When the Caribou Vanish
By: SpiritHowl2 & TheGhostOfOurHearts
Chapter 1: The Last Caribou
So... here we are. The Eastern and Western packs together about to be annihalated by the wrath of hunger, weakness, and the Hidden Sun Pack in Sawtooth. It wasn't a war, it wasn't exposure to the sun, or exposure to disease. It was the Caribou. Now, I know it doesn't seem like something we would die from because of the Hidden Sun Pack. It was just that we had no idea this would happen so quickly.
Going back to about a few months ago, two months to be exact, when our hope was still with us. When we all were thriving packs, the Alphas still learning how to hunt, the Omegas doing whatever their hearts desired, and after Kate and Garth still married. I contemplated on leaving, but I felt like I was still needed by at least someone in the two packs. As one nation we felt like nothing could stop us.
"Oh Kate I'm so proud of you!"Eve said starting to tear up.
Kate smiled. She knew that this day would come. The whole den almost to herself, with nobody but herself bossing her around. No more doing chores, and just, well... no more commands by anyone as she was the leader. The Pack leader.
"Thanks mom, It'll be weird with you two gone though, it's one of the first times I've seen both of you actually leave the cave knowing you won't live here anymore." Kate replied.
Garth exited the den a second after Kate spoke and sat right next to Kate. Smiling at both Winston and Eve, Garth tried to be as respectful as he possibly could. Of course Winston had to say what he said next.
"My little girl doesn't have to do this, if she's not ready."
Kate felt some serious deja vu since that's what Winston said just before she was captured and taken to Idaho with Humphrey to reproduce. It was funny too, Winston asked that even though Kate had to marry Garth.
"Don't worry dad, I can handle this, just like always. It's what I've wanted for the past year now." Kate implied.
Winston chuckled. Eve cried, and Garth smiled. It was a rollercoaster of emotions for all four of them. It wasn't that long until the presence of Winston and Eve at the den disappeared, and only Garth and Kate remained inside.
It was awkward for both of them, as they didn't really even know each other at all. In Garths eyes, it was a stranger meeting another stranger. Kate and Garth didn't evenalk for the rest of the afternoon as midnight fell upon them and a sign... that nobody noticed.
It was quiet. Too quiet. There weren't any sounds. Just the wind and the howls of other wolves in Jasper. No tweets of Birds, no chittering Squirrels, no growls of Bears, no squeaks of Porcupines... and no grunts or hooves pounding from Caribou.
The next morning, it was still quiet, but all the Eastern and Western pack wolves up and roaming. Even a few were trying to find some Caribou. It wasn't until Hutch found one, and I mean only, one. The wolves currently hunting made a swift hop into bushes surrounding them, making sure none of them were going to be spotted by the Caribou.
Crouching, and staring at the peaceful looking Caribou, all of the wolves lunged, bit, scratched, and clawed the Caribou's flesh and successfully killing it, but little did we know, that was the last caribou to be seen in Jasper.
It wasn't enough though. Now there was twice the amount of wolves that needed to be fed, and all the wolves were searching just one or maybe two Caribou. None prevailed. It's been 9 days since the last sight of any Caribou.
"I don't know what to do about that though, I can't just summon a caribou right here in the flesh. We need to talk to Winston Tony and Eve." Garth explained on the verge or panicking.
"Yes sir, I'll get them as fast as I can, right away." The wolf said acting like a soldier.
"Garth, what's going on? It sounds likeit's a big deal to you and the other Alphas." Kate asked concerned.
Garth looked at Kate also with concern, opened his mouth, and just couldn't say anything. It was like an apocalypse has started. No scratch that, it is the start of an apolcalypse, for Jasper anyway.
"There aren't anymore Caribou. The last sighting of at least one was 9 days ago, at dinner time." Garth replied and somehow being out of breath.
Kate gasped as her eyes widened,beginning to breath at a faster pace. This truely was a problom to her, especially since there are new pups in the united pack as they spoke who needed to be fed before they... fall over lifelessly.
"Garth, please tell me this isn't happening? I swore there was going to be enough for many more moons." Tony asked.
"Dad, I seriously have no clue what to do, the last sighting was 9 days ago. We have a serious problom." Garth exclaimed.
Winston, Tony, and Eve looked at each other, also with concern. It was weird to even think that all three of them must've thought that this situation was impossible. Eve looked back at Kate with sad eyes.
"Winston, you know there is only one solution, and it's of course the one we though we'd never thought to put in place." Eve said worried.
Winston stayed staring below him, invisioning what might happen if that soilution were to take place. WInston dreaded this, but it had to be done.
"What?" Kate questioned.
"Kate,Garth, we're going...*sigh*, we're going to have to tell you and the rest of the pack tomorrow." Winston responded.
As Winston said, the next morning the valley filled with hungery, scared, and concerned wolves, stood at the center waiting for WInston to annouce what he needs to. The wolves suddenly became noiseless as Winston stood perched on top of a rock.
"Attention! We regret to inform you that we have a serious situation. A situation that will impact our lives if we don't do something about it. As sad as it is, there are no more Caribou left in Jasper. We have also recieved word from Northern and Southern Jasper packs that by this time now, they're already gone." Winston barked at the top of his lungs.
The crowd gasped, hollered, and sort of screamed. Wolves strating asking questions, that you'd expect.
"What will we do, How can we fix this, where can we go, when will there be more Caribou?"
"Quiet. QUIET! Now, the only way we can fix this is that... we have to leave Jasper and find another place to call home. I know you all will miss this place, especially the wolves whos ancestors founded Jasper, but if you want to survive, you have to follow us, otherwise you're on your own." Winston, once again, screamed.
It was at that time, the journey had began, where all the drama, violence, suspense, and even romance occured in both, the Eastern and Western Jasper packs. It was when the abandoning of Jasper was scheduled at 10:00 Am tomorrow.
It all started by the little knowledge we had about the Caribou population. Where we all tried to survive for the greater could of the pack, and... When The Caribou Vanished.
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Hey it's TheGhostOfOurHearts and like SpiritHowl2, I want to know if you enjoyed this chapter! I also hope you liked the legend kind of introduction I put into the chapter like in The Elemental 12 (I'll get back to working on that, sorry). Be sure to leave a nice review, follow and maybe even favorite if you really liked this. See you in the next chapter!
Your Alpha and Omega FanFic Writers, SpiritHowl2 & TheGhostOfOurHearts