This is my take on how I think that the movie should have ended, not that its ending was not good but it was just a little to predictable the way Kate realized her true feelings just before she was about the marry Garth when it was obvious that Humphrey was more her type of wolf. So here's the alternative ending that I wrote for it, for those of you readers who might have not seen this move, the story starts of following Kate and Humphrey after they have leapt out of the train box car they had ridden upon seeing that the Eastern and Western wolf Packs were about to fight and how Eve, Kate's Mother, had almost chocked the life out of our hapless Omega when she found out that the humans had sent the two of them away to reproduce.

Disclaimer, I do not own Alpha and Omega, its characters or its film company.

Alpha and Omega: Return To Saw Tooth

Chapter One,

Not the Home Coming He Expected

Still recovering from Eves' attempted strangling, all the happy feelings that he felt fill him as Kate told her mother how much of a help Humphrey had been in getting her back home safely evaporate just as quickly as they had come when he finally learned the reason she had been in such a hurry to get back to Jasper in the first place; to unite the packs by marrying Garth. Inwardly shuddering at the thought of losing the only wolf he ever loved, the black and grey Omega had though for sure, that for once in his life he would finally get a chance to be happy but once again it only took someone very dear to him away; first it was his parents when he was just a pup and now it was the love of his life. Why did his life have to be so much harder than those of the other Omega's in the pack, after all the hardships that he had endured growing up without his parents to guide him and all the trouble he had went through just to get Kate home, when the pair of them could have stayed in Saw Tooth and been happy, why was it always him whom was made to suffer the most. Humphrey was so lost in his own thoughts, that he didn't even notice his friends or the fact that they were about to wolf pile on top of him until it was to late. Unable to believe the heart breaking news, the black and grey Omega quickly and skillfully extracted himself from the bottom of the wolf pile, only to see that a knot of excited she-wolves had already formed around Kate, preventing him from getting close enough to ask her for a moment to disguise the issue in more detail.

However as their eyes locked with one another's, a few moments later, Humphrey could clearly see the conflict she felt over her responsibilities' to the welfare of the pack and that of her personal feelings, reflected in the depths of her beautiful eyes along with the tremendous heart-ache she herself was feeling about the decision she had rashly made. Finally noticing something was wrong with there friend, Salty, Hutch and Mooch tried their best to cheer Humphrey up, knowing how much Kate had meant to him but there words of kindness and encouragement fell on a pair of deaf ears because the black and grey Omega had already made up his mind to make an equally as rash decision of his own and nothing was going to get in his way or change his mind. So getting to his paws Humphrey walked to the center of the gully and channeling all the heart-ache he had already experienced over his short life time, cleared his throat and prepared himself for the bloody conclusion it would no doubt eventually result in but at least this way he would go out on his own terms and leave this world behind with no regrets.

'Garth, I challenge you for the right to Kate's paw,' Humphrey growled, looking up at where the russet furred Alpha stood on the ledge high above him and staring him down brashly.

'And just who do you think you are to challenge him so, when it's clear she has already made up her mind, Omega,' Tony demanded, meeting Humphrey's star with one of his own.

'I am one whom cares about her more than she'll ever know and shall gladly lay down my life to protect her without a moment's hesitation,' Humphrey answered back, turning to look at Kate before continuing, 'Kate means the world to me, she's the entire reason I gave up my shot at true happiness just to get her back here but that doesn't mean, I'll just hand her over to you because of some pre-existing agreement between yourself and our pack leader. If you're pampered, prince of a son wants to claim her so badly, than he will have to get through me and the profound love that I hold for her or is he a yellow-bellied coyote.'

'Garth, are you just going to stand there and allow that weak Omega insult you like that,' Tony commented turning to his son whom stood beside him, 'Get down there and show him just how we deal with Omega's, who don't knew their proper place within the pack.'

Awash in conflicting feelings of his own brought about by the mate like behavior Humphrey was now exhibiting before the two assembled wolf packs, Garth was unsure of what he should do; apart of him understood where the Omega was coming from, having falling for a forbidden love himself which conflicted savagely with his strict Alpha upbringing to up hold all pack laws. Looking back and forth between his father and Humphrey, the Alpha begrudgingly got to his paws and working his way down the ledges, descended into the gully with a very heavy heart. Taking a fighting stance as Garth's paws touched the gully floor, a few moments later, Humphrey turned away from Kate because the last thing he wanted to see were tears in her big brown eyes over what he was about to do. Clearing the gully as the two wolves began to circle one another and the fight began, the Eastern and Western pack members retreated to each packs respective side to watch the unusual spectacle, of the brash Western pack Omega facing off against the more powerful and skilled Eastern pack Alpha.

Anxiously pawing at the rock ledge as she now sat on beside her pure white furred younger sister, Lily, Kate looked up at the full moon and desperately prayed that the spirits of his parents would look after him because the last thing she wanted, was to see him get seriously injured on her behalf. Scanning Garth as they slowly circled one another, Humphrey knew that there was no way he could win against such a skilled and powerful adversary but was determined to try his best regardless, even if it ended up costing him his life at least he would go out fighting for the one he loved; hopefully in time, a future pack leader would look back on what he did and realize that be they Alpha or Omega every wolf deserves to a life of happiness, even if that happiness is with a wolf of different social status. Resigning himself to the fate that awaited him, Humphrey matched Garth step for step, ready to counter the Alpha as best he could with his very limited fighting skills. Casting her eyes back down in to the gully, Kate watched as Garth noticed the same weak spot in Humphrey's defenses' that she just had and charged toward her beloved Omega with jaws wide open. As Garth clamped his snout over the side of Humphrey's neck in the gully below, Kate felt her own breath get caught in her chest and then felt a slight shudder course though her body as the red pelted Alpha threw Humphrey into the rough wall of the gully.

Feeling confident that the fight was over before it really even had begun to start, having just clearly asserted his superior dominance over his Omega opponent, Garth proudly strutted around the gully to a barrage of the Eastern packs victorious howls while Kate sat among her fellow Western pack wolves silently wining to herself over the loss of her beloved and dearest childhood friend. The golden furred she-wolves sadness was short-lived however as the victorious howls of the Eastern pack suddenly fell silent, a few moments later, and glancing down in to the gully below felt tears of relieve, well up in the corners of her eyes as she watched Humphrey get back up on to his paws and shake off Garth's attack as if it was nothing. Unable to believe what he was seeing with his own eyes, Garth snarled annoyed that Humphrey didn't know when to stay down and as they began to circle one another once again decided if that was the way Humphrey wanted to do this, then he would give him something to really wine about the next time and maybe that might finally teach him to stay down. As the fight wore on between Garth and Humphrey, it quickly became apparant to the Alpha that the Omega that now stood before him was not the same one whom had inadvertently fallen top of him, the first time he had met Kate during the Moonlight Howl. Somewhere along the way back he had changed and was now more determined than ever to prevent Kate from being taken away from him, no matter what the cost was to him physical. Frustrated as he watched Humphrey stubbornly get to his paws slowly despite his labored breathing and blood streaked pelt, a fully hour into the two males fight, Garth bitterly realized, that there was only one way he would finally stop the Omega for good; by killing him, even thought in his opinion it would be a waste to end the life of such a brave and chivalrous wolf, whom had the potential to become a great hunter with a bit of training and an even greater Alpha in due time.

Watching as Humphrey spat out a snout full of blood on to the gully's rocky ground before he stared Garth down once more, Kate didn't know how much longer she could bear sitting on the sidelines while the wolf she loved was being viciously beaten to death one attack at a time, right before her very eyes. All her life she could always count on Humphrey to be there for her and the one time that he needed her support the most, she had turned her back on him and followed her head over her heart; now she was reaping the nightmarish rewards of her decision which were likely to leave her just as heart broken as her decision to follow her responsibilities' to the welfare of the pack over her personal feelings, if she did not act soon. Kate's worst fears came to fruition, a few moments later, as she watched Garth use his weight advantage to tackle a weakened Humphrey forcibly to the ground before grabbing him by the neck and throwing him back towards the middle of the gully, where he lay frighteningly still. With silent tears streaming down her cheeks, Kate jumped to her paws and leapt down into the gully, unable to sit idly by and watch the miss matched fight any longer.

Snapping her jaws threateningly at Garth as she landed right in between him and the body of her beloved, Kate forced the Eastern Alpha to back a way from Humphrey. Calmly walking over toward where Humphrey lay a few feet a way, the golden furred she-wolf leaned down and began to tenderly clean the blood that covered his snout. Feeling someone licking his snout in an affectionate manner, Humphrey slowly opened his eyes and smiled softly when he saw that it was Kate whom was cleaning the blood out of his fur. Returning her beloveds soft smile with one of her own, Kate tenderly touched her nose to that of Humphrey's before continuing to clean the blood from the sides of his snout lovingly. After cleaning the blood from both sides of his snout and same from his neck, Kate nuzzled Humphrey to further implore upon him just how much she loved him and reassure him that he could rest comfortable knowing that she would always be there to tend to his injures for as long as she lived. Pulling her snout away as Humphrey's eyes closed and he laid his head back down, a few moments later, the she-wolf stood over him protectively and looking back and forth between her peacefully slumbering beloved and her leering father, she knew that she would have to make a yet another gut-wrenching decision, if she wanted to be with the love of her life.

'I really thought that I could go through with this charade and unite the packs but I can't deny my true feelings any longer,' Kate said, looking directly up at her father as a fresh wave of tears came over her, 'My heart belongs to Humphrey, father, always has and always will. I know that it goes against pack law for the two of us to be together but I love him and if I must choose between banishment or a loveless marriage, than I chose banishment cause then even if I have no place to call my own, at least I will be with one that I feel at home with.'

Then Kate walked a circle around Humphrey's sleeping form before stopping behind his side and crouching low to the ground, carefully rolled him on to her back as gently as she could to prevent injuring him any further. Supporting her beloved's body weight comfortable, a few moments later, the she-wolf took one last look up at where here parents stood on the ledges above with silent tears continuing to roll down her cheeks and turning trotted out of the gully. Looking back down into the gully as she crested the same hill she and Humphrey had run down earlier on that evening to prevent the very conflict her final decision would likely result in any way, Kate watched as the two packs began disperse back their own territories' and noticed a long yearning look being exchanged between Lily and Garth. Hoping that someone else, other than herself had noticed the heartfelt exchange between them, Kate knew in her heart that a peaceful union could still take place if both her father and Tony looked past social status and only saw how much of a better fit Lily was for Garth just like Humphrey was for her because if a pack war erupted than their chance at true happiness would be swept aside like the dead leaves by autumns strong winds. Knowing that she needed to find a safe place to lay low until Humphrey was strong enough to travel again, Kate headed in the direction of the one place she always felt at home, outside of her own families den; the Omega's den.

A long tine ago the Alphas and Omega's of their pack used to share the same large den but after a fight broke out between an Alpha and an Omega over a kill during the time when her grandfather was pack leader, the Omega's were ordered to the smaller cavern on the other side of pack territory and since the Alphas rarely left them any meat their diet consisted of what ever they could scavenge themselves. Now this might not sound like the ideal place to nurse her injured beloved back to health but unlike the packs other Alphas, Kate knew that there was a hidden clearing not far from the den that teemed with a plentiful supply of small mammals' such as rabbits, voles, and even the odd fox, it was from this hidden honey hole she would make sure Humphrey had fresh meat to fill his belly.

Standing outside the entrance of the Omega den, a short time later, Kate peaked inside and seeing that none of the packs other Omega's had returned just yet crouched slightly and entered the cave like structure. Walking all the way to the very back of the cavern, the she-wolf came upon a flat-topped half moon shaped boulder that suited her needs perfectly and just so happened was Humphrey's usual sleeping spot as well. Carefully rolling Humphrey from where he lay sprawled across her back on to the half moon shaped boulder, a few moments later, Kate hopped on top of the boulder behind him and gently pulled him away from the edge by the scurf of his neck.

Knowing that they were safe for the time being, Kate leaned down and began to clean the patches of dry blood that streaked his fur in several places; this served two purposes, first it cleaned the wounds to keep them from getting infected and second it allowed her to gauge the seriousness of each injury. After she had finished cleaning Humphrey up, the she-wolf used her nose to check for any broken bones or other damage to his internal organs that Garth's vicious attacks might have inflicted. Sitting down behind Humphrey after having given him a through examination, a short time later, Kate breathed a deep sigh of relieve because despite the very vicious fight he had been in with Garth, the degree of her beloved 's injures looked a lot worries than they actually were but it would still be, a good few days until his injures healed up to a point where it was safe for him to move let alone travel, the only question was could they hold up in the Omega den until then.

Dampening Humphrey's nose with her tongue, since it was getting a little dry, Kate laid down on the cool boulder and nestling as close as possible against his side, deeply buried her head into his neck, just like he always used to with her, when they would cuddle as young pups. Reluctantly lifting her head from where it lay as the rest of the Omega's filed inside the den, a short while later, Kate silently watched as they trotted to their usual sleeping spots and went to sleep without giving her any trouble. Now that all the bedding areas were filled, she noticed that from where she and Humphrey lay, they had an unobstructed view of the dens entrance and you could easily keep watch over the rest of the packs Omega; it was as if the rest of the Omega's looked up to her beloved as their leader, a Beta wolf, though she doubted he ever saw it that way. Gently replacing her head across Humphrey's shoulders, a few moments later, Kate slept with one eye open just in case she needed to defend to the one held most dear.

There you have it, the opening chapter my second story. As alway I welcome all opnions Plz R&R