The longest story has begun! This chapter was written by MyWayWriter so all credit for this chapter goes to him.

Humphrey was dreaming a marvelous dream. He saw himself in a wide open field,
flower blooming into many lush colors that pained the ground amass the vast
source of green that was to be found. There was a border line of trees on all
sides where the treetops stretched far away and they were all he could see of
them. Not that he'd want to be looking at them with what was in front of him.
Before him, quite a distance away but well worth the run nonetheless, was his
beautiful mate and best friend. She glared at him from afar and teased him to
come closer by waving her tail in circles. Humphrey just lit up and dashed
towards Kate with a huge smile on his face, not even caring about the world
around him. She returned the affection and ran at him as well. The entire
world was racing past them both and all they saw was a blur as they spurred
towards the one that they loved more than anything else in the whole world. As
the two drew nearer, they slowed down as not to get hit by each other.
Humphrey slowed into a prance across the green meadow, and Kate slowed into
more of a jog, fitting her Alpha status. Kate reached Humphrey halfway and
then just stopped. She held her head back and smiled while Humphrey slowly
crept up to her as if he was trying to ask her out on a date. As soon as he
reached her, he picked up his head and nervously gazed at her. Kate giggled at
his meek gestures, and then she eased his pain.
"Humphrey…what's wrong? You seem so shy today." Kate said kindly, but in
that concerned voice for her mate.
"Well Kate, I'm just so nervous. What if something happens and you get
hurt…or worse." Humphrey quivered at the thought.
"Humphrey, I'll be fine…we'll be fine." Kate said picking his chin up with
her paw. She dug her gaze deep into Humphrey's eyes and she could tell he
still wasn't convinced.
The feeling was somewhat guilty for Kate. Humphrey was her mate after all, so
it was her job to make him feel wanted, safe, and loved. So she leaned in and
licked his cheek and gently and as lovingly as she could. Humphrey perked his
ears up and chuckled at the tingling feeling it gave him. He was very grateful
to Kate and returned the lick with a kiss. Kate was very passionate about
kissing Humphrey, mainly because it just felt so right to her. Kate hadn't
kiss, or licked for that matter, many boys in her life. But when she was
kissing Humphrey, she felt at home.
"Thank you so much Kate, now I see why this happened. It was so you and I
could become even closer." Humphrey said feeling satisfied with his
interpretation. Kate just shook her head and grinned devilishly. Humphrey got
a look of terror on his face before asking, "What, that's not it? But, then
what could it be? I mean I…don't believe I've done anything wrong have I?"
Humphrey asked. Kate just shook her head with the same grin.
"No, in fact, you've done the best thing you possibly could to me." Kate said
getting very close to Humphrey. Humphrey was confused as a wolf could be, but
right as what it could be came to mind, she leaned in his ear and told him,
"I'm pregnant Humphrey, you're gonna be a father."
Humphrey's eyes spread across his whole face, in disbelief as to what Kate had
just revealed. "But…but…no, this…this can't be…I'm…I'm not
ready…I…" Humphrey fell to his belly and covered his eyes with his paws
and began to sob. He felt so sorry for himself when he heard another voice
calling him.
Humphrey? Humphrey? Humphrey come on, wake up, wake up!
The meadow around him vanished into a single brightly glowing light and then
faded to darkness. His body began to ache with the tiredness he felt. He
picked his head up to see there was a puddle of his own tears where his head
was and Kate was standing over his in full concern. The fact that he had been
dreaming calmed his nerves as he returned to the outside world. Humphrey
wasted no time in shaking the hurt out of his head before turning to ask
Kate,
"Kate, are you pregnant?" Humphrey said, Kate threw her head back and a
surprised look engulfed her whole face as she responded,
"No Humphrey, of course not. What would make you think that I am pregnant?"
She said tilting her head to the side looking at Humphrey.
Humphrey had an apologetic look on his face, "I'm sorry Kate, it's just
that…well I had a dream, and it was the best one I've had of you yet."
"I don't think so Humphrey, I mean, this pool of tears on the ground likely
says otherwise. It was actually kind of scary for me, here I was walking home
from my morning clean up at the river side with Lily and Garth, and then I
come in here to see you crying horribly in your sleep. I don't know what was
going through your mind, or what you were seeing, but since it made you think
I was carrying puppies, please tell me about it." Kate said lying down next to
him, trying her best to be a comforting mate.
There was no way Humphrey could say 'no' to Kate. Just the way she asked was
enough to get him to tell her all about it and more. "Well, I was in a huge
field. This was no ordinary huge field, it was absolutely massive. There were
birds chirping, flowers dancing in the warm spring breeze. I swear Kate, at
the time; I thought the only thing that could make it better was you. And
then, out of nowhere, there was you, and you signaled for me to come over to
you. We had a tender moment, and then you told me you were pregnant with my
pups. I then started crying because I thought I wasn't ready and that I caused
you great pain. After I woke up, and here we are now."
Kate noticed a tear trickle down his eye as he told her the sad ending to his
dream. She did feel somewhat offended, because to her, it sounded more like a
nightmare than a dream. But Kate was a loving, strong, and forgiving mate so
she just let it go and gave Humphrey what he wanted to hear.
"Humphrey, I promise you I'm not pregnant, but when I am, there no way you can
avoid that pain. It's happens on its own and it's definitely not your fault."
His head just lowered to a halt, and Kate moped, but she got a sudden idea,
"Tell you what, why don't we go out, find a few of your friends, and maybe
even Lily and Garth if they're up to it, and we'll all go log sledding. I've
always secretly wanted to try it anyway." She said smiling delightfully
towards him. "Besides, you look like you need it anyway."
There was a small spark of interest that lit inside Humphrey's Omega body, and
thankfully it was just enough for him to accept. "Alright, I'll do it." He
said perking up and hopping up on all four feet. "I'll go see if I can find
Salty, Shakey, and Mooch." He said and he brushed past Kate giving her a nice
and smooth rub as their furs touched. Kate enjoyed it, as she watched Humphrey
half exit the den. But he then stopped to look back at her. "Kate, aren't you
coming?" He said to her.
"Yeah, I just have a few things to take care of; I'll meet you out there in a
jiff." Humphrey smiled. But he then turned around one more time and asked once
more, "Are you sure you're not pregnant?" He asked nicely. Kate shook her head and
he walked out of the den. But Kate's smile melted off her face as he left and
she took on a depressed look that would break Humphrey's heart if he saw it.
She got on her belly and put her paws on the side of her head, showing she was
very upset.
"But…I wanna be…" She said quietly to herself, and then put her paws over
her eyes and sobbed very silently.
Outside the den, Jasper was as lively and as keen on its claws as it had
always been. The birds were singing, the trees were dancing, the Omegas were
playing, and the Alpha were, well, doing whatever it is Alphas do. Humphrey
happily skipped along the main path through Jasper hoping to catch wind of any
of his friends so he could invite them to go sledding. Humphrey thought, since
he'd been restored to his go-lucky Omega mood, tried to be funny and started
sniffing around for his friend. He was imitating an Alpha looking for a deer
or a caribou, but an unkind voice broke his play.
"That's not very funny Humphrey." Humphrey spun around in shock and wound up
on his head up against a tree, looking at Winston.
"Sorry sir, it's just…I had a strange dream, and Kate put me back into my
usual mood. So I tried being a little goofy to try and cheer myself up."
Winston was not amused by Humphrey's little game.
"Humphrey, you know fairly well that the Alphas play a vital role in our
lives, I figured you'd know that now that you are mates with my daughter. But
still, if you are to make fun of any wolves, make fun of pups, of maybe even
the fish that swim in the river. Making fun of Alphas, now that the packs are
united, might cause problems if you get caught."
"Sorry sir, I'll just be off then." He said and laughed nervously as he tried
to walk away, but then he heard another voice that terrified him.
"He's right you know, and if I'm the one who catches you doing it, and the
pack falls apart, I am going to tear out your tongue, shove it someplace it's
not supposed to go, gag it up through your mouth, tie it in a knot so you can
choke on your own…!"
"That's enough honey, I think he gets the picture." Winston said to Eve.
"All to vividly ma'am." Humphrey said on the ground, to petrified to convulse.
"Ah…what a nice young boy, take care then." She said and walked off. Winston
just shook his head and returned his glare to Humphrey.
"Was she always like that?" Humphrey asked. Winston nodded,
"Yes, hehe, you should've seen the threat she gave me when we tried to…uh,
never mind." He caught himself and began to walk away. "By the way Humphrey,
if you're looking for any of your friends, I haven't seen them, and oddly
enough, I can't find their scent in the air either. I hope nothing has
happened to them. For their sake anyway…"
"Thank you for the concern, I'll be sure to take a look around." Humphrey said
pulling himself from the ground where he had just stood in fear of Eve.
It was peculiar how all of his friends had gone missing within a few hours, or
practically overnight. Humphrey brushed it off, for it was not a major concern
right now. Instead he walked down into the main clearing in the valley, and
there he found Lily and Garth.
"Hi guys, what's happening?" Humphrey asked casually.
"Well…I heard Kate was crying in her den over something." Lily answered.
Humphrey's jaw fell open.
"About what? Did she say do either of you know?" Humphrey frantically asked.
"No, sorry, that's all we heard." Garth said, Humphrey wasted no time and
dashed back to his den to find Kate missing, with no trace of her.
Humphrey now sat in an odd situation, his friends were missing, and his mate
had vanished. He was certain that this can't be good, but two very birds flew
in to save him the concern. "Over here Wolf! We found your woman, but she is
very upset. This way!" Marcel said gesturing for Humphrey to follow. Humphrey
raced behind him, hoping that whatever this was about, he and Kate could
somehow fix it together.