Chapter 1: The Sad Truth

This story starts just before the Moonlight Howl and is mostly my take on what could've been the movie, a bit sadder version of it. I'm mostly following Humphrey, but you will get a climpse of others too.

Humphreys P.O.V.

I woke up and I saw the sun shining. Tonight was the Moonlight Howl and I was very excited for it. Kate had just come back from Alpha School and I couldn't stop thinking about her. When I was thinking Salty, Mooch & Shakey walked to my den. We all we're thinking the same: log sledding.

When we appeared to the scene, we found a nice log that will work well for log sledding. We had a lot of experience on this "sport". After all it was us that came up with this. We are omegas, so we have a lot of time for ourselves. And this is one thing that we thought was one of the best things in the world. After we we're done with log sledding, we started to think about the Moonlight Howl.

"So, who are the wolves you want to howl with." Salty asked.

When I heard that question I started to drift away to my thoughts. I obviously wanted to howl with Kate, but everybody knew the problem. I was an omega where as she was an alpha. And the pack law states that alphas & omegas can't howl or be together in any way.

Shakey saw that i wasn't really following the conversation so he started to wave his paw in front of my face."Hello this is world, is Humphrey here?" Shakey joked.

"Huh, yes i'm here" I said.

"We just want to know who you want to howl with, and please don't say Kate." Mooch said.

"Well, you know that she is exactly the wolf i want to howl with. But i don't really know anybody else." I stated.

"As you know, howling with Kate isn't possible, but how about her little sister, Lilly." Salty suggested.

"Lilly?, I didn't even know she was going. I think i'll pass though. This isn't the last Moonlight Howl anyways. I have time to howl in the future." I told them.

"Well, can't argue with that. If you don't want to howl you can at least come with us and see how it is over there." They said.

"Sure, i don't see any downsides in that." So i joined them.

Rest of the day went pretty well, we just played games like Berry Ball and Tag. When the sun started to go down, they all decided to take a wash by the lake. As always, my friends we're pretty goofy and decided to joke around till I thought it was enough. I was made the Omega Leader by Winston which was a huge honor. So I could command my friends in a way. After we got washed up, we started to walk to the mountain, which held the Howl. As we we're walking, i started to think how Kate's day had went.

Kate's P.O.V.

I didn't have any alpha duties today as i had to get ready for the Moonlight Howl. My parents told me that i will meet the Eastern pack leader, Tony's son, Garth. I knew that i will get married to him when i was listening to my dad's & Tony's conversation few days ago. I was pretty upset that i couldn't choose who i want to marry, but if this Garth turns out to be a good guy, maybe it won't be that bad after all. I wanted to know if Lilly will accompany me to the howl so i asked her:

"Hey Lilly, how does it sound to you that if you want to accompany me to the Howl today?"

"That doesn't sound so bad. I kinda want to see this Garth guy as well." She answered.

"Good, i guess we are going to walk there together then." I said smiling.

I saw that Lilly was starting to open her mouth, but then our mom came running to the den. "How are my lovely daughters doing on this fine day?"

"We are doing great, Lilly and I will be walking together to the Howl." I said for both of us.

"That sounds wonderful, but remember if Garth doesn't act well around you, I will come out and rip his tail and then shove it straight down to his throat." She said.

Both me and Lilly we're looking at our mom wide-eyed, but then our dad came to fix the moment. "Eve can get a little bit too protective of you two, but we know that Garth won't do a bad thing around you two. If you need us tonight, just come to us and tell your problems. We will be sure to help." Winston said clearing the air.

When I was thinking to go take a wash, I saw Humphrey walking towards the lake with his friends, so I decided to wait for them to come back. During waiting I remembered my first hunt when the Eastern wolves decided to screw it up. Luckily he was there to stop a fight with his friends. I know he is one fine omega, and in a way i hoped he would become an alpha so we could've spend some time together like during alpha duties. We we're good friends before I left to Alpha School, and when I came back I saw that he tried to spend time with me again. Unfortunately I have been rejecting him ever since I came back. I just hope that he didn't become sad about it. But he has to understand, I have responsibilities, unlike him. As I was thinking he and his friends came back from the lake, so I told Lilly that we can go wash up now.

We washed up and we started to walk towards the mountain. A lot of wolves we're gathered up in every single spot there was. As we we're the pack leaders daughters, we had the right to go all the way to the top. It was funny seeing a lot of guys drooling at us, which was kinda creepy though. But then we saw a wolf standing proudly on top of the mountain. Could that be Garth? Well whoever it was, he was hot. I looked over to my sister and she was in a same kind of trance as I was. Then he ran to us and said. "Hello, my name is Garth and you must be Kate."

"Y-Y-Yes I'm Kate, this here is my little sister, Lilly." As I broke from my trance and pointed at Lilly.

"Nice to meet you two, you both look very beautiful tonight." He complimented us.

Both me and Lilly blushed, when suddenly a wolf fell down from somewhere right next to us.

It was Humphrey.

Humphreys P.O.V.

I was with my friends walking up to the mountain, and my friends looked very nervous. I tried to cool them off and tell that this shouldn't be so bad. They thought otherwise and we found our spot. We we're talking and i pointed some omega girls walking up. I went into a nearby bush and started to listen how my friends would do. They closed in and Salty started to speak.

"Hey" was all he could blurt out, and the ladies walked off laughing. All I could do was facepalm. I jumped out from the bush and laughed silently. Then I went up to them.

"Is that all you could do?" I asked Salty.

"Can you do better then?" He countered.

"Of course, tell me something and i'll do it." I said being confident.

"Okey, the next girl you see will be your partner. Try to talk to her and get her to howl with you." Salty challenged.

"I'll go talk to her but i won't ask her to howl with me. That was a promise i made before coming over here." I said kinda nervous myself now.

"Alright, as long as you go to talk to her." Salty said easing the challenge by a bit.

"Now we'll just wait for a girl to pop up then." I said waiting.

And next thing you know it's Kate who pops out with Lilly behind her. We we're in shock at how beautiful she was. But as we got back from our trance. My friends quickly jumped ahead of me.

"Wowowowo, you just can't go talk to the pack leader's daughter like that. Challenge aborted." Mooch said being serious.

"Yeah Mooch is right, you just can't do that. And I think she already has a date anyways." Shakey said.

"Like who?" I asked them.

"I think her date is the Eastern packs leader's son. I don't know his name though." Salty answered.

"Alright, alright. But what are we doing here if you can't even get any dates, and i'm just standing over here." I asked being curious.

"I guess we can't really do anything that this point, so let's just do something." Shakey thought.

We started a playful wrestling match with all four of us, but suddenly i get thrown into a tree, but my friends we're so caught up wrestling they didn't even notice where i went. I sighed and saw that Kate and Lilly we're basicly under me. Then I noticed some male wolf running at them. I thought this was the Pack leader's son. He looked very muscular and I guess he was familiar with girls, looking at his confidence. I didn't hear what they were talking about, so i tried to get a little bit closer without being seen. That turned out to be a huge mistake as i lost my grip to the tree and fell down. I tried to look strong, but it was hard as i was in pain from falling. There was an awkward silence but i decided to break it.

"Hello Kate and Lilly, and who is this?" I pointed at the Eastern wolf.

"Oh, my name is Garth, i'm the son of Tony, the Eastern pack leader. I have the same question for you though, coyote." He said.

"My name is Humphrey and i'm an omega from the Western pack. Last time i checked i was a wolf, not a coyote." I told slightly annoyed by the "coyote".

Kate had something to say as well."Eh Humphrey, what are you doing over here?" She asked.

"Oh I was just thrown into a tree, and then I saw you guys, decided to make a special entrance to join you."

"Well, Coyote, this talk isn't for you, and me and Garth have a howl to attend to." She said to me putting weight on the Coyote.

She continued;"And i have to say, you look absolutely stupid today with your unfunny jokes. So why don't you take yourself out from my face."

I got hurt from this, while Garth just laughed at me. I looked at Lilly if she had anything to say. She just stayed mute. I just walked off with my head down. I never thought Kate would be that rude to me. I just hope she was acting for Garth. I don't care if she was or not though. It takes a lot to forgive something like that. For now though, i just wanted get out of her sight. Even seeing Kate right now would make my stummic turn to worse.

I went back to the lake where i washed up. I was looking at my own mirror in the water. I was thinking what did i do wrong. I thought about ways to get out from Jasper. I never got anything clever though. I still have friends here, and I am the Leader of Omegas too. I just can't leave. I heard a horrendous sound coming from the Howling rock. That can't be from a wolf I thought. I started to talk to myself aloud.

"What just happened. I never thought that could happen to me. I guess i'm just that bad around people who aren't really my friends." I was on the edge of crying during all of this. But i decided to keep myself together, after all someone could've heard me over here.

Kate's P.O.V.

I just said some horrible things to Humphrey, but he deserves to hear some bad words, life isn't always positive. Now I was only thinking about Garth though. I was very excited to howl with him. He sure looks like a great guy, and i'm not even mad that I will have to marry him. I told Lilly that she can do whatever she wants now, and ran somewhere, but it isn't my biggest concern right now.

"Are you ready to howl?" Garth asked.

"When you will be, but you can start." I said to him smiling.

What happened next was shocking. I heard the worst howl ever. I didn't even think it could be possible to have that bad of a howl. I decided it would be the best not to howl with him, so I told him I had to take a drink. I went to the lake when I heard someone talking. I went into a bush to see who it was. It was Humphrey. He was just there looking at his own mirror in the water. I decided to listen what he was saying.

"What did I do wrong?" I heard him say.

"Is it because of me or because i'm an omega?"

"One thing is for certain though, I don't want to see Kate in a long time."

That's when I got angry, I thought he was a good friend of mine. So I jumped on him from behind. I guess he was surprised because he fell to the river. He swam to the land and yelled at me:"What are you doing, I don't want anything to do with you."

"I understand, but why are you angry at me?" I asked him.

"WHY?, DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?" He spit at me.

I was furious, I didn't think he could get this angry, and as an alpha, I don't have good patience. I hit him in the face with my claws out, there was 3 scars in his face, which we're dropping blood. I suddenly noticed what i had done, and he left running. I ran after him, and caught him easily due to me being an alpha.

Suddenly I felt something in my butt, I saw there was an dart sticking out. Before I blacked out, I saw the same thing in Humphreys fur. Then I collapsed. The last thing I heard before I was out;

"Pack 'em up boys, we're going to Idaho!"