Hang in there young one, don't quit on us," Eve says.

A couple hours later Eve see Kate and Lilly walk in. "Hi m…..Mom, who's that?" Kate asks.

"I don't know his name, honey. He passed out before we could ask. He's hurt pretty bad so don't try to do anything rough, okay girls," Eve says.

Kate and Lilly nod and Lilly asks, "Can we keep him?"

Eve chuckles and says, "We shall see, but give him time to wake up, we need to know why he is here."

Meanwhile outside the den

"Sir, please tell me we are not going let the eastern pack get away with…" Hutch was cut off by Winston holding up his paw.

"This will not go unpunished. I will talk to Tony this evening and if he does not settle this matter with Kiron and Suko, I'll take matters into my own paws. Until then, put our alphas on alert."

"Already done sir," Hutch says.

Winston looks around and sees alphas at their post and says, "Excellent job."

Hutch nods and walks off as Winston walks into the Den. "How is he doing Eve?"

"Well Anna says he should be fine, other than that, he is still unconscious. Hope he wakes up soon though. Kate, Lilly, can you watch over him and tell me if he wakes while I speak with your father?" Eve asks.

The girls nod and Eve goes to another part of the den and says, "Winston, I know the pup isn't one of our own, but if we find out that the worst may have happened to his parents, would you be willing to become his new father? I mean the pup looks like he has been through more than a pup should endure."

"If his parents are…. With our ancestors then I see no reason not to take him in. Like you said he seems to have been through enough already, and I have talked to Hutch about it as well, and it is true, he kind of looks like me, though that is probably a coincidence," Winston says.

"Oh, Winston, it's no wonder I married you in the first place. You are truly a noble and kind wolf," Eve says.

Winston chuckles but soon Kate grabs their attention by saying, "Mom, Dad, he's waking up."

"Thank you Kate," Eve says.

They soon head over to where Humphrey is laying and he says as he wakes up, "Oh, my h-head. W-what happened?"

"Easy does it there little one. You skull's taken a good knock after the attack," Winston says.

"Where am I?" Humphrey asks a little nervous to be in there presence.

"You're safe, in our den. What is your name dear?" Eve asks.

"H-Humphrey," He says, still scared he may get hurt.

"Well Humphrey, I am Winston and this is my mate Eve, and these are my daughters Kate and Lilly," Winston says.

Kate and Lilly both say, "Hi," and he replies nervously, "H-hi."

"There is no need to be scared dear, we won't hurt you. Where are your parents by the way Humphrey?" Eve asked.

Right after Eve asked that, she knew she had hit a nerve that made Humphrey hang his head as he said, "They are no longer alive, nor are anyone else in my pack. We lived far east of here as the Blackface Mountain pack. We weren't very large, but we held our own over there. My parents were second in command when we lived there, but then we were attacked."

Flashback

Humphrey was playing wrestle tag with his friends when all of the sudden they hear their lead alpha say, "Everyone get the pups inside."

The pups had no clue what was going on, but soon Humphrey felt his mother grabbing him by the scruff off his neck and taking him to the den. "Stay right here honey, I'm gonna go outside to the entrance and see what's going on."

While she was out there, Humphrey hears a banging noise. His mother then comes in and says, "Humphrey we have to leave honey."

"But what about Dad?" Humphrey asks.

"He's can't be with us anymore," his mother says with tears in her eyes.

Humphrey knew what she meant and let her pick him up. Soon they left the den and Humphrey saw something that would haunt him for as long as he lived. Poachers were killing off his entire pack, even the pups. Soon his mother turns to get them away from the carnage, but just as she made it over the hill, the poachers had shot her and she yelled in pain dropping Humphrey and collapsing to the ground. "Mom, Mom! Please don't leave me alone," Humphrey pleads.

"Humphrey, I love you, please run away, don't let me die in vain," his mother says.

"I can't leave you here mom," Humphrey says.

"You have to or they will kill you too, I'll be watching over you. Now go, please, go," she says.

Humphrey cries as he obeys his mother's last order and looks back to see her smiling. Then her figure disappears from view as he goes over the next hill. He knew he was the last of the Blackface Mountain pack.

End of flash back

"That was two days ago and I've been looking for a pack to take me in, hoping to find a place to call home," Humphrey says as tears run down his cheeks.

"I'm so sorry dear, I didn't mean to make you sad and bring back bad memories" Eve said as she pulls Humphrey towards her and nuzzles him to comfort him.

"It okay, you didn't know," He says as he looks up at her.

"Well, I know my mate and I cannot replace your real parents, but if you give us the chance, we would love to take you in as our son," Winston says.

"(sniff) You, you would do that for me," Humphrey asks.

"Of course dear, you deserve nothing less, after what you've been through, and I know Kate and lilly would love to have you for a brother, Humphrey," Eve says.

"I, I don't know what to say, thank you," Humphrey says and he is soon nuzzled by Kate and Lilly.

"Welcome to the family bro," Kate says.

"Thanks sis," Humphrey replies.

Eve chuckles and says, "Well, time for you three to have some dinner, come have my milk little ones."

Eve lays down on her side and Lilly and Kate soon nurse from Eve for their meal, but Humphrey is hesitant. He didn't know if he should nurse from her. Eve notices that he is not nursing and she says, "Go on son, drink. Your probably starving after wandering around for so long. I'm your mother now, so it's alright. Come and drink."

Winston gently nudges his rear and Humphrey soon latches on to nurse. Eve smiles and looks at Winston who smiles back at her. Now they have three pups, one of which was going to be announced to the pack of his acceptance into the pack. Soon all three pups were full, but Humphrey was last to finish for not having any milk to drink for two days. After he finishes, he lets out a yawn that is followed by Kate and Lilly Yawning as well. "Alright, bedtime you three, we have a lot of things we have to do tomorrow. And Humphrey, I need to clean your wound a bit so it might sting," Eve says as she places Humphrey between her forepaws.

"Winston," a voice says.

"Tony, what's he doing here? He better have a good excuse for being here," Eve says.

"Come in Tony," Winston says.

Tony walks in with the two wolves that had attacked Humphrey from before and as soon as Humphrey sees them, he buries his face into Eve's fur whimpering. "Shhhhh, it's going to be okay honey, we won't let them hurt you," Eve says as Kate and Lilly sit next to their brother and Eve nuzzles him prepared to defend her pups.

"Winston, am I to understand that your mate threatened my pack members Kiron and Suko?" Tony asks.

"Only because they attacked a pup without a good reason for doing so, giving her every reason to threaten them, and he is sitting right there next to my mate trembling in their presence as proof of what they did to him," Winston says.

Tony sees Humphrey and then looks back at Kiron and Suko and says, "So you two failed to bring this to my attention when you told me you were threatened."

"Sir he was in our territory," Suko says.

"That is no excuse to attack an innocent little pup that has done nothing to our pack. He was probably passing through or looking for a new home and you go and attack him because he was on our territory," Says Tony, who is disappointed in their actions.

"But sir, he was…" Tony silenced Kiron and says, "There is no way to talk yourselves out of this, you forced me to do this. Kiron, you are stripped of your rank on the alpha chain as leader of your hunting party. Suko, you are stripped of you rank on the alpha chain as chief of the patrol parties. You will both start at the lowest part of the alpha chain and work your way up. We are leaving now with no questions asked. I am sorry I was quick to assume Winston, this never should have happened."

Winston smiles and says, "Well at least they are receiving their punishment."

"Trust me it isn't over, what they will go through next is not for little ones to be watching, we take our leave now," Tony says.

"Thank you Tony, I'll shall meet with you again soon," Winston says.

"Looking forward to it," Tony says.

Soon Tony takes off with Kiron, Suko and some other members of his pack and Winston walks into the den and says, "It's okay now Humphrey. They're gone, you can relax now son."

Humphrey soon stops trembling and says, "Thanks for defending me dad."

"You're our son now. It's your mother's and my job to protect you. Now your mom has to clean your wound, so like she said it may sting a little," Winston says.

Humphrey nods preparing for the pain. Eve starts to lick his wound and he winces a few times letting free some tears. Soon Eve was done and says, "Well you can to more pain then any normal wolf pup should. That might be useful for you if we are going to take you to alpha school."

"Honey, that is months away, let's not have him worry about that right now. But you're right. It will serve him well. Now let's get these little nippers off to bed," Winston says.

"Aww," Kate and Lilly say together.

"Do we have to go to sleep now?" Kate asks in protest.

Humphrey didn't put up a fight and had already fallen asleep. "Yes, or you'll feel tired in the morning, and Humphrey has already gotten a head start. If you want to talk with him tomorrow, I suggest you go to bed now," Eve says.

"Okay," Lilly and Kate say.

Soon all three pups were sound asleep, Kate and Lilly laying on either side of Humphrey. Eve smiled and says to Winston while trying not to wake them, "If I ever see those humans or Suko and Kiron hurt our pups I'll personally rip out their eyes and shove them down their throats so they can see my claws rip their carcasses open." She pounds the ground which briefly woke up her sleeping pups, before their eyes closed again.

"Oops," Eve says as she calms down a bit.

"Settle down honey. Our pups will be fine. No one will get near them to hurt them, I promise that," Winston says.

"Well we should get some sleep ourselves," Eve says.

And soon Winston and Eve laid their heads down encircling their pups and joining them in dreamland.

End of Chapter one. Hope you enjoyed it. Sorry if the beginning of the chapter was a little harsh for your taste. This story is rated T for safety. I don't own the Alpha and Omega characters or the movie lines, just OC's. Please review. I haven't given up on my other stories, just wanted to get this Idea out. I read some other Alpha and Omega stories similar to this and thought I should write my own version, so anyone who finds their story/stories similar to my own they get good credit for getting my idea going. I'll read ideas if anyone wants to offer and I will give you credit if I use them, and please no flames. This is only my third story and first year of writing, so I'm bit new to this whole thing. I'll update when I as soon as I can. You all rule.